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Old 25-09-16, 09:34 PM   #11
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Wow! You don't hang about! Wasn't expecting that.
Hopefully looking at getting it back on the road ready for Pride Of Longbridge next year, so I want to get the body and running gear done as soon as possible before the winter sets in. Don't fancy a cold garage floor in December !

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Always a pleasure to looki such project didplay. Good job!
Thanks bud !

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Top work!
You're making me feel guilty for not doing this to mine!
Cheers,

It's a long tedious job but worth the results in the end.

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After xpg that is my favourite colour on a my2.very nice indeed
Cheers bud,

Yeh, it's a great colour !

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Love firefrost and more great work going on there, some attention to detail you have bud! Itching for your next update already!
Thanks Gary.

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You are far too keen, puts the rest of us to shame.
Tend to get a bit carried away when I get stuck in, all necessary work in my eyes though !

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wow that was one of the shortest "leaving the folds" i think weve had. just shows how much these cars get under your skin. so is this nightfire red or firefrost red, im a bit confused?
Knew I had the name of the colour wrong, it's Firefrost red, paint code CEV.

Not too sure if I can change the title of this thread though, will have a look see.

Cheers buddy !
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Old 26-09-16, 03:55 AM   #12
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Old 26-09-16, 07:47 AM   #13
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Welcome back mate, love the Firefrostnessnessness
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Old 28-09-16, 11:31 PM   #14
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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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Old 29-09-16, 08:59 AM   #15
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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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Old 02-10-16, 08:25 PM   #16
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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 -



Seam sealer applied -



Worked in, smoothed off and tape removed -



Jacking point sealed up too -



Rinse and repeat for the O/S, taped up -



Seam sealer applied -



Smoothed off and tape removed -



I also removed the air con and coolant rads today. I've wire brushed and sanded back the front valence too -



Masked up around the valence -



And Zinc primed -





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 -





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 -





And painted black -







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 -





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 -



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Old 02-10-16, 08:37 PM   #17
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Welcome back ...
Lmao, didn't last long I know !

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Welcome back mate, love the Firefrostnessnessness
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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 .
Cheers bud,

Firefrost is brilliant, looks amazing in the sun, really makes the flake pop !

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Thanks mate,

Have to say, out of the cars I've sold in the past, the XPG ZS I had was the one I missed the most, so when this one popped up I couldn't resist !
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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 -







And the Valence too -







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 -



Got the N/S painted up -





Valence too -





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 -















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 -



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.

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Old 17-10-16, 05:08 PM   #19
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Only got the one day in the garage this weekend, still got a bit done though.

Base coat laid down on drivers side -



Let that tack off and then laid down some clear coat -





Also got some base coat on the passenger side turret/front leg -





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 -



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 -







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 -



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.

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Old 17-10-16, 06:27 PM   #20
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