2016 Fr-s rebuild and build
 

Hey everyone. My names Kunal, I'm 20 years old and I'm from Toronto. Little background on me: ive been doing auto body (bodywork and pepper, now apprentice painter) for almost 6 years now and I'm a certified machinist and now I'm in school for automotive design/industrial design.

The car: it's a 2016 Fr-s with 1035km. It was damaged in some accident and because I work in this trade I know how to fix this easily and properly.

This is going to a be a rebuild to original condition and then build into street/occasional track car. I eventually want to go all out with this car and enter more serious races and cage the car but till then it will remain my street car and weekend grassroots track car.

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It's a pretty easy fix. We deal with cars 5x as messed up at work and they come out looking like nothing ever happened.

Did any airbags deploy? In usa, this car would have a salvaged title. Not sure what thats called in canada when its totaled like this.

Yeah it's salvage. Insurance down here will salvage the smallest of damage. I've seen cars completely side swiped needing a new door, quarter, fender head and tail lights not being salvage, and then there's cars like.mine which are minor accident cars being written off. Once I fix it and do my salvage safety it'll be branded rebuilt. The only airbag that deployed was driver curtain

How much did you pay for the car?

Glad to see another twins being saved from the wrecking yard. More and more folks are starting to see the value of salvage twins and prices will soon increase.


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Paid 9200 for the car plus tax. Something around 10500 all said and done. Its a 2016 with 1035 km.

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Yeah damage like this is easy to fix and hasn't lessened the structural integrity of the car. Basically just needs some replacement parts and I'll have a brand new frs for half the cost.

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Nice looking car man,I love salvage cars,it's what I do for a living,I'm on my third frs now and the current one they said I was mental for buying..it's almost done now and the only original body pieces on the car is the passanger side quater panel,trunk lid,and rear bumper cover..drilled out over 500 spot welds and still counting..you have a nice little project there and I'm glad to see another 86 come back to life..cheers man

So the cars at my work place now. Boss is a real nice guy and is letting me keep it here and do all the work.

Got the complete suspension in from another crashed frs. Got my fender from the Subaru dealer locally. For anyone looking to buy replacement OEM fenders, call both Toyota and Subaru. Toyota quoted me $390 shop price and Subaru gave me the same thing at $270 shop price. Just waiting on my airbag and front bumper and I'll have this on the frame machine to be pulled.


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Got the suspension swapped in. Car officially drives straight Lol. Now just waiting for the bumper to come in as well as a new front LCA and then it's onto the frame machine to be pulled and have all the panels lined up.

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Got the car on the frame machine and all panels are lined up and everything is in OEM spec. Now it's my job to do bodywork and paint

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Looks great already. Can't wait to hear you're driving it.

Thanks! Can't wait. Estimated deadline is by Halloween time. Kinda busy right now with mid terms so havnt been able to go to work as often and get stuff done

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Started and almost finished my bodywork. My shops been real backed up and since I'm a student Im only able to go in twice a week. Got like 4 cars finished for my boss and started my car.

So this isn't necessary but just a peace of mind I like putting a layer of fiber glass down before my filler. If it was a smaller repair I wouldn't have done so and also the panel was pulled well so at most I've got like 2mm of filler on the deepest area.
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Cut that down with a cheese file and a 40 grit on a block and got a layer if my lightweight on there. This is my favourite lightweight filler to use. It's consistency is basically like dolphin glaze or a metal glaze but it's a light weight filler. U-pol flyweight Gold.
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DA'd it down with some 80 ans blocked it.
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Still got a little bit more bodywork to do then I'll prime it. Gonna have it in 2k before I leave from work Saturday and planning to paint it next Wednesday when I'm back in.

If anybody needs any tips or has any questions on bodywork let me know I'm glad to help.



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You are literally building the FR-S. Good job!

Alright got a lot done. Bodywork is all done and car is now prepped for paint. Really happy with how it looks at this point

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Excellent thread. You're a talented guy. Thx for sharing your knowledge with us.

thanks! if anyone has any bodywork/paint questions feel free to pm me

what color are you painting it?

Same colour it's just a refinish. Attachment 145491

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Big update: Car is now painted! Attachment 145832Attachment 145833

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I'm excited for you to take her out as good as new again!

Almost there! The color match looks flawless. Did you paint the whole car or just the left side?

Just the left. Rear bumper had some scratches on the left side so used that to blend it in.

Started putting it together. Got my finals and assignments right now so really short on time for a few days. Hoping to have it done for next week on the road
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That's good work. Imo much more impressive than stapling on a body kit.

Thanks that means a lot. Honestly looking back I'm happy I picked up this trade when I was 14-15. It's really paying off now.

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Can't agree more!

Thank God this car didn't end up looking like a hokey jdm pos. Lol

Haha. Gonna buy some parts over the winter for it. On my list are coilovers and wheels. Maybe a few cosmetic mods. Any suggestions on coilovers? Car is gonna see the track as of next year so something track oriented is what I'm looking for. Possibly around 1400-1500 cad give or take. Not too worried about how it feels on the street

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Talk to track guys before u buy coil overs. Not done right they can be miserable pieces of shit.

Phenomenal work.

Hell yeah they can be. Mine snap crackle and pop worse than a bowl of rice crispies.

Finally the cars done. Just gotta get plates on and it'll be on the road.

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Forgot to post here. so the cars completely done. Drove it a few times till we got hit with a lot of snow. Been having bad luck with people hitting my cars (had a hit and run with my other car right in my driveway) so decided to keep the frs inside for the winter and bring it back out when the snows gone. Drove it to school a few days and it's pretty fun. Can't wait to mod it and race next year.


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Very nice!

Excellent work! Hope to see you out there.

Little Update, starting to get the car mildly prepped for some beginner track days. Purchased something i really wanted for a while. IRP short shifter. Gonna stay on stock suspension for this year since entry level suspension is a waste of money for any serious improvement on the track. Seat time is key

Very nice work! You should be proud! Congrats on the great car!

Just wanted to say that this is a fantastic thread! Makes me wish I knew how to rebuild salvaged cars - what a great bargain! :)

nice job on the rebuild