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OK, I am finally getting around to updating this dang thing. I'm probably going to update it a little at a time to keep things flowing, there are a ton of updates! Firstly, I did get the push start to work! I can't quite remember how now though ha. I will be redoing it soon so I'll update exactly how it was done when I do! Back to the main goodies. So after installing all those little things, I set out to get the engine back in working order. I bought a nice breather filter for the top of the crankcase. Looked awesome and from the research I did I felt like it would help things out. I also picked up some 0 gauge wire for my battery install from good ole Ebay! Looks good to me! So much better! This is where I decided to mount the battery (For now). I drilled two holes through the floor right theer and used a stock subaru forester battery mount I had lying around from a previous car I owned. It worked well so I didn't complain! I then got the tank hoses installed (Temporarily out fo place as I don't have the correct year's evap tank. My original one was the white plastic model, this one I think came in later generations like the 280z? Not positive on exact fit, but I do know it doesn't fit mine ha. It still has the same holes so I just laid it on it's side to help with fume control! Here the gas tank is in place! Hatch strut reinstalled. Notice I already have my roadside assistance kit in there, just planning on it breaking down ha. The license plate lights put back in. I ran the wires to my starter from the battery here, and I just grounded straight to the car using an old seatbelt mount for the time being. The wiring is a mess at this point, it looks so much better later! Installed the side windows. This thing is looking dang sexy now! You may have heard of 80Eighty throughout the years, I did a TON of filming for them in the earlier years and picked this up from one of their Subaru BRZ giveaways. It of course isn't meant for my car but I figure if the boot fits! Downforce baby! The new neck filler hose before install. E brake installed. At this point, I'm feeling pretty confident that I can get this bad boy running! So I call over a few buds to help me bust out the wiring job. Of course, none of us knew crap about wiring ha. Connor and Dillon, my boys! My wife can be thanked for the documentation! Seeing it out in the sun for the first time really after painting it really got me stoked. It looks so good! Lots of polishing to fix the orange peel ahead of me, but I am happy with where I'm at for usre. We never did get it running that day, the wiring was so damaged and gunked up, we did what I still think would work and it just wouldn't crank over. What a buzzkill! Now, in one of my last posts I mentioned I'd be buying a house and remodeling it. Long story short, we bought the house and remodeled 2600 square feet in about a year and a half on our own. We tore out everything but the kitchen cabinets. Replaced all the flooring, doors, bathrooms, etc. tore down walls, built entire rooms, electrocuted myself a few times, the works! It was awesome to build it up, but it definitely took me away from the Z! It also took me out of the habit of keeping up on my thread, but now I feel like things have calmed down with everything so I'm jumping back into it! (I say calmed down, but truth be told, now it's 2020, I'm working more than ever and we have welcomed our first baby into the world, a little boy. He is beautiful! It really changes perspective!). I just today nailed down a gig that will give me around $800 extra a month so I'm hoping that I can start buying more parts that I need. Now, with that said, I'll get you caught up ASAP because where it was in the last photo is not where it is today at all, and I need to share all that first ha. This is after a long day working on the house, I borrowed my brother in law's trailer and my wife and I had to run and push the Z down the road as fast as we could to get it up the ramps in our sketchy neighborhood at 1 in the morning. After that, I brought it to it's new home! Circa March 2017 I believe. More coming soon!