Takumi788's Vert Build/pic

[Takumi788]

What up Nico. Heres my story. I have owned a 1990 hatch since January 2009 did an sr20 swap and made it a pretty nasty track/touge/autox monster. I bought a 1992 vert in April 2010 for $400 from a kid that told me the head gasket was blown. It had yellow tinted windows, 5 huge holes in the top, a messed up rear window, and the worlds "riceyest" hood. I drove her home and soon realized the head gasket was not the issue, but the valve cover gasket had a chunk missing out of it. So i replaced the valve cover gasket and the 126,000 mile motor has had no issues since. I also replace the top, the ricey hood, removed the tint and buffed the car and shes looking good. Everybody loves this car. I got offers to sell this car approaching 3000, so i sold it. One of the worse decisions ive made and regretted it until i saw it in craigs 6 months later for 3000 and bought it back. The guy i sold it to didnt even drive it 80 miles and he replaced the exhaust with an Apexi N1, and replaced the starter. So lucky me. Heres some pics. (I bought new rims since these pics were taken......i dont like them either.) New pics to come when its warm out.










Ill post some pics as soon as its nice out again.

Heres some of my hatch if your interested.

[timmysvert]

you bought that car off of mike huh? i sold him that hood off my vert. lol coudnt wait to get rid off it . you got a hell of a deal on the car though. last i knew he was trying to get $2500 for it.it looks alot better now keep up the good work

[Takumi788]

^^Yep. It needs a lot of work still. When he told me about it he wanted 2500. Then he thought the head gasket blew and i bought it as is for 400. I did a SR20 swap so i had an extra DOHC just in case this one was toast. As for that hood, i had a friend drive it home cuz it was so bad i didn't want to be seen in it until that was off. lol. Luckily i had a black on from the hatch just chillin in my garage. lol.

Where are you located in Syracuse?.....theres only one other vert i know of and its not you. lol.

[biggie]

Not too shabby, still AT?

[Takumi788]

Yah, planning on keeping it that way until the transmission blows. I like it auto for now. It's nice to get out of the sr20 hatch and relax on a nice cruise. Besides the girl can drive with out me worrying. lol. It's one of those mods thats really far down on the list.

[timmysvert]

yeah i didnt even drive the car with that hood either lol. im actually north up in central square

[timmysvert]

i tried pm'ing you back but you dont have them enabled

[Takumi788]

Recently i have gotten bored with the hatch so the vert has been getting all the attention. I have some new vert parts thanks to a parts vert i found about 2 hours from me. I grabbed the quarter window assemblies, a mint headliner, and a few misc interior pieces to clean her up a little. I have also done some body work, died the carpet and bought some new rims, tires, pads and rotors. Here are a few pics of what i have been up to over the last month or so.

Stripped interior.....i had to drive it like this for a day.


half died half old and nasty


My new used carpet


Finished carpet and interior


Random other stuff


New rims



Next is some coil-overs, and i need a top frame bc mine is all fudged up.

[-RJ-]

What did you use to dye your carpets with, I wanna do that too

[timmysvert]

where did you find the parts car ? ive been checking most of the junkyards locally and i havent even been able to find a coupe or a hatch let alone a vert.

[Takumi788]

i found a guy in rochester with a rot box vert. He said he only uses the engine and transmission for some sprint car thing he races. So a friend and i pretty much stripped it clean. I filled up a volvo s70 with parts for $75 bucks.

[timmysvert]

nice find i seen both your cars in carlisle and i most say they both look really good.

[Takumi788]

thanks man.....the vert defiantly has a long way to go. and if i find any other verts for parts i will get ahold of you.