my vrt progression thread

[mastersrrp]

well i got this car a few months ago, i got rid of my acura rsx if you guys saw it on here before, got this thing and have been working on it since. heres what ive got so far!

and hate all you want <3

day i got it





good thing they primered everything on the car! really helped me out a lot. first things first it had a horrible eyebrow/lid type spoiler that came off, . Used some airplane stripper and tlc and got the lip back in action.




next was clean the extremely ugly engine bay, with a nice selection of colors underneath the hood i figured id try to get it back to normal.




unfortunately it has a nice big scratch right across the middle, oh well!

next was this bad boy

went with a simple textured black


then i got a nice little package in the mail
so far ive replaced the coolant ball, and cap, coolant temp sens, new plug wires and coilpack, ngk BKR7E plugs.




the car when i got it couldnt pull past 4K without backfiring and misfiring from the spark plugs that were in it. so I gapped the NGK's to .028 and havent had a single misfire since and can get a clean pull all the way to 6.5K with no imperfections.

then got onto stripping some more of this blue off of everything. started with the MAF setup





got them doneee not trying to get to a mirror finish really, plus my cat was busy trying to help the whole time


here that is



ghetto gauge cluster


anddddd onto more stripping and polishing



little shine to em




got the verdict motorsport shift bracket bushings


didnt seem like theyd make much of a difference when i was putting them in, but even the first time i shifted into a gear after installation i noticed it. its a much more defined snap into the gear position, its no longer sloppy.

anddd the engine bay now

[mastersrrp]

spent the last 3 days on this damn intercooler. why was orange and blue a good combo to pick? ......... doubt i'll ever know that. enough of me and onto the pics.

started taking it apart


why?....... just... why?




and after about 6 miserable hours





another engine shot


id say the front end looks much cleaner without an orange and blue setup



i also replaced my air intake sensor! next is wait for my crack pipe and cooling stuff to come in

[mastersrrp]

wanted to change the guage cluster so i got a new one shipped to me.
went from this


to this



got my mason tech billet crack pipe and cooling kit



want to get rid of the black plastic valve cover so im swapping over to a metal obd1 valve cover, that sanded down and painted.

[mastersrrp]

spent the past 2 days cleaning my new beaver dash and getting everything ready!, taking my dash out tonight, and installing new one, will have pics up tomorrow!

[mastersrrp]

got the dash cleaned up and installed. was super gross when i picked it up but nothing a little cleaning cant change! out with the black and in with the beaver






and after some cleaning




the whole dash


this sucked


out with the black, in with the beaver. i plan on doing tan leather seats so im doing the brown dash with suede

then i wanted to texture the bumpers and side moldings so i started on that


got the dash in, and wrapped the knee bars in suede, a lighter tan that will match the seats and be done on the headliner as well.





kneebars




took out the airbag to put in an upper glove box

heres the start of texture

[mastersrrp]

picked up these bad boys for a project







so dirty!






after a lot of polishing







heres one just setup, havent even cleaned the mesh yet





got the glovebox finally, broke the handle on it though

[mastersrrp]

heres two clips

YouTube - Mk3 vrt


fast forward to about a minute on this one
YouTube - mk3 vr6 turbo

[Ether811]

you've made some pretty good progress. the car was really fugly when you got it, some people just have no taste. i would recommend either modifying your front bumper so it fits correctly, or going with a different intercooler setup, i would really clean up the front some more.

[mastersrrp]

yeah trust me im trying to redo the front bumper setup, i want the intercooler completely hidden. i just need someone to bend the tubes for wherever i can fit the intercooler

[mastersrrp]

[G60'Rado]

Good lookin car, awesome progress!!

Are you sure you didn't want to stick with the harlequin(sp?) painted engine bay...?
Harlquin intercooler, dude you could have started some crazy fad!!!


Only joking,
shit looks good! Awesome progress and determination to get it done!

[Green_Lantern]

I got a perfect intercooler for you.... It the perfect size for a mk3 bumper. I got the specs from a few guys on vortex. Let me know if your interested... its brand new

[mastersrrp]

Hahah yeah i shoulda thrown some purples and greens up inthat bay fiesta edition

I got a perfect intercooler for you.... It the perfect size for a mk3 bumper. I got the specs from a few guys on vortex. Let me know if your interested... its brand new

Absolutely! Message me the info about it and a pic if you've got one, would love to change my setup

[VR6exxy]

Its coming along nicely, Good work.

[mastersrrp]

thanks man