Suter's AE86 Build - Lots of LONG posts and pics

[juvenile]

Congrats on the awesome photoshoot..

Do you know anyone at Fergusons ? ^^ or up there browsing ?

[Suter]

Congrats on the awesome photoshoot..

Do you know anyone at Fergusons ? ^^ or up there browsing ?

Thanks :) Nah I don't know anyone there, I just went to check them out. They only drove them back from the dock that day when I went

Monday 16/7/12

Painted the ducktail in primer

Bought a 20 valve head. Will be a few months until I start to collect parts for the build of it I think though.

[Suter]

Wednesday 22/8/12

I never really liked the old steering wheel so I finally decided to buy a new one.

Also picked up a quick release so my knees don't hit the steering wheel and I can be a bit more comfortable when driving

My dad's also been working on the ducktail and hatch a bit over the last week but I havent taken any photos yet. Ill get some soon.

Some of you have probably seen the pics but I met up with Elmo from Vantage again to test out his new rig so here are the results:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=425991240785095&set=a.378888225495397.115926.371836249533928&type=1&theater

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=426873554030197&set=a.378888225495397.115926.371836249533928&type=1&theater

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=429125277138358&set=a.378888225495397.115926.371836249533928&type=1&theater

[Suter]

Not much has changed on the car over the last few months, just a few small things here and there

Monday 29/10/12

Gave the wheel arches a fresh coat of black since they'd bothered me since I bought it but never got around to it until now.

Front before:

Front after:

Rear before:

Rear after:

Also gave the back of the fuel tank a quick coat too:

Tuesday 30/10/12

Painted the mirrors

Before:

Painting:

Fitted:

Taped up the headlights a few weeks ago too, I think it ties the headlights into the grill a bit better and makes the front end more agressive.

[Cee-Lo]

Nice idea with the headlight tape! Certainly makes it look more aggressive, and is easily reversible. Is the tape just electrical tape?

[ben yip]

saw the threads on the rear shock, is this a coilover? The thread can only be seen at the top part of the shock ath the front?

Edited October 31, 2012 by ben yip

[Suter]

Nice idea with the headlight tape! Certainly makes it look more aggressive, and is easily reversible. Is the tape just electrical tape?

Yeah just electrical tape haha

saw the threads on the rear shock, is this a coilover? The thread can only be seen at the top part of the shock ath the front?

Rears aren't a coilover and the fronts are just threaded insert that uses the stock strut

Wednesday 31/10/12

Bought a kouki cluster and some genuine black door handles since my drivers side one was torn

Old cluster:

New cluster:

Gave the glass a polish:

Installed:

The first time I plugged it in none of the lights that illuminate the tacho and speedo were working so I thought it was the bulbs. Switched them over from the old cluster and they still didn't light up. Turns out there was some corrosion on the light circuit so I cleaned that off and then it worked fine.

New door handles, these are in really good condition for their age:

[Suter]

Sunday 11/11/12

The diff blew. Wasnt driving hard or anything, just pulled away from some lights and it went :/

[jeffy]

ohh nooo

[Noodlez]

i loled very hard

[Suter]

ohh nooo

Yep :/

i loled very hard

No you didnt

Monday 12/11/12

Got the diff out of the car

Jacked up:

Axles:

Diff housing:

Crown wheel:

Pinion Gear:

And the missing pieces:

[Suter]

Saturday 17/11/12

Picked up a 2nd hand cw&p

Sunday 18/11/12

Stripped the centre and painted the housing

Pulling bearings off:

Pinion:

Crown Wheel:

Cleaned housing:

Painted:

Monday 19/11/12

New pinion, diff and wheel bearings:

Tuesday 20/11/12

Assembled the centre with the new bearings and cw&p

Wednesday 21/11/12

Took the centre to a family friends shop to get them to make sure the backlash was set correctly and to press the new wheel bearings on

Thursday 22/11/12

Got the axles and centre back

Assembled the housing so it was ready to be put back in

Friday 23/11/12

Put it all back into the car

(sorry for the bad pics)

Also found a rust hole in the passenger side rear wheel well

[Suter]

Sunday 16/12/12

I put a deposit down on a ST 20v on Monday and today I went to pull it out of the car with my dad.

After getting it home and stripping it down a little:

Its on the engine stand now and I have the loom too, just didn't get any pics of that. I should have enough order the RWD parts for it this week

[Suter]

Monday 17/12/12

Went to a friends shop to powdercoat the cam cover. I rushed the prep so it turned out pretty bad but I'll strip it and try again. Thinking about just using paint next time since it will be easier to match with the plastic covers

This is how it was supposed to look:

And this is how it turned out. You cant see it that well in the photos but the coat is really rough and not very glossy on the exhaust side

[Noodlez]

told you to sand blast it first....

[Suter]

told you to sand blast it first....

not worth the risk of trapping sand

Tuesday 18/12/12

Started to label the plugs on the loom. Got most of them done but still a few I'm not too sure on. Will have to look at the wiring diagram again to be sure

Friday 21/12/12

Got a new loom and plug for the ecu. All the wires are already labeled to it should make joining the two looms together easier

Also met another hachi owner at my work christmas party.

(17s are on because his 15s are shredded after a drift day at Wakefield)

[Suter]

Saturday 22/12/12

The paint on the front bar was getting damaged from stones and red paint was coming through and I didnt like the glossy paint that was on it so I decided it was time to paint it

Stone chips and cracked paint:

Front bar off:

Bar and lip after some scotchbrite:

After paint:

Back on the car:

Painted the bumper brackets too, before:

After:

Added plugs in for each of the fog lights too since before there wasnt any and I had to cut the wires to get them off. Havent put them back on yet, might leave it for a bit and decide later if I'll put them back on or not.

[jaay]

Nice job. Looks good bro

[Suter]

Nice job. Looks good bro

Thanks :)

Monday 24/12/12

Dashmat arrived. Its a little too long so ill have to trim it down for it to fit properly

Wednesday 26/12/12

Tagged the loom and started to separate it into left and right side looms

Thursday 27/12/12

Bought another silvertop. didnt really need it but it was only $300 so it was too good of a deal to let go

[jaay]

300 bucks! Wow! Were did you get it from if you don't mind me asking?

[Suter]

300 bucks! Wow! Were did you get it from if you don't mind me asking?

Lucky find on gumtree. He was asking 400 and I asked if hed take 300 and I'd take it today and he said yes

[jaay]

That's lucky man. Hopefully I see a blacktop for that much. I doubt it though haha

Are you just tranfering parts over to the other motor?

[Suter]

That's lucky man. Hopefully I see a blacktop for that much. I doubt it though haha

Are you just tranfering parts over to the other motor?

This one had no ecu or loom so thats probably why it was so cheap.

Probably going to put one of them in and then rebuild the other, or maybe rebuild the 16v and put some itbs onto that

Friday 28/12/12

Finished splitting up the loom and is pretty much ready to cut up

Saturday 29/12/12

Resprayed the rear bar, it didnt really need it but it was just to make it match the front bar

Bar before:

Rear bar off:

After scotchbrite:

Primered:

Brackets before paint:

Tow hooks before paint:

Rear bar after paint and reassembled:

Back on the car:

Looks like the car has been hit in the back at some point too. There's a dent in the spare tyre wheel well and the rear seam is full of bog

Also got to have a better look at the rust with the rear bar off and found another small spot

Before:

After welding a plate in and then sealing it:

New rust spot after rust converter: - Sealed this one with silicone but didnt get a photo of that afterwards

Sunday 30/12/12

Trimmed the dash mat to fit:

[Joez_m8]

Really Nice Build, Watching this come together as im rewatching the old Initial D series.. Glad to see People are still putting in so much effort into these cars! Keep up the good work man!

[lylee]

more build info required i most enjoyed reading this to pass the time at work :)

keep it up