JMDigital's Major Build

[Reign_Maker]

John, you should have the grill removed and the front plate indention filled in... Thats what I wanna do... Someone on here was sellin one a few months back *the bumper like that* and it looked SOOOOO good!

*yurs looks good too *

 

[JMDigital]

John, you should have the grill removed and the front plate indention filled in... Thats what I wanna do... Someone on here was sellin one a few months back *the bumper like that* and it looked SOOOOO good!

*yurs looks good too *

Ohhhhhh i see what you mean. Yea. Its too much for the guy thats painting it. He is good to do this but he is not a body shop, Just a repair shop. He can do a fender or bumper. He does it when he has to fix a car thats been hit. But he cant paint a whole car or do thay kind of work. Neet idea tho.!

He will be all done tuesday. It was black and cleared thursday night, He is going to to the back bumper friday, and let it all sit over the weekend. Then its all back together monday and I can get it tuesday .

Then I have to talk Ideal into a trip to tampa to finish the tune...

 

[Reign_Maker]

Well, I hate when people cut the grill and dont do it right, and it sags and looks like sit... The grill is there for a reason, so if you cut it out, you have to support/strengthen the bottom lip or it looks trashy... So yeah, a good body man is in order there... As for the plate holder, I just wish they made a bumper with out it... It looks so clean when its smooted over...

 

[JMDigital]

Well, I hate when people cut the grill and dont do it right, and it sags and looks like sit... The grill is there for a reason, so if you cut it out, you have to support/strengthen the bottom lip or it looks trashy... So yeah, a good body man is in order there... As for the plate holder, I just wish they made a bumper with out it... It looks so clean when its smooted over...

Yea I know what you mean. My 89 was broken, and it saged terrible. I have a replacement for it. Got it from IDEAL a long time ago. I dont even remember what bumper it is. Its not the stock one. Its sitting waiting for us to finish the engine.

 

[JMDigital]

Front Bumper is all painted.. here are some pics I took as it was being done. You can see my fathers red 89 in the background..
BEFORE PIC

AFTER

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

 

[theKnifeArtist]

how hard is it to take the front bumper and the nose off?

 

[JMDigital]

how hard is it to take the front bumper and the nose off?

Good question.. this one was a PAIN.. the few bolts that were still there were rusted on.. Putting it back on was easy, plus he added like 40 bolts that were missing.

Be carefull with the top part. Where the emblem is. That thing is hollow and the ends the bolts connect to felt like they wanted to come off. So gentle.

 

[JMDigital]

Well its been quiet till today. Poped an IC pipe under about 12lbs of boost. We are not finished with the tune but its running strong. took a few pics of the repair job.

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t251/jmsupra/towtruck/

 

[IJ.]

Find someone local with a bead roller

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

you had to tow it home huh... Go maft pro, that way you can limp home

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

Natural habitat of mk3. Towtruck

 

[JMDigital]

you had to tow it home huh... Go maft pro, that way you can limp home

Funny,. I actually talked to IdealSupra about that right before it happened. I am trying not to spend any more money on the Auto so I can get the 5 Speed done.

We did finally get time to finish the tune on friday. Everything seems to be running quite strong. I have to get the R12 back into the AC system. (we have aquired a 30lb bottle of the stuff! ) and I did get the last part in a week or so ago. been sick so I have not gotten it installed.

Here is a pic.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Yay for progress!!!!!!!!!!! Any more news on the 5 speed??????

 

[JMDigital]

Yay for progress!!!!!!!!!!! Any more news on the 5 speed??????

5 Speed plan. is currently to get the engine started in the next month or 2. Keep looking for a good shell to put it in. I still have the 89 it was in, but I hope to find a better body to use. Its going to be a slow build. it could take 6 months to a year to finish. It depends on a few things.

1. Money.. ! haha
2. Finding a shell to use
3. Having time to deal with it.

Until then the auto is alot of fun to drive, the 5speed will be more of a weekend car.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!

At least you still have a fun and gorgeous MkIII to drive whilst the build is being done!!!

 

[GeneStarWindGSW]

i was at your house and not much work completed there

 

[Idealsupra]

wtf stalker!

 

[GeneStarWindGSW]

thats what happens when john gets :drink1: :beer: lol.



besides did u forget i have secret magical powers
:kloguck:

wtf stalker!

not really lol but hey you know i bought a camera doing my little roadtrip and waiting about an hour for john to wake up, i got bored -_-

 

[Reign_Maker]

Find someone local with a bead roller

Or have someone weld a bead around the end... That'll do...