ST1G's s52 OBDII Calypsorot

[ST1G]

How are you attaching it? 3m auto tape?

Yep, I care more about the trunk then the spoiler since it was an $8 junk yard find. I don't particularly want to drill.

[ST1G]

As of today the car is registered!!




Antenna was removed and plugged. It was flaying around like a hotdog in a hallway.




Spoiler was finished up and mounted.





Air filter was replaced.


I pulled all the trim off, and painted it. There was some with a little gashing, I sanded that down so it was smooth even if it's still visible. I cracked one piece, it's hard to remove such brittle pieces. I'll be getting some euro trim, so this won't be on the car forever.






Forgot that the sprinklers come on at night :blowup: The trim should be fine, the paint was dry enough I don't think it will matter, I'll know in the morning I guess.



Next I painted the rocker panels. First I wiped them down with some solvent; dirty dirty.










Lastly, a sticker was added.

[JinormusJ]

I like where this thread is and is heading

Nice color.
Much progress

Keep it up

[MPLFoster]

Good work. It's cleaning up nicely. :up:

[ST1G]

I like where this thread is and is heading

Nice color.
Much progress

Keep it up

I'm trying to keep on keeping on. No one like's a build thread that takes weeks to update, and all that was done was an oil change.

Good work. It's cleaning up nicely. :up:

Thanks! I appreciate it.


I've been mulling over getting right into a motor swap. I don't really want to spend money refreshing the m20 that's in there now, if I'm just going to throw a s52 in 4 months from now. At the same time, I'll need to sell the zinno to fund the swap, so I'd be without a car. Hmmm. Choices. I need s52 in my life, that I know.

[ajhostetter]

Looking good, dude!!

[ST1G]

Looking good, dude!!

Thanks! I'm quite excited to get that dash in :bow::bow:

[ST1G]

Not much tonight. I got the garage cleaned, my crack free dash picked up (thanks ajhostetter) and trim put on the front of the car.






Turns out the extra rear trim I had was from a 5er or something. I'll get the sticker pealed and that middle piece painted up.




Tomorrow I'm going to attempt the dash install I think.

[gome123]

Amazing what a little elbow grease and TLC will do to a car. Keep it up ST1G...

Sub'd.

[ST1G]

Amazing what a little elbow grease and TLC will do to a car. Keep it up ST1G...

Sub'd.

Thanks mate!I heard you got your car bumper swapped? Got any photos?

[ajhostetter]

I'm glad that dash survived the trip!!

[ST1G]

I'm glad that dash survived the trip!!

Me too, granted I was almost stabbed by the vagabonds at the bus station.

[ajhostetter]

Always a good show at the greyhound station.

[ST1G]

Always a good show at the greyhound station.

Honestly I thought it was a family reunion.


Tonight I started in on the dash. Step one was to get the odometer gears fixed in the cluster, as well as turn back the miles. Tommorrow I need to get the old dash out, and sub wires ran.

I figured since the tittle is exempt and I have no clue how many miles are on the car I'd just turn it back to zero and know how many miles I drive the car. Easier said than done, there is no DIY for the VDO cluster, so I went ahead and figured it out, and will be making one (pending in DIY section)

There is a lot of smoke in the valley so there is some really cool orange/red light from the sun.

[jntar]

Nice work so far! Glad someone tackled the VDO cluster. I've been wanting to get mine working, but wasn't going to be the guinea pig.