Sisko's Midnight Purple 1992 MX-3
Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 1:49 am
Hey everyone. I'm starting to get down to work on my MX-3, so I thought I would start this worklog, and update it as I progress.
I'll be honest; I don't know much about cars, so this car is going to be the car I learn things on along the way, experiment, etc. Learning a lot so far just from these forums.
I've technically had this car as my own since June, however, the engine swap kept getting delayed. The previous engine was blown, so I finally got a V6 DOHC 24 Valve engine put in at the beginning of this month, so it is now 100% drivable. I didn't get anything powerful put in because I just won't be doing anything with this car that requires that.
Enough of the boring stuff. Here's what I've done, what needs to be done, what I'd like to do, and so on.
First off I had to replace the passenger side window at the beginning of the month because someone decided to smash it in to loot my car (they got away with nothing). It got smashed outside the autobody shop, and they had a spare window around, so they replaced it for me. Unfortunately, in breaking the window, they also broke the rain guard so now I need a new one.
Here's what it looks like now:
Like I said, I don't know much about mechanics as of yet, so the work being done right now is pretty basic stuff, and appearance related things.
The headlights were suuuper yellow and hazy, so I used some good ol' toothpaste and it worked like a charm. The pictures don't show you just how dirty the headlights were before the toothpaste.
Before:
After:
Here are some general pictures of the car:
The car has got some yellow foglights:
I took the foglights off to change the bulbs and clean them up - you wouldn't believe how dirty they were inside. It was just coated in rusty goop inside. Cleaned em well and put them back on.
I've got some future plans as far as appearance goes:
-Rims, of course, since no rims + body kit = weird look
-Fixing all the rust, followed by painting it (probably white)
-I also plan on buying a parts car to just pick parts from (of course, what else)
That's about it for now. I'll update this thread as I progress. I look forward to any suggestions and help you guys have to offer!
I'll be honest; I don't know much about cars, so this car is going to be the car I learn things on along the way, experiment, etc. Learning a lot so far just from these forums.
I've technically had this car as my own since June, however, the engine swap kept getting delayed. The previous engine was blown, so I finally got a V6 DOHC 24 Valve engine put in at the beginning of this month, so it is now 100% drivable. I didn't get anything powerful put in because I just won't be doing anything with this car that requires that.
Enough of the boring stuff. Here's what I've done, what needs to be done, what I'd like to do, and so on.
First off I had to replace the passenger side window at the beginning of the month because someone decided to smash it in to loot my car (they got away with nothing). It got smashed outside the autobody shop, and they had a spare window around, so they replaced it for me. Unfortunately, in breaking the window, they also broke the rain guard so now I need a new one.
Here's what it looks like now:
Like I said, I don't know much about mechanics as of yet, so the work being done right now is pretty basic stuff, and appearance related things.
The headlights were suuuper yellow and hazy, so I used some good ol' toothpaste and it worked like a charm. The pictures don't show you just how dirty the headlights were before the toothpaste.
Before:
After:
Here are some general pictures of the car:
The car has got some yellow foglights:
I took the foglights off to change the bulbs and clean them up - you wouldn't believe how dirty they were inside. It was just coated in rusty goop inside. Cleaned em well and put them back on.
I've got some future plans as far as appearance goes:
-Rims, of course, since no rims + body kit = weird look
-Fixing all the rust, followed by painting it (probably white)
-I also plan on buying a parts car to just pick parts from (of course, what else)
That's about it for now. I'll update this thread as I progress. I look forward to any suggestions and help you guys have to offer!