I think the winter is over....so it's time to put the car back together. The "spring conversion" includes taking off the roof rack, winter wheels, and re-installing the 2pc rotors and lower tie bar. Also repainted the wheels and centercaps so they look less crappy. Oh, and a wash of course.

Here's what the car looked like 2 weeks ago:



And some pictures from today

 

the tie bar. Don't ask about the white tape....it's part of another project



the brakes and repainted wheels with new center caps



Also cleaned up the wifey's car. And yes, it's the 2.3, just doesn't have the badge on the side...

 

Looking good. Spring cleaning FTW!

 

wanna re-paint my wheels? Damn you did a good job. Car looks good but I'm still in shock when I see those paint chips on the side of your car! I'm glad I live in the south. haha

I just cleaned my brakes today as well and checked the lines/pads/CV axles and cleaned the car up

 

good job! car's looking oh so sexy

 

Nice job irish! The repainted rims look great, and I like that red touch on the brakes, not too ricey!

 

I LOVE THE BINARY LISCENSE PLATE...ftw

 

Those wheels look better on the 5th Gen than the G

 

car looks really good

 

Hey, what's the white tape for?

Looking good.

 

actually, the white tape just covers some holes I drilled for some skidplate-type underbody protection that I was toying with (thinking about doing a rallycross this year ). Keeps any water from getting inside the bar

 

looks like a totally different car

 

Nice, every person that has a car should do some spring cleaning.

 

Hey Irish do you skate board???

 

The car looks good

I washed mine last week, then i had to go out in the rain Back to square one...

 

alot back in high school, but not anymore. I've just always liked the ITC logo I had some ITC stuff but most of the boards I had were powell/peraulta and natas....

I kind of gave it up after I started doing freestyle biking....alot easier to get places on a bike!

 

is that the same car lol. looks fresh and clean. those rims look great on that car.

 

u cleaned up good

 

Looks horrible.

 

i wish we can do spring cleaning in northeast..only thing we are cleaning is all this fukan snow out of our driveways..lookin good tho brotha ur shift **** is working quite well i might add...lol

 

Nice car.. love the rims

 

Car is looking good...but why take off the two piece rotors for winter?

 

How did you polish the exhaust tip? As in the actual opening? regular metal polish?

 

Can you recommend a good wax for my 1922 moped?

 

I hear blatant stupidity works wonders on clear coat and it seems as though you have an abundance of that.


Car looks great Irish, love that rear shot.

 

I don't want all the bolts to get rusty...even though they're grade8, they'd still look nasty after all that road salt.

It's a frankencar exhaust and it's stainless steel. Actually it's not polished at all, other than some soap and water when I washed the car....


no worries....I *think* I get what his reference to....even if I have no idea why he brought it up here.

btw, it was a 1977 Moped, IIRC...

 

nice looking max

 

SPRING FINALLY glad to see u made the conversion i guess its time to break out the goodies.. its looking good man keep it up

 

so, it was 33 degrees and snowed yesterday. Guess I jumped the gun

 

doesn't it just give you so much pride when it goes from nasty to beautiful looks good

 

looks great man. Looks like a different car.

 

I was convinced that your doors were shaved for a second.