Little more work done.....

So I ordered my new carpet for the interior.  Unfortunately,  It had a defect and I had to send it back so waiting for the new one to arrive so I can get the interior back together.  I did go ahead and changed out all the dash lights to LED's (RED) and started applying the Carbon fiber vinyl to various plastics on the dash.  looks good so far.  Also added some white vinyl overlays to the dash gauges.

gotta get some better pictures of how it looks lit up at night.  keep getting bad reflections that make it look like the gauges are unreadable.

Also managed to fix the electric tonneau release for the top.  couldn't track down why  it wasn't working, so I just ran a new wire from the relay since it was good there.  works like new now.  Gonna get to the top release next.  I managed to find a new lever and bracket, just have to fabricate a new mounting plate.

Also found the matching 50x4 amplifier for my sub amp.  the pair of chrome Memphis amplifiers should look and sound great.

I was also able to fix the ECM issues. Turns out the ECM itself was indeed bad.  I picked up a used refurb ECM and popped it in.  All my reading came back to normal and the car now runs great.  no more hesitation and revs a lot stronger.

Tear down has begun.....

So I picked up a nice little shop vac and a garage heater this week.  should make the cleaning process and work over the winter a bit more comfortable.

Started doing some more cleaning this weekend and before I knew it, the seats were out, all the plastic trim panels were removed and the carper was was sitting in the driveway.

  24 year old factory carpet is pretty nasty.  so many mystery stains, damp insulation.... The sheet metal underneath is solid as I expected though.  Couple brackets had rusted off. No big deal.  Gotta clean it up some and pick up some sound deadening before I put in the new carpet.  Should probably get that ordered pretty soon I guess.    Not sure if I want to finish the interior before Paint though.

Still fighting some strange readings from the ECM.  The car starts and runs great with the updated program, but for some reason, the temperature reading and the throttle position feedback is way off.  This is causing the car to think its a lot hotter than it really is and wont go into "Power Enrichment" mode.  Basically making a lot less power than it should under heavy acceleration.  the replacement ECM I ordered should show up this week.  Hopefully that's the problem.  not sure what else to try if that doesnt fix it.

I also ordered some stuff to dress up the interior.  new LED dash cluster lights, White face gauge overlays, painted the backing plate for the gauges, and have some Carbon fiber vinyl coming as well.  Should look real sharp when I'm done. trying to update to a more modern look.