my 5 month inn 1999 neon build :)

[DuztynDuGaz]

it all started, after the wifey told me . My 1987 renault resto project was taking to long. she wanted me driving. i have been a huge mopar guy my whole life (including family till they went ford:( ) ive allways owned big old mopars tho, never small little fwd cars, when i first got into fwd i got into sunbirds and went to fieros then to renaults. then when the wifey laid down the law! . i said ok ill buy a car that can be a daily car , with easy to find upgrades.

So here we go, i found a little 2 door red neon on kijiji.ca. i went and had a look, the young guy(my age) did not know anything about the car. it kinda scared me. but i really wanted to get back into mopars . just to rub it in my dads face , that his ford 3rd gen escorts sucked!. had a look at it and i noticed it was DOHC and 5 speed. score!!! ( i dont drive auto inless its the wifeys lil inport)

So with 600$ taken out of my pocket. the story begins.
first problem was paint! i hate and can not stand the color red! dont ask me why cuase i have no idea. i hate RED!

went to a few racing stores, figured if i was gonna paint the car , this was the time to change the way the out side of the car , to make it look more sporty!. i picked up side skirts and a back lip kit!.

here are some pictures of me sanding it down body work/shaving the ground effects on.

i allso applied two different coats of primer. first was black then mellow yellow.

(if the pictures dont work ill fix them later!)

























Since the primer/bodywork took awhile(as so as the wifey says) it was like 2.5 weeks)

i started to drive it till i had more time!











so then i started to get bored waiting to paint it. so sound system and a new front bumper was the next upgrades!
and AEM cold air intake!















then i figured since i got into trouble with the wifey(she found out i was messing with the car ) that i'd find a loop hole and since shes never in my car interior work was needed!

my daily driver bucket seats(ive had thases seats in the last 5 cars(daily drivers that is)

then got a used momo wheel and adapter off kijiji(gotta love kijiji)







Then i got sick of driving the only mellow yellow car in my area and started to strip,tape,sand,clean and paint my car!

















with the paint done . i got bored again, so i bought new headlights and marker lights. a 4 point APC roll cage, coilover sleeves, and started to fiberglass fog lights into my front bumper(and bought new fog lights)and added a wing for when i go racing(not on car when i drive it on city roads)















and thats how far i have gotten my little neon so far!!!
if you have any questions feel free to ask!

Please no haters,my car may look ricer with the wing, but its only on when i race!!! so it has a reason to be on!
thanks for reading and checking out my little neon. cant wait to see what others have to say

[Gim H3ll]

I personally really like what you have done with the car. and what are ur future plans for the car?

[DuztynDuGaz]

future plans are up in the air. but what im going for as of right now is: making my own camberplates. stickered front bumper once im done fiberglassing the fog lights in, bracing the whole under side of the car, skid plate for the front,deep dish steelies, and engine swap, but im not sure on the engine swap either , 4G63,4G64 or srt4. as of right now the tranny has been regeared(old clutch put back into it due to money) i have braided hose sleeves to protect my hoses and its all painted up.! i joined this site to get idea's so input from others is very welcome at this point!!!! i think for a 21 year old that goes to school full time and works part time. i think ive done pretty good for having it for only 5 months

[Gim H3ll]

Yea it looks really good for having so little time with it and being a full time student. And the motor swap is up to you and doing what u want but the SRT4 swap is very popular im debating about it with my sohc.

[DuztynDuGaz]

well the srt4 swap is the easyest from what i herd, you only have to make one mount instead of all right? and i forgot to mention, im allso looking for a roof rack, i want one so bad!!!

i allso having problems with my crank pully.
i think i bang it off the ground and it keeps cutting belts up every 4 days... but! i have removed all the burr's on it and everything i try'd to pull it off but it wont come off? and every scrape yard refuses to pull them off for me? so im wondering if theres a trick that non neon owner do not know of.

and thank you gim for commenting on my thread. i was not sure on making one,cuase the last place i was on there were alot of haters!

my cars are my pride and joy. so having someone like it means alot. thanks man.

[DuztynDuGaz]

o0o i allso did all this in my driveway paint and all. no one else has touched this car since i got it , everything has been done by me.

[DuztynDuGaz]

some more pictures









o0o i picked up my next up grade last night! aftermarket e brake handle and Bonz drift botton!.

[mcclunet]

All in all not to bad, not crazy about some of it but to each his own. check out my new addition on the project log, you mite like it.