SEPTEMBER
This car has been within the family since ~2013, bone stock; my mom daily'd it, my dad daily'd it, and when my hatch became too unreliable, I started dailying it.
The coupe was down for a few years with coolant leaking issues prior to me taking over ownership of it. A hole had developed somewhere in the intake manifold where it rusted through, so it had to come out to find where exactly it was at.
While I had the manifold out, I decided to freshen things up with a FPR, new OEM injectors, O-rings, insulators, hoses, gaskets, thermostat, hoses, and hardware.
I also took the time to paint the intake manifold and fuel rail since I probably wouldn't have another chance at it.
To continue on returning it to daily-worthiness again, I swapped over almost all of my suspension from the hatch (tension rods, traction and toe arms, S14 knuckles, rotors, pads, 5-lug rear hubs, and wheels). I had some S14 FLCAs with fresh Moog ball joints and ES bushings that I put in instead of S13 FLCA
Got an alignment and the coupe was officially my new daily!
Continuing on the streak of refreshing things, I got my A/C converted and recharged, and got new spark plugs, O2 sensor, and dizzy cap and rotor.
OCTOBER
With the wider track from the S14 FLCA, I put on the Origin fenders I had in storage.
I had 255s fitted onto the rears that were rubbing, so it was time to widebody the car with the Origin Type 2 rear overfenders.
When I was happy with the fit-up, the cleco pins went on.
These overfenders had mediocre quality, so I tidied up the edges.
I found it best to cut the final arch on the outer panel, then stretch and shape the inner panel to the new outer lip. But if I had to do this again, I would weld the panels first, then cut the excess off the inner panel to minimize weld blowout.
I then painted the bare metal with etch primer and waterproofed the inside and out with seam sealer.
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