Type R Club of America

coolhandluke wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:31 am This is coming along nicely! I understand the hours required for the wiring work. I'm having flashbacks to 2007 for my rebuild. I tip my hat to you finding the original headlight connectors, that's a move that will pay dividends later. I need to find USDM connectors myself...

Keep up the quality work!

Man you got that right! It took me forever getting all that wiring done but it was worth it. Appreciate that man

Rigo.Left wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:30 pm Loving the build! Keep it up brotha. More pics on instagram too haha as I'm following it on there as well.

Thanks man! I do little sneak peeks on IG haha. I'm old school and enjoy the build thread route.

PeteTheCarFreak wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:10 pm Looks fantastic

Thanks bud!

I got a little more knocked out that I'll post here in a bit

Now that all the interior wiring is just about in place, it's time to get all the heater/ blower components on.

I noticed that the original foam that seals between the components and the frame had pretty much disintegrated so went to my local hardware store and grabbed some 1/2" adhesive backed foam.



Cleaned off all the old foam/adhesive









Also finished up the brake lines. The driver side was a pain to bend and keep neatly Along the firewall but it actually came out perfect.



Ran the charge harness from to fuse box and through the right side fender channel over to where the battery will live. Also added a 25mm plug and made a small cut into it to hold my sidemarker harness in place




Mocked up the fuse box and Mugen ECU stay. Passengers may be a bit uncomfortable lol



All under dash components in place


Next up should be installing the dashboard, seats, and then we move on to installing the motor!

A few more things scratched off the to-do list!

Installed the front brake pads and went through all the wheel studs and cleaned them with a thread chaser.


Dash and seats are in!





Modified the carbon faux shifter surround to fit the shifter assembly( I Know some may hate the idea).

Insidiouseg6 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:14 pm

Updates!
Mocked up the Voltex wing





My roommate is a detailer so he gave her a full ceramic coating. Just had to pay for materials and cook up some BBQ after he was done! After the coating I installed the OEM ITR Decals.






Installed both L and R rear quarter windows. Bought 3M Eurethane adhesive, caulking gun, suction cup and primer for the install.






Next steps are to prep engine bay for install and clean up the motor! Updates coming soon

Also an interior shot now that I got the cluster, stereo and most other components on

Klasse wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:42 am

Insidiouseg6 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:14 pm

Tough choice. Have you thought about removing all the carbon fiber area, making a perfect oval in the area.

Gotin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:35 pm

Klasse wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:42 am

Insidiouseg6 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:14 pm

Tough choice. Have you thought about removing all the carbon fiber area, making a perfect oval in the area.

Not a bad idea actually. Might mock that up and see how it would look.

Picked up an Optima battery and got it to fit after a few mods.

Was able to connect the electrical and check all the car components. Seems like my driver window regulator may need to be replaced as well as the trunk actuator




Also pulled the trigger on some tires. Toyo R888 in 225/45



Hoping to get the tires mounted tomorrow and have the car sit on all 4. Need to get some work done on my daily driver before I put the engine in the car.

What is left after the battery is hooked up and tires are mounted?