Bedheadben's Build Thread/Life Story

[psulja]

Yea, i used to park in the garage until my sister bought a new VW Beetle and kicked me out, and now they're building a new highway/parkway which goes from one end of the city to the other (also a new border crossing for the states), so if I want to go anywhere I have to go through the construction zones.. I pretty much gave up on washing it; too bad the project is supposed to go on for a number of years

Sucks about the accident, at least you can only really see if when looking straight at the back.. i didn't even notice it the first few times.

[bedheadben]

Ya and I got the car for $2,000 with only 130,000 miles on it with the custom paint and paint matched valve cover.

[psulja]

That's not so bad then lol.. Definitely a good deal even if it was in a bit of an accident.

[bedheadben]

That's not so bad then lol.. Definitely a good deal even if it was in a bit of an accident.

And the accident's only cosmetic, if I got a new bumper and finish panel it would look normal again. Only problem is, I don't have a paint code for this paint so it might be a little hard to get new pieces color matched.

[psulja]

Yea, that could be a problem.. But it doesn't look that bad that it sticks out and you would need to fix it. Especially if you're planning to race the car later anyways.

[WASABI]

Good stuff Ben!!! That bridge is a great backdrop. Now if you can only get a couple with the car down in the dry river bed....

-Jim

[bedheadben]

Good stuff Ben!!! That bridge is a great backdrop. Now if you can only get a couple with the car down in the dry river bed....

-Jim

Right, like I'm ever getting the Miata down there! haha I had a hard enough time getting my wheeler down there.

[HellaRareYellow]

Hey man. Thanks for coming up to the show. I'll forward any pics I see.

[bedheadben]

Hey man. Thanks for coming up to the show. I'll forward any pics I see.

Thanks, where are you looking? I'll post mine up when I get the chance.

[HellaRareYellow]

On the import meet site.

[bedheadben]

Here are a few pics of the work I did today.


Before by bedheadben, on Flickr

Mild Tuck by bedheadben, on Flickr

Driver's Side by bedheadben, on Flickr

Passenger's Side by bedheadben, on Flickr

Clutter by bedheadben, on Flickr

Teaser by bedheadben, on Flickr

[morr]

The tuck and new tails look good! Any plans to colormatch the bay?

[psulja]

Nice work on the tuck, looked so dirty before!

[bedheadben]

The tuck and new tails look good! Any plans to colormatch the bay?

Thanks! The whole car will get painted eventually, but not any time soon. When that gets done I'll make sure it gets painted properly this time.

Nice work on the tuck, looked so dirty before!

I know! That's why I started on it, because I was tired of that ugly engine bay haha. There is still a lot of cleaning up left for me to do in there. I just wanted a "functional" tuck where the diagnostic box/fuse box/etc are still very easily accessible. I only put a few hours of work into it but it helped a lot! I'm using a Coke bottle hanging with zip ties as my overflow haha. I probably won't tuck much of the engine's wiring or anything like that just to keep the car easy to diagnose/work on.

[adamvanxxx]

Is the lighting the same for all those pictures or was it really that dirty?