An exercise in Mexellence (my 86 hatch project)

ga_goosh · Post by **ga_goosh** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:15 pm

oh some rear end bling congrats

Post by **dr.occa** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:53 pm

yay, aaron!

alex, let me know if you decide to sell the buddy club. i've got a coupe that needs some resurrecting.

congrats on the delivery of your 7-8 lbs baby kaaz.

mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:28 pm

Ok, time for some updates:

The axles were pulled out to install the LSD. I went ahead and replaced the bearings while everything was apart. The housing is assembled and back in the car. I dont think you guys really want pictures of that.

I also took the 4 straightest celi-supras I had and decided to paint them white. I figured this would be awesome because nobody had done it. But Aaron told me it HAS been done. Weak. Oh well... Mine are gonna have blue accents on em.

I had purchased an LSD rebuild kit from T3 but since I have no LSD to rebuild I returned the kit for store credit and bought these puppies!

While we were at it, Aaron and I went ahead and installed the battle version NRCA's on my car. Aaron is gonna stick my old RCA's in his 'rolla.

Also, I went ahead and ordered an HKS Sport exhaust, since the Buddy Club is just too loud. =P It looks like ass compared to the buddy club but oh well.

Man I miss mah girl...

mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:54 pm

THE COCKAROACHU IS ALIVE!!!!! The LSD is awesome and it sucks at the same time. Its awesome because once the car is sideways its really epic, but I did notice that on big sweepers during non-sideways driving the car does push a little bit. I think under REALLY high G's this wont be a big issue because the inside will lift but I thought it was an interesting observation none-the-less.

Check out that camber toe. Mmmmmm...

Post by **dr.occa** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:01 am

looks very clean mex. the white celisups offset the overall black "montage".

Post by **CBR_TOY** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:45 am

very clean indeed! i really like te black/white wheels combo

Chris-pee · Post by **Chris-pee** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:46 am

You bought that car from sam, I have some old pics of it :D

Looking great BTW, are you the one that bought the slave cylinder from me? if so did it work ok?

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:50 am

looks good! yours has the lean like mine!

Rivan16 · Post by **Rivan16** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:45 am

Too bad about the wheels but the idea I had for you to polish them is the same for the Supra wheels, if you want them to look "CHROMED".
It will take you about 2-3 hours per wheel but the results...

mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:26 am

dr.occa wrote:looks very clean mex. the white celisups offset the overall black "montage".

Thanks Jonas and CBR. I agree. My friends were egging me on to paint them black. But I really dislike an all black car. I would like to do bronze wheels but at the time I coudnt find bronze paint and the time constraint did not let me order the paint.

Im happy with it. It is quite dirty though...

mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:28 am

Chris-pee wrote:You bought that car from sam, I have some old pics of it :D

Looking great BTW, are you the one that bought the slave cylinder from me? if so did it work ok?

Yup!! I DID!! Its my car now! It was a little rough when I got it. Lucky for me my brother helped me sort out the electrical issues and now it runs like a clock. The slave cylinder worked great. I will be needing a brake master cylinder soon though =D

mexellent · Post by **mexellent** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:32 am

Thanks mooreofit. I will have to get rid of that pretty soon otherwise Im not going to have street tires for much longer!

Rivan16 wrote:Too bad about the wheels but the idea I had for you to polish them is the same for the Supra wheels, if you want them to look "CHROMED".
It will take you about 2-3 hours per wheel but the results...

Rivan that looks awesome. Thats probably what I should have done, but I do like the white. To be honest, the wheels are in pretty bad shape. Lots of scratches and gashes and such, but they hold air pretty good and theyre not badly balanced.

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:59 am

im cutting my springs to even it all out tomorrow. i wish i could afford new ones

HondaRue · Post by **HondaRue** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:57 pm

going to Mineral Wells!!!

joel26 · Post by **joel26** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:46 pm

Good luck... ur 86 looks good..