Fivespeedsteed's Build Thread

so i finally decided id make one of these. its going to be slow, but steady work from here out. im getting ready to do my 5 lug this summer, and next summer i plan on redoing the motor. i bought this car with 82k on it in 2005 on july 4th. it had sat in a garage for 10 years and had 1000 miles put on it during that time.



i fixed a bunch of random things, and got it painted the original light titanium frost without the titanium lower accent, and got lx tails.



thats about how its looked for the past while. nothings really changed. ive got a bunch of billet stuff in the interior (shifter bezel, window/dl switches, coat hangers, door handle bezels, ac knobs) mgw short throw shifter, griggs full length subframe connectors, flow master force 2 catback ( 3 chamber) K&N air filter, tokico blue shocks and struts, FRPP c springs, 76mm c&l mass air meter and inlet tube, and new headlights now with the american muscle 9004 dual beam hid kit.

over winter break at school i was visiting my girl friend in northern va and i rearended a dude. he swore to me he wasnt going to make a claim, because his bumper was only scuffed, and he somehow got a 1300 dollar claim. this is the damage from that, with the new headlights in.





camera makes them look green



i just finished painting this sucker last night ( tihs is before paint)

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armor all ultra is great



so this summer i plan on pulling the front bumper off, getting it repainted, and i cant decide if i want to do the rear one or not. its cracked in the bottom right hand corner



and has 2 small liscence plate bolt scratches


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and im getting ready to paint the trim. should i do the quarter window molding too?




and this is my 5 lug stuff i have acquired so far.

my friend gave me 2 bullits (oem 17x8) with 2 bfg gforce kdws on them for free and i bought another 2 offline from a guy on corral for 160 shipped i believe, one of them is a lighter color however, so one day i think im just going to sell mine and get 17x9 ones.



moog balljoints and gear oil (other quart is in the jeep) where do you find friction modifier?



95 calipers ( 22 dollars)



95 spindles and hubs (50 or so dollars) and new wearever rotors, and gold pads for now.



and i just ordered my control arm bushings with shells (prothane) and the passenger side brake line adapter off latemodel, so once they get here i have everything i need to complete the front, 2 of those bullits have tires, then i have the rest for doing the front. heading back to the junkyard to get ranger / aerostar rear stuff , and then gotta get 2 more tires.

so thats all she wrote for now, i cant wait to get this car 5 lugged. the most annoying thing i need to fix is the dash board gauge pod tabs that are broken. i plan on emplpying 94gtho to help me



thanks for your help in this swap in advance matt.

anyone else who sees soimething im missing give me a holler. comments are welcome.

i came up with the idea for the thread of everyones build thread, im glad i finally have smoe work ahead of me to justify my own.