Its been a little while but I’ve been busy! The 2002 is almost done. Not sure if projects are ever “done” but its finally at a point where I can enjoy it, which is kinda nice. Although I might miss fixing stuff here and there, maybe… Anyway first things first. I installed the front bumper. Powder coated the brackets and plated the bolts. Anyone who has fitted a front 2002 bumper knows that it is a pain. Its almost necessary to install the brackets first and make sure you have a magnet on some tie wire to catch the bolts, not if, but when they fall into the frame rail. I also came across some 73 bumper over riders which look a little sharper in my opinion.

 

I then went to work on the interior. Namely putting in a sound system. I like my tunes so I didn’t want to settle. The 80’s were a time when people cut 6x9’s into everything and this 2002 was driving in the 80’s. For a purist, having speaker holes cut by an angry badger would not be ideal, for me I was happy to have them already there. However I didn’t want to drill any holes anywhere else in the body for speakers so I had to be creative. I put a component system in the front and for the drivers side subwoofer I made for little brackets all bolted in factory locations to keep it in place. For the passenger side I got a little controversial and made a hole in the glove box. I had a spare so I wanted to experiment. The glove box is actually sturdy enough and holds it nicely. The crossover’s are mounted in the wooded support block in-between the centre console panels. For the tweeters I drilled holes in the centre console. I also have a mint spare so figured why not. The deck itself is mounted in a cut up ash tray mount and looks fairly factory. I am curious to hear what people think, as there is many ways to do this. 

 

 

The trunk has these wooden floor boards covered in vinyl. The 45 year old vinyl wasn’t looking too fresh so I decided to remove the vinyl and see what the wood underneath looked like. I know there is no other wood on the car and these might look out of place however I experimented with some wood stain and am very pleased the results! Happy with fuel lines too, looks clean! Getting there…