djzt's 91 GS da9 (re)build restore.

[djzachtyler]

Looks good man, Junk yard runs are always a fun, lots of parts on the cheap, kinda like treasure hunting LoL

Werd HAHAHA...

anther update...

After leaving work I got in my car and found a wonderful 9 inch long crack in my windshield :/

Called GEICO and have an appointment for the weekend to have a new one installed... people wonder why I carry comprehensive coverage on thus car... this is one damn good reason...

Anyways 250 dollar deductible and I'll have a new windshield lol...

 

[djzachtyler]

got the new windshield in yesterday

have to replace all the clips for the cowling so I left the windshield wipers off. Am actaully thinking of grabbing some flat black paint and giving the arms a blast before reinstallation. have the clips on order so they should be here tuesday. damn things were quite pricey for some stupid plastic clips LOL. White part was 9 bucks each and the push tab ( black part) was 7.49 each.

also found the rubber surround seal for my rear driver side triangle window at pick-n-pull have to get that slapped in, but looking like I need to pull the molding apart in the rear to get it on properly... when I tried to get it on it almost looked like it was too large for my window, but it came off a 90 LS so I am thinking the mismatch in size may be due to that I cannot get it fully inserted behind the molding.

Anyways I have to look at apartments today. Getting close to my next move date. so.. next weekend I'll continue

 

[djzachtyler]

Well time for the next update as I got a bit more work done after picking up the cowling clips from Acura today. Decided to paint my wiper arms and get them back to black, and while I was at it spot painted the corners where the black paint was flaking off showing the OG rio red... Hood and bumper still need a temporary touch up, but the wind was blowing good and would have shot overspray over the new windshield so I skipped those for now.

pic of the clips part numbers if anyone needs em they are called the "Cowling Grommet" part number 91502-SK7-013 and are used with part number 91501-SK7-013 "Cap Assembly" (the black caps that clip onto the grommets and secure the cowling to the car.

Cowling lined up and in place

Snapping down the weather strip at the base of the cowl

All buttoned up :rockon:

BLasting the wiper arms with a semi gloss black

Rear wiper arm all nice and painted

Front wiper arms painted and re-installed with Trico Force wiper blades

Area on both quarter panels that had OG red paint showing are now touched up

Not sure how much more I'll get done before the Treasure Island meet this weekend, but hey that is why it is a "Project Car" hehehe... the hood still looks like crap from the damn trees at work dropping toxic "paint eating" berries all over it during the winter. My boss said it looked like it was run through an India "color festival" LOL...

On a down note I have a opil leak at the corner of my valve cover... pisses me off as I had just replaced the damn gasket when I installed the powder coated cover last fall.... GRRRRR>

 

[Ted's Owner]

Excellent work thus far, and I love your wheels, dude. Subb'd. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress!

 

[djzachtyler]

I was looking for wheels for weeks on end... then found these at a local shop right down the road... I love them & they ride great with the Z rated tires

Thanks for the props... I still have a long way to go

 

[djzachtyler]

well I got a wild hair up my ass and did a bit more today after work.... stopped at oreilly's and grabbed a few things and here is what I got accomplished.

New adhesive to stick the door fabric back on ( hopefully better than the last crap)


finished product


Got some double sided "super" tape and attached my "GS" emblem


Masked up the headlights "JDM" emblem & Clear signals on the bumper, then popped off the front plate


went over the entire bumper and hood with the black semigloss I used to paint the wiper arms the other day. Figured it would look better than nothing at all I.E. half white bumper and red speckled hood LOL... Came out descent looking in the end ( at least better than it did look) and will get me by till I get moved and put asider the cash for a real paint job...


all finished up


also installed the rubber seal for the Driver side triangle window



ALso cleaned up the trash & went over the dash and everything with some armorall cleaning wipes. Did a Rain-X treatment to my windshield. Plan to get it washed tomorrow then will detail my rims for the meet saturday.

 

[ronmulan]

Nice job painting everything, makes it look way better!

I just painted my wiper arms yesterday too.

 

[Ted's Owner]

Nice job painting everything, makes it look way better!

I just painted my wiper arms yesterday too.

x2. Looks good, man!

 

[djzachtyler]

Thanks guys... Only drawback is when I get it to the paint shop they are gonna have to sand the s*** out of it... way I see it tho is this car started out Rio Red, was then painted a Metallic Blue, then rattle canned black by the last owner.

When I do get it off for body work & paint it's going to be a bit costly... for now tho it does indeed look better I'm happy with it ( for now)

 

[Ted's Owner]

Thanks guys... Only drawback is when I get it to the paint shop they are gonna have to sand the s*** out of it... way I see it tho is this car started out Rio Red, was then painted a Metallic Blue, then rattle canned black by the last owner.

When I do get it off for body work & paint it's going to be a bit costly... for now tho it does indeed look better I'm happy with it ( for now)

Fun. When you get all of that paint stripped off, it'll feel like you have a thousand horsepowers, ha-ha.

 

[djzachtyler]

Fun. When you get all of that paint stripped off, it'll feel like you have a thousand horsepowers, ha-ha.

bwahahahaha!!!

 

[Sammich]

i'm nervous popping my windshield wiper arms off...how you do it w/o fukin shit up? i've had the paint forever to do the arms

 

[djzachtyler]

they were super easy to do... just loosen the nuts on top and wiggle em they pop right off.

The rear wiper I just left on the car and masked underneath it with newspaper & masking tape

 

[ronmulan]

i'm nervous popping my windshield wiper arms off...how you do it w/o fukin s*** up? i've had the paint forever to do the arms

It's actually really easy, by looking at his pics, I can tell that you'll probably have to open your hood, and you can access them like that, I used a 14mm socket
On my 99' not sure if it's the same size on the DA, but after you take that you just wiggle it up.

 

[djzachtyler]

yep same size 14mm Deep socket works good as it gives just enough clearance with the hood open.