crustywhips crusty jzx31 coupe

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Its been a busy week and Kayne sent me this.  Im fizzing hard to have a look and the car comes home next week to be put back together.  

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Got my home boi home and onto putting it back together.  Kayne has done an awesome job, so many details have been put into the car its becoming a pleasure to put back together.  My personal favorite is the color between dash pad and windscreen being a paint match to what was factory tan instead of the colour of the car. 

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Spent some time on this over the weekend between jobs. Kayne came over on friday to fit panels and will align when the bonnet goes on next week.  All the lights are now fitted and now working on the inside which is almost done.  My dads been pining pretty hard and has detailed the badges which is pretty sweet.  I will get pics of the exhaust while im fitting the gas tank as thats next.       

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Been sharing these around a bit. Looking forward to a drive in the sun and a spin of the back wheels. 

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Little steps forward.      

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Still doesnt go but have another sweet grill and did some suspension joints and bushes.  Coil overs are out as low cars are cool but a right bitch to work on when they dont run.  New rear screen rubber is on its way from japan and I got a couple sedan ones if any one is keen.  Also getting some mirror bases made to allow for curvature of the guard.  This will eliminate the mirror droop often seen with these.  

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Shizer it's been a while and cringe at my old posts. 

Anyways, I chucked a blanket over this and shut the garage while I did other things for a couple of years.  Lockdowns meant pulling the blankets off, I got it running on the factory intake so was motivated again. 

Rear screen rubber in, stainless trims fresh and polished, random clips from russia and its now airbagged using accuair control with airlift struts. It drives well around the hood and I'm slowly getting more confident on going further.  I never drove this car so was a big moment. 

Next on the list is sorting my rear wheels as they are a bit wide for frame laying and then a bespoke itb manifold from Mr Whitley tune. 

Pic courtesy of Simon when it was picked up a few weeks ago. Il take some when I get the trims back on. 

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Decided to get another 2 mesh wheels in the same sizing as the fronts rather than barrel swapping my 9s to 8s.

Intake manifold is in design stage and I've had a few sneaky shots and it's looking tasty.

Got the one mirror base I had scanned and a bunch of new ones made, super happy with result and just waiting on a mounting plate before they can go back on. 

Been driving it heaps and it's so good. Had a family party for my birthday and after some pressure from the kids I dropped a garage skid dressed as the blue wiggle. 

Gave the interior a wash and it's come up primo.

Plans to get out the the next welly meet if it's local and there's no coppers about. 

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So I got to do hoons around manfeild with the Circle Jerk Crew a week back. I expressed some interest, they said sweet so I wrote a list and got into getting it ready. I drove it heaps leading up to the event (not legal and seen lots of cops with no issues) and on the day the alternator frizzed itself and i thought we were done.  Thankfully @Flauski made some calls and we found a replacement and got it sorted and back out. Car went well with speedo touching 170kph (how accurate this is I don't know) and eventually the brakes got spongy and power steering squirted under the bonnet. Drove it to and from the track and even got a lap in around feilding. Was good seeing familiar faces and meeting others from here and else where.