Project Blackout: Mrgreeneyes' Coupe Build

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Rule of thumb:

When I post, it'll probably have pictures.

When Keegan posts before I do, I wasn't there to take pictures; THUS, he was too lazy to do so.

When Keegan posts after me, the pictures will probably already be up.

Now you know.

[White Comet]

yeah i know normally that when keegan posts theres no pics to look at, but i got my hopes up anyways

[noobdrftr]

cant wait to see this car complete

[Dizel01]

Out of 4 of us there, we were all too lazy to take pics and all that. That's why we hire you Doug, lol.

[mrgreeneyes]

Out of 4 of us there, we were all too lazy to take pics and all that. That's why we hire you Doug, lol.

ill take pics thurs for all you pic hungry kids.

cant wait to pilot this thing...

[Didderson]

Pilot yes. Winning verb.

I took a pic of the outer tie rod because it was ballin. Post?

[Bumnah]

I hope you keep those meaty Axenis. They look good.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

[Didderson]

Lol I though this was going to be the pic. Looks soooo good and it's not fully settled on the ground keke.Mr.G has to get ( ) this much motivation to finish the brakes... cmon man!

[KeeperoftheDead]

Every time I see this build thread I get excited because that car looks ssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

I woke up to these.

[Idahos13]

car looks awesome man It has a sick stance!!!

[mrgreeneyes]

the last of the parts from courtesy arrived yesterday, a few mins after i got there.

new front subframe mounting studs, new nuts for that, castle nuts for the rear axles w/ dampener washers, and the last rear brake pad pin. now i just gotta figure out where my lil bag/box of brake hardware got to (yikes)

got the front aligned as close as possible by eye/tape measure. still nowhere near where i want it... but thats what an alignment is for. RT Tuning here i come....

gotta figure out the whole HID's deciding they dont wanna work after 6 months of sitting... if not, ill slap some silverstar h4's in.

next step is bleeding the brakes with my sweetass new vacuum bleeder i bought at work. 30 psi of vacuum should bleed s*** pretty quick

doug posted pics for me.

still gotta shave the inner lip of the front fenders.... fiberglassy no likey tire.

and mount my front bumper? yeah. thats gotta happen. ZZZZIIIIPTIES MF!

and the pic of the top of the front caliper/wheel/rotor is to show the little baby 3mm spacer i had to use to clear the coilovers cus that was a TIGHT fit

later dudelettes

[brn-n-jpn]

i like seeing progression of your car now all we have to do is get jeff to finish his ever long lasting project more pics required though for the guys that can't see the car in person

[mrgreeneyes]

hoping to be driving it tomorrow guys/gals!

wish me luck... and patience for working with fiberglass... uuuuuuuuuuugh. not fun.

anyone who likes fiberglass work, come to my house anytime really tomorrow. ill prolly end up punching the car's face.

[hbpignosePA]

what needs fiberglassed? i thought the aero is brand new?

[mrgreeneyes]

what needs fiberglassed? i thought the aero is brand new?

fiberglass fenders need bowed to fit the wheels/clear the doors when they open. pita to deal with when in theory it should all bolt on. oh well. grind/sand/heat will take care of it

come on down tomo locals. see the glory that is the coupe. and/or keep me company. i get ronery (jdm lonely)

[hbpignosePA]

ah makes sense.... id try and make it down if i didnt work at 4 and have a ton of errands to run.

ill have to make it out to lancaster sometime soon to see this

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Hi, I'm Keegan. I'm lazy and I never have motivation to finish my car that would take three hours.

Loooooooove youuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I'll be up after work. <3

[Chris28]

I want to see this thing. Maiden voyage should be to Va Beach.

[White Comet]

i like seeing progression of your car now all we have to do is get jeff to finish his ever long lasting project

i haven't even had my car a year yet

[Didderson]

Lol Dougs post is win. Alright I'll come halp u because my dumb work friends bailed on the whole day beach idea for today/thurs the 16th.

I'll be over to help, but I rly hope u can halp me w/ my radio/dome light as well!

I'll bring some fender rolling bats. Chris I'd love for this cars first major highway trip to be to vagina beach. Mine as well. I've only been on a 1.5 hour drive max so far.

[spooled240]

hm so what do you guys usually do on vagina beach? Sounds like a pretty fun place to go??

^diggin your hatch btw

[Didderson]

Hahaha spooled thanks man. When I attended vt my roomate lived in VA beach and he always called it vagina beach, rubbed off heh.Idk what they usually do, I've never been there b4, but it'd be super fun i assume.sry if this is a jack keegan.
Modified by Didderson at 9:18 AM 7/16/2009

[Chris28]

It's actually kinda lame. It's a beach, that's about it. Maybe I think that way cause i've lived right next to it all my life.

Back to el coche...done?

[mrgreeneyes]

so...

car drives. it runs fine, idles like a champ, in fact, better than before. brakes are on, 90% bled (they need worked some more), power steering is taking freakin forEVER to bleed out the air.

and the angle these knuckles can produce is absolutely insane.

but wait, Keegan, why all these good things, but no cool pics or vids to prove it? thanks for asking, heres why:

1) the whole freaking front end needs fitted. ANYONE kinda local who wants to help/knows what they are doing (DALE)... help me. ill compensate you for your time.

2) since the steering is so epicly responsive as i had hoped, my complete and utter lack of any alignment in the front proves to be a b****, as the toe/camber are SO far off that as the car drives, it pulls dangerously side to side. WAY too much front toe. literally almost died during the first test drive up the road. it needs raised an inch+ just to TRY to clear the inner fenders

3) interior needs love (paint) and some upholstery fun.

4) brakes need bled. bad.

5) i need to "massage" the fenderwells pretty hardcore with my friend, the BFH.

6) i SHOULD run lower profile front tires. that would help a lot of the clearance. FML. (still staying 245 wide, MINIMUM)

theres probably more to b**** about, buuuuut it rides like a champ. diff still loves me, tires feel awesome. whole car looks badass, even my girl used the word "badass"...

the whole uber-s***ty alignment pissed me off, and the steering rack having a dead spot irritates me too... its a remanned one from FRSport, so im hoping its just a simple "needs to bleed the air out" thing... cus the hell with return shipping on one of those.

other than that, not much to say.

discuss


Modified by mrgreeneyes at 9:01 PM 7/16/2009

[Didderson]

As with most large wheel fitments, measures were already taken to help fit such a wide wheel/tire. The whole area probably needs tubbed, but its only really rubbing on the outer front tub area under where the fenders hang, probably due to so much toe in that will be fixed.

Rear frame line and fender liner christmas tree brackets mashed down to size:These two nubs doing the brakes when I answered my phone prompted a progress pic. Awwwwwwww jk jk lol.

Going to be great. Exhaust sounds tight without cat internals. Just a few more baby steps till DD status.


Modified by Didderson at 11:51 PM 7/16/2009

[Bumnah]

raise front end. turn on car. turn steering wheel side to side.have someone watch the ps reservoir to see how the fluid is doing. it should move up and down and it should bleed out the top.

turn it left to right at least 20-30 times. i did it for a while. it works well.

as for the brakes. go on amazon and get the $60 motive pressure bleeder. get the junk to 17 psi and pop open the bleeder. works really well.

did you put in a new bmc? did you bench bleed?

[Dizel01]

1) the whole freaking front end needs fitted. ANYONE kinda local who wants to help/knows what they are doing (DALE)... help me. ill compensate you for your time.

Does someone needs help with fiberglass?? I just got back from ocean city so I should be able to swing by. Sunday is good for me. Just shoot me a text and let me know. Ill bring that exhaust header too if you still need it.

[hbpignosePA]

hummm ill be in lanc sat/sunday for a wedding

maybe ill swing by if ur around too

let me know the next day your working on it next week; maybe i can stop by