more pics of body work here.



the guy loved this front pumper. it had 2 layers of paint on it from a previous accident. so it took a lot of sanding to get down to the urethane

 

here are some of the final pics before the shot the paint.

 

here are some of pics of the items after paint. its hard to see the pearl white in these cell phone camera photos.

here are the lower door mouldings painted and mirror housings.


side skirts (oem 97+ skirts)


front bumper


Rear Bumper


door handles


Mirror Base

 

The body shop is doing a great job. Nice build!!!

 

Nice work. Are u sticking with dwp paint color?

 

here are some pics of the body, its still taped up





bad pic here


sorry for these pics here. i took them in the evening. i was tryin to assemble it before it got too dark.

 

im not sure what lexus called the color in 1992. but i asked that it was a white pearl when they painted it. i assume its diamond white pearl.

 

thanks man! its a lot of work to get it this far. i seen it on your build too. u know what im talkin about!

yes they did good work. im satisfied.

 

here is some pics of me assembling the mirrors. i took them damn near completely apart so they could paint the shell correctly. i didnt want any runs because of the odd shape.











and here are the mirrors put back on the car.

 

here are some finished product pics.here are some pics i took outside before i added emblems.











i got creative here. the factory power antenna was shot, so i used a tail light grommet from a 1991 MR2 tail light harness, and a cheap 10 dollar rubber antenna from Advance Auto Parts, pushed it thru just enough so it pokes out like a nub, zip tied the rest of the lower antenna to the inside power antenna mounting point and tada, cool looking antenna.

 

later i got the emblems. almost 100 bux later buying new ones of course. i didnt put any in the front. i had those holes filled before the paint job was complete.

i took it to a parking garage at night to try and get some photos. i had to use the cell phone camera again. ugh! i need a good digital SLR!

some might be blurry! just deal with it.

 

moving a long.... i decided to paint the calipers. it was a bored sunday kinda thing.

 

the next thing up on my todo list was to get a blanket for my turbocharger. keep the heat in and all that good stuff!.

 

the next thing i was to add was the Oil Catch. its more of a looks thing, but i still added one.
i didnt have it feed back into the intake because a friend of mine did the same thing and it was actually pulling out oil from the crankcase. very bad!

 

im pretty close to where i am now with the car. i did the cluster bulb thing. i made a seperate thread for that.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...xperience.html

but here is a snap shot of how it looks now.



the temp needle works. i forgot to tighten the 5 screws on the back down hard enough.