BradyBro Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Just bought a 1983 Starion off a mate of mine up here in Whangarei Planning on tidying her up a bit and getting her all certed and street legal once again. Have big plans for this bad boy! She's running a worked G63BT motor, which is crazy quick, so I think the engine's going to be staying. Link to discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?showtopic=35782 To do list: Install/Weld front coilovers in Sort out wiring in engine bay Find pair/set of Classic Japanese Wheels Get certs for Bride, Coilovers, Steering wheel + Ride height Fix rust Fit Body Kit Run through VTNZ to remove the hideous pink sticker it's been slapped with! Any comments/questions the link to the discussion thread is at the start of this thread. Will try and update this as much as possible! Cheers Brady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Finally picked up the front lip and cable tied her on. Will be riveting her on probably tomorrow night. Also riveted on the sideskirts today. Got a few pictures of her. I'm falling more in love with her every time I do something new to her! Bought a pretty rad gear knob for her today as well And the starion has always had a star wars vibe to it, so I decided to splash out and buy this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 So today was pretty productive. Re-wired all the lights to the bumper which sounds really easy, but took me a few hours to do, the wiring was a mess! But in the end I sorted it all out with a bit of help from my dad who's an electrician Also put the original front seat back in it, as the bride was a pain in the butt to crawl in and out of all the time, this one looks a lot nicer anyhow One step closer to being legal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 So thanks to Driveby, an OS member who lives really close to me, I finally tracked down some door hinges! He gave me some Euro style tail lights, a manual, pillar vents, an optical distributor and bonnet scoop all for a box of lion reds which I was stoked with! Also found a little rust hole so that was fixed ASAP My darth vader gearknob arrived as well, so I had to get a photo of him sitting in the car, this thing is rad! Not too much to do to get her legal now. Stoked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffaneilious Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Do you still have that Bride seat?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Sure do bro! Well at the moment I've got the front struts and stubs out, they're getting the D2 coilovers welded in at an engineering place just across the road from my work, they'll be ready tomorrow! So at the moment the car is up on axle stands, so I thought I'd take the chance to do some cosmetic shit to it to get it looking a little better before it goes to VTNZ for a warrant, and then gets a cert. Hoping to run it through the warrant place some time within the next 2 weeks! Fixed up the big dent it used to have in the nose, and gave the bumper a nice coat of white paint, will be painted another colour when i get the whole car done Fixed up another bit of shoddy rust repairs, Newtech is the way of the future! I work at a truck workshop, so I get good deals on truck parts and accessories, so I decided to invest in one of these Which then resulted in one of these bad boys! Some say it's over the top, but hater's gon' hate! And I'm going to have the added advantage of being able to tell people when cops are coming, and vice versa. Fast and furious style! Will update when I get my coilovers back tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Got my coilover sleeves and stubs back from the engineers today. About to put them in, will throw up some pictures when they're in. Wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Coilovers are in! Sitting at about 50mm ground clearance at its lowest point. I'm in love with this thing as of right now. So stoked right now! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBro Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 My 20mm Spacers arrived today thanks to Tai! The first picture is what the rear rims sat like before I put the 20mm spacers in, sit's pretty sweet! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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