Making some carbon overlay parts. Aero back from paint again.Replacing broken anchors for hood gasket. Intakes fresh from Austrailia.The most difficult install I’ve done in a long time. Distracting myself with something easier to install. Prepping 4.27 to go in. This diff has zero miles on it since the refresh. It was greatly Shops we’re quoting me $150 to weld these bungs to the intercooler, so I put aluminum in my MIG and sent it. It came out ugly but it holds.and nothing a grinder cant fix…I ordered 20 quarts of VR1 from Walmart, but they sent me 4 quarts.Left overs from the S14It took a week of calling, but they finally sent the rest of my oilRouting the 3rd braklight and PS wiring.syphoning gas from 20213D printed grill from an SC vendor.New routing for hotside intercooler piping.UV tint to try and keep interior from fading again.List coming down…Mile stone…oil change. First in years.Left over glass from when a pickle fork fell off my shelf and shattered the back window.Weighing down wing to set the double sided tape.Siphoning out old brake fluid.Looping PS pump and filling it with fluid so that it doesn’t burn out. Hope to find an idler to replace it.Protecting PS lines from heat.I had a random panic that SSR sent me the wrong lug pattern. I didn’t plan to test fit these until the very end. But I needed a win.repairing crack in seat.Removing vinyl eyelids to make fiberglass ones.Shops were quoting me no less that 2k PER SEAT to reupholster my seats. So I decided to clean and redye them myself as well as recover the cushions in an orange gradation. Matching shift bootMore progress on eyelids.glass reinforcement done.These eye bolts are never in the right thread. Made my own.Rough outline of eyelids done. Trimming to size then skim coat and sanding after.Overspray all over exhaust. Not just overspray, primer, base coat and clear. I had to use a razor blade, and wire brush. Then polish to clean up.PPF. Im going to have to redo this.Grille way too bright.Prepping side skirts. These took entirely too long to install. Car on its own weight for the first time since it came home from paint.FILTHYFINALLY figured out why my A Pillar covers would not fit. Happy to have these back. Purp headliner is so lux.HD clamps and no more sliders. Seat was moving way too much under hard turns.Out for the first time in 2025!I tried to rinse off the grime and dirt but it needs a deep cleaning and probably a claybar.UV tint looks great.Car was breaking up after first test drive. While cleaning plugs I found a major boost leak.Replaced plugs.various homies.
Life been lifing. I have been off the internet for a while and its been a pleasure. Doing this for the enjoyment.
I am very happy with how the car is turning out. I still have a short somewhere blowing my tail light and radio fuses, need to wrap the roof, add a few more stickers and graphics, and I am supposed to be getting a GT wing for my spare trunk.
The last time Stank Booty was driven in anger was US Air 2021. I have not updated this site in quite some time as life has been doing its thing. I married, had a son, moved multiple times, teaveled etc.
Passing through Chicago on the way back home from US Air.
I’ve built two cars since then. The E36 and my current G35.
I also had an LS400 for a bit.
I’ve always wanted to paint a car orange so I decided that was the next color for the SC. I started on the body work. Filling he holes from the old GT wing and molding the hood scoop.
This was the most tedious part. Lots of sanding. I also worked on making sure the doors cleared the fenders properly. I kept getting binding.
I finally started trimming and fitting the body kit as well. My dream wheels, brand new burning black Work Misters came in as well, so I was able to test fit.
Sadly this is where I realized I needed to go back to 19’s to run this kit. I had raised the car 3 inches and the aero was still dragging.
I also did Battle Version subframe bushings and restored the rear underside of the car along with battle version arms front and rear.
A neighbor saw me working and gave me his card. He was a painter and looked the car over and gave me a decent quote to finish off the body work and paint the car. So I prepped the car to go off to paint.
I added a JP fiberglass DMax style wing as well. I neesed to body work this because it was so wavy but I ran out of time. 3
3 Months later I was sent these photos as an update.
I was livid. Overspray everywhere, the wrong color, and no adittional body work done. I immediately picked my car up and started looking for another shop.
This shop couldnt do the pearl I wanted so I selected 4V7 off the Prius C. The Aero hadn’t been touched by the previous guy so I asked them to make sure to prep. A week and a half later they called for me to pick up. Another disappointment.
Back it went…for a year. In this time someone broke into the shop and stole all the keys. My original Lexus key was replaced with a blank. The car sat outside so long my stickers baked and my Bride Gardis faded on the left side. I’m sure this was punishment for not accepting a bad job. But finally a year and a half after first sending the car to paint it was done. It is by no means perfect but I can work with it.
Now starts the process of cleaning up the overspray and cleaning out the interior from all the body shop dust. I also started spraying the jams and removing the old stickers and vinyl.
A Honda metallic for the trunk jams.
I also ordered my 2nd set of dream wheels, SSR SP1 in 19×10 and 19×11.5 and reproduce the 1j decals.
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