PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

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PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:38 pm

Hey guys I bought this car as a completely stock 1985 sr5 hatchback with 170k miles that sat for 15 years. Here's the progress I've made over the past year.

BIO: I've always wanted one of these cars since I was 16. I was 23 when I bought this car. I've put every cent I've earned and every bit of spare time into this car over the past year.
I'm not building a car here I'm bringing a dream to life. Every bit of work done on this car has been done by me and some helping hands from a couple close buddies. My dream has been to save
this car.

The day I picked it up, I was towing it home. AAA for the win.

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:42 pm

I picked up some used megan coilovers from a friend for free. The stock 4ac had a giant hole in the block.

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I bought a full GTS swap from a buddy of mine.

Here are the specs:

Engine:
-small port redtop 16v 4age. 8500rpm redline
-individual throttle bodies (silvertop)
-SQ Engineering 210mm stacks.
-crower 280 cams
-megasquirt pnp engine management
-hks valve springs
-ported head
-adjustable fidanza cam gears
-msd ignition
-no name 4 to1 header
-2.25 exhaust.

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:44 pm

Out with the old and in with the new =D

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Picked up some Enkei apachi wheels. 15x8 zero offset

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:48 pm

Started and drove first try. Pretty much everything else on the car was toast. The full brake system was dead, Clutch master was dead, all the wheel bearings were screwed.

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cleaned up my bay a bit and painted my valve cover =)

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TRD REP WING

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:50 pm

Put on my sideskirts, paint matched the trim and bumper

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New gts rear end, with a new trd 2 way diff, slotted rotors and braided brake lines. my gts conversation is complete mechanically
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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:51 pm

Picked up some kouki tails from a super nice fellow hachi owner

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Decided to tint them dark cherry.

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Before and after
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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:52 pm

Got a new obx exhaust and a oem brand new front bumper, I've been collecting parts.

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Exhaust installed =)

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I got backed into so I got a new fender, hood and bumper

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:54 pm

Picked up new wheels 15x9 -15 rota rkr

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Decided to take on the challenge of painting a car for the first time ever myself. After heavy research and hours on youtube its time.
been going hard on the body work

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shaved the side markers

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All my paint stuff Lexus iceberg white pearl

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Shaved the antenna

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:56 pm

The time came, Took a buddy and I three weeks in the garage to complete!

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PRIMED

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Block wet sanded the whole car with 800 grit

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Laying the base and mid coats. Car is a Lexus Starfire white pearl.

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restored the factory tail lights and put my own little spin on them

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:57 pm

The clear is on! I had a picture of an oem panda trueno on the original add on my phone and spent hours of trail and error to tape the panda off
as close to oem as I could possibly get it.

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The assembly begins

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ITS DONE!

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:59 pm

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby EvoSolley » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:35 pm

First reply! love this build and car, a real inspiration! mine will be like this eventually, great work!

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby ciller » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:41 pm

Nice and clean, the end result is amazing. I really like the before and after shot.

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby RuizXIII » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:45 pm

That was a nice 8 months transformation.
I wish I worked that fast, haha. Nice job, It came out really sweet.
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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby .TRD.TRUENO. » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:51 pm

Saw pics of it floating around. Great to finally see the build process and how far its come! Was like "oooohh, aaaaahh" while reading this xD Awesome work!

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby s3cf » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:53 am

your car is beautiful

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby scels12 » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:45 pm

This is how allllll build threads should be
Quick to the point with quality work

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby Fltc86 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:22 am

awesome build. You are an inspiration

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby AimlessArrow » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:38 am

Sweet build! Where'd you get the floor mats? Been looking for them all over and can only find them on yahoo japan

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby treborbadz » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:47 am

Very nice built, restored and modified

Enjoyed very much every pics you posted

Congratulations!

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby shagymc » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:52 pm

Bomb build. What's your next mod or big picture project on it?

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby IndiaDorifto7 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:22 pm

justinleexxx wrote:Picked up some kouki tails from a super nice fellow hachi owner

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Decided to do them dark cherry.

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How did you color them? is it paint or dye or something else? It looks great And I wanna try doing the same for my ae86 :)

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby grappletech » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:30 am

I think that the paint on those lights are about the sexiest thing I've ever seen
87 GTS Coupe stock and Super Duper Clean
87 GTS Coupe Beams 3sge (under construction cuz I'm slow and lazy and broke-FML)
87 SR5 Coupe Shell. (Sold)
86 SR5 Hatch Shell
86 GT-SR5 Coupe 20v Swap

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby saiGone » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:18 am

Lights look great. dope with the matching plate frame.

Quick turnaround man!
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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby KP61! » Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:15 pm

I love it. Very Nice work. Clean and simple

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby John H. » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:58 pm

Awesome build!
How is the OBX twin tip exhaust?
I was thinking of getting one but a lot of people say that it's to loud.


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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:56 pm

Got some recaros today.

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby Deuce Cam » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:10 am

Looks good.

I've been considering some old Recaro L series seats myself for a while now. Did you make custom seat brackets? How high up do you you sit compared to the gts seats?

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby justinleexxx » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:50 am

Yeah I built the brackets from flat steel. They sit up a little bit higher with the recaro rails but its not bad. I'm 6ft tall.

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Re: PNW HATCH BUILD (SPACECRUISER)

Postby Ether » Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:09 pm

Great work my dude. Your hatch is very fresh enjoy