Month: August 2010

Brief update:
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[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30520-1/IMG_1201_s.jpg[/IMG]

Should be finished sanding the rest of the car this weekend. Will need a couple of guide coats, but its pretty straight overall, main issue is a few little stone chips around the guards, oh and none of the colours matching, damn 25 year old paint… 😆

Yellow cast in first picture courtesy of 1kw of heat lamps

Now featuring a red engine bay:
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Blue bits are spray putty.
Might be a bit before i can continue on as my air compressor was sounding quite sick last night and then stalled entirely. Will look at that tonight 🙁

Picked up some JDM skirts though, which are the same as the ones homologated in the documentation. Win.

Brief update:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30514-1/IMG_1199_s.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30520-1/IMG_1201_s.jpg[/IMG]

Should be finished sanding the rest of the car this weekend. Will need a couple of guide coats, but its pretty straight overall, main issue is a few little stone chips around the guards, oh and none of the colours matching, damn 25 year old paint… 😆

Yellow cast in first picture courtesy of 1kw of heat lamps

Got a bit more done today.
Finished off the front suspension:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30685-1/IMG_1212_s.jpg[/IMG]

Started rebuilding my wheels, and testfitted them on the suspension:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30711-1/IMG_1225_s.jpg[/IMG]

Got lock?
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30701-1/IMG_1220_s.jpg[/IMG]

Picked up new 210lbs springs for the rear:
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Refitted most of the engine bay:
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And then most of the dash:
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Plus the submarine strap:
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Also i dropped off some bits to Gavatron tonight and he had his Wilwood Dynalites arrive during the week. They are bloody small in comparison to the RX7 brakes, and they are even smaller than the R32 brakes.
If i had to do a brake conversion again i would definately go with these, they would be much easier to fit, and are just as cheap courtesy of the crap US$.
Here it is dummied up on mine:
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Tons narrower too:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30689-1/IMG_1214_s.jpg[/IMG]

Fairly easy stumpy mounting locations:
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All around quite a nice caliper.
Overall today i didnt get as much done on the Sprinter due to a massive headache and finishing off the Supra.