Inception - Project Prelute Part I

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05/04/2018 at 11:36 • Filed to: None

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In May 2017, I: A) was frustrated at work B) knew I had July to myself with wife and 3 kids gone on a homeland visit C) had a big surplus of nitrile gloves (bought 200 when I only needed 2) - so I decided to buy this junkyard special to start my first ever build.

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It was a risky build concept that could break the car so I didn’t want to risk a nice Prelude. This would later come back to bite me in the butt. Hard.

To get the boring bit out of the way: I had six MIL codes to fix + reverting stuff to stock before I could even smog the car to take ownership (thank you CARB). Pics can do the talking.

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By the Fourth of July when they left, I was finally ready to get cracking. Figured I’d get about a hundred hours of work in while they were gone, perhaps another 150 hours to complete it by the end of the year.

Boy was I wrong.


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds
05/04/2018 at 13:04

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Aren’t we all completely wrong when it comes to estimate work hours?


Kinja'd!!! Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
05/04/2018 at 16:14

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I am so bad at this.


Kinja'd!!! deviantcustoms: OEM++ builds > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
05/04/2018 at 17:09

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Yes... though the stakes are high when you have to drive 20miles to work on the build and have a wife and three kiddos wondering if you’re really “working on the car”.

The wifey is definitely a keeper though, she helped me wrap fenders and bumpers in the living room =D