s14a oem

Until this point I had been driving the s14a with a Bride racing seat. It was reclinable, but not the most comfortable seat for daily activities, especially when other cars currently fit that bill. The racecar bill. 

4 bolts and the seat easily removes.

4 more and so does the passenger seat.

I also took the opportunity to locate the oem rear deck lid and remove the rear sway bar.

This was a bit of a pain to get to all the bolts, but not too bad. The cats were seemingly enjoying the nice weather.

Jake eating grass.

Roper in the dirt...

...And then helping with the car.

I installed the rear deck lid. I think it looks much better having all the interior pieces in place, as well as not showing off not matching chassis colors, and because this chassis specifically is a coupe with a rear support structure already, I don't know how many benefits from an additional strut tower bar there are, especially for street duties.

Roper made it inside first, but Jake was working his way back to the house as well. At least he had already thrown up the grass.

Once both cats were back inside, however, they took turns loving the new seat.

Yes. I'm talking about you.

Back outside, I cleaned and vacuumed the interior of the car while the seats were out. It makes a world of difference.

4 bolts and original driver seat was installed.

4 more, and the car had a matching, and much comfier, not to mention cleaner, interior. I would end up selling the seat and rail on eBay, and the rear bar locally. They're not going back in the car and I'm not a hoarder.

s14a bonnet & boot

After getting the s13 to a stopping point, I spent a day getting the s14a sorted. Josh at NSP worked his magic on my carbon bonnet and boot, bringing them back to life. Unfortunately this would not last for long, but for the time being, they looked brilliant. 

He sanded, clear coated, and buffed both pieces.

The trunk was quicker to complete and was on the car in a flash.

<Just some engine shots, I really do not remember why I was up late with my flood lamps>

A few days later the hood was ready as well.

It looked amazing in the sun.

I took this opportunity to install my new sunshade. It is an expandable roman shade style blind that connects in the middle with velcro and attached on either side with 3m mounts. I liked it so much that I bought them for all my cars.

Nobody is perfect, and the day I leave my window cracked to cool down the car, it pours. The water would quickly dry, although it was a frustrating afternoon.

Thankfully however, someone decided to buy my old hood. He met me at a local chick-fil-a, but then did not have adequate safety straps, so we went to a local auto store and picked some up to make his ride home hopefully a little less adventurous.

Upon my return home, my luck had also returned. That's life.