123quattro

This is my 84. I can't find any pics of when I bought it. Anyway, it was wrecked, but not bad. The front end was pushed over 2 inches and the core support was back an inch.

A couple thousand dollars of frame work, paint, and panels and now she looks like this.

MSDS headers and a 3" SS exhaust I built.

I also put in a Pioneer head unit, MB Quart speakers, Corbeau seats and S4 brakes from the booster on. There is a big box of carpets from Rob Budd that needs installed as well.

LT Texan

a gallon of contact cement

curt_928

Don't have any pics of my 1979 before I started restoration... but the pic before I had it painted is somewhat representative of the condition... tired paint- a matte silver actually, seats were very worn, etc. With repaint (maaco I might add as nobody would do it here in Charleston) and new wheels with h5 conversion. I am a happy man. Thanks everyone: 928 specialists, etc. who helped bring the car about.. Now I only need to get new shocks, motor mounts, etc. :-)


Before


After.

Exactly what I wanted. Again, Thanks everyone for any help getting here.

curt_928

After:

http://www.curtgrob.com/DSC_0202.JPG

http://www.curtgrob.com/DSC_0204.JPG

pcar928fan

VERY NICE improvement!

sty3x

Beautiful car man

Marine Blue

Nice Curt, looks great.

Have you also started the interior?

kiesan

curt_928

Actually have done that at about the same time. Didn't do a strip all refurb. Remarkably interior didn't need that much. QP were left alone and rear just got a new mat. Dash got a cap. Was originally leather and will replace it with leather one day... that'll be phase 2 or so. Right now I put a plastic cap on it. Vacumed the mats and replaced the seats with racing seats as shown below. Cheap EBAY racing seats I might add. Probably won't last too long but until I refurb the older seats or get a replacement set of black leather... they'll do OK. Rear seats were taken down and I partially wrapped the foam and the wood in a 996 esq. fashion. Am too cheap right now to replace with new pair now... Added a tweeter and next a round 6" speaker to the rear seat QP area. All in a tasteful later car style.
As we all know.. it's a gradual transformation to the perfect ride.

The actual seats are more black than the pic depicts. Canon color depth is too precise. :-) Thanks for all the positive comments.

EC928NC

Just got started on tear-down... Before - and interior to go in...

Whitesands

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No_Substitute

Some great inspiration here!

My S4 is mechanically sound, but the interior needs some work. Nothing terrible - typical dash cracks, faded carpet, a bit of bolster wear, PO installed a cheesy Panasonic stereo, etc.

I'm going to rip everything out during a week vacation around Thanksgiving, and put it all back together during a week around Christmas. The weeks in between will be treating the seats with Leatherique, cleaning/touching up the door panels and such once out of the car, etc.

Until then I am picking up new pieces as I spot them...pod, steering wheel (my least fave part of a stock 928), center console, stereo, speakers, carpet set, Carl's auto shifter/boot. Already got a new leather dash.

Think that's overly ambitious for that timeframe? I have to do it quickly once I start. I don't have a long attention span, and if the car sits for months I will lose interest and it will never get done.

Marine Blue

I wouldn't say it's too ambitious, just make sure there aren't other things too disctract you during that time period. Set the time aside and do it, otherwise it could become a winter project and we all know that Florida doesn't have winters!

6mil928

Curt beautiful car. I'm kinda partial to the look.

Marine Blue

Brad what are you doing to the interior? I assume the red seats are going in but what about the rest?