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Welcome back mate, love the Firefrostnessnessness :D
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Hats off to you mate . your putting a lot of hard work into that . Gotta say firefrost is an amazing colour I love mine when its been cleaned and polished .
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Wow that was a short time period not having a ZS... you know how to give some car more than just TLC!
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Got some more done on the ZS this weekend, I'll start with the seam sealing.
Here's the N/S taped up ready for the seam sealer to be applied - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4zgqttwx.jpg Seam sealer applied - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6f3dli82.jpg Worked in, smoothed off and tape removed - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1vezzdzq.jpg Jacking point sealed up too - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshvwxavbn.jpg Rinse and repeat for the O/S, taped up - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pstpzlnreq.jpg Seam sealer applied - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0rk0qbrc.jpg Smoothed off and tape removed - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psjmwxonnm.jpg I also removed the air con and coolant rads today. I've wire brushed and sanded back the front valence too - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps3g8xeb0k.jpg Masked up around the valence - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfqdmzbj6.jpg And Zinc primed - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psykretzbf.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbohsq5ku.jpg I also painted behind it too but I couldn't get a decent picture of that. I've begun stripping down the running gear so I can refurb the lot, here's the N/S bottom arm stripped and wire brushed back to bare metal - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8wwmm4yq.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pstigveitk.jpg The bushes are fine so I masked up around them. Anything that's got a bush in it I'll refurb myself, the rest will go off to be blasted and coated. Zinc primed - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psjbdozcrk.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pseoubgzsx.jpg And painted black - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psqxtdw93c.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pso7hawcyw.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7ugusmjr.jpg I'll leave that to dry for a few days now as the paint takes a while to properly cure. I've also stripped down the damper and spring assemblies - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psmdx7ywg3.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psqdxmupfl.jpg The dampers will be kept as they're fine, the forks refurbished and the springs will be replaced as I'm going to get a set of lowering springs from Moto-Build. I've read a few reviews and they seem to be favourable so far. And finally, these are the bits going to the powder coaters tomorrow - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psgwplhbww.jpg Jay. |
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Been in the garage again this weekend, got a few more hours in on the ZS.
Gave both the under arches a few coats of Gravigard - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psy22vnyfs.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psoz3nkvbq.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0sklwouc.jpg And the Valence too - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pso9hnbsns.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pskus7zhxp.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pstqbiafhf.jpg I made sure to give that a good 24 hours to dry, even though it says ready to over paint in 3-4 hours, as Gravigard can be a bit temperamental if you try to paint over it too quickly. Learnt that the hard way ! Now, I usually buy my top coat paint from halfords when I'm doing jobs like this. It's not the best paint in the world or even the best colour match, but it's cheap, easy to get hold of and is substantial enough for what I need it to do. For some reason or other they don't sell any paint in my colour code so they offered to mix me some up. I've done this before and it didn't end well ! So, instead, I bought some Firefrost Red paint from a seller called Paints4U on eBay and I have to say I'm pretty pleased with it - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4xtkxuey.jpg Got the N/S painted up - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse3f22t0u.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1xrdamkn.jpg Valence too - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiqlkx9gz.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps863ltdra.jpg Ran out of paint at that though as I only bought the one can to try. Let the base coat tack off and then laid some clear coat lacquer over the top - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psxeeqbcsf.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psw4rkpnnw.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfkdikmmt.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7j4nmiaj.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pszmiy3o5l.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pstkesnrs8.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psaxymemix.jpg I'm quite happy with the outcome of that. A fair few layers of protection on there now so should see the car rust free for the foreseeable future I hope ! Finally, I bought some stainless steel Janspeed manifolds from a chap on this forum. I received them on Friday and I'm very pleased with them - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psdkiqpct1.jpg I'm going to give them a soak in some Bilt Hambers Deox-C for a day or two which should clean them up nicely, then I'll give them a good polish. Jay. |
Only got the one day in the garage this weekend, still got a bit done though.
Base coat laid down on drivers side - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pseofd08lz.jpg Let that tack off and then laid down some clear coat - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbdkyett0.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbat8ftdp.jpg Also got some base coat on the passenger side turret/front leg - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshypge1a4.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psv5nelsrf.jpg I'm not going to apply any clear coat to that yet though as I've decided I want to do the whole turret so it all blends in together. Will do this when I've taken the engine out though as I'll have more room. Will be a lot easier for me to change the belts and what not with it out too. Finally, I bought some Deox C and left the manifolds to soak in it for 24 Hours. This is the tub it comes in if anyone was wondering - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psttxlavbo.jpg I forgot to take photos when I took the manifolds out but I can tell you it works a treat. Completely clean and all the corrosion from the flanges was removed. I was owed a favour for a bit of paint correction I did a while back, so I had him polish up the headers for me with his machine. Here they are - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6xlty4id.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psdhff9n2o.jpg http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psskkxfzpj.jpg I was going to get the Y-Piece done also but upon closer inspection the threads in one of the oxygen sensor holes has been completely destroyed - http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...psgwqbvsgw.jpg Not the best picture but gives you an idea. Annoyed by this but it is repairable. I'm going to take it down to an exhaust specialist near me and have the damaged lug cut off and have a new one tig welded on. Jay. |
Speechless jay at the level your taking this to. Thanks for the updates, subscribed :thumbsup:
I know plume on the Stratford road will weld a new boss in for a lambda for £40 if that's any use. |
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