Hey guys im new to the forum, love the write ups and how to's, well i just picked up a 87 gt in good condition for $700 and drove it home, plan is to do a L67SC/4T65HD swap. money is a little tight and working 60 hours a week doesnt help, so progess is gonna be slow. First things is to redo the sloppy steering and suspension. will be replacing all ball joints, springs, shocks, and bushings.

car when it got it home

suspension overhaul, Eibach 1 inch lowering springs, poly bushings, Koni shocks, new balljoints, and steering rack

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looks like a beautiful gt! cant wait to see you start doing things on it! and welcome to the forum!

thank you, ha those pics are a few days old

quote Originally posted by 87GreenGT: ive noticed the other members pics of theirs cars and i seem to be the only person that has a cracked dash, haha, vegas heat is killer

Lol your not alone. my Formula's dash has cracks all over the place but i dont care. the car wasent built to be pretty. nice GT by the way.

oh and pics of what i stared with

All the pictures work good for me, you just have to click on them because they are over 300kb's. Might want to re-size them. But that "before" picture...what the hell! I wish my front suspension looked half that nice. I haven't done anything with my front suspension yet, and it has heavy surface rust.

quote Originally posted by mattwa: All the pictures work good for me, you just have to click on them because they are over 300kb's. Might want to re-size them. But that "before" picture...what the hell! I wish my front suspension looked half that nice. I haven't done anything with my front suspension yet, and it has heavy surface rust.

ya i second that. that front suspension even before is pretty crisp. way nicer than mine haha. how much of a difference is there with the handling now that you changed up the suspension?

i have yet to drive it i still need an alignment and waiting on the fierostore to send me another lower ball joint(press broke the last one) and sway bar and radiator braces

Looks good, particularly your front suspension. Heh, your 'before' looks better than my 'after'.

Boo on the HIDs though, prepare to blind a lot of people..

Brad

haha, ive never seen a rusty fiero. i guess vegas heat has its ups now. Ya the HIDs are blinding but i installed them the right way so the light is focused down more. what does everyone think of the green color. it does stand out but idk maybe paint in its near future

quote Originally posted by BtotheB: Looks good, particularly your front suspension. Heh, your 'before' looks better than my 'after'. Brad

This. lol. Welcome to the forums. Great people here! Very informative help even with newbies like me! Your suspension looks great. Just curious how much did your whole suspension setup cost if you dont mind me asking. I've been trying to price out suspension upgrade for a future project. By the way i love the color of your car! If it were mine Id get a giant Kermit the Frog painted on it haha!

one of the other projects i have layn around

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quote Originally posted by 87GreenGT: one of the other projects i have layn around

wow love that project truck you have going there. may i ask what kind of truck it is? looks to me kinda like a chev but i could be wrong. looks sweet though. and loving the new headlights and i think keep the paint for now. and later if you decide to go for a color setup for the interior then get the car repainted. it looks pretty kool though very different. my car is an electric blue, and i thought about a re paint but i think i may keep it . even if i re paint it i think i will keep it the same color haha here is a pic of the old duke

kinda a bad pic but oh well haha.

thanks the truck is an 81 k10, one of 3567 made with electronic spark control with a 305SB

i do love the color of yours.

quote Originally posted by 87GreenGT: thanks the truck is an 81 k10, one of 3567 made with electronic spark control with a 305SB i do love the color of yours.

thats one sweet truck . i also have a chev. its a 95, 2500 6.5 turbo diesel, i love that old truck. and ya thanks i quite like the paint color on my little 86

ok quick question. i baught the fierostores upper a-arm bolt with 8 1.5mm washers. i read that the caster needs to be between +3 - +7 ideal being +5. how many washers is that on each side. i have 3 in the front and 5 in the rear.

anyone?

some updates, waiting on rims and tires but mostly got the front end all done

god dang dude that is clean!!! i wish mine was even a quarter that nice haha very nice job on the front end. im doing some stuff to mine also right away. i pulled the tire off mine today and was smiling cause i thought it looked pretty good for an old car now i just feel like mine is horrible. thanks alot! lol
here is a pic of her right after i took the tire off. (this is the first time i have looked since it had locking lugs so i have been on a wild goose chase to find a key and just got it today):...

i think it looks ok haha but yours looks amazing lol good work and nice progress looking forward to more!

hey mine started out somewhat like that, pressure washed then disassembled them cleaned and prep, painted and had some pieces powdercoated. about 40 man hours worth of work $25 in cans of paint, primer, sand paper, degreaser, and a few other odds and ends and then she turned out great.

just got my rear rims and tires in. they are KONIG illusions gloss black with machined lip 18x8 35MM offset for the rear. (everyone said it wouldnt fit but it cleared with more than 3/4'' of space between the tire and spring perch). tires are dunlop direzza dz101 235/40R-18W directional
Fronts are gonna be KONIG illusions gloss black with machined lip 17x7 40MM offset with 225/45R-17W dunlops also

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wow those are some nice shoes on her now! like i said the car is comming along great. i cant wait to see the finished product! (oh wait i dont think there ever is a finished product with these cars haha ) but looking good. good rims always kinda bring things together on a car i find. really improves looks. but ya your green beauty is looking good!