Pimpm3 2020 challenge build, forester edition

I originally planned to build a 1987 IROC Z for this year's challenge.  I am a slacker and never finished it.

Fast forward to two weeks ago.  My buddy Brad bought a 2004 forester from the carmax auction.  It aledgedly had a bad transmission.

As best we can tell it doesn't.  We decided to autocross it five days after it was purchased.  It did better than it had any business too.

In this picture you can see the prius wheels i bought off of Facebook for the car.  Yes they are a really awesome purpley blue color.

The car had crappy paint. We sanded it down, in an attempt to make it less crappy.

We took the car to the local maaco Wednesday.  Two days later we picked it up with a shiny new paint job.

This morning I swapped out the 16 year old factory suspension for a set of $350 chinesium greatness.  

Racecar!

Then I pressure washed the engine...

Tomorrow I will detail the interior and clean up the exterior.

Way ahead of schedule 

I know right.  I figure Thursday i can actually relax and hang out.  It will be a new experience.

Slampt. 

Oh yeah, the purple prius wheels are now gold.

Wow that looks nice!

Please tell more about maaco... Surely its full of orange peel and overspray, right?  Because from the photos it looks great

Love your friends nsx Jeremy 

In reply to mikeatrpi :

It actually looks really good.  Best $365.00 paint job i have ever seen.

I've got an EL header that I would let go cheap, I'll even throw in an adapter I welded up for a WRX exhaust. Although I don't know if it would make it there in time for the challenge.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/362368061748584/

mr2s2000elise said:

Love your friends nsx Jeremy 

In addition to the NSX, the neighbor's Porsche is killer. 

Did you paint or plastic dip the wheels?  They look good!

Plasti dip.  They were already dipped purpley blue and I was too lazy to strip them.

Here is a better shot of the nsx.

He actually is selling it Friday 

He bought a 1998 Type R integra and never drives the NSX anymore.

Better shot of the porsche.  It is a newer turbo s.

pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) said:

Better shot of the porsche.  It is a newer turbo s.

Good gawd. That driveway looks like car-person heaven!

Is it still green? Does the AC work?

Green, A/C is ice cold.

Pretty funny that'd he'd rather drive the ITR vs the NSX...

Pity it isn't an XS with the winter package, they came with a rear LSD.

It's still a great choice, though!

What are you doing with the camaro and what's wrong with it? 

I have a Legacy wagon thats too tall, here for the cheap coilover review

Any thoughts of adding a cheap eBay hood scoop? 

ggarrard said:

Any thoughts of adding a cheap eBay hood scoop? 

If you have a line on eBay Forester XT hood scoops for less than $200 I'm all ears, I totally need an STI scoop for my project.

I'm jealous of how clean the interior on this car is.