i did it i orderd my front clip

ok.. so today i orderd my gto front clip!! i orderd it from osakajdmmotors.com i have herd good and bad things about them.. some people on the honda forms where saying they order parts and things where missing like downpipes and stuff.. but with the clip.. i dont think that is going to be a problem.. he told me it is going to be shipped out probubly tomorrow and i am supose to call and get the tracking number tomorrow morning.. i payed with my credit card so if there is any problems.. or scamming i will just get my money back.. but as for now i am just excited and think i will get exactly what i need and what he said i will get i will keep every one updated on what happends

Why did you order a front clip if i may ask. Does the japense GTO have the same sexy ass 1st gen front end as the euro? Going to do RHD swap or just wanted the JDM motor?

yeah sorry I don't recall exactly why you needed it either? Spin a bearing or something? good luck

well i am doing the clip cause i need a motor and tranny cause the crank walked on my old motor and i sold my tranny to buy a truck to get around so i need both and I want to do a rhd but i am not going to say that i am untill i see the clip.. if it looks as good as he said it does then i am all over that. i just hope it turns out good in the end!

ummm...if you want to do a RHD conversion, then you'll need the RHD dash...which is NOT included in a front clip. guess you're outta luck there.

all the front clips i have seen come with the dash, shifter an everything

RHD conversion is pointless and stupid in a left hadn drive world. Unless you plan on being a mail carrier.

most clips come with the dash.. this one does.. anyways yeah lots of people think its stupid to do the RHD in a LHD community.. and by all means im not thinking its going to be easyer or better to drive. just fun to drive. as far as pointless goes.. i would do it to be different.. you know.. have somthing that no one around here has.. but to each his own

^I'm with him. I'd rather have a RHD than a LHD simply for the fact that it would be unique.

The uniqueness would get old

The uniqueness would get old

If i do the RHD i will let you know if i get sick of it.

RHD is worth some big points if you plan on showing the car

Ok so i called osaka today and they gave me the tracking number and i called to see what day it would be getting here to find out that it is being shipped to some place called roy utah.. some place like 2 hours north of me!! they have the right adress but the wrong zip code or somthing.. the guy with yellow transport told me that i have to pay a 45 doller charge to correct it.. and i was like hell no so i called osaka and they looked at there shipping invoice and that had the right adress and zip so i called yellow transport again and talked to a nice lady that told me she would get it all fixed and would not charge me anything but it is going to be 2 days till she gets the bill of laiting (or somthing like that) so we will see what happends

if ur left handed it would be great

nice how much did you pay if you don't mind?

RHD is Every where in NZ, I couldn't drive a LHD car if my life deppended on it, and no I'm not left handed.......................

Ok so i got all the bugs in the shipping worked out! the clip will be here on friday!! I am getting so excited! i got a good deal from what i have seen i spent 3000 after shipping.. i will post some pictures and everything when it gets here.. the only problem i have now is that i dont have any way to get it home... I shipped it to autozone (Where i work) cause i can use the forklift to get it off the truck.. anyways i was planning on borrowing my dads truck and trailer cause my little mitsubishi mighty max doesnt have a trailer wire harness.. but the crazyest thing happend.. my dad lives up on the mountain like way up there and they are building a house about 200 yards above him and putting in a big retaining wall and one of the big ass rocks broke loose and rolled down the hill and took out the back of his porche and his brand new F150 that i was going to use.. i guess thats what he gets for buying a ford... i will see if i can get pictures of that too

^At first I read that it took out the back of his porsche :-p

RHD conversion is pointless and stupid in a left hadn drive world. Unless you plan on being a mail carrier.

I would love to see a 3000gt Vr4 mail carrier! :grinyes:

Well i got a trailer wiring harness for my truck and am still trying to figure out what the hell i did wrong.. cause the lights are not working.. i found a trailer that is really old.. but it should work ok.. and morph i did mean porsche i am just retarded when it comes to spelling and grammer..

jason what state are you from?

jason what state are you from?

I'm from Utah

.. and morph i did mean porsche i am just retarded when it comes to spelling and grammer..

so it not only F!@#%D up his truck, but his weekend warrior too? that freaking sucks.

Well... it didn't come.. those fags said is was not there on time to get shipped out that day.. but it was there the day before so they are full of crap.. and now it wont be her till monday.. so yeah.. that sucks i was so freakin excited!

man that sucks. This gonna be a winter project? or are you gonna put her on the road asap?

let me know how it goes. im lookin to buy a front clip sometime.

So my clip came in today.. its FUCKING PERFECT!!! the dash is great! It came with every thing! The hole dash.. pedles.. every thing.. hood bumper all the cv hafshafts rotors motor trany.. it has 131k kilometers so what... 75k miles? but i was planning on doing the T belt and water pump and stat as well.. i also go some plugs.. so i will swap them out too.. I am very pleased so far.. lets see what happends when i open up the TB cover.. i hope there is nothing wronge with the motor. but with how clean it looks.. im not worried.. ok so when it got here we got the fork lift and he put it on my trailer and the tires just went flat! haha so i had him lift each side for a minute and i filled them with a lot of pressure and then drove home at a good 25 mph.. not that my truck could go much faster.. but still.. now i cant get it off the trailer.. i will have to try some more tomorrow.. anyways i will get some pictures up here tomorrow as well

in addition to changing the timing belt, accesory belts, water pump, thermostat, i would strongly advise you to do a leakdown test and compression test.

+1 on the compression test.

also pull off the oil pan to check if any of the rods are loose. i hope everything checks out alright for ya.

also pull off the oil pan to check if any of the rods are loose. i hope everything checks out alright for ya.

ya, while you're down there, might as well inspect the bearings!

Ok finaly got it off the trailer today! what a pain in the ass.. it took 6 mexicans 3 horses and 2 scooters to get that damn thing off.. any ways thanks for the ideas bolth are good and i will check them out... never actualy done a compression test.. what should our cars be at? and do i just screw it in the spark plug hole and crank it over and see what it reeds?

compression test (http://www.supercar-engineering.com/rubberducky/3S/Maint/All/CompressC/index.html)

Thanks for the refresher on compression testing.. i have about 110 in the front 3 cylenders i will have to take the intake manifold off when i get off work.. its just my lunch right now.. any ways that makes me excited.. oh and the RHD.. HOLLY SHIT! there is so much crap i would have to do.. i need to post pictures and i have lots of questions.. and concerns about it.. maybe i can get some advice.. i will have to cut and weld some stuff. and with this unabody.. it makes me nervis.. so yeah.. i will post latter tonight about it.. Thanks guys
Jason

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Today I pulled the motor and tranny out of the clip.. It came with no real problems.. just kinda a pain getting that rear motor mount. I am doing the RHD conversion.. i can see a lot of problems comming my way.. but it will be worth it.. I will post a some pictures as soon as i can find my camera.. There are some big differences in the usdm and jdm models.. I need to order the window switches for the doors cause they will be swapped.. and i need the active aero and cruse control switch panal.. and last thing i will need i think is the botom of the shift boot the plactic part that clips into the floor panel.. any one know where i can order these parts? from NZ or japan.. or wherever? Also i have herd about some exhaust systems that have the option to open and close the downpipe? I have not found any info on this though i looked all over stealth316.com but didnt see anything making me dout.. There is a switch on my clip that has the option of normal or silent?

Also i have herd about some exhaust systems that have the option to open and close the downpipe? I have not found any info on this though i looked all over stealth316.com but didnt see anything making me dout.. There is a switch on my clip that has the option of normal or silent?

its called "active exhaust" and its a standard feature on your 92 VR4. simply routes the exhaust gases through one of the two tail pipes, or through both.

I Finaly found my camera!! It's dark outside so its kinda hard to see but this is my car in the garage with about every thing out of it
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4001.jpg
a little bit closer here i got the fire wall.. as you can see i already removed the AC, heater core, accelerator cable, steering column and the engine wire harness
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4002.jpg
The view from the inside.. just the wire harness left and the suport beam..
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4004.jpg
The motor on a the host
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4005.jpg

Ok i got some more.. i used some MSD wires and some denso iridium plugs..
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4006.jpg
here is my bag of candy that got me threw the day...
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4007.jpg
My RHD dash and my downpipe hollow cat.. and some mufflers
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4008.jpg
The clip is outside so its kinda hard to see
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4010.jpg

more pictures of the clip
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4011.jpg
I wanted to get some before i pulled the motor and dash but i couldn't find my camera
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4012.jpg
the guages are different then my stock ones..
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4016.jpg
and this is all the stuff from my car
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/jason_bet/3000gtvr4017.jpg

nice pics!

question: how did the front clip arrive at your workplace? was it wrapped somehow to protect the interior & dash from the elements? i assume it was on a crate? just curious.

you've got quite a few extra parts you can sell to make some of your money back. allow me to be the first to contribute. i remember there's a new guy here to the 3/S forums on AF and he was looking for a passenger turn signal for his 92 SL.

also, could i have the driver side foglight (LHD, that is, so looking at the car from the front, its the one to your right) ? $40 shipped?

you can also sell those headlights, snake eye lenses, bumper, fenders, hood, some of the fluid reservoirs and various miscellaneous lines in the engine bay. oh, a friend of mine needs a front wiper motor. how much do you want for it?

didn't mean to turn this thread into a "part ur car out" thread. perhaps you could start another thread for those transactions...if you like. just trying to help you out. keep the pics rolling!

[QUOTE=Linebckr49]nice pics!

question: how did the front clip arrive at your workplace? was it wrapped somehow to protect the interior & dash from the elements? i assume it was on a crate? just curious.QUOTE]

Yeah it was shipped on a rather large pallet.. it was a odd shaped one... and hard to get off the truck.. it had a lot of plastic rap around it to protect every thing.. and there where some added parts he through in there under the dash and under the shrink rap.. like the srs air bad box and some other little clips.. I still need the bottom of the shift boot for the RHD cars.. and the window switch's for each of the doors cause there swaped.. i also need the cruse control/active aero switch panal.. oh oh and the ebreak asembly.. but I think that I have every thing else that i need.. The only other weird thing is that i have not found the side mirrors ajustment panal.. the jdm one is not in the same place as the usdm one.. so not sure what i plan to do about that yet.. anyways i will get some better pictures as i put this back togeather... Yeah i will sell a bunch of stuff after i am done.. i just want to make sure every thing works before i sell off everything.. but i will save that fog for you asuming my works fine still

damn man. looks like one hell of a project! never realized that the JDM center gauges were different from ours...and what kind of mufflers and DP are those if you dont mind me asking?

anyways, good luck with the build!

I still need the bottom of the shift boot for the RHD cars.. and the window switch's for each of the doors cause there swaped.. i also need the cruse control/active aero switch panal.. oh oh and the ebreak asembly..

www.stealth3000gtsalvage.com

There just ebay mufflers and downpipe.. nothing nice or anything.. thats a cool web page but I dont think there going to have the things for the RHD.. i have all mine still and there in good shape its just that they are different on the RHD.. anyways i will post some more pictures later i already started drilling out spot welds!!

He has 30 or so 3000gts/stealths. Email and ask. I mean I've never worked on a RHD 3000gt, but window switches and the little stuff should be easily swapable.