It is amazing to me that the Porsche crowd doesn't support the BBS RS wheels, haha. Coming from Volkswagens, BBS RS wheels are basically THE wheel to have. The RS wheels will be refinished this winter. I am taking them apart and powder coating the centers (not sure on a color yet
), and I will be hand polishing the lips and probably putting a sealer over them so I don't need to maintain them as often. That is a sideline project that will take a few extra dollars to make happen.
Well...(gasp!) I did start the car last night after swapping the inner axle CV. I actually drove it home, and then drove it to work this morning. Under the hood looks like it has been cared for, and the valve cover was recently changed out. The owner who had it previously in Idaho took care of it, I just didn't get any service records. I realize the Timing Belt is a ticking time bomb, but having just gotten the car, I don't want to tear it apart just yet. Give me a week or two to enjoy it first! haha.
This wasn't exactly the best scenario to swap the axle out last night, but it worked, and the car is road worthy again. I pulled the axle from the 85, and took the broken inner CV off of it. My original plan was to just swap the axles altogether between my 86 parts car, and this 85, but the axle length was significantly different...3-4 inches in fact.
Here are a couple of progress pics. Note the use of approved tools including a big hammer, and a paint scraper, lol
. Whatever works.
The car itself has fresh white paint on it with a fair amount of overspray. The hood is the original silver color underneath it, and has been wrapped in carbon fiber vinyl. I don't really like the look, so I might pull the vinyl and spray the hood white temporarily. All of the lights have been smoked. The car is a Storm Trooper
.
I really just want to return the car to stock color, and stock lights. I find it a bit tacky in its current state.
