I got the fogs in and wired up earlier this week and I had my buddy run the car through a car dealer car wash today while I was out running errands on the Bonnie.. So I figured I would snap some pics.

Before and afters:







Other than the pin stripe, the only major offenders are the drivers side doors:


I'm praying I come across those doors for cheap, and I can get the pin stripe for free so that will come eventually.

 

Very nice man, that's a sleeper for sure

 

Want to know more about the Bonnie! I used to have a 98' SSEi, loved it.

 

Wow nice! Much better. Good siht bro. Shes coming along.

Is that a Cefiro tail board or a Cefiro badge on the OEM one?

 

Thanks.

The Cefiro tail is the whole tail. They have them up on ebay. A little pricey but I just couldn't not.. lol.

Here's more about the Bonnie.
http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...d.php?t=106418

 

hey bro nice comback of that I30, looking real sharp keep up the great work.

 

I got into an accident a few months ago where someone went zero infront of me in I95 with no traffic. So the front got a little diked up. I banged some of it out and put the exterior on hold.
I came across some better i30 seats and carpets, threw those in.
Picked up Cattman headers/exhaust and JICs but decided to do a bunch of other crap while I was in there:
New:
LCAs
P/s wheel bearing
Endlinks
Sway bar bushings
D/s axle
Axle seals
Valve covers/gaskets
Completely re-seal the timing cover, mains, oil pan
I started that stuff Friday evening, took off Sunday and finished this afternoon with an alignment. I did have help except for yesterday and today so that sped things up a bit.



The wheel was pretty bad..

Newer Pics:





Engine/Exhaust/Suspension:

 

After first start up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itc6mIk-1jI
Covered:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIAPgQfZU4
Quietness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35xdQf8kmX4

 

Damnnnnnn this car is awesome. That interior is looking really clean too.

 

Love it. Can I bother you for a rev vid?

 

Keep the progress and pics coming lol.

 

*jealous*

 

That cam timing worries me.


Will this car see boost again? This was honestly one of the best sleepers i had ever seen, because it just looked like a well maintained car.

 

Lol. Trust me, It's right. It just got moved when we torqued the cam bolts down to spec.

No plans for boost. I'd rather spend that money making the car look good again. Now that the leaks and squeeks are fixed that's really the only thing left to make it an all around nice car.

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

damn nice i30

 

I got some maintenance stuff done on the i30..

I replaced the lower rad support since mine finally took a dump.
It was about 50+ spot welds to drill out. My front end is mangled a couple different ways so it made it interesting.. I had to use a 10lb slide hammer, mini sledge, various pliers, and clamps to make it all line back up. After I got it in and welded I por-15'd all affected areas.

The alignment is pretty decent. A lot of the damage associated with the bumper and rad support was fixed. The fog brackets need adjusting as well as the driver side bumper support. But, at least the front end is one piece again.

Other new parts: bumper support, support brackets, hood struts, and cross member bolts.

 

 

Nice build, love 5MT I30s!

 

The i30 got the 8/9" Super RSes I used to run on my Bonnie. I'm going to bring it down a little eventually and add a 15mm spacer out back once I get my hands on a roller.







The Bonnie has 9/10" Super RSes now.

 

luv the bonnie