Project LS, the 2000 Tib
12-29-2011, 02:47 AM
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Vehicle: 2000 Hyundai Tiburon
My car has a date with the body shop this Friday, we couldn't get everything straight on our own, and couldn't get the needed dimensions from a known good car or off the net. Didn't feel like pulling the fender off my friends car...
I'll have to order an inner fender well, possibly get another sub-frame if the current one can't be un-bent, and epoxy the headlight housing a bit as well.
Progress.
I'll have to order an inner fender well, possibly get another sub-frame if the current one can't be un-bent, and epoxy the headlight housing a bit as well.
Progress.
12-29-2011, 02:44 PM
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Vehicle: 1999 Hyundai Tiburon
I recently changed my rear sub-frame.. PAIN in the ass. It was all rusted together, we had to torch threw the trailing arms to get them off. I ended up getting 2 new trailing arms, welding my new sub-frame too then getting 4 bushings. I got most of my stuff at the junkyard besides the 4 bushings for the inside trailing arms. Its not a bad job if it comes apart easy but its a PAIN, my camber bolts in the back would NOT come off, i ended up having to go back to the junkyard and scavaging on the ground looking for them but i found them..
01-19-2012, 03:13 AM
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Here's a post from my build thread on HRCS
In case you didn't know, I bought another Tib, same year and color, but decked out with every option, 17's, yada yada. Love it to death.
This car though, has a love-hate relationship.
It lives to be a project car.
It's always been a handfull, from the day I bought it.
It pushes my buttons worse than my D50 does.
But I still like it.
I'm thinking Beauty/BEAST, may be the best answer...
Looks like I may fall into the trap of owning 2 of the same car.
Pro:
This car can become the test mule for my hair-brain ideas
The new one won't have to endure another winter
I can put the new cars used OEM struts in this one when I do my coilover swap this spring, saving some cash
The sheer fun of having a Beauty/BEAST pair
Con:
Dmv registration fees for 2 vehicles
Insurance rate for 2 vehicles
Storage of new car in the winter
Parking of 2 cars the rest of the time
Deciding which car keeps what upgrades will be a PITA...
Pro:
This car can become the test mule for my hair-brain ideas
The new one won't have to endure another winter
I can put the new cars used OEM struts in this one when I do my coilover swap this spring, saving some cash
The sheer fun of having a Beauty/BEAST pair
Con:
Dmv registration fees for 2 vehicles
Insurance rate for 2 vehicles
Storage of new car in the winter
Parking of 2 cars the rest of the time
Deciding which car keeps what upgrades will be a PITA...
In case you didn't know, I bought another Tib, same year and color, but decked out with every option, 17's, yada yada. Love it to death.
This car though, has a love-hate relationship.
It lives to be a project car.
It's always been a handfull, from the day I bought it.
It pushes my buttons worse than my D50 does.
But I still like it.
I'm thinking Beauty/BEAST, may be the best answer...
01-19-2012, 09:08 PM
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Resist the temptation to use parts from the old to refurbish the new car. Then you will have a "hangar queen" and a new car. Unless you just want to drive the new one and have a parts car, in which case you win.
So sorry I missed your response! I wish you'd pinged me again . . . it took all of a minute . . .
SHOP > TIBURON(RC) >2000 > G 2.0 DOHC > Body (Interior & Exterior) > General > BODY DIMENSIONS
So sorry I missed your response! I wish you'd pinged me again . . . it took all of a minute . . .
SHOP > TIBURON(RC) >2000 > G 2.0 DOHC > Body (Interior & Exterior) > General > BODY DIMENSIONS
01-19-2012, 09:28 PM
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I've already cannibalized the parcel shelf, floor mats, and LED lights, but those are cosmetics only.
I may swap dash surrounds, since the new car has two gruesome screw holes on the top between the vents from some kind of mount and the other one is just fine. Had the dash on 2 junkyard cars out already, so no biggie there. I'll wait on that till I get my Aussie fog light switches, so I don't have to take the dash on either car out again.
I found the dimensions about 5 minutes after I posted, hence no ping-fest on my end. still need to have it professionally pulled, because of how it was hit.
I may swap dash surrounds, since the new car has two gruesome screw holes on the top between the vents from some kind of mount and the other one is just fine. Had the dash on 2 junkyard cars out already, so no biggie there. I'll wait on that till I get my Aussie fog light switches, so I don't have to take the dash on either car out again.
I found the dimensions about 5 minutes after I posted, hence no ping-fest on my end. still need to have it professionally pulled, because of how it was hit.