Not a Supra; AE86 GT-S Supercharged Build/Restore by Jeff Lange

6 minute(s) of a 52 minute read

Glass installed in the car. The bottom seal isn't as clean as I'd like, but it is installed well, just a bit messy. The temperature was quite cool so the adhesive was acting differently than I am used to (I've only installed a few windshields):

Still worked out pretty cleanly. No excess urethane to speak of really:

AE86 alignment is easy with lower glass stoppers, however when installing the glass it is best to not rest it at the bottom before dropping the top, as it also caused some of the messy urethane at the bottom:

Clean top area. Nothing prepped for moulding installation yet, as that will wait until entire car is painted:

JDM yo! I guess I can remove it now:

In May of this year I decided that it was time to take it to the body shop and get things taken care of to get the car back on the road.

Quarter removed, wheel well housing removed and in the process of being reinstalled. Inner rocker panel metal cut out and being repaired.

Left-hand quarter panel is installed on the car, mostly. Still some welds to clean up along with seam sealer.

Suck on that mother nature, your rust won't ruin my dreams!

Here it is finally starting to look like a car again!

Well it's nearing completion of work at the body shop, I was a bit unhappy with the finish on the hood and trunk so they are going to sand and re-clear those panels as well as polish a few other places. I've got some black-out tape to go on the door b-pillars and they are going to undercoat the wheel wells all around and apply some sealer on the rear quarter to wheel housing seam, similar to how new cars are. I also got in some thicker clear 3M film to apply in front of the rear wheels, I'll draw up the patterns when I get the car back.

Reassembly starts next week!