Delivery pics
My bud Chad and I flew out to Newark via Laguardia and Uber this past Saturday (thanks American for the cancelled flight).. Made it back to Chicago that same evening.
Seller was Nunzio, long time friend of Levent's at GPS. Car was serviced there last 7 years. Following pics are mostly his.
Nunzio's sister was the principal driver. bro, mom, sis and her beau all came out for the sale. what a terrific family - they really love this car! hugs all around too :-) You can see the glare in the windshield - lots of pitting. All the window glass is original. Front windshield will probably be swapped out if I can find original glass. Note also the projector headlights - GPS retrofitted them. Most likely will be going bosch euro smiley with mishimoto xenons. Have that setup on our vert and absolutely love it.
Absolutely amazed at how clean the car is, especially the wheels. LF wheel is bent unfortunately but that's an easy replacement.
Detail on the driver fender rust. it's definitely a goner. Damage on pass side too though not as severe. Fenders were also rusted near the front of both wheel wells.
unmolested engine bay. unbelievable smooth and quiet idle!! very pleased about that. rust on the TB brackets is depressing though lol. gonna swap the TB out when I do the 5 speed swap.
Rust spot on the narrow strip above the bumper is surface only thank goodness. front panel is nice and straight. Just needs localized de-rust and an IS lip. Front of hood is pretty much a goner though - back side of front edge is rusted thoroughly, and there are some big rust bubbles on the top front edge as well.
interior showing heated front seats and dash. everything works except the temp gauge which stays low. will try swapping the sender first. leather is just perfect with no cracks - amazing. dash pad is cracked of course. I have a spare. Definitely putting in sport seats and swapping out that butt hole ugly airbag wheel.
Here's the ACS rear apron. If you reach behind the rear apron above the muffler your fingers go right through the lower tail panel lol. Deck lid was swapped out because original owner wanted to keep the ACS rear spoiler. Back edge of replacement lid is a bit bent / rough and color doesn't match rest of car (older AW probably, more of a creamy white). Note the license plate filler - not my favorite to be honest (I like the black ones a lot). Muffler looks ORIGINAL, unfortunately it's toast. I have a new cat back on the lachs IX which will be moving over.
old pic from the GPS garage showing the rear subframe removal. everything in back is refreshed. she rides a bit soft though - the billies may be starting to go. gonna swap the billie HDs and HR sports off the lachs IX since they have less than 2K miles on them.
My bud Chad and I flew out to Newark via Laguardia and Uber this past Saturday (thanks American for the cancelled flight).. Made it back to Chicago that same evening.
Seller was Nunzio, long time friend of Levent's at GPS. Car was serviced there last 7 years. Following pics are mostly his.
Nunzio's sister was the principal driver. bro, mom, sis and her beau all came out for the sale. what a terrific family - they really love this car! hugs all around too :-) You can see the glare in the windshield - lots of pitting. All the window glass is original. Front windshield will probably be swapped out if I can find original glass. Note also the projector headlights - GPS retrofitted them. Most likely will be going bosch euro smiley with mishimoto xenons. Have that setup on our vert and absolutely love it.
Absolutely amazed at how clean the car is, especially the wheels. LF wheel is bent unfortunately but that's an easy replacement.
Detail on the driver fender rust. it's definitely a goner. Damage on pass side too though not as severe. Fenders were also rusted near the front of both wheel wells.
unmolested engine bay. unbelievable smooth and quiet idle!! very pleased about that. rust on the TB brackets is depressing though lol. gonna swap the TB out when I do the 5 speed swap.
Rust spot on the narrow strip above the bumper is surface only thank goodness. front panel is nice and straight. Just needs localized de-rust and an IS lip. Front of hood is pretty much a goner though - back side of front edge is rusted thoroughly, and there are some big rust bubbles on the top front edge as well.
interior showing heated front seats and dash. everything works except the temp gauge which stays low. will try swapping the sender first. leather is just perfect with no cracks - amazing. dash pad is cracked of course. I have a spare. Definitely putting in sport seats and swapping out that butt hole ugly airbag wheel.
Here's the ACS rear apron. If you reach behind the rear apron above the muffler your fingers go right through the lower tail panel lol. Deck lid was swapped out because original owner wanted to keep the ACS rear spoiler. Back edge of replacement lid is a bit bent / rough and color doesn't match rest of car (older AW probably, more of a creamy white). Note the license plate filler - not my favorite to be honest (I like the black ones a lot). Muffler looks ORIGINAL, unfortunately it's toast. I have a new cat back on the lachs IX which will be moving over.
old pic from the GPS garage showing the rear subframe removal. everything in back is refreshed. she rides a bit soft though - the billies may be starting to go. gonna swap the billie HDs and HR sports off the lachs IX since they have less than 2K miles on them.
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