One fine morning, me and Jeff decided to do some roundings at the car wreckers. We don't have our favourite spots to go but we just having our regular shops and wreckers to visit.
Yeah, few nice oldschool rims, nice halfcuts, nice parts and also ridiculous prices which im very much awared about.
We found a nice Mitsubishi Mirage Mivec halfcut that came with few things. One of them is the complete 6-point rollcage. Without hesitance, i had a look, few scratches, black in colour, in-complete wornout paddings and complete nuts and bolts. No rusts or dents with few fading stickers (GAB, TEIN, SHINYA YAMAUCHI).
I had no complaints even if it was slightly dented (so far no dents) koz its hard to find for my car model unlike the Mitsu Evo3s or Honda Civics.
I kept the cage for 2 weeks. I went to Hizam's place to try to fit it on the floor like Lego to see if things were ok. It took us few minutes to assemble it. Wa-lah!. We thought it was that easy, NOT!.
With the steamy weather at that time, we tried to fix it in my car without bolting any ground screws. It took us at least 2 hour of sweat, pain from knocking on to bars and squeezing ourself in the car. Luckily Hizam is small sized guy. We managed to fit the a-pillar and b-pillar segment. The b-pillar was the key to everything and it was pain staking. I drove the car few days with the cage un-bolted to the floor and everythings looks good. It was tight fitting.
I was anxious to fit the c-pillar bars that goes to the rear wheel body. I wanted to send to a specialist but due to long waiting, we felt that it was time to DIY. I managed to buy a complete 10mm non-rust nuts, bolts and washers. The main guy incharged was another DIY friend, Zuhailee. Since he has experience in this, he should be the best guy. With proper tools and location, we managed to dismantle and bolt-in back everything within 2 hours.
We had to remove the carpet, seal the holes to prevent water and remove some paddings for better fitment. It was tiring as we dont have power tools to screw the nuts.
To be continued..
