While its all cleaned of paint would you not spot weld some area's? like all the front end from the door hinges forward? And since you sand blasted it are you going to re seal the seams?
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While its all cleaned of paint would you not spot weld some area's? like all the front end from the door hinges forward? And since you sand blasted it are you going to re seal the seams?
I don't see a point in seam welding a road car. Yea I will be using seam sealer before I spray it with Schultz
No point seam welding a road car makes the car to ridget and will only end up cracking somewhere as it has to give somewhere the direction ur going is perfect joe just take ur time and be patient it's a cunt of a job but will pay off in the endQuote:
Originally Posted by pole drift
this thing is going to be so pissed off at not being driven that it is goign to send you into a ditch on its first drive back :P
at least them 5 mins will be fun :pQuote:
Originally Posted by PeterT
Picked up a set of front hubs and brakes form a Skyline for the Cefiro(yea I do thow they arent compatable but ill be able to use the discs and caliper), originally I taught they were R33 but when I measured the disc they are 310mm in diameter and by checking the web it turns out that they are from a R34 GTT.
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Here they are compared to the R32 gtst brake calipers
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I also got these 5 stud hubs for the rear of the car, since all the decent wheels are in % stud ill do a 5 stud conversion on the rear of the car.
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My biggest wonder is when the time comes how will I get those front dics and calipers onto the 4 stud front hubs.
Wanted to have a few bits under the car clean so I sprayed up the subframe and a few other bits.
since the the Driftworks arms are orange I sprayed the subframe sky blue
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Then instead of painting the whole lot blue I picked an orange that was similar to the arms
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Was bringing the car to the bodyshop again to spray the bay. I'm happy with how the colours look together.
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Down on its wheels again and it's ready to go get painted (again)
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Just waitin to get it trailered and finally get her finished!!!
Got her to the garage and into the bodyshop for paint again, second time lucky and I decided to spray it a different colour instead of goin MNP again.
We spent a good while sanding it down and getting as much of the old paint off as we could.
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So this is where I went home, Ken who's spraying the car was supposed to go home but then I get a txt late last night saying that he's finished painting it. Fucking delighted as he wasn't supposed to paint it till the weekend.
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He also Schultz'd the arches which I wasn't expecting, he's doing a top notch job guys if anyone is looking for work.
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Iv to call into the garage tomorrow and put it back together, thankfully the time has come to get the engine back into this baby. The plan is to have it ready for my birthday next month.
Another weekend brings another step closer to completion :)
Most people would of spent the bank holiday chilling out with the 20 deg heat that was outside, but not me!! Ha ha. Decided to get stuck into getting the car back together, with the help of a mate we put the engine and box in together and managed not to mark the freshly painted engine bay :)
Firstly we gave the engine a quick clean with degreaser and its amazing how clean the block came up after we were done.
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Felt good to finally get the engine back in, its nearly been 14 months since I last drove the car and I'm itching to have it back one the road.
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Me taking over the workshop again!! lol
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Going to spend another while at it again this weekend, need to finish up the pipework in the bay, fit the diff and prop shaft, run brake pipes, new fluids and filters, run the power cable to the boot, fit fuel tank, fit every exterior pannel and paint the car. Jesys even just writing it down the list seems to be endless!!
Fingers crossed ill get it done, say a prayer for me guys!! lol
Well done Joey, needs a shiney rad in there,