1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[Earl]

There are some pretty neat things out there. I have a feeling people charge a lot that use them though to have a quick ROI=/

[m42b32]

Wow that really sucks about the wheels. I called a place around here (I'm pretty sure it's that alloy wheel repair place you pictured) to get a quote on straightening two wheels and they quoted me $125 each for bent barrels.

[Jdesign]

Apparently my reply went missing. Yeah the wheel guy got back to me and said its $125 a wheel which takes him about 30mins to do...

So $250 an hour to repair wheels? I am in the wrong business....

I have him coming on Monday to take a look at them. But for $500, I feel like it would be cheaper to fix them myself with a lathe and a hydraulic press at my work.

New OEM barrels are $300 each from Germany WITHOUT shipping. If I would have know this was going to happen I would have just bought the ones in Chicago. 

[Earl]

Have you contacted Paul? My lips for the Breytons were only $175 a piece iirc (lips are barrels cost the same as width doesnt matter somehow)

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

Have you contacted Paul? My lips for the Breytons were only $175 a piece iirc (lips are barrels cost the same as width doesnt matter somehow)

Sent him a message via the website yesterday Im waiting to hear back. That's a great deal, I dont know if the eclairs are compatible with other wheels or not yet. I hope they are, it will make a big difference.

[Earl]

17" 40 hole is pretty common as long as the size of the face is standard

[m42b32]

Earl said:

17" 40 hole is pretty common as long as the size of the face is standard

Any idea what the standard face size is for the 17" 40 hole lips and barrels?

[Earl]

It would changed between brands from what I have seen. I know a lot of wheels were contracted to OZ back in the day. I would not be surprised to hear that OZ made these Eclairs. Almost all AC Schnitzer splits were made by OZ, as well as a lot of Fittipaldi wheels.

[Jdesign]

This is true and a very good point Earl. I will have to take some measurements as I wait for your friend Paul to get back to me.

[Jdesign]

Last night and today I made more progress. 

I figured out how to mount my ECU and Igniter for the time being: 3M DualLock Its like velcro but better

I routed the Battery Cable finally and Mounted the battery in the trunk. This entitled me to removing all of the seats and panels on the passenger side of the car.  I also removed the 50lb Weight/vibration Damper

I took a picture of the holes the previous owner cut into the space between the seat and the trunk which once contained large amount of pure Colombian Cocaine 

I chopped the hood into a nose piece today on lunch break 

And I installed a firewall plug that I modified with polyurethane so I didn't have a large hole. Its just to the right of the throttle cable. This will be later filled with metal when I shave the bay.

[jc43089]

Nice work!

[Earl]

Was there seriously that much coke hidden in there? lol Did you find it when you bought the car or was that a story from the PO? I remember you saying the car had a stash spot but wasn't sure if you had been the one to find it or not. 

You also cut that hood at the perfect spot=P

[Bassboy3313]

I say lexan the rest of the hood for that see through look

[Jdesign]

jc43089 said:

Nice work!  

Thanks!! Its getting there.

Earl said:

Was there seriously that much coke hidden in there? lol Did you find it when you bought the car or was that a story from the PO? I remember you saying the car had a stash spot but wasn't sure if you had been the one to find it or not. 

You also cut that hood at the perfect spot=P

I wish I found that much coke in there. It would make justifying a Toyota motor in a BMW easier to digest for some.  I wish i  could cut the hood closer to the front of the car, but the headlight core support is really deep for the headlights

Bassboy3313 said:

I say lexan the rest of the hood for that see through look

If you can find me a whole Lexan hood, I would totally rock it. 

[Earl]

I think it looks perfect to me because it hides everything forward of the engine and you focus right on the engine=P

[Jdesign]

Annoyed that I cant get tires and install my Eclairs. So I edited an old photo so I can imagine what it will look like once this nightmare ends.

[Jdesign]

I dont have any pictures, but I lowered the steering column and it was just as horrible as I imagined. I broke one of the shear heads clean off one of the bolts, and in turn, ended up striping the nut welded to the column. So I had to grind that off with a dremel and get new hardware and make some aluminum brackets. All this happened around 5:30am, so I will have to revisit the area and make some adjustments before teh fuse box is mounted...

Which I also finished wiring in the fuse box, but I need to add the main relay, fuel pump relay, and fan relay in place of some of teh componets I no longer have. (A/C for example)

I mounted the ECU and the igniter onto the cover inside the glove box. I added some foam along side the Duralock to help with any noise or vibration it might make.

I also found these little guys on the floor under both sides of the dash. Anyone know what they are?

[B C]

That snail is huge.

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

That snail is huge.

[Jdesign]

Well....... Progress slowed slightly when I found out about the wheels. But I now will be splitting the wheels apart and sending out a face to get new barrels made. The seller already paypal'd me a reimbursement for the damages and I should be back in business in a week or two. In the meantime I have everything I need to get it on the road this week and I will be cranking away the next few days. I will post updates as I go.