my 89 turtle
VLxTurtle
New Wagonist
This is my pride and joy
She sat in my mechanics shop for a couple of weeks because the clutch pedal was broken and I had to switch the entire pedal assembly, after that all was good until I got her insured and drove her for a day, she decided to not turn on when I got out of work the next morning so I brought my mechanic to take a look at it, at 1st he said it was the alternator, my father luckily went to the junk yard the same day it didn't turn on and was able to get me a alternator. After installing it, turned on for about 5 mins then turned off again, he didn't bring the machine to check the battery so he checked the distributor and the spark plugs, turned out that the spark plus weren't giving out any spark, at 1st I was goin to buy a new distributor and spark plugs but then we found a small wire that wasn't properly connected inside the distributor cap, finally we got her running and drove her back to where I live, she drove well for a entire day then when I was out with my girlfriend looking for a nice place to have a party at for her sister and daughter ( baptism, all wagonist are welcome lol). Yea u guessed it she turned off again this time i was sure it was the battery, when I went to open the hood and I noticed the handle to release the hood was jammed so I went out and tried opeing it and I saw the cable that releases the hood, so I pulled it and just my luck it snapped so now the hood locked and my battery is dead and to top it all off it was pouring out, called my mechanic and my father to come and help me get the hood open took us about 3 hours to get it open.
This was how my hood ended up looking after opening it, so now I jumpstart her and buy a new battery, as I was driving home my girlfriend noticed white smoke coming from under my hood, I thought it was the heat from my engine that made the hood hot and the rain was just evaporating, I was wrong my radiator broke and started leaking so I take it to my dads house and waited till the morning to get it fixed, when I woke up I bought a new radiator and after the mechanic installed it he noticed the reason why it broke my thermostat was plugged, bought a new one and till today she's running great.
I after all these incidents it was time for a good bath
Before
After
She sat in my mechanics shop for a couple of weeks because the clutch pedal was broken and I had to switch the entire pedal assembly, after that all was good until I got her insured and drove her for a day, she decided to not turn on when I got out of work the next morning so I brought my mechanic to take a look at it, at 1st he said it was the alternator, my father luckily went to the junk yard the same day it didn't turn on and was able to get me a alternator. After installing it, turned on for about 5 mins then turned off again, he didn't bring the machine to check the battery so he checked the distributor and the spark plugs, turned out that the spark plus weren't giving out any spark, at 1st I was goin to buy a new distributor and spark plugs but then we found a small wire that wasn't properly connected inside the distributor cap, finally we got her running and drove her back to where I live, she drove well for a entire day then when I was out with my girlfriend looking for a nice place to have a party at for her sister and daughter ( baptism, all wagonist are welcome lol). Yea u guessed it she turned off again this time i was sure it was the battery, when I went to open the hood and I noticed the handle to release the hood was jammed so I went out and tried opeing it and I saw the cable that releases the hood, so I pulled it and just my luck it snapped so now the hood locked and my battery is dead and to top it all off it was pouring out, called my mechanic and my father to come and help me get the hood open took us about 3 hours to get it open.
This was how my hood ended up looking after opening it, so now I jumpstart her and buy a new battery, as I was driving home my girlfriend noticed white smoke coming from under my hood, I thought it was the heat from my engine that made the hood hot and the rain was just evaporating, I was wrong my radiator broke and started leaking so I take it to my dads house and waited till the morning to get it fixed, when I woke up I bought a new radiator and after the mechanic installed it he noticed the reason why it broke my thermostat was plugged, bought a new one and till today she's running great.
I after all these incidents it was time for a good bath
Before
After
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I'll take other pics when I install my mirror and shift knob sry for the phone picks I don't own a good camera and I forgot to barrow my girlfriends camera
some nice love =]
This is the fender on the rear passengers side
This is the drivers rear fender
This is the rear door on the drivers side :[
This is the back door
Sadly this wagon needs a lot of love but no worrys by the time I'm done she'll look like a model
Also I bought this item because the t.v commercial looked so appealing, so I gave it a try
This is how my headlight looked before, I just applied it on today and directions say to let it sit for 24 hours, I would of took a picture but its dark outside so ill just wait till tomorrow, i gotta say I'm very impressed on how good of a job it did, ill also put the pics of my knob and 5 panel mirror (word of advise, I'm the type of person that for some strange reason I'm curious on how things smell DO NOT SMELL THE WIPE NEW it stings like hell lol)
Sry forgot to post the pic of the product, I'm using my cell phone so I couldn't see what pictures I posted
yea i already took out the carpet and washed the inside heres a little look on how disgusting the back was where the spare tire sat
i forgot to take a after pic of it but i guarantee it looks way cleaner...
this is how my head lights came out after the whipe new sat over night
mugen shift knob
5 panel mirror
also added a new decal :]
nice wagon
what are your thoughts on this wheel? the size i would get would be a 14x8.0J (not sure what 8.0J stands for so if anyone can educate me on it, would really appreciate it) heres where i found them at http://www.hayashiracingusa.com/products/wheel/techno/techno.html
during the week i also sadly sold my 1st car.
called it my batmobile :P
with the money i got for the vette i bought my new exhaust
here is the end result hope you guys like it
seems my battery is losing power every time its standing still and when i turn the car off i have to jump start it some times, so i bought a new alternator and a new battery hopefully that will be the end of my problems...
My rotors came in
this coming week I should be able to install them. I also added a few new stickers check them out
heres another little goodie I ordered just came in!
the following month or 2 ill be posting up some big updates since I bought a shell and now time for paint and cosmetic stuff :] super excited ill post of the pic of the shell when I go pick it up
Didnt come out the way I wanted it to but I still like it.
I got the short hub and gen 2.0 quick release
Painted my muffler and the back trim
Old floor mats looked really bad
New floor mats
Didnt fit as oem would but they do the job with a little folding
I been trying to get my wheels aligned but every time I went it was 1 problem after another but finally after installing this I should be good to go
New front speakers, I bought two 3 inch speakers because on the drivers side door I had it replaced and it came with a hole so I figure I'd just put a speaker there but my radio isn't strong enough to power 6 speakers, or so I was told. Im going to hang on to them and see if I buy a newer radio, I would really want the one that the screen flips up.
I also changed the hood and painted it black for he mean time ( it used to be blue)
And finally the coolest update (in my opinion) MUGEN RACING III STEERING WHEEL
Here's a picture with a little added effect, if anyone would like to follow me on Instagram it's vlxturtle, I usually post updates there 1st
I still haven't gone to pick up my shell that I'm goin to use to replace all the rusted spots, but hopefully if everything goes as planned ill be picking it up today ill be sure to update once I have it. Also I know my door and hood look stupid ugly but it's only for this month I'm getting it painted this following month, I'm going with desert sage metallic green. And lastly I'm also in the process of buying a new motor my friend said one of his friends has a b16 type R motor with new axels, clutch, mounts, and transmission for 1500$ so hopefully ill get that I would only need to buy the ecu and the wire harness....
Here is the paint code
She's getting old ��
This is how everyone's trunk should be
Got the shell about a month ago
Started taking off all the doors
Came with hids!
1st big snow storm in NY barely made it to work that day lol
The aftermath lol
Getting ready for paint. Decided not to go with my original color plan, a little hint on the new color is that it came off a 2005 Audi a4
soon to be rust free
Currently she's still in the shop I should be getting her back next week, after I get her back I have all new parts that are gonna go in. Needless to say I'm pretty excited, here are some pics of them
C pillar bar
Front and rear passwordjdm strut bars
NRG harness bar
Front and rear skunk2 camber kits
Godspeed type rs
Ap1 cluster swap
I ordered a set of bassett racing wheels 14x8 4" backspacing (-16 offset) should get here next week along with a mk3 lip and my headliner I got off eBay, tires will be 155/55/14. Other few things I have done: new alternator belt, new brake master cylinder, new starter, led dome light upgrade.
future plans:
D16z6 engine + tranny
klutch wheels
sparco fighter seats
function7 LCAs
extended top hats
cupholder lol, tired of holding my drinks I know I'm super late. Should of done this a loooong time ago.
upgrade my alternator, my lights always dim when my foot is off the gas pedal.
I know I take pretty crappy pics and not enough of them to fully show everything but I always forget to take one before I start and right in the middle of everything is when I remember. Anyways I hope these pictures entertained you for a little while till next time.
Also put the wheels on
I put my mk3 lip on and I managed to break it in stock ride hight lol I need to learn to slow it down... Way down, you'll always see me going 80+ everywhere I go and to make things even worse is that the roads around here are horrible.
shes still on stock ride hight, hopefully ill be lowering her in a week or 2
My two beautiful ladies
Shout out to my mechanic anthony for all his help
Tire rubs against the fenders, I have to get them rolled a little
By now you can clearly tell I'm not a photographer so I apologize for the crappy pics and for being out of order. I'm planning on going lower but for now this is ok. Thanks for looking.
Maybe I missed it somewhere but what size tire and rims are you running?