Well its time to redo the bay. I know it was done 3 months ago. But Im changine colors and I had problems that needed to be fixed on the motor and they are easy to do if it was removed.
Here is where I started with a bare inner fender with all things removed.
Then I stripped the seam sealer off of the strut tower and removed the brackets I didnt want.
Air bag, Window washer tank, coil bracket, few studs.
After a good sanding of where I was working it was time to clean up everything and spray some self etching primer to keep it from rusting and this is a good base for the bondo to attach itself to.
Now today being a new day and a fresh start. I went to town sanding the area I was working on. Then it was time to sling some putty.
After that was all done I masked everything up and sprayed another coat of self etching primer to cover all the bare metal spots..
Now it was time to spray some primer sealer. I ran indo a problem with the paint acting up with the old paint from before. Why I dont know, They are the same brand.
I removed the ABS, made new lines and bleed the brakes today. The car feels sooooo much better with out it than it did with it.
I should be starting the rest of the body work on the driver side this week and have it sprayed by the weekend.
Updates from Friday....
Started today with this.
Eric sanded this part.
While I worked on this part.
Then I did this.
Then a little more of this.
Then I worked a little more on this.
I left the night with it looking like this.
Body work done.
Wet sanded.
Pressure washed.
Freash coat of primer.
Mr Eric layin down some paint.
Painted, no clear.
Cleared.
Baked for an hour in about 100deg garage.
all in all, Im happy. I know a spot or two needs to be fixed. Like one back by the fuse box that I couldnt get to no matter what I did.
I also have this spot on the one side.
and this spot on the other side.
I was having serious problems with the paint from before. I dont know why. I did anything and everything I could to stop it. In the end I just gave up. You will never notice it once everything is together anyways.
My intake will run over the driver side spot the the other side I will just add a pedo bear sticker..
hahahaha
Here is where I started with a bare inner fender with all things removed.
Then I stripped the seam sealer off of the strut tower and removed the brackets I didnt want.
Air bag, Window washer tank, coil bracket, few studs.
After a good sanding of where I was working it was time to clean up everything and spray some self etching primer to keep it from rusting and this is a good base for the bondo to attach itself to.
Now today being a new day and a fresh start. I went to town sanding the area I was working on. Then it was time to sling some putty.
After that was all done I masked everything up and sprayed another coat of self etching primer to cover all the bare metal spots..
Now it was time to spray some primer sealer. I ran indo a problem with the paint acting up with the old paint from before. Why I dont know, They are the same brand.
I removed the ABS, made new lines and bleed the brakes today. The car feels sooooo much better with out it than it did with it.
I should be starting the rest of the body work on the driver side this week and have it sprayed by the weekend.
Updates from Friday....
Started today with this.
Eric sanded this part.
While I worked on this part.
Then I did this.
Then a little more of this.
Then I worked a little more on this.
I left the night with it looking like this.
Body work done.
Wet sanded.
Pressure washed.
Freash coat of primer.
Mr Eric layin down some paint.
Painted, no clear.
Cleared.
Baked for an hour in about 100deg garage.
all in all, Im happy. I know a spot or two needs to be fixed. Like one back by the fuse box that I couldnt get to no matter what I did.
I also have this spot on the one side.
and this spot on the other side.
I was having serious problems with the paint from before. I dont know why. I did anything and everything I could to stop it. In the end I just gave up. You will never notice it once everything is together anyways.
My intake will run over the driver side spot the the other side I will just add a pedo bear sticker..
hahahaha
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