JohnnyC's Mostly Stock Lanos (A work in progress)
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JohnnyC's Mostly Stock Lanos (A work in progress)
Well... Although it's mostly stock at the moment and I don't plan on keeping this paint job, and... the body needs some work... But, never the less, here are a few pics of my Lanos:
The front fender has a couple of cracks in it and needs a little fixing on the right side (can't see it though)
As you can see... Someone scraped up against something with my car before I bought it. Not too horrible, but might end up just trying to junkyard out a door to replace it (would make the repair go a lot faster.
The rear end is in pretty good shape. Needs a little bit of touching up in a few spots.
These are the little pedal covers I put on today... they look decent I think, especially for $15 USD. The stock pedals were just so TINY!
The front fender has a couple of cracks in it and needs a little fixing on the right side (can't see it though)
As you can see... Someone scraped up against something with my car before I bought it. Not too horrible, but might end up just trying to junkyard out a door to replace it (would make the repair go a lot faster.
The rear end is in pretty good shape. Needs a little bit of touching up in a few spots.
These are the little pedal covers I put on today... they look decent I think, especially for $15 USD. The stock pedals were just so TINY!
Right now the plan is to get everything on the car in absolute working order. Which means a control arm/ball joint replacement on the drivers side and installation of my distance sensor.
After that... well... I'm going to paint the sections of the dash around the gauge cluster and replace the cluster with one that includes a tach. I had ordered one but it turned out that the back side of it was smashed and couldn't be used. Since I had other things to take care of first I put that off. When I do get my new cluster I'm going to do white dials with blue backlighting (replacing the LEDs). I also want to do something cool with a glowy looking red-line.
I think instead of replacing the seats, I'm going to get some nice seat covers in black with red accents. That should be enough for now, someday in the future I might decided I want new seats, but again... that's down the road.
I bought and put on those hub-caps... and sure... I know... they're hub-caps... but they look better then what I had until I can afford to get these:
and slap some of these on them:
They're Yokohama tires.
After that... I know there are some other interior things I want to do like getting a nice black/red boot for my stick.
At some point I want to install a security system and probably keyless entry.
Then after I do the security/keyless entry... I want to put in a ceiling mounted DVD player for the kids.
Oh... and of course I'm getting all the rear windows tinted black.
Also planning on finding a nice looking spoiler for the rear end around the time I fix all the little dents. Then get the whole thing painted black with a boatload of clear coat... I want it to almost be a mirror.
The color scheme that I'm thinking of doing is more or less a black with red trim look...
Someday I might decide to add air conditioning... but a lot of other things take priority over that.
After that... well... I'm going to paint the sections of the dash around the gauge cluster and replace the cluster with one that includes a tach. I had ordered one but it turned out that the back side of it was smashed and couldn't be used. Since I had other things to take care of first I put that off. When I do get my new cluster I'm going to do white dials with blue backlighting (replacing the LEDs). I also want to do something cool with a glowy looking red-line.
I think instead of replacing the seats, I'm going to get some nice seat covers in black with red accents. That should be enough for now, someday in the future I might decided I want new seats, but again... that's down the road.
I bought and put on those hub-caps... and sure... I know... they're hub-caps... but they look better then what I had until I can afford to get these:
and slap some of these on them:
They're Yokohama tires.
After that... I know there are some other interior things I want to do like getting a nice black/red boot for my stick.
At some point I want to install a security system and probably keyless entry.
Then after I do the security/keyless entry... I want to put in a ceiling mounted DVD player for the kids.
Oh... and of course I'm getting all the rear windows tinted black.
Also planning on finding a nice looking spoiler for the rear end around the time I fix all the little dents. Then get the whole thing painted black with a boatload of clear coat... I want it to almost be a mirror.
The color scheme that I'm thinking of doing is more or less a black with red trim look...
Someday I might decide to add air conditioning... but a lot of other things take priority over that.
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When I bought it, it had three of the original hubcaps. The other was just the stock wheel hub... All three of the original hub-caps were damaged and looked like crap. The hubs themselves have suffered a bit from rusting. So... When it's all said and done, for the moment... what I have there looks better then the alternative. When I have about $600-700 that I can throw at the car, I'll get some rims and new tires. But in the meanwhile, I think this will be JUST fine.
As for the pedals. Well... I just didn't like the stock pedals that much.
In a year or so, I'm sure my Lanos will better meet your approval....
As for the pedals. Well... I just didn't like the stock pedals that much.
In a year or so, I'm sure my Lanos will better meet your approval....
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Re: JohnnyC's Mostly Stock Lanos (A work in progress)
JohnnyC wrote:Well... Although it's mostly stock at the moment and I don't plan on keeping this paint job, and... the body needs some work... But, never the less, here are a few pics of my Lanos:
The front fender has a couple of cracks in it and needs a little fixing on the right side (can't see it though)
As you can see... Someone scraped up against something with my car before I bought it. Not too horrible, but might end up just trying to junkyard out a door to replace it (would make the repair go a lot faster.
The rear end is in pretty good shape. Needs a little bit of touching up in a few spots.
These are the little pedal covers I put on today... they look decent I think, especially for $15 USD. The stock pedals were just so TINY!
hey man nice ride the wheels look like mine but they don't stick out.
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