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Doing the old removing the lumps



I was a bit worried that the flat tray would look crap.. but I don't mind it now

What did some of you guys out there do when it came to the little crevice between the inner wheel tub and the chassis rail? Did you weld, sikaflex or bog? or leave it?


all sealed up ready for the top skin..

preparing the top skin..

welded up a couple of rust holes.. i thought they were only the size of a 5c piece.. not worth cutting it all out

I actually used the whole 3 step KBS system for this, just to try it out and do it by the book.. I have to say its a pita.. Apply, wash, apply, wash, apply.. It's okay on bits that are removable..
this is after the Rust Blast stage

(oh, thank god for heat guns, made this tedious job nice and quick Best investment, no more waiting overnight for shit to dry

although the KBS Rust Seal applied very nicely I must say


that's all for today

Edited by UCANG, 09 June 2012 - 05:34 PM.

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top skin on

reconstructing A pillar


well that took me all day to do!!

Edited by UCANG, 10 June 2012 - 04:34 PM.

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I'll let pics do talking



I'll repair the bonnet hinges soon - trying to do the best way possible for lasting results. Thinking weld thru primer, then sikaflex around the edges.


My new baby - 320 LPM












My 07 ZX6R - With aftermarket USB power computer

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What did some of you guys out there do when it came to the little crevice between the inner wheel tub and the chassis rail? Did you weld, sikaflex or bog? or leave it?




Fully weld it. Anything else will crack. I've seen too many tacked together and bogged seams in toranas to bother doing it any other way.





Rust repairs are coming along well mate, keep up the good work!!

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Thanks for that Tim,














and number 3..

Complete and registered. Non Sunbird, original books and manuals.. Has an amatuer paint job but its pretty fun driving it around. Ive put the Hatch hotwires on it.
Its got some good parts which I wouldnt mind using for the hatch (espcially mint rubberless rear bumper, chrome front grill as well as other things)

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Mine aren't welded over, the picture dirtbag put up was of the hatch that he did for his brother. Mine I just left it with the crossmember bush holes.

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Hmm I may very well enter the black one in. That's if I don't part it out.
I bought a TH350 torana t bar yesterday (with the linkage on the left) and that seems to connect up to the commodore trimatic box on the brown one so that one could be driving soon. But it's all time not spent on the hatch!

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welding up the tub to chassis rail area

spending all day today bare metalling the front most area. (engine bay, radiator support panel, under cowel) I was going to send it to a sandblaster but decided to have a go myself. Chemical Paint stripper and a wire brush bezel, and all turned out great!




back in the shed, rust converted. All ready for Etch primer now!

Edited by UCANG, 16 September 2012 - 05:31 PM.

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Well Grand Final day... I kicked some goals of my own... not sporting type goals and by kicked imean completed...... you know what I mean.

Finally got some supplies.. Collected it all during the week!

removing body deadener.. looks nice and clean under all the gunk


I dont know why I left this bit alone.. but now was as good a time as any to finally plug weld the rear quarter to door jamb to connect it 100%

Bam primer




Only had one or two runs.. 1 was right at the start, the first spray actually. i then tweaked the guns setting. Too much fluid. The second was I wasnt concentrating underneath the wheel arch and put the gun too close.. Amateur mistake (I am one after all) but I am happy with the outcome! Finally sealing off this bare metal and dirty looking rust converter!

Tomorrow i'll get the engine bay in primer I reckon.

Edited by UCANG, 29 September 2012 - 05:38 PM.

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Looking more like a car again. Bet your hangin to get the colour on it now

Engine bays turned out very well

Thanks buddy, Yeah colour would be sweet, but 2k etch is nice too

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Engine bay and radiator support panel were scuffed, cleaned and primed on the weekend too




Needs a bit of smoothing out naturally, when the time comes.

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wasnt happy with reusing the mangled one

couple of rust holes



didnt know filler was used in spot welds, lol

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g'day mate good job so far. How do u know the angle of the c pillar rust repairs on the inside and do the outer rust replacementanes come with the gutters or do u make your own? any help would be appreciated. Cheers

Hi Greg, in answer to your questions. Luckily I have the other side to compare with in regards to the angle of the inside panel as the quarter panel was new old stock which had a small section of the inner panel for the c pillar. Plus whatever you do inside doesn't really matter as long it doesn't foul against the outer IMO (so the outer sits right).
I just did the best I could.

As for the gutters I would have to make my own. Even I'm trying to find the best way to do that.
Cheers

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easy fixed, didnt take a picture of after though:

slopped freakin KBS down:






and the rust i have to deal with up here:






How did others put a rain gutter on?? (if you have used the rarespares part)

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Took roof lining off, all looking pretty good


Welded in the C pillar on RHS









spend majority of the day bare metalling all door jambs etc. this is what under the windscreen looks like.

Rain gutter done on both C pillars



one little hole, I couldnt weld it up as it was blowing through:


not the neatest.

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haha, you would trust me on your car?!

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Whole exterior of the shell is now in epoxy. I set myself a goal for the end of this year to have the shell in primer, and I made it! with time to spare!

- Next job/s is removing the tank and cleaning up underneath the boot floor.
- I'll probably get a move on and seam seal the inner front guards so I can stoneguard it (I want to put the crossmember back on so it can roll again). Gotto get a front end rebuild kit for it first though!
- Blast the gunk from the rear wheel arches and re stone guard them.
- Then I can start on the interior floor and finish the boot floor. (Luckily for me all I have to do with the interior floor is fix a cracked floorpan where the drivers seat bolts on to. There is no rust in the floor thanks to factory rust proofing!)

Shit the list never ends!!!

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Done floor pan today.







Will seam seal the floor tomorrow

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Didnt seam seal the floor today, instead I finished off the inside of the boot!

I will seam seal tomorrow, that way I can do the front inner guards, inside floor and boot all at once.

Rust in boot floor all cut out

Section I made up.. How cool is that little in dent thing I replicated.. I was proud!

shock tower rust (there was alot of scale behind it)


New bit welded in, after cleaned and rust converted the inside.

Cleaning up the boot floor

KBS'd