BoBo's 96 montego blue (short) build thread

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Thats why I love Bilstein's they just keep working!

[BoBo]

The roll bar was shipped to me nicely packaged!




Finishing up on my Rollbar install. An angle drill, angle attachment for a drill, or a 12" bit makes the drilling part easier on the back plates.


I used Montego Blue (M8) touch up paint on the sheet metal that I cut to make room for the rear legs of the Hard Dog Hard Bar Sport.

My next mod should be HD door bars & BF-frog arms.

[BoBo]

Recent pics of the Roadster:

[BoBo]

Summer break so I decided to replace some old coolant hoses:

[BoBo]

I bought a driver side door shell a while back and I finally decided to install it today. The paint on the donor door might not perfectly match the paint on the entire car. However, the donor door has far less dents and I'm trying to avoid body fillers as much as possible. I'm still debating whether to shoot the car myself with M8 Urethane base coat/ clear coat.



I was able to finish the install by the end of today. The old door had a long crease with 4 dents, so here is the new door:

[BoBo]

My original trunk was all dented up with the clear coat peeling off. I waited and waited... finally I found a replacement trunk from a wrecked 97 Montego Blue.

Picture of the old trunk:


Picture of the replacement trunk:


And another picture after I buffed out the trunk to get rid of the yellow crap:

My goal is to replace the dented parts of the body before the paint job.

[BoBo]

Got me a Racing Beat Elbow Intake.

[Slampen]

If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself. I, luckily, had blue silicone on hand, and it even matched my paint LoL.

Nice work.

I would expect bigger washers.

[BoBo]

Front tires came today:

[BoBo]

My budget soft top came today. As you can see on the picture below my soft top w/ glass is falling apart.

[BoBo]

Got me a better looking fuel lid. The OP brushed some touch up paint on my old lid.

[BoBo]

Finally installed the Sierra top:

[BoBo]

Installed some Kicker Speakers:

[BoBo]

Looking to do some maintenance:
Gates Timing Belt kit
Gates Water Pump & gaskets
Ngk Plugs
Mann Oil Filter
Mazda Rad hoses
Mazda front crank & cam seals
FM crank tool & cam tool.

[BoBo]

I finally installed my OPL rad. I just need that engine rebuild & Boost.