Good news: Got the car out of the garage for the first time in several months to get it cleaned up a bit and snap some pictures for insurance purposes. Here are some.
The bad: I have a leak at the "T" for the rear brake lines which means I need to remove my differential to access it. I have yet to get to an exhaust shop nor an alignment. I'll obviously wait till the brakes are solid.
Thanks bro! It seems that you've made decent progress on yours lately so hopefully you'll be on the road soon.Man I can't wait till I'm as close as you are to driving my car.
Hopefully, man. Just had some financial stuff hit so I may have to slow down....or sell a kidney.Thanks bro! It seems that you've made decent progress on yours lately so hopefully you'll be on the road soon.
You have an agreed value policy for $15k or more? That's cool if you got a better deal for where you live. I'm 40 and never had an at fault accident and no tickets for over 15 years and all companies came at me in the mid $500 range. Breaks down to about $45 per month during the driving season, less when it's being stored. I'm good with that price.Man that seems high... I mean, I'm really happy for you that you got it done but it's like 3x higher than what I pay for basically the same coverages. For what it's worth, I'm 36 with no tickets or wrecks in like 5+ years and own a home with a few other cars in the north Dallas area. I went with CWG for the insurance.
Exactly I can sleep a little better at night now .You have an agreed value policy for $15k or more? That's cool if you got a better deal for where you live. I'm 40 and never had an at fault accident and no tickets for over 15 years and all companies came at me in the mid $500 range. Breaks down to about $45 per month during the driving season, less when it's being stored. I'm good with that price.
@TOOLOW91 thats good you got what you wanted. It's good piece of mind when our investment is protected in case something bad happens.
**Update**
I got the rear brake lines reworked and a 4 wheel alignment is finished. As for the rear brake noise, the cause was a combination of bent dust shields scraping my rotors and hanging calipers. Reworking the brake lines and fixing the leak at the center "tee" solved that problem. As I drove the car home from getting aligned I heard my tires rubbing on the rear quarter panels on the bumps so I went out and picked up a cheap heat gun from HF for $15 and heated my fender lips and massaged them into compliance with a rubber mallet. It did the trick just perfectly!!
So this morning was my first long drive in the car. The 17 miles of rolling hill back roads through farm lands was awesome!! A very comfortable and smooth drive. Before my suspension was stiff and dang near jarring on larger bumps but now I don't have to cringe when I see a series of bumps coming. The rear shocks that came with the IRS are working but do need to be replaced. I'll keep an eye out for a decent set of Bilsteins (stock replacement) or get some Koni adjustables which can be converted to MM coil overs as funds become available.
For now I have a couple things planned for small upgrades/restoration that will have little down time but other than that it's time to just drive it and enjoy it Next Winter will be the install of my HCI engine & PiMP engine management that was in my previous 88' Coupe
Very cool man, it's great you get to finally enjoy it.**Update**
I got the rear brake lines reworked and a 4 wheel alignment is finished. As for the rear brake noise, the cause was a combination of bent dust shields scraping my rotors and hanging calipers. Reworking the brake lines and fixing the leak at the center "tee" solved that problem. As I drove the car home from getting aligned I heard my tires rubbing on the rear quarter panels on the bumps so I went out and picked up a cheap heat gun from HF for $15 and heated my fender lips and massaged them into compliance with a rubber mallet. It did the trick just perfectly!!
So this morning was my first long drive in the car. The 17 miles of rolling hill back roads through farm lands was awesome!! A very comfortable and smooth drive. Before my suspension was stiff and dang near jarring on larger bumps but now I don't have to cringe when I see a series of bumps coming. The rear shocks that came with the IRS are working but do need to be replaced. I'll keep an eye out for a decent set of Bilsteins (stock replacement) or get some Koni adjustables which can be converted to MM coil overs as funds become available.
For now I have a couple things planned for small upgrades/restoration that will have little down time but other than that it's time to just drive it and enjoy it Next Winter will be the install of my HCI engine & PiMP engine management that was in my previous 88' Coupe
Very cool man, it's great you get to finally enjoy it.
Congratulations man! I know you've been looking forward to that, it must be very rewarding! Sometimes the wait between payoffs seems like forever..
It took me like 8-10 months to do my IRS swap, but a lot of that was waiting on money... let's see the tails and wheel gap and stuff when you get time.
Thanks for the kind words guys, I appreciate it! Waiting on money is a big part of this if you are rebuliding and upgrading most parts with FTBR & MM quality pieces like bump steer front and back, coil overs, bushing, diff brace, new wheels, etc.....All in all I'm in to this Winter upgrade of coil overs, Cobra OEM 5 lug swap and IRS for about $6k. Most parts were purchased brand new but there's no regrets here
As far as gaps between the tires/wheels in relation to the subframe bracket and the front coil overs I've been very curious as well and have been waiting for my alignment before getting the measurements. I'll likely get the measurements tomorrow so I can plan my next set of new 18" wheels.
It's hard to find people that will narrow or widen wheels. Some you need to ship your wheels to which makes the cost go up through the roof and then you need to repaint but probably still cost less than True Forge . Hard part also is some people don't like to work with cast aluminum wheels which are all the SVE and less expensive brands.cool, I'm sure you and I will be in the same boat with the next set of wheels... I think I'm gonna have to eventually bite the bullet and go custom. I'd really prefer to get the SVE Drift wheels but I'd have to see about getting them cut/welded/modified to the specs I need to make them fit right.
Weld craft does the narrowing and wideningIt's hard to find people that will narrow or widen wheels. Some you need to ship your wheels to which makes the cost go up through the roof and then you need to repaint but probably still cost less than True Forge . Hard part also is some people don't like to work with cast aluminum wheels which are all the SVE and less expensive brands.