Purestock240's purple coupe build

[purestock240]

Are you oval racing? like nascar?

yea. anywhere from 1/4 to 5/8 mile

[purestock240]

Had some spare time so i decided to start checking out some electrical problems, the guy who had the car before had really hacked some stuff together, fuse for interior lights also powers the radio, under dash lights that only come on when the door is open don't turn on at all, cigarette lighter doesn't work, had a few other problems with lights and stuff but got them fixed,

under dash lights:
the drivers side is always on when the battery is hooked up, and the passenger side does not work at all, i already changed the switches in the door jams and that made no difference, changed the fuse, anyone have any ideas?

Cigarette lighter:
no that i smoke, but i do like having it there to charge a phone or run an ipod transmitter every once and a while, this is the one that is in the car and none of the 7 parts cars i have have the green light ring. it does not work but i think that is only due to the alligator clamp wiring harness rigged up for it, is this oem?


and not that it really matters but does anyone know what these plugs are for, one behind the cd deck and another on is behind the drivers kickpanel.

[purestock240]

Forgot about this thread,
car went into the paint booth last night, got sprayed this morning and i'm going to pick it up Tomorrow.
its no longer purple






tommorow i can finally start getting things done on it and put it back together. i picked up a stock SR sidemount and piping, OBX 8:1FMU and a Blitz DD Bov for the turbo setup. its almost complete but for now i am going to focus on interior

[nando]

Down draft booth at that shop?

Looks really dirty. hopefully the paint job comes out clean.

great build by the way. sorry about your luck at the race.

[purestock240]

it was done by a very reputable shop. the booth looks like there is about an inch of dust on the ground, its because that booth was put in like 30 years after the body shop was started, and there used to be a mixing bench there, so all the spilled paint over years accumulated on the floor and some of it has chipped off, some hasn't. its just a rough floor,

overall the paint job is amazing and i couldn't be happier, the only tiny problem i have with it is that there is a few fine spider cracks that never got sanded out on the rear bumper but its so minor i couldn't really care less. it should last forever as long as i take care of it, the products used were the best that can be bought, i only had to pay for material and it still cost me allot more than what I have in the rest of the car altogether including original cost of the car.

[JonathanPrem]

pure how much was the paint job. im from son as well but to lazy to go back there to post. I'm looking for a decent overspray until i can afford a good paint job.

[purestock240]

pure how much was the paint job. im from son as well but to lazy to go back there to post. I'm looking for a decent overspray until i can afford a good paint job.

I'm not gonna say exactly how much it cost me, but products alone were valued at around $1500 retail for primer, paint, clear, and all the activators and reducers. the paint industry has gotten a little out of hand with the introduction of water based paints. If i didn't have the resources or people i do there is no possible way i would have been able to get this done as well as it is, the car would have been painted with a single stage euro-thane. To the average Joe this job would have cost prolly well over 5k. all the jams were also painted.

[laxands13]

Thats a really nice looking paint job, glad to hear its gonna last too! What are you thinking of doing next?

[purestock240]

right now im ordering my wiring for audio, once it comes in the mail i am going to get all the wires in and finish the interior off, im looking at 4 good quality 6.5" speakers for the doors and rear, 2 10s are going behind the rear seats pointing towards the back of the seat, the grey trunk trim pieces are all going to be blacked out. there is also a lot of random tasks like window wipers that need to be done. once the car is 100% street ready im going to have to decide on turboing it or not. i have most of the parts but am not sure if i am going to have time this spring or want to endure horrible fuel economy.

[purestock240]

right now im ordering my wiring for audio, once it comes in the mail i am going to get all the wires in and finish the interior off, im looking at 4 good quality 6.5" speakers for the doors and rear, 2 10s are going behind the rear seats pointing towards the back of the seat, the grey trunk trim pieces are all going to be blacked out. there is also a lot of random tasks like window wipers that need to be done. once the car is 100% street ready im going to have to decide on turboing it or not. i have most of the parts but am not sure if i am going to have time this spring or want to endure horrible fuel economy.

[mixeds14]

nice build tread man.. all u need is some wheels n u be set.. as for the turbo, it might suckin a lil bit more fuel but u be really happy once u have on the car.. EDIT: u'll love it...

[purestock240]

nice build tread man.. all u need is some wheels n u be set.. as for the turbo, it might suckin a lil bit more fuel but u be really happy once u have on the car.. EDIT: u'll love it...

thanks, whether i go turbo or not is going to come down to time, I wanted the car on the road last summer lol. theres no way im going to go two summers in a row of having this car sit in the shop.

[purestock240]

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[bersh240]

is it running????
more pics pleaseee
you have a blog or smthin with your oval track adventures?

[purestock240]

its running, but still looks as it did in my first posts. NA with just a header. my memory card filled so i only got a few shots. i dont have school for a week so i should get allot done. will get some more pics tomorrow.

no I don't have a blog for racing, best i will do is update this thread with pics and progress on it, racing doesn't start till mid May but i will be doing allot of work on the car before then so check for updates. maybe i will grab some pics of the racecars current status tommorow

[MICRoS13]

I don't see a purple coupe. Maybe you're colorblind?

lol the car is purple, but really crappy faded purple purple. the paint name is _______ frost, i forget heres a pic:


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What kind of purple is that anyway ?

[purestock240]

its lavender frost metallic, factory s13 colour only the early 89s had it.

not sure if i mentioned it or not but this car is like #540 made in 88

[purestock240]

this is the only nice car i have seen that is that colour
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd12 ... /01s13.jpg

[bersh240]

i demand promised race car status pics.

[purestock240]

i havent really done anything to it, and its in one of my trailers so pics are gonna suck.
heres a quick one will put up some more stuff later

[purestock240]

old front end

the back end of the car is fixed it got a new ruca and the arm infront of it, Toe arm? also bumper blade was f****ED so I just took it off lol
new bottom half of the quater panel and a few zipties and some time with the torch to mold the bumper back to shape. kinda