Very tidy motor Dean!
Slowly making progress, the roof is all faired and ready for final prime. The rear 1/4s are ready for final sand and then basecoat. The Engine bay should be getting painted, like actual paint, this weekend! Then I can put the engine back in, and have a break from the monotony of sanding.
This is what $1200 (!!) of painting stuff looks like!!
Bloody base coat is about $130 a litre.
James' Civic Rebuild Thread + High Power ER Motor Theory
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Engine bay and interior are painted, so some major steps in the right direction. Most of the filling and fairing is done, mostly just sanding, a bit of priming and then painting to go.
At the moment just organizing a bunch of parts to go off and get black powder-coated, and I am getting my entire bolt collection cleaned up and re-plated so they will be as good as new.
I have also chosen my wheels, and I am going to buy those some time this week.
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/ECO_1-TITANIUM
The lightest, affordable 17" wheel I could find, getting them for $600 NZD new.
When I get the bolts and the powder coated parts back it will be time to start putting installing the engine and doing the wiring
At the moment just organizing a bunch of parts to go off and get black powder-coated, and I am getting my entire bolt collection cleaned up and re-plated so they will be as good as new.
I have also chosen my wheels, and I am going to buy those some time this week.
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/ECO_1-TITANIUM
The lightest, affordable 17" wheel I could find, getting them for $600 NZD new.
When I get the bolts and the powder coated parts back it will be time to start putting installing the engine and doing the wiring
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Didn't end up getting those wheels, got some different Konig ones, here is a Photochop of basically how I want it to look very soon.
These wheels
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/STARLITE
Only 6.8kg in 17x7, pretty light for cast wheels. Cost me $800NZD
These wheels
http://www.konigwheels.com/Konig-Home/Konig-Passenger-Wheels/STARLITE
Only 6.8kg in 17x7, pretty light for cast wheels. Cost me $800NZD
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Hah good luck! They are nice to drive, love that subie rumble and they are a great compromise of comfort and handling. Feels good to be driving a boosted car again!
On a rebuild related note, I got my parts back from the power coaters yesterday and they look amazing, highly recommend it to anyone rebuilding their car. I got:
Crossmember
Swaybar
Pedals + Pedal box
Bumper mounts
Engine mounts
Bunch of little things
Amounted to 20 parts I think, and it was $140 nzd from http://www.powdercoatingnz.co.nz/
Was about $5 each for the little parts. $25 for the cross member, $15 for the swaybar.
Also my whole bolt collection and door hinges and a few other parts have all be stripped an re-plated which was only $40 at http://www.zincandchrome.co.nz/, which is their base charge for up to 20kg.
On a rebuild related note, I got my parts back from the power coaters yesterday and they look amazing, highly recommend it to anyone rebuilding their car. I got:
Crossmember
Swaybar
Pedals + Pedal box
Bumper mounts
Engine mounts
Bunch of little things
Amounted to 20 parts I think, and it was $140 nzd from http://www.powdercoatingnz.co.nz/
Was about $5 each for the little parts. $25 for the cross member, $15 for the swaybar.
Also my whole bolt collection and door hinges and a few other parts have all be stripped an re-plated which was only $40 at http://www.zincandchrome.co.nz/, which is their base charge for up to 20kg.
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Guards filled and faired:
Hole for key lock in door:
Patch:
TIG Welded up and ready for fairing:
Found some ugly rust underneath the drip rail
Probably going to have to fabricate / have fabricated two new drip rails / gutters. They are a fairly complicated piece of sheet metal.
Door and guards primed up. Guards should be ready for colour after a final sand. Door needs a bit more love.
Hole for key lock in door:
Patch:
TIG Welded up and ready for fairing:
Found some ugly rust underneath the drip rail
Probably going to have to fabricate / have fabricated two new drip rails / gutters. They are a fairly complicated piece of sheet metal.
Door and guards primed up. Guards should be ready for colour after a final sand. Door needs a bit more love.
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