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Been a member here for a long time and never made a project log. So Here is my first log. Be patient as this is a sloooowwww project. Let me get you all caught up on my car.


1998 DOHC Expresso Coupe. 197,xxx Miles.

Here are some pictures of when I first got the car home.













Pictures from when I got it back from the dealer I bought it from. They fixed the dents and some paint issues as part of the deal I got when I bought it.







Took my SRT4 seats out of my SRT before I took it back to the ex.



Added my 3rd brake light LED.







Cleaned the engine bay a little.





OLD handles:





New Handles:







Stripping new valve cover for paint





A little bit of paint









Painted oil dip stick





Got the new shifter



Stock height







Reduced throw and height. (Sport Coupe Erik STS)










SRT wheel installed



Installed Cold Air intake and Valve Cover

















Prepping SRT Exhaust





Rear Disc











Electric Trunk Pop. BYE BYE CABLE!!!















LED Cluster





Oil Pressure Gauge





Exterior







Working sunroof!



So after running the car down a guard rail this is the most current pictures I have of it. Hope this winter I can make some more progress on it.



Starting body work...







Fixing the pinch weld





Damage repair







Where did the key hole go???



Starting paint















No antenna hole in fender



No window squirters





Just waiting on the door handles to be finished up. Then gotta get her home and start reinstalling parts.

This is waiting for Cookie Monster....



Need to pull the head off and replace the head gasket. Going to replace all the oil seals including valve stem seals while I have the head off. Might port the head a little. Once that is done I need to finish up buying my 2.4 Swap mounts. Then get this in Cookie Monster by next summer. That way I can drive this and get the megasquirt started for the 2.4 Turbo motor.

looking good! keep up the good work!

Very nice!

This is the riciest neon i have seen....lol jk. Lookin good

Wow, nice project!

Very nice!! I love the intense blue.What bulbs did you use for the cluster nad where did you pick them up at?

jspata17 wrote:This is the riciest neon i have seen....

Coming from you that means absolutely nothing... .... at least you can tell from the paint pictures I did not Jspata my car!!! I was tempted to do it though. I heard its the new in thing.

j/k

mopar[maniac] wrote:Very nice!! I love the intense blue.What bulbs did you use for the cluster nad where did you pick them up at?

Superbrightled.com 5 wedge leds

Haha yeaaa. The new jspata thing is having an apple design behind the driver side from peeling paint lol

Very nice!

I have the same tail lights and love them looking at picking up a 3rd LED brake light

Looking really really good So clean and subtle

No window squirters? i love that . hands down nicest IB coupe on the org.

Ya i removed all of the squirter hardware too. Battery relocate will go there. as well as the stock ECU once I extend the stock harness. Megasquirt somewhere inside the cab. Just dont know where yet.

Dam looks sharp. I love that color on the 1gns.

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Looking good!

What happened to the windshield? lol

Norse wrote:Looking good!

What happened to the windshield? lol

I can only assume you are asking about the paint that is all over the windshield? If so the window is cracked and needs to be replaced. So I did not bother to mask it off as it will be replaced.

Is it a pain extending the stock pcm wires? I wanna do that with mine but do you have to basically cut the connector off the harness and solder in new wires long enough to reach down by the washer fluid resevior?

jspata17 wrote:Is it a pain extending the stock pcm wires? I wanna do that with mine but do you have to basically cut the connector off the harness and solder in new wires long enough to reach down by the washer fluid resevior?

That is what I'm going to do. I've got a junk wire harness that the wires to the ecu connectors are good. So I will cut the identical color off the donor harness. I will then cut one wire at a time and solder in the identical color adding the length i need. Gonna heat shrink individual wires and wraps the entire harness when done.

Nice. Pics when done im guessing?

jspata17 wrote:Nice. Pics when done im guessing?

Definitely... Ill be throwing the 2.4L in at the same time. Might do a lil wire tuck'n.

No major updates with the car... Just moved so have not done much. Just pulled the pan off my 2.4 $150 motor. Balance shaft chain was broken. No metal pieces in the oil. Took a look at the rod caps and there is no play. So hoping bearigs are good... Will take them apart soon. Got to get the block to the machine shop.

How did you get the srt exhaust up that far into the bumper? I love the look! I wanted to put duals on my 98 but don't like the look of hanging below the bumper.

nicely done so far

mopar2 wrote:How did you get the srt exhaust up that far into the bumper? I love the look! I wanted to put duals on my 98 but don't like the look of hanging below the bumper.

Here are some pictures of the exhaust being done. Thanks to Sport Coupe Erik for doing the welding as I am a booger welder. Pictures arent the best as they were taken with my iPhone

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No major updates.... went through some family stuff over the last year and the car sat in the garage. SRT trans finally took a dump on me so needed this car back on the road.

Current photos of it. ON A NO money kinda budget!







Got my Motegi wheels wrapped with some rubber.