very nice! where do you stay in GA? my car's been under wraps for awhile. doing a full audio build right now. can't wait to see this ride out and about. see you around!

 

haha no its all good...just means we both have good taste

i can think of atleast 3 parts you beat me to, but you beat me to them fair and squarely not like you under cut me or something just means i will have to troll the classifieds harder

you car is gonna be really nice when completed, maybe next time im in GA i'll come by and meet you and collect my parts

 

Nice and rare combo!! Good choice with the L-Sportline/L-Tuned combo as well. Can't wait to see how it turns out. We should be having a meet soon in the Atlanta area, but maybe not until this cold spell is over, heheh.

 

I intend to, definitely.

 

Car is dirty, but I uploaded a couple of pics...
Thanks, me too...

I live in Atlanta (Buckhead), but I pretty much all over ATL on a daily basis.

I'll be here...

Let me know man, I definitely want to come check out all the ATL cars...

 

Car looks great! Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see the progress on the swap. When are you planing on doing the swap?

 

I wanted to start my audio install today, but everywhere I went to get my wiring didn't have the right stuff, so I may just have to mail-order my wiring and put off the install by a few days. Any of you GA boys know a good mom & pop shop where I can pick up some wiring for a fair price?

I bought some headlights from the classifieds, I always wanted to do a retro, but I didn't plan on touching my SportDesign headlights. Seller only wanted 100.00 for the pair, they need to be buffed out a little, but should turn out nicely. Not sure what projectors I am going to use yet, I'll play it by air. I want to do something different though, we'll see...

I bought some spacers for the crossbar that sits under the Tanabe Y-Pipe. Since the Tanabe exhaust is larger in diameter than factory, it was basically sitting on the cross bar. Bought a couple spacers and longer bolts and now I have enough clearance (no rattles over bumps).

 

I really really want your interior!

 

Well, my plans were to have the entire car finished and make the swap the last piece of the puzzle. I am due for a major service real soon (timing belt, seals, water pump...) and I told myself that I am not going to do that service only to swap the engine shortly after that. I would rather use that money for the swap. So we'll see... I also have to buy another car for my wife. I really don't want her driving the car at all after the major mods get installed such as wheels & suspension because she will definitely curb a wheel or damage something...

Give me 5k and it's yours... I'll even install it for you

Headlights fresh out of the oven. There are enough write up's on here regarding retro's, so I wont do another one. The only tip I can add is that when you start pulling the lens away from the headlight housing and the glue starts to stretch like melted cheese, keep a razor blade or something handy to cut away the glue so it does not land on the bezel. It helped for me...

 

Love your interior, cant wait to see the progress pictures.

 

Beaautiful car mate. The yellow hazing on the headlamps that you've just pulled apart, is it inside or outside of the lens?

 

beautiful car and lovin the interior

 

Nice, Cant wait to see more.

Is that the lexus saddle interior couch back there?

 

Thank you. Progress is slow, but it's coming.

I'm nearly 100% sure it's the outside only, but I haven't really spent much time looking at the lenses yet since I don't have all the parts for the retro yet.

Thank you.

You've got a good eye... It's actually a bench seat for the dining table. No chairs at our dining table, just 2 long benches. They color is pretty close, never realized that before...

Frustrating week... my painter was mysteriously sick all week, so my aero parts just sat in primer for the last 7 days. I finally had enough and told him I'll be stopping by to pick up the parts even if they were not finished. Amazingly he felt better and is supposedly painting them as we speak.

Drove around all of Atlanta trying to get my stereo wiring (zero gauge, interconnects, fuse & distribution block...) Only 1 place had them in stock and they were basically charging full retail. I try to support mom & pop shops because my first real job was at a mom & pop shop but it's hard paying a mom & pop almost double when you can get the same thing on the net if you just wait a few days. That's why I miss NY sometimes. NY you could get anything for just a few points over cost if you know where to go.

So almost my entire interior is apart and I can't do anything. I wanted to get all the wiring run this week so I could close up most of the interior and start building my box and amp rack. Oh well... maybe next week.

The only good thing that happened car wise this week was that I found some Mercedes projector fog lights that have been sitting in my garage for about 10 years (off of an old SL600). I always knew I was going to use them someday for something. I wonder if they will work as high beams? This will be my first retro so we'll see... I may just end up selling them because they retail for like 200.00 a piece. If I would have known that, they would have been sold years ago!

 

wow man, looks effing goood!!