flyingbrick Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 finalised details of this purchase today. I'm excited so am starting a thread! ae85 Trueno hatch. I need to find someone with a 4wd in hams who can help me trailer the car out of a steep property. so.. the car has no motor or gearbox, not much of an interior, a broken front windscreen and some rust under the rear bumper and rear wheel arches- though the rust is no where near as bad as that on some 85/86's currently on trademe for silly prices. The car comes with a carbon fibre bonnet and some sweet old impul hoshino(or something, cant remember) wheels. plan is to get everything sand blasted and etch primed then repair rust slowly as time and funds allow. I'd like to fit TRD N2 flares and cut out the rust from the rear guards in the process. Unsure about motor, maybe motor and box out of FD rx7, mounted nice and far back. Firewall has been bashed to fit a 20v so this will need to be tidied. Paint will be either satin black or white. Wheels will be whatever I can find that fits my budget and the wide guards. There won't be any tire stretch, I want as much tire in there as I can fit. I'm undecided about suspension but thinking either bc's all round or bc's up front and coilover conversion in the rear with reinforced strut towers. I'd like the car to be as light as possible so will remove all remaining interior bits and pieces and run only whats necessary. I found a fibreglass dash on trademe that will work well. Front window will be demisted by small electric heaters. Difficult part will be to keep it comfortable. Carpet weighs next to nothing so that will be staying. Not sure about seats, something cumfy but which suits the car- fd buckets? This project will take forever- I have a wedding to pay for in a year. lingling should be doing this! -Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 so here is the car. It looks terrible in the pics but really its not THAT bad in real life. Very minor rust. It needs new front trueno guards but everything else there is pretty choice. Wheels will prob be for sale sometime soon if anyone is keen. 14's and unsure on width and offset. 3 have been sprayed black. Its a good starting point for a project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulloc Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 boom. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31376 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Awesome. Sussed one mint front guard tonight AND a tailgate with (the nearly compulsary) TRD spoiler installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 TRD rear wing. Made by that mike shaw character. Second hand because im on a tight budget. You can see my new (old) webber charcoal BBQ in the background too!.. woo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have been absolutely flat out with work the past few weeks so have had next to no time spare for car stuff.. but a little bit of bling arrived today. Its off trademe and... SURPRISE i actually bought it from TradeZone. $69!! and by all accounts is a quality bit of kit. It certainly appears to be of much more rigid design than others I have seen with a relatively straight and relatively thick center rail. I've also just spent some time and money in my garage getting things organised and making room for the car. I'm going away next fri for work- will be back in two weeks- hopefully with enough spare cash to buy a mig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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