Well i got this car from normalario here on the board a while ago, i love this car so much its fits my family perfect so i could never see selling it, so i will just continue to litltle things to make her just write. I wanted to have a nice stereo put in the car so i took the buggy to my buddys at Al & Eds in La Mesa, ca that i tint for, asked them hat they suggested they said Alpine went crazy on there new marine line so when i saw that i basically i will take it all. So i odered the 2 sets of the 7.7" speakers for the mids and highs, A 10" sub woofer, the new deck that has the flash drive output and ipod output, 2 amps for the speakers, and there new stereo controller for boats. wasnt sure how they were going to make it all work and fit, i just told them have fun with it. so here are some pics of the stereo install its not complete but its really close.

Now the next thing i took it over to Jp Designs in Lakeside and its getting a new face lift, fox triple bypass piggy back shocks, new rack, 2" hollows with 4 piston caliper front brakes anodized black

Now the next thing i took it over to Jp Designs in Lakeside and its getting a new face lift, fox triple bypass piggy back shocks, new rack, 2" hollows with 4 piston caliper front brakes anodized black

SWEET!! Keep the pics coming!!

Defiantly keep the pic's coming!

You going to tear it down and recoat everything?

More pics today cant believe how far he has gotten in 3 days. came into a delema cant do bypasses have to go with a 2.5 coilover with an internal bypass, got the shocks cheap and they are at the shop getting revalved right now. just waiting on the rack and the brakes should be in tomorrow or monday.

dunno how those pics got loaded

try these, im gonna have the new suspension all chromed and powdercoated, my buddy chris at powder1 is gonna knock everything in a week, i am going to have all of the frame tubes painted by my painter this season. wont even be able to tell he is a magician

Looking good! Gonna do a hood and or windshield?

Coming along pretty fast AND looking good!

yeah we didnt disturb any aluminum work at all he may have to do a lil trimming on the paneling for the new tubing. i already have a windshield for the buggy, i just hate the way it looks, when they did the framing they did it flat, there is no curve to plain. it takes 3 minutes to put it on and take it off so i just use it when its cold.

yeah he is hauling but, hes done this in 3 days and he has a bunch of other cars him and his guys are working on at the same time.

Looks great! What are you going to do with the beam you cut out?

It's in the buggy parts for sale section.

yeah i all of the front end is for sale but unless i hear different i got it all sold delivering tomorrow morning.

Congrats, if it doesn't sell let me know. I was going to pick it up for son's rail.

Looking great, Jesse does some awesome work over there.

sweet! Should be fun!

went there today and hes about done, we are waiting on the brakes, steering rack, and new coils for the front end. he has a few little thing to weld like light mounts, and another battery box so hopefully gonna pick the car up tuesday or wed.....

Looks awesome for sure it almost looks like it was originally an A arm car!!!

Saw this car at Al&Eds when I was having an alarm installed. Looks WAYYYY different now! Can't wait to see some pics with the paddles/smoothies on! Nice Car!

well looks like i get to pick it up tomorrow, no problem cant believe i dropped the car off last monday night and its finished would have been finished quicker but had to wait on parts, I couldnt have asked for a better experience from a builder/fab guy, you here about situations while building cars some are great some are horrible. i have had bad relationships mostly so this time it was a breath of fresh air. anyway nuff said will have pics up tomorrow finished, tearing the front clip off this weekned and its off to the chrome and powdercoat shop. getting close have a few more loose ends at the stereo shop then off to the painter october 1st for the custom paint work.

looks good guy!

AWESOME!!! That is coming out VERY nice! Cant wait to see it in person

Looks good. The old front arms where beefy but the new front-end is going to be sexy. This buggy will get some attention for sure. I love the colors.

Funny, this chassis was originally mine...I sold it to Norm. I have to admit I'm kinda bummed you cut off the beam though, it's is a sweet set up! what was JP's plan for trying to blend the cut off tubes into the chassis?

We capped the old existing tubes that went to the beam. There was not enough room to make them flow into the new existing front end. The car came out awesome with the old hood still fitting with the new shock mount bulk head.
Jesse

yeah it looks perfect, cant even tell there was major surgery i will post some pics this weekend of the current progress. i still am so happy with the work that was done to it.

Got any pics of the final product? Lets see them!

Very nice job on the new front end. Your going to be WAY happier this season!

if you dont mind me asking, what did the stereo system run you?

here are some pics, i cant wait to get it into the sand gotta tear it apart to get it to chrome and powder coat on monday.

with the stereo we had to make custom pods for every speaker and amps, all fiberglassed so a lot of man hours. you would probably be into the 2-3k range depending on the equipment you use.

very nice.... your gunna love your NEW ride.....

With that full hood set up, a front skid plate would look pretty sick.

Looking good! How about an early morning shake down run this Saturday?

really stetler, i debated on it so long and couldnt make up my mind neither could anyone else i asked for an opinion. may have to put one on now that you said that, mike im so bummed man i just scheduled a full day on saturday, what about a sun morning shake down?

Daddy will be there Sat. night for an early sunday shake down run........ Sand Seeker will also join.......

got it almost done, at the stereo shop getting the final finishes ended up changing the subwoofer enclosure to a more sleak design, should be done by wednesday just need to through the panels back on and im ready for the dunes

Nice job on the upgrades. I bet you love it.

why when i payed you $9500 cash for sultan of sands mende s5 9 mo. ago didnt you give him a penny? he told me you were supposed to keep 10% not 100%, this makes me look bad...........wtf?????????

any one else buy sultans parts from him?

huh?

got a call from dave (sultan of sand) yesterday saying the middle man (tintman) kept the 9500 cash i payed for the s5.
tintman told him since you live out of state i will sell all your extra parts for you and keep 10% for selling them. dave told him ok go ahead and pick all my parts up from bfd and get them sold. he sold the parts and pocketed 100% of the money

who else bought some parts from him because there was alot more

The TintMan is good guy (a hard worker and a real family man) and he did make a payment a few months ago. I'm hopeful that we'll true up shortly and start dunning soon!

I ran into Tint at the hill on Saturday night and said the same thing. The car looks bad ass with the new setup but I was bummed to see the super beam gone.

Nice work on the pods.

Where did they mount the MC10? A couple of friends have them mounted on their steering wheel in their boats.

Any finished pics of the sub enclosure? Did they mount it up under the hood/dash?

dude love your beadlocks they look sick

thanks guys i love this car gonna keep it forever, cant wait to chase the new car through the dunes will try and get some pics of the sub and stuff turned out killer all this was done a year ago and havent had 1 issue last season so extremely happy with what jp did and my buddys at the stereo shop.