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[notna]

I always wire wheel stuff to be plated. Never abrasive blast, even though that's an easier option!

[hanra]

How am I going to get the zinc off now????

Even the bloke doing the zinc'ing reckons he blasts all the bits beforehand and then de-greases them.....Sounds like he has given me a bump steer...

[hanra]

Does anyone know if the people in the design team at GMH responsible for the pedal box design are still alive??? Id like to have a chat with them...

Ill get these cleaned up, blasted n primed tomorrow.

[hanra]

[hanra]

Got all the pedals cleaned up, blasted and primed.






Also got these babys!!! NOS LH Headlight Rims in perrrrrfect condition!!! Saweeeet!!!

[EunUCh]

I agree with bomber,the smoother you get that metal b4 u plate it the better,i like the air tool
idea,makes it a bit easy on the time factor,try and make look like a mirror b4 its plated,ever tried
soldering to a blasted surface.

[hanra]

Well the bits have been sent away down south to be Cad plated. Fingers crossed they turn out ok this time..

[hanra]

Pedals are now black!



Along with the horn. I think SLR's are meant to have a High note and Low note horn? This has LN inside the bell? Low Note? Anyone got a HN they dont want??

Edited by hanra, 29 August 2011 - 05:31 PM.

[hanra]

Also tidying up the chrome surround for the grille. Cleaning up a few very minor dints.

[308 Sunbird]

Are these alloy or stainless? and did they "flick" off easily without damaging the grill?

[hanra]

They appear to be stainless. They were a very tight fit but eventually came off without damage.

[308 Sunbird]

Thanks,car is coming along well,I've been following from day one-great attention to detail.

[hanra]

Thanks for the comments mate! Im kind of at a standstill now, still waiting on the diff centre to be rebuilt, then I can get the housing 2 pac'd and fitted and get it back on its wheels. It needs a good wash with prepsol to get all the excess fish oil/cavity wax off from when I rust proofed it. Once thats done I can make a start of re-assembly!

[308 Sunbird]

Looking forward to it.

[Dagabond]

hanra how goes it mate, dont mind me not round much usually over at that other joint wasting my time on crap I dont need too...

See your going 100% as usual, outstanding.

[hanra]

Hahaha, hey mate! You still playing with Frauds over there?

Yeah everything was on a real roll there for a while but its all come to a halt waiting on others to complete things for me....

Ill have to get back onto the shop that has my diff.... its been over 2 months now.... Just got my Fuel Tank back on the weekend. It had a few small dings/depressions in it that have been repaired.

The diff/tank/trailing arms all needed to be painted then fit em in and its back on its wheels finally...

[hanra]

Looking good Brad.... as we have come to expect from you !!!

Nawwwww.... shucks...

Rang the diff shop again today... They reckon this week.... lets wait n see....

[hanra]

Trying to strip the powder coat off this tank is such a mission.....





Repaired side:

Edited by hanra, 20 September 2011 - 11:36 AM.

[jonesy]

looks like your onto it hanra, i used wire wheel on my 100mm grinder to do the tank on my tonner it worked a treat. is that what you have used?

[hanra]

Initially I used paint stripper on the powder coat and wrapped it in glad wrap, then hit it with the gerni, then went over it with this big stripping pad on the orbital sander... Dunno what it's called but it hooks in! Time consuming... Powder coat is hard wearing stuff!!!

[jonesy]

hey hanra what kind of paint are you using on your parts? ive seen you have painted some bolts, normal paint would chip wouldn't it? or is it powder coat?

[hanra]

I'm using a PPG 2pac. I put one layer of masking tape over the bolt head to protect it, then use the metric equiv socket to do it up.

[jonesy]

nice tip cheers