UGH I know right. The engine is already back in his car. The exterior of this car will be finished this month, I am going to make it happen come hell or high water. Likewise, I will drive this thing to work in December.
At least the garage is finally habitable...
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Great thread, and enjoyed looking through the process for polishing. :)Leave a comment:
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the race is now officially on between you and Mtriple to see who can get their car done in the longest amount of time..Leave a comment:
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Luckily I was there when I had my car sprayed and I blocked off the wheelwells myself to prevent the dreaded overspray, (mild OCD is sometimes a benefit) as I had a freshly degreaseed, painted and undercoated car. It's tedious work and my car will probably never see a single rain day again, but it looks like new and it's nice to know it's protected.Leave a comment:
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So I haz some pictars but be forewarned, they are terrible. The ole garage camera seems to be slowly dying so there are some focus issues.
The front passenger fender and the trunk lid have been repainted. Likewise, the brake ducts, is skirts and spoiler insert have been painted as well and I will be picking them up this weekend from the barn.
While I was waiting, I thought I would cleanup the wheel wells that got hit with overspray. Try as I might, the white wasn't coming off so I decided to touchup the strut and undercoat the wheel well.
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I told you these are bad.
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quite a difference. I also touched up the strut housing as well.
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and then reassembled.
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But Josh, why all that work and you leave the overspray on the sway bar. Excellent question. If you see the bushings you can tell they need replacing so when I do that, I will clean up the bar.
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I decided to clean up the back as well.
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cleaned up the rust on the rotor and painted it for protection. I think it looks much better.
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I had some Krylon fusion so I decided to clean up the damper shroud and make it look nicer.
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The shock mount was annodized but got hit by overspray. Sadly any attempt I made to remove the overspray also removed the annodizing. So I elected to leave it a brushed aluminum.
So one side of the car is finished and this week I'll work on the other. I haven't figured out what I want to do about the rear brakes. The calipers are flaking and given the issues I've had, I've considered getting some different ones. Time will tell. I really want this car back on the ground.
oh, and I got these:
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Guess I should keep an eye out for some RS's...Leave a comment:
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wow dude ! your paintjob is just perfect !!!!! is this alpinweiß II ?
and can u show me the paint you used for backlights? they are perfect too :)
this will be a very sexy car.Leave a comment:
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Just read through the entire build thread. I'm really impressed, the car looks amazing and you have inspired me to make mine as nice as this someday.Leave a comment:
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awesome and inspiring build. I plan on doing a inor version of the same thing and this'll be EXTREMELY helpful.
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I broke a rib skiing... coughing sucked.
Anyway, progress (though slow) looks good. Love the build.
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Damn that sucks. You should track down the tool and his woman and make them polish your car for you!Leave a comment:
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Hai r3v!
I really wish I could tell you mucho progress has been made but the reality of the situation is it has not.
Had to go to Sunny California for business a couple of weeks ago to visit a couple of suppliers. Both in the Lake Forest / Irvine area. Initially I was pretty stoked because we were going to stay over the weekend and save the company some air fare. That and we could go to cars and coffee. Sadly, one supplier was not ready so the trip was cut short. My team and I were highly annoyed at this point so we elected to blow of some steam at one of the local indoor carting facilities (K1 racing? whichever with Boris Said)
On the whole we had fun. Teenagers getting mad that the "old man" was faster than them, etc, etc. Except for one race.
A tool and his I can only assume girlfriend were going to race in our heat. Why do I call him a tool? He brought his driving gloves (well, the winter leather gloves for winter that don't actually keep his hands warm) but I digress. On one lap while I attempted to pass his woman (who got the blue flag for 2 laps straight) she spun in the hairpin and I elected to go to the inside because she would roll backwards. Only she didn't and kept her foot down on the gas promptly t-boning me into the barrier. Now the carts have the plastic body shells but I didn't really fit well, even the harness wouldn't be tight. It knocked the wind out of me and took me a bit to compose my self but i pressed on and promptly pushed her out of the way on the next turn. The tool and his woman left and we pushed on for 2 more heats.
We were all sore. Old age and sedentary lifestyle will do that. I attributed it all to muscle strain, took some aleve and went to bed.
Upon my return, I decided to compound and polish the car. The good news is that the entire car is now compounded.
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the driver's side is complete waiting for sealant and wax. The passenger side and roof still need to be polished but I've finally started getting the results I was expecting. And some might say I was happy. :D
After a weekend of polishing, my right side really started hurting. All other muscle aches were gone but this pain still lingered and was the side that got hit. The pain became enough that I elected to see the doctor which is a pretty big step on my part since I hate going.
The diagnosis? It appears I have a broken/cracked/bruised rib. This of course sucks because they take a while to heal and polishing the car won't enable that. I can feel it constantly but can deal with it until a cough, hiccups or the worst a sneeze and then i want to ball up into the fetal position and cry.
So It looks like I have at least another 4 weeks off from the car. There are some low impact things I can do to pass the time but polishing won't be one of them. Today, I jumped the car because the battery has been dead for it sitting so long. I instantly smiled when it started and remembered what it was all about. Turned it off and hooked up to the battery tender to prevent that from happening again and had a beer.
Now if I could only figure out why the check engine light (o2 sensor) comes on randomly...Leave a comment:
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well it bruised my thumbs pretty good but on the whole it went together without a hitch. When I trimmed the rear seal to fit, i cut my thumb but other than that, no issue at all.
Now installing the sunroof by yourself with the racing buckets installed, well, lets just say that requires flexibility that I did not know I had.Leave a comment:
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