1992 gvr4 #848/1000

[rbparker]

I cleaned up the side supports for the front front bumper. I addressed all the old and broken hardware with welded nuts/rivnuts and replaced the M6 bolts. Threw a few coats of paint on them and bob is your uncle (they ended up black).
When I purchased the car, it came with some pretty ugly fog lights (if you look closely in the first photo of the build thread you can see them) held in with some self tapper screws however, the seller included some OEM fog lights without any brackets. The car itself is missing all of the attachment points so I made a mounting solution and was happy with the end result. - If you look closely you can see I have the ABS plastic on the front bumper.
I wet sanded the fog lights, as well as the headlights. I sanded up to 5000 grit, did a polishing and then added a clear coat.
-I didn't snap any photos, however the mounting tabs that connect the fiberglass portion of the front bumper to the foam and crash bar where corroded past use, those where fabricated as well.

 

[rbparker]

I do not plan to spend any more time on the front bumper assembly so now I begun focusing on fabricating the intercooler piping. I have a friend willing to weld aluminum for me. However after sleeping on the cons of mild steel, I decided to use 2 1/2" mild steel pipe to add the fab experience to my belt and save a few hundred bucks as Id pay my friend. ...I own a 120v flux core welder.
The hotside charge pipe fits between the alternator tensioner, the radiator and the condenser's AC lines with no more than 1/8" of clearance between the four objects. I had to remove the power steering cooler, luckily the steering rack was replaced with a manual one.
The cold side contorts underneath the passenger headlight and is tight next to the radiator, a tial bov flange was used. I had purchased a speed density intake from STM so that I could route charge pipe correctly. The postive terminal for the battery needed a bracket made to mount it in a reasonable location.
Unfortunately getting the hotside piping off will require taking the radiator out, and to take the radiator out the cold side piping needs to be removed. The piping was painted black.
I grabbed a 2g dsm o2 housing from storage and ported it.