My Aus Spec Hachi

[slynqy]

A bit of History on my car....

Picked up a bog standard ADM Sprinter fairly cheaply, mainly because it was riddled with rust. With the help of some great mates, we stripped it bare and managed to get rid of most of it. Here are a few pics of the worst spots;
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115392.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115393.jpg
(rear passenger side window)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115394.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115395.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115396.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115397.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115398.jpg
(notice the dash and all the way along the top of the windscreen)

While it was getting cleaned up i managed to purchase a 4AGE straight out of a JDM Sprinter along with the JDM front struts. The engine transplant and strut swap went very smooth, straight in, straight out. Although, had an intermittent fault with the wiring that caused some dramas.

Here's what she looked like after we finished;
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115399.jpg

Stayed this way until i got around to saving up enough to pay for a paint job. I was just looking to get the patches painted, but managed to get the whole outside redone for a little bit more.

Just after it got repainted;
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115400.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115401.jpg

Decided to buy a second set of rims so that i can have one set for the track and one for the street. Got a set of 15" Superlights with 205/50/15 Falkens on the front and 205/50/15 Barum on the rear.
And here it is with it's new wheels;
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/115402.jpg

Still have a few things to repair on the front and there are a few spots of rust returning that will need more attention. Not sure what i'm going to do next, maybe clean up the interior a bit. Have to save up for a disc to disc lsd diff, but that won't be for a while yet.

Let me know what you think, suggestions, etc. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[green_boy_91]

thats nice man pretty clean,
keep us up to date with what u do to it http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif

[20vtouge86]

Nice colour and wheels man.
Looks like it has a little dent behind the fuel flap thingy, should of got that fixed before the respray.
or did that happen after you got it repainted?

[DRFT - 86]

Look forward to seeing this beast out at the next meet Simon...........

[slynqy]

thats nice man pretty clean,
keep us up to date with what u do to it http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/2thumbs.gif[/b]
Thanks mate, it's taken some time to get her that way. Had a lot of rust when i first got her.


Nice colour and wheels man.
Looks like it has a little dent behind the fuel flap thingy, should of got that fixed before the respray.
or did that happen after you got it repainted?[/b]
I'm pretty sure it happend after. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/sad.gif The reason it got a whole respray was due to having a number of small areas which had been cleaned up due to rust.


Look forward to seeing this beast out at the next meet Simon...........[/b]
Cheers Nizlah, looking forward to seeing yours out too mate.

[biggo]

hahaha, thats ME! 2nd pic, white shirt.

you might remember that snot rocket in the same carpark, thats mine. Nice car dude, we had a geez at it and noticed that airbox...good work http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[DRFT - 86]

I hope I can get it ready........ but things are not looking so good...
If I can get some decent cashflow perhaps..... need a new job ..

Niz..

[slynqy]

hahaha, thats ME! 2nd pic, white shirt.

you might remember that snot rocket in the same carpark, thats mine. Nice car dude, we had a geez at it and noticed that airbox...good work http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif[/b]
Funny, i wasn't sure who was in the pic, what with you all missing heads. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif
Yeah i remember the Kermit KE looked sweet. The airbox came with the 16V that came out of a Jap Spec, slotted in nicely.

[slynqy]

Edited first post. http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif

[sharpie_13]

looking nice now slyngy top work

[Stain]

Top work with the rust repair http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/emoticons/smile.gif
How you go about fixing the effected area above the windscreen?

[slynqy]

Thanks Stain.

We took out the windscreen and sanded back the effected area. I think it was mostly surface rust, i don't remember welding that part. May have been a small amount of bog used though.