little bandit (pics)

[l2efused]

this is just pretty much pics of what my car has gone threw the past several months. thought id share with you guys.

as to why the title is "Little Bandit" its because thats the name of my car, my girlfriend named it for me when i first got it (snakes car name on the simpsons, even tho it looks absolutly nothing like his car). and then i got a little mascot (a little panda bear) for my car that i just had lying/flying around on my hatch cover. and now that my car is black/white the mascot suites it even better now.

this is how my car looked like at the begining of Jan. 07a clean stock '93then at the end of the month (jan 31. 07)this is how my car looked

i was so pissed that night, i got in an accident litterly 2min away from my work so everyone i worked with drove by and saw, some rumors started saying that i got taking away in an ambulance. that was news to me because i was perfectly fine (physically) but my car wasnt.

then with some help by a friend we located all the body parts that i needed bumber and my fenders (also got headlights and a hood, not showen)

and my car sat in my garage for the rest of the winter.

then the weather started getting nicer outside so i started ripping the body parts off my carmy bumper ripped off, headlights removed and my fender pretty much off (damn rusted bolt was stoping me at that point, so i just eveuntually riped it off, and the rusted bolt is still on my car

also when i was taking off the wheel well cover things i found this in my right tire section.

damn fender that was giving me a hard time.

my new injen cold air intake with a cheap air filter for now.

first glance at my new bumper on, with a missing headlight.notice the big gap! it was bothering me but i think i sorta figure out why.

and now how my car sits now (just back inside my garage)





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brad.

[l2efused]

also.. does anyone know where this thing connects to and what its for?ive looked and looked for where it would go but have no clue where/what it is.

i have the same connector on both sides not hooked up, this is of my left side where my headlight should be.

thx

[Hayakus13]

NICE progress brad!!....keep up the good work..and don't stop here.....this car has great potential

[l2efused]

ohh im not stoping here and you know it, also thanks for the help getting my bumper on.

[KA24Power]

Nice job man, we should cruise sometime.

Just a quick question though.. did you pull your Rad support back straight or just leave it like that?

[l2efused]

my rad support...i just left it like that, cant really afford a tow-truck to and from a body shop to strighten it out plus the labour so i pretty much just left it like that, sorta tried to strighted it out a bit with a hammer/mallot but didnt really work.

so once i can drive my car again i wanna take it to a body shop to get it strighten up again.

and ya man we should deff. go for a cruise sometime, hopfully soon.i hope i can drive my car next weekend for a big meet in niagra.

bings spring 240 meet (SON240), should be really good, i already know a few people going and theres going be alot of 240's there.

[srpowered240sx]

she needs premium dude, PREMIUM!!!!!!!



now, your car looks ok, but you could do some better alignment of those body lines.

[Driftless240]

Very nice progess, I will be checking back and forth to see whats up! Also, yes you should get some Meshies

[240love]

that connector is for the headligh motors i believe..but i could be wrong

[qat727]

Good progress. Methinks you could sell off those Daytime Running lights to someone and recoup some of your losses (provided they aren't too damaged)

[l2efused]

she needs premium dude, PREMIUM!!!!!!!



now, your car looks ok, but you could do some better alignment of those body lines.

haha. knew someone was going to post that. thats awsome!

but ya i deff. need to align my body alot better. and i plan on it eventually

Very nice progess, I will be checking back and forth to see whats up! Also, yes you should get some Meshies

ty, and yes i tottaly want some meshies.!!hopfully sometime i can find a good cheap used set of em.

that connector is for the headligh motors i believe..but i could be wrong

ya..thats what another friend is saying too, which sorta makes sense, but i cant seem to find where it would plug into, ive looked many times where from all angles even took my headlight out and looked around but no such luck as to where it connects too.

..and as for selling my DTRL, why would i do that? i like themgood ol canadian 240's

[s13fOr_me]

was your frame damaged in anyway? anyways looking good....keep it up.

[l2efused]

^nope.good thing

as for the paint goes if any of you are wonderingam im painting it all back to white, or am i going paint the rest black, or a whole new colour.?well none of those, because i do not plan on painting it as i like how it looks with the white/black, even got my white front mud guards to add onto the front fenders, wondering how thats going look when i put them on, but i may end up painting my hatch black as i need to fix that up too, ripped off my spoiler last year and did a really bad quick long hair fiber glass repair, may look bad up close but there's no leaks so thats good enough for me at the moment. at least it doenst have that rubber rust magnet on it still, reason why i took it off, starting to rust too much.

[newfengshui]

turn signals, probably.

[l2efused]

not the turn singals. already hooked up and workingright side, but my left side (which is showing in the pic) has burnt out bulbs.

and my day time lights are also connected

im starting to wonder if that was even connected before.

[l2efused]

i feel like a moron, i was looking for where this connects to in my car with different headlights then i had before (old ones still good), so i just went and looked at my old headlamps which are literally 2 steps away from where i am right now in a box covered up by a blanket and sure enough when i pull the blanked off there is a wire stareing me in my face with a coresponding plug.

[qat727]

..and as for selling my DTRL, why would i do that? i like themgood ol canadian 240's

Yeah, but from the looks of it, you have a set in your white bumper and a set in your black one. I figured if you had two sets, you might as well sell one set off.

[l2efused]

..ya, i see where your coming from and i already sold the ones off the black bumper awhile ago (worse shape).

i guess i didnt think my answer threw clearly, since i was thinking why would i wanna get rid of the ones i have now? when really i already got rid of a pair. buyer got a damn good deal on them too. 6pack of beer.

[l2efused]

just hooked up my old headlights. which are the better ones i think anyways. and its looking good, just need to align them properly/better, but for now all i wanted was for them to work... but my headlights still dont want to go up or down, but thats okay i can do them manually and then also at the same time have some lit sleepy eyes if i want too.(just going suck cus everytime i want to pop them up or down i have to do it manually, for now) low-beam high-beam with my right turn single flashing up close

[l2efused]

finally made my hatch smoother after taking off that rust making spoiler and also painted it. patched it up with fiberglass awhile ago (last year) and it looked like CRAP!so i bought a cheap grinder at rona and it worked great took off the fiberglass bumps on my hatched and also a few small rust spots. sanded it down, put some bondo body filler on sanded it down the next morning (today, i started drinking last night so didnt finish) and then washed my car then i started painting it.i ran out of paint i knew i should of gotton a bigger spray can. or two. and that is all, gotta get another spray can and do another layer or two.