RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

Well i've always owned EK's and i've been looking for an EM2 for sometime now but i didnt want to spend a lot of money on one. Sooooooooo, I'm looking through craigslist and there she is, listed at 3300 with some minor issues, but nothing i cant fix. So I was hoping someone would buy my EK so i can buy this car and as luck would have it someone did, 3 hours before i was going to go look at this EM2, a fellow member on azht.com hit me up and took it off my hands :thumbup: so i took it as a sign of fate so i went straight to meet the owner of the EM2 ( rest/salv title due to front end collision) and ............ it was a mess! Hail damage, broken motor mounts, power steering making this god awfull sound and a few other things. But i saw a diamond in the rough so i started working him down on the price. so i ended up getting it for $2500 bucks!
So here she is. I have big plans so keep looking in the thread for updates.

The car
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Interior
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Tear down - this is where things get interesting..... now i knew it was in a front end collision but, damn, macco really did some shitty work here.
screws holding the bumper on
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Total custom work here guys, lol
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These are all the bolts and screws holding the front end together
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dirty bay
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Now this is where i had a question, why would there be washers on the passenger strut but not the driver side
passenger side
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driver side
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cleaned the bay and polished the intake
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parts ordered:
JDM Fogs
Password JDM fenders with side markers and city lights
Purple dress up washers and nuts for the bay
CTR Lip
Headlights.
Paint is going to change, i think im going to go with a darker gray. maybe like this?
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All the parts came in besides my drag neochrome lugs. but here are the pics.

njoi!

Old parts
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New parts!
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Thank you PWJDM!
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Love Factory Parts!
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Got the fogs wired and working
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Crystal Clear New headlights!
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Fitment is awesome!
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Finishing touch
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Junk parts and lots of shipping boxes.
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Now its off to the paint shop to get the hail damage fixed and then time to replace motor mounts, EGR Valve and driver side axel.
Stay tuned

Re: RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

Looking good man! Way to save it!.

Re: RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

thats a nice find. only thing i would suggest is a type r grille but a em2 in dark gray would be dead sexy

Re: RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

Looks nice. How much are you looking at to fix the hail damage + the parts needed to fix it? Make sure you still have a functioning airbag since it is a salvage title.

Re: RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

Really like what you have done so far. Do away with the blue headlights though. Get some white ones in there.

Re: RiceFed's EM2 Budget Build
 

Thanks man. Yeah, i figured it needed an owner that can give it a little TLC.

I've been looking for one, i was able to find one on ebay, but i'm afraid to order it and get a shitty quality grill

the airbag is fine, and i'm probably looking at 800 for a new paint job.

They are actually 25k hids (purple) in the pic they werent warmed up all the way. i had the white before, but i wanted the headlights to match the color scheme i'm going with (grey and purple)