m-tech 1 daily driver:) project!

[2002jm]

:)

JM wish you would post inline instead of with attachments... not hard to do with a service like dropbox.

Yeh, I will switch over. Funny that some of the pictures come out correct and some don't.

[James Crivellone]

Looks great, I've debated getting rid of the 17inch Kopi's on mine and going to a brand new set of euro-weaves.

[bradnic]

JM wish you would post inline instead of with attachments... not hard to do with a service like dropbox.

[2002jm]

:0

That looks great.
I'd love an mt1 kit on my alpine.

Thanks, It is amazing how the kit changes the whole look of the car. And then you could add some euro lights, and euro stuff inside, and it seems like a totally different car:).
Got both cars in the garage today, going to be working on both this next week...lots of fun.
jm

[BECKSTER]

That looks great.
I'd love an mt1 kit on my alpine.

[2002jm]

thanks

Will be pulling the rear valance off this week, so there will be lots of pictures:)
So far the hardest part was measuring the holes for the side skirts:). But with my wife's help we got it done:)
I did find that I needed to put the rear part of the skirt on first, snap it into place and then the front, and then the middle. Not sure if that is just with my car, but it would not work when you put the front on first:)
jm

[Mr. Wolfe]

Love it!! Keep the pictures and progress coming.

Mr. Wolfe

[2002jm]

current pictures

So now I did a test fit of everything, and the rear valance has to come back off. It is sitting about 1/2 inch too low. Have to adjust the brackets.
My new favorite picture of the hartge and m-tech also:)

[2002jm]

:)

Yes, I really want chrome bumpers!!! Look really nice against the white.
The next step was to put the euro headlights in. That was easier than I thought, and the city lights are so nice! Of course my picture shows the front spoiler being test fitted :) I tried the h23 hartge wheels for a week, but found the euroweaves really look better on the m-tech...and I believe are the correct wheels for the car.
The euro lights really change the look of the front...now it was time to fit some of the m-tech 1 kit on....lots of fun:)
jm

[reelizmpro]

ahhhhh I see now. Yeah, I'm leaving mine chrome as it matches the trim on the rest of the car. The bodycolor bumper makes sense if you shadowline the car.

[2002jm]

:)

Well, if you look close you will see they are painted chrome:). I just could not do the white, because the paint does not match that close, so it does not look very good with the white, clean paint right up against the old white faded paint on the front and back. That is why I was looking into getting chrome euro bumpers...but the cost is crazy right now.
jm

[reelizmpro]

But you already have chrome euro bumpers? M tech bumpers are painted.

[2002jm]

We have nearly identical cars. This gives me a good idea of how mine will look. I'm going with the other style side skirts though. I noticed you didn't trim the passenger side bumper trim in the pic. I thought that was necessary to fit the M tech spoiler?

Good eye on the trim. The picture is an early test fit. You do need to trim the side trim for it to fit. If you don't it just sticks out and does not tighten down right. I was thinking about leaving it, because I was going to get some chrome euro bumpers. But now I might just go with having the m-tech bumpers chromed....at least look into the cost vrs getting euro bumpers.
jm

[2002jm]

yes

Nice, we need some overall pics of the car now!

Yes, will get those out soon. Going to show a bit more of the build and then the final results:)
jm

[reelizmpro]

We have nearly identical cars. This gives me a good idea of how mine will look. I'm going with the other style side skirts though. I noticed you didn't trim the passenger side bumper trim in the pic. I thought that was necessary to fit the M tech spoiler?