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[Davis]

So you didnt go for that specific window stuff on ebay? What sort of rubber was it that you bought from clarke?

I bought 495 weather stip - u channel, part number 31648, cost $7.95 metre. Fits near perfect, but is an absolute pain in the arse to get right... I can see why people opt for the sikaflex.

[Davis]

Well ive been a little slow of late, this cold weather isnt doing much for my motivation...I have however got a few of my parts back from zinc plating and fitted these back up to the car including door catches, bonnet latch, fuel filler and accelerator assembly. Ive also fitted up my pedal box and im playing around trying to line up my clutch cable aligned and through the fire wall at the moment. I hope to get my roof lining in soon, so I can get my front and rear glass back in. cheers

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[Davis]

Slowly chipping away at the car, picked up some rare spares front indicator lenses and fitted them up. Also ran my clutch cable through the firewall, everything seems to line up nicely. Today I fitted the under dash ducting and heater box flap, ran the cable to the selector....I wasn't sure should the cable run to the upper or lower selector???? also was does the retainer clip for the cable onto the selector look like??? (as per last photo)

 

cheers

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[purrlx]

very nice work well done

[Davis]

http://www.rarespare...x?product=H1044

Does this look like the right clip to retain the heater cable?

[Davis]

Well my number 1 regret with this build so far is not putting it on a rotisserie....I am currently sealing the under body with the 3 step KBS chassis coater kit. I have already done all 4 wheel arches and under the boot but clearance issues have caused me some issue with the remaining chassis, as a result I have got my car on some industrial 200x200 I beams (with axle stand backups) to enable easier under body access. Its a slow and time consuming process, but its vital the under body get sealed and protected. I've got a few more days work left to get it all coated...but I can see the light.

 

cheers

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[smeer]

I feel your pain mate, I've been on my back under the car for the past few days sanding and prepping my underbody for another few coats of the same. Nightmare job!

[Davis]

well I got a few little extras with the $100 banjo I recently bought... drums and shoes are barely worn, new axle and housing bearings, top and bottom trailing arms have new bushes and a nice little 3.36 centre in there. pretty happy considering I only wanted it for the drums brake components. Its all stripped down now and hope to get it painted and back together this week with any luck.

 

on a side note how do i date the 3.36 centre to determine if its lc/lj xu1 era?

 

Cheers

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[Davis]

well I seem to be making some progress of late, dropped the old banjo out which has definitely seen better days and finally finished coating the chassis with KBS...if I never have to do paint a chassis again, it will be too soon.

 

I stripped back the trailing arms, springs retainers etc and all got a fresh coat of satin black.

 

After finishing the chassis coating I decided to treat myself at set of low king spring for all four corners. I already had some low pedders rears which came with the car but opted for kings instead. You can see the height difference between standard and lowered, also note the king spring has an extra coil compared to the pedders item....

 

Have fitted the springs and trailing arms in anticipation of getting my diff housing stripped and painted this week....will be very happy to get this all back together, then I can start on the front end.

 

cheers

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[Davis]

Hi Andrew..
I thought you would of had it finnished by now.. Your lucky only having the one to do.. Looks nice.. Ill swap a rusty GTR for it

  

very nice work well done

  

car looks awesome!! Well done!

  

Looks great Andrew! Top job!

Thanks for the kind words....keeping me motivated!

[Davis]

What center is going in the diff, andrew?

I had a 2.78, 3.08 and 3.36. Took them to a local diff guy, the 3.36 was the strongest and least worn. May need to put in a few shims in to tighten it up but should do the job nicely. 3.36 or 3.55 was my initial preference anyway, good acceleration of the line and I don't plan on much highway driviving. Cheers

[Davis]

Got the rear end back together today, pretty happy with the ride height...will probably come down a little further as more parts/weight gets added to the build. Was nice to having a rolling shell again, but that was short lived and an hour later started stripping the front end. Got the front drums and springs out, 40 years of road grime along with rusted bolts and broken ball joints made for some innovative dismantling techniques, but got there in the end, cheers to darway for the extra set of hands. Hope to get the front end off to the blasters this week, then I can start rebuilding a disc brake front end.

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[Davis]

Dropped the front end out last week and has now been stripped with old bushes getting pressed out at the moment. As you can see original bushes are absolutely buggered...hope to get the front end sand blasted next week then a fresh coat of KBS or powder coating, undecided which is going to be the best option.

 

Also rubbed the paint back with some 2000 wet and dry, I wasn't happy with the original peel effect and had some high spots in the paint form dust falling whilst paint drying (down side of not painting with a booth). Will get stuck into a cut and polish in the near future.

 

Applied my GTR side stripes today, pretty happy how they turned out, I think they really set the car off....lastly fitted my door handles and latch mechanism, bloody fiddly job but doors open and closely nicely now.

 

cheers

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[sibhs]

Stripes look great Davis.
My preference for kFrame and diff is 2k paint. I'd never finish them in por15 or KBS it'll look 2nd rate.
My comment relates to brushed on KBS and sprayed 2k.

[Davis]

Stripes look great Davis. My preference for kFrame and diff is 2k paint. I'd never finish them in por15 or KBS it'll look 2nd rate. My comment relates to brushed on KBS and sprayed 2k.

Cheers Marty, I was thinking of spraying the KBS, I've seen other people get good results... I just want something durable that will last. In saying that it will be a lot quicker and easier to drop the front end off at the powder coaters and have it finished in satin black

[Davis]

Cheers mike, appreciate the offer. I've just bought myself a new compressor, so going to give the KBS a go. I'm going to practice on my stone tray first to ensure I get the desired results/look.

And yes, prepping and painting the underbody was by far the most frustrating part of the build to date....

Yours is looking spot on as usual, keep up the good work.

Cheers

[r2160]

With the KBS, make sure you clean the hell out of the gun afterwards. I thought it sprayed well, but you cant clean it once its dry.

 

I bought a $30 spray gun from ebay that worked awesome. I would recommend using one of these with the KBS paint

 

cheers

Glenn