Geo Metro XFI Convertible Project Finished

[SVOboy]

I DEMAND PICTURES OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

I know them to be in existence.

[Coyote X]

There was a short video of the car running and it showed the computer running megatune inside roadrunner. I put it on this thread somewhere

I will get some good detail pictures soon of the basically finished car and take a video camera out and set up to get a video of the computer doing it's thing. I have to wait and catch some good weather though, it seems like every day there is a hail warning and I have to cram all the cars in the garage and not have much room to work. There have been probably 7 bad hail storms here in the last 2 weeks

[93hatchDX]

I think you have mentioned about how vulnerable the metro xfi convertible is to rust based in part on how the engineers designed it or what have you.

For the average joe who would have a car like this size and would like to go about rust proofing the body of the car for the next 10+ years or more, I've thought about spraying on the floorboards, trunk sheet metal, rockerpanel, underneath, etc... in spray-on bed liner that is usually used on the bed of a pick up truck. Or something similar.

It would add some weight, but the idea is to preserve the body of a car against rust.

Could someone gut their interior and spray a resin on the sheet metal with something as strong or stronger than the bed-liner to insure that rust doesn't eat away at the unibody underneath the carpet or where ever ?

Thanks.

[zjrog]

I know I'm a pain, but I am very interested in the bracing and seat mounts...

[Coyote X]

Well I finally got all the squeaks and random bugs out of the car. Today I drove it around and it rolls nice and no rubbing or squeaking anymore. It is way out of alignment but that is easy to fix later.

Tomorrow is time to clean it up and make it shine. If it doesn't rain I will take it out and get some good pictures of it practically finished. There are some random things I will have to do before fall but for now I am going to start just driving it and not worry about the details till about time school starts back.



The list of things needing done is getting pretty small. Replace drivers lexan window with a glass I just got off ebay, seal up some seams that I have found from messing with the car, and retune the engine since it is way out now that it has a real exhaust under it. If I get it cleaned up quickly tomorrow then I might start making the list even shorter. I also need to remount the freight train horn somewhere

Tomorrow I am going to pressure wash the engine and reinstall the front belly pan section. Then paint the bumpers flat black again and clean the interior. Should be easy to get it looking good.

[Coyote X]

[brucey]

Holy crap. I just realized you're not only in WV, but those pictures are at downtown Logan, probably the freedom festival car show. Which I had to miss this year. What a small friggen world.

[Coyote X]

That is what you get for missing the show

I live on buffalo creek btw.

[Sean T.]

sweet!

[Coyote X]

Drove about 50 miles on the car and other than being out of align it is doing great. I spent most of the day cleaning up my garage, I had no idea I had so much metro junk in there. I could probably build 2 more cars with all that I have in there. That isn't even counting the two metros I have in my yard.

So.... If anyone is looking for some metro stuff come get it! I have a huge pile of junk that needs to go so everyone here gets first crack at it. I really don't have time to pack and ship anything so I guess this is only good for people near WV. My zip code is 25628 for anyone wanting to see how far away I am from them. I will probably keep my spare engines and the one good trans I have is already spoken for but I have I think 4 complete suspensions and maybe 5 interiors as well as a huge pile of body panels and glass. None of the cars have good frames near the control arms but that should not be as big an issue to repair as it used to be with all the pictures and repair descriptions that have been done now.

Other than aligning the car I probably will be taking a break from working on it while I get some other work done. I have to roof a house, paint 2 houses, remodel a kitchen and build a laundry room, refloor a bathroom, and build a porch on one. Should keep me busy for a few weeks I figure. That will also give me time to get a few tanks of gas ran through it and see what I can get out of it stock before making any additional changes. I will also get together with my buddy with the car scales asap.

And could someone change the name of the thread from starting to finished