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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:18 pm
by yellowsnow4free
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Congratulations morgan! :)

After all your years of hard (and excellent quality) work, you are finally able to enjoy your amazing car! :D

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:25 am
by morgan
Thanks guys, been enjoying it greatly so far. Still have some bugs to work out but theyre minor.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:57 pm
by joel23
car looks great.............. :mrgreen:

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:17 am
by rekik
I SECOND THAT^^^^

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:17 pm
by morgan
Thanks gents. Fixed all the issues i had today. Car is done except for the parts i ordered thru EP Importers
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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:54 pm
by Gae86
Awesome build!

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:49 am
by morgan
thanks

did some work this weekend buttoning things up. aligned the drivers door and hatch a lil better, solved my headlight/radio/horn issue, finished putting all of the interior in, installed the speakers for the radio, & fitted the side skirt end caps better. on to the good stuff...
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yeah...those are 3 point rear seat belts :D
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while aligning the side skirts, I saw a part I made years ago that I forgot about. aluminum spacer to use with the manual rack prothane bushing set.
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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:44 pm
by RuizXIII
Yes! I have not checked in on your build-up in a good while so this is excellent, Mr. Craig!
It is good to see your car done up in a nice, shiny paint job and finally done, Boss.
The new place looks nice ;)

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:56 am
by morgan
thanks Jonny, so glad to have it back. had my friend stop over the other day, 20v's unite. need to get rid of that rear bumper, ugly as...
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started making a battery tie-down for the optima I have.
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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:16 pm
by RuizXIII
That color really suits the 86. I love it.
Keep on truckin', Craig. You finally get to enjoy your machine this summer =)

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:35 am
by morgan
thanks, im more than happy with the color too, I love it. been enjoying it every day, rain or shine. its nice that it doesn't rain in the car anymore from numerous places. motors running strong.
just did an oil change yesterday(3 years later), and lowered the front a bit since it was too high now that the usdm front bumper is gone. hard to tell in the previous pics, but the gap was about 1 1/4", now its matched to the rear at about 1/4"
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...and I got a great email this morning. the big ass box from EP Importers is thru customs, and ready to ship. should be going out today.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:42 am
by morgan
package from EP Importers showed up yesterday. left work early to make sure I was home on time, they showed up right at the beginning of the 3 hour window I scheduled.
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opened it to find everything nicely packed
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been wanting one of these forever. had a kouki one years back and it was beat to sh!t
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grill is in great shape, fits perfect, all the clips were there and intact. front end=done
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next project is to fix the circled areas and spray this in satin black. need to make a bash bar as well.
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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:36 pm
by corolladrift
Such a great build!

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:57 am
by shagymc
gorgeous build man!

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:41 am
by morgan
Thanks guys.

Been doing little things here and there, bought the lexus strikers, i think it looks cleaner. Also polished my eyelids, which had 2 layers of paint and one layer of plastidip on them, what a pain...
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Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:16 pm
by shagymc
Morgan, do you have a part number for those strikers?

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:39 am
by morgan
Not offhand but I can get one

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:29 am
by shagymc
That or a model they came from would be sweet, looks sick and I'm buying the little things now to stockpile before paint.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:37 am
by morgan
2002-06 Lexus ES300 front or rear striker with cover.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:42 am
by grappletech
I've been following your 86 antics for years! I was looking at an 86 garage magazine with you on the cover and got my motivation back!!

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:37 am
by shagymc
Thanks for the info Morgan!

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:00 am
by morgan
no problem shagy.

thanks grapple, I needed to look at the issue every once in a while too, when I was feeling like the body work was never going to end.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:19 pm
by RuizXIII
I love the little details. Do those strikers help 'firm' up the door at all, Craig?
Or make it feel less flimsy...if you will.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:45 am
by morgan
Not that I noticed, the plastic just hides the screws. It's not like the frs trd strikers

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:23 pm
by Hifen
Please send me the 86garage article on switching the brakes its the one on issue 3 Sandoval.christian419@gmail.com some one sold me a corolla with bad brakes and id rather just switch to newer brakes please and thank you @morgan

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:55 am
by morgan

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:09 am
by morgan
its been a rather long time since i made an update, so heres the past few months...

8/6/2014 meet...
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then my son asked for donuts for breakfast, the look on his face when i said "ok, lets go"...priceless.
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was under the car doing some work, took an up the skirt shot for fun...
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then Dennis aka fiveten hooked me up with his spare 86 nights limited edition shift knob, many thanks again Dennis!
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and i decided its time to do some exhaust work. time to remove the T3 test pipe and make my own flex pipe. ordered the flex section, 2 flanges, and a few of the SCE copper crush gaskets.
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been having a long time aggrevation with the Charge Light illuminating at random times. turns out there was a small coolant leak from the upper hose causing the problem, so i fixed that up and then my electric fan decided to short out and now i have to pull the headlight harness to fix it...all before a North NJ cruise i have organized for 11/2. havent touched teh zenki rear bumper either, ill save that for the winter.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:18 am
by morgan
managed to get the car up and running moments before having to leave for this cruise, turned out my alternator was fried. put a friends spare in and it fired right up and no problems all day. the cruise went great, 21 86's showed up in total. theres some pics and videos on the event page.
https://www.facebook.com/events/584818631644139

car will be going under the knife yet again this winter. long list of things to do...
-BT con rods
-ARP head studs
-TRD 0.8mm HG
-ITG stacks filter from T3
-T3 front weld-on coilover kit with 8Kg springs & AGX shocks
-rear 6Kg Swift springs
-finish the zenki jdm bumper and bash bar
-fix the oil pump crank seal oil leak
-clean up my engine harness
-relocate battery to the trunk
-paint the engine bay
...and if i have time, rebuild my rear end. also building a 20v for a friend so i probably will get most done but not all.

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:17 am
by EvoSolley
*cough* ......updates?....... *cough* :D

Re: the 7+ year projects finally coming to a close...

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:37 am
by morgan
just stacking parts up in the basement for now. last of the motor parts will be here next week, then I need to pull the motor. that's going to be a task in itself... no more garage so its outside, and theres a sh!t ton of snow from the past week...well over a foot. other problem is that I have a herniated disk and am starting physical therapy this week. and pulling a motor is pretty difficult in this state(which I did before and it was a very bad outcome).

only difference is its under a car cover now, and all the snow.
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