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6/30/14 update--GETTING CLOSE--Bout time I started this


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Well this stuff been sitting in my attic for 10+ years so I gues its time.Car off the road for about another month so what the heck.Slotted rotors,new calipers,s/s lines,front/rear swaybars,rear strut brace,1.25" lowering springs and Tokikos front and rear.Wish me luck. thx

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  • 3 weeks later...

Well had some progress----got front suspension tore out and started stripping and prepping wheelwells also----

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Wow how did you sit on it that long? I get way too impatient about new parts

How u say? Up untill bout a year ago I was doing so much construction on the side plus my fulltime autobody job I just had no energy to do anything and the 2 projects I had going just sat in my garage.Finished my chopper and sold it to my uncle and used some of the cash to get my arse going on the starion and have not stopped working on her since May.It sucked cause my garage is attached so when Ieft the house every day she was stareing at me making me feel guilty. lol

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Well had some time last night and finished tearing out the rear----try to at least get the wheelwells prepped and get some primer on them this weekend---

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00739.jpg

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00738.jpg

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Well did not have much time being easter weekend but i managed to sqeeze in a couple hours and finished stripping/prepping front drivers wheelwell and also resealed all seams and put a coat of etch primer----get some 2k urethane primer on it 2nite and paint by weeks end then finish up the rear----damn the factory seamsealer was dificult to remove---

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http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00751.jpg

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00752.jpghttp://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00761.jpg

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Well worked late last night. Covered her up and sprayed some color on it and got 1 wheelwell complete---at least theres only 3 more---lol

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http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00764.jpg

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00770.jpg http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00774.jpg

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Did you use a wire wheel or grinder in that wheel well?

Grinding discs,wire wheels,scuff discs,strip discs and good old fasion finger sanding in all the tight spots----I wore my fingerprints off on my left hand lol

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Was that a light coat of paint for the first application or primer then a heavy coat I see you used

seam sealer as well?How long did the process take you? What would have happen if you used that

gook off or kerosene and let it sit for a while to soften the grit?

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Was that a light coat of paint for the first application or primer then a heavy coat I see you used

seam sealer as well?How long did the process take you? What would have happen if you used that

gook off or kerosene and let it sit for a while to soften the grit?

Once I chemically treated the bare metal I urethane seamsealed all seams and joints then the 1st pic is just 1 coat of ETCH primer over the bare metal as you can still see metal showing through.Then I followed it up with a 2k urethane primer then sanded and applied a semigloss black single stage urethane then sprayed some chipguard to give it some extra durability.Probably between 18-20hrs in that wheelwell.

thx

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are you going to undercoat it or not?

No way----undercoat is the cheap way out for the guy that does want to get into a job in detail as much as I did----im not saying undercoat does not have its purpose its just not for me and will not last as long as what I just did----

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Well made some progress this weekend----Actually had a crack in the lower control arm where the swaybar connects so I had to fab up some metal as u can see in the picture but it came out ok---- Got the struts and control arm painted as well--used the same silver base and red candy as I did on my motor parts---what u guys think---

thx for looking

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STRUTS IN PRIMER

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00782.jpg

STRUTS AND CONTROLARM IN SILVER BASECOAThttp://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00783.jpg

 

 

STRUTS AND CONTROLARM WITH CANDY/CLEAR

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00788.jpg http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l587/dmndstar87/DSC00789.jpg

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