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The Spyder is complete! Put all the finishing touches last night. Here's a couple quick pics I took of it after I finished right before it started to pour rain. I'll get better pics when the weather...

Painted the black pieces on Saturday and it turned out much better this time around. I did get two decent sized runs on the two front pieces where the fog lights are, but should be able to remove...

Yup, gotta spray the clear how you want it to look. I do have some minor runs here and there, but those are easy to fix with some sanding and buffing. I wanted to paint the spyder this color after a...

Funny you mentioned the Honda Element. That is the color I picked out! It might be the lighting that makes it look faded. I'm only a hobby painter so I tend to forget a lot of things if I don't use...

Started painting parts on Saturday. The black parts were painted first, but came out horrible. I didn't reduce the clear enough so I had dry spray in some hard to reach spots. Definitely my fault...

The spyder came with those, so naturally I had to replace them. The calipers looked so plain without the sticker.

This past week I started all the sanding/painting work. Since 90% of the panels on...

Ahhh, gotcha. The EBC pads I have didn't need the grinding. What pads did you get?

No grinding needed. Just pull straight up before you compress the pistons back in. You'll prolly need to use a needle nose pliers to help you tug on them. Also, depending on which brake pads you buy,...

Thanks for your input. I did not test the relay inputs. I'll give that a go. The high beam flapper thing is working because I hear a much louder click from the headlight when I push the high beam...

I just noticed yesterday that while riding the spyder, the headlights weren't on. They did turn on before, but now nothing. I can hear the headlight relay turn on, but don't know what else to check...

Here's a photo of the front caliper after I finished installing it. Came out really nice.

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Finally got the brakes bled, have a nice firm pedal, and got rid of the "Brake Failure" message, all without using buds. I tried using a vacuum bleeder, but that didn't work out so well. I used the...

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but have been frustrated with bleeding the brake system. So far, I still have a very soft pedal that goes almost all the way to its limit. The last inch or so of...

I just bled the system yesterday and what a pain in the ass. Remember that i'm starting from a new installation that didn't have any brake fluid in the lines, but did have some in the VSS and brake...

As Chupaca said, best to change out the caliper and try bleeding it yourself. If you still have a soft pedal, then prolly need to take back to a dealer to have the brakes bled using BUDS.

I've talked to a dealer in California regarding replacement parts for the caliper, they said not available. Only thing available is a replacement caliper. If your seals and pistons on the caliper is...

I've read that you can use a vacuum pump to bleed everything, but I don't have access to one. I've also read that people have tried and tried to bleed their brakes and could not get rid of the soft...

Changing the caliper is easy and you can do that yourself. The trouble is bleeding the brakes. You need BUDS to be able to completely bleed the brakes from the ABS system.

I'm currently R&Ring my...

The DPS unit is really easy to change out yourself, but you'll have to remove the entire front of the spyder (including trunk and lower metal trunk support) and all fairings pieces from the seat...

I started disassembly of the brake calipers and found the seals and the pistons to be in great shape! No scratches or rust on the piston and the seals look brand new. I gotta say that the front...

Oldgoat - Those risers came with the bike. The previous owner cut up the OEM handle bars to install those so there was no way for me to reverse the add-on without spending money to buy new handle...

Got the rims back and put the tires on. The belt was next to be installed. With the wheels off the ground, I set the belt tension to about 120lbs as measured on the dayco belt tension measurement...

I'm the guy from Hawaii doing the restoration. Feel free to contact me if you need any tips on how to put something together. I basically took apart the entire spyder and am in the process of putting...

Freddy - Thanks for the information! I'll be doing that once I get the spyder back on the ground.

The plan this weekend was to get the spyder running. First task was to get the fuel pump into the fuel tank. What a hard thing to do! You have to devise a way to compress the fuel pump into the tank...

DGoeBel - Right now its so clean, you can wipe your finger all around and not have any grease or oil on it. However, because its stored outside, there is some dust. Nothing an air compressor can't...

JerryB - The jack stand is directly under the shock mounting point. Shouldn't be a problem there since there isn't much load. Can't be more than 150-200lbs of down force. There's no side load and i'm...

I also forgot to mention that I did install the Baja Ron Spark Plug Wires. They were a little tricky to get into the coil. Nothing a little asian persuasion couldn't handle. :clap:

Glad to keep ya'll entertained! If you guys want to see anything in particular, let me know and i'll get some pics. The swing arm went on last night. I should've installed the swing arm before...

Starting to position the wiring harness back to where its supposed to be to prepare for the engine installation
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Trunk, headlights, and fog lights installed.
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Engine installed....