looks pretty sweet. good work. clean it up and get some good final pics taken.

things you may want to do:
black grill
clear reflectors
new tail lights

 

NICE pics homie.. props on the Lancer.. i love the rims.. cant wait to see how it lays with them.. i plan on ordering 18's as well..

BTW good to see another build-up topic..

 

Did you DynoMat the rear deck lid? where the speakers are? That's were I get a ton of bad vibrations...

 

Thanks Cadi... I'll be honest and give you 100% credit for influencing the creation of a build-up thread, so thanks for that.

SLVROZ: I did not do the rear deck, the main vibrations I've noticed from that are if I have both the rear seats put forward to let more bass into the car. If I keep only the small section of seat locked up, it provides enough support to keep the deck from rattling too badly.

As for another update... I received another of my tires today. Damn UPS are being slow as heck with them, and broke the shipment up. As I said in a previous post, 2 of them arrived on the 12th, another arrived today... and it may be a few more days before I finally get my 4th. I'll wait for the 4th before I get the remaining ones mounted however. Here's a pic of the unmounted tire:




And here is my agenda for tonight:


-Full Synthetic Oil and Filter Change
-Install Ceramic Brake Pads
-Bleed Brake and Clutch Lines
-Paint Reflectors Black
-Replace daytime running light which I managed to drop and blow

As for the Super Clean, that will be for the engine bay when I get access to a pressure washer. Almost guaranteed that this will not be done tonight.

Wish me luck!

EDIT: After a little more reading, I decided to exchange my 5w30 oil for 10w30, as well as returned the FRAM oil filter in favor of picking up an OEM one from the dealership. Apparently there have been problems with there being a chance of the paper filter falling apart in the FRAM's and going into the engine. As well, the pressure release in the filter which allows the oil to bypass in the event of a clog is different in the OEM. The FRAM, etc.. have been known to allow this valve to open easier than OEM and can result in your oil not being filtered when it should. Therefore since the dealership isn't open again until tomorrow, the oil change will wait until then.

 

Alright... back from the garage again. Tonight was long and tedious, but it was full of success!! I began by removing the reflectors. The driver side was very simple, I merely had to remove the headlight and had instant access to it. As for the passenger side, I ended up having to remove the splash guards and lower the resevoir.






Once I had the reflectors out, I sanded them and then mounted them in the top of a cardboard box by merely pressing them down. There are some pointed plastic pieces on the back which was able to penetrate the cardboard and hold them still. I used the gloss black enamel paint and applied 3 coats. The result was amazing, and surprisingly blends in perfectly with the stock body color.



Here they are painted and reinstalled:

 

While I had the splash guard off on the passenger side, I was able to reach up to the side mounted signal light and squeeze on the brackets holding it in place. I replaced the bulb with a red one which I picked up on a last minute whim. For the driver side, with the wheel removed, I was able to pry enough of the splash guard away from the wheel well to get my arm in and release that signal light as well. I was quite quite pleased with this, as removing the splash guard was a PITA.

 

So, now it came time to bleed the brakes and clutch system. I reinstalled the calipers and have temporarily mounted my old rotors for this purpose. Bleeding the whole system took a lot of "Pump!" and "Hold!" commands, and gave me tired legs, but it was done and done well.

On the way to the garage, I stopped by a local retail outlet and picked up a wheel lock set and 12 new lugs:



Now, what I had been waiting for what seemed an eternity for..... installing the wheels and putting her down on the ground!!!! So, without further adue... Here she is in her sexy stance glory!





And that's that for now. Oil change will likely be tomorrow... beyond that, we'll see!!

 

Looks like its gonna turn out nice and clean..
I say lose the OZ-Rally Stickers and Windsheild Visor however.

 

looks pretty damn good! id suggest blacked out tails as well. the red doesnt seem to flow with the rest of the vehicle.

 

lol.. thanks for the credit i guess.. MAD props on the wheels homie.. they look PERFECT.. all you need now is a drop maybe some coil-overs..

BTW how difficult was it to paint the calipers and drums??.. did you prep them by sanding or degreasing first??.. thanks..

 

I have the Eibach Pro-Kit lowering springs installed, so she is actually a lot lower than when she first entered storage. Once I took out the jack stands last night, my first reaction was "Woah!" there was such a difference. A tiny bit of wheel gap is left, but the roads are in pretty bad shape around here so a little more travel will be good to have... and, it's not a big wheel gap anyhow.

As for the calipers and drums... I picked up a caliper painting kit from a local shop which contained a little jar of paint, brake cleaner, and a brush. For the calipers, I coated them quite heavily with the brake cleaner and then used an old tooth brush to brush off as much dirt/dust as possible. From there, I painted the calipers. For the drums, they were quite heavily rusted. As mentioned in that post, I had them sandblasted locally. The sandblasting left a rough enough surface that I did not need to prep them any further.

Blacked out tails are a definite as well Petey.. just gotta get them ordered

 

looks sweet!!!

just as a future tip though, its a million times easier just to remove the bumper when working on the lights and relectors. than it is to move that resevior out the way, esspecially if it's full.

 

Another night complete...

Tire pressures equalized to 40psi, as well as oil and filter changed. Just a tip to those doing your first oil change, when you remove the oil pan plug bolt, it seems to have a tendency to try and fly out of your fingers. As [poor] luck would have it, it shot out of my fingers and landed on the oil drainage container... and then continued with the flow of oil to go straight into the hole (which I forgot to leave the filter in) and ended up inside the container. I used a magnetic reach rod to fish it back out again, but others might not be so lucky to have one of those close at hand which could end up being quite a PITA to retrieve.

 

Real nice job so far. definitely lose the stickers and use some VHT niteshades on the tails.

 

nice oil-change pics.. i think mine might be due for 1 here in a few weeks..

BTW i see nothing wrong with the stickers.. they kinda go with the painted calipers.. they arent my thing but they dont look bad on yours..