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Melon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:32 pm My final post of the night, may fuck ever be upon he who hacked up the rear valence. I got a fix working doe.

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twas not me.

Looks great, ! And Euro bumpers will be 5/7, fo sho.

Melon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:22 pm Fixed the rust on the floor board, was just a few spots on the surface nothing major. Got it sanded, treated and painted.

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racecar?
racecar.

no carpet needed.

Nice progress man! I think the non metallic orange is a lot better, personally. Should be

Orange FTW either way

Adding my $0.02 to this epic effort, would agree with Dan on the non-metallic orange.

So, after losing bolts on the driveshaft yesterday, I made it home, replaced bolts and got it running.

Here's the big news. I'm going to paint the car myself. I've done some good jobs with rattle cans over the years, so I figure why not give this a go. I'm confident I can get decent results, for less than $1,000 worth of equipment and paint.

The gun I'm going to use is an Earlex 5500 turning HVLP system. I got paint on the way as well.

So, starting off with more rust repair, I patched up a shittt hole for the exhaust, I'll trim it up once the epoxy dries, and I began the tear-down process.



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Painting yourself?

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:24 pm Painting yourself?

Yeah man, I'm genuinely excited.
I've always wanted to paint a car.

Melon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:40 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:24 pm Painting yourself?

Yeah man, I'm genuinely excited.
I've always wanted to paint a car.

What color?

Melon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:45 pm So, after losing bolts on the driveshaft yesterday, I made it home, replaced bolts and got it running.

Here's the big news. I'm going to paint the car myself. I've done some good jobs with rattle cans over the years, so I figure why not give this a go. I'm confident I can get decent results, for less than $1,000 worth of equipment and paint.

The gun I'm going to use is an Earlex 5500 turning HVLP system. I got paint on the way as well.

So, starting off with more rust repair, I patched up a shittt hole for the exhaust, I'll trim it up once the epoxy dries, and I began the tear-down process.



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brah we should have welded that shit

Yeah, oh well, it's non structural, and I'll hide it with my magic.

Worst case it falls off and I re-do it.

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:45 pm

Melon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:40 pm

Yeah man, I'm genuinely excited.
I've always wanted to paint a car.

What color?

Fire Orange, the same one as the H&R car shown earlier.

I do have something you can weld for me doe. I'll have to take the interior apart more to determine fully.

Looking forward to seeing this done

Melon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:50 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:45 pm What color?

Fire Orange, the same one as the H&R car shown earlier.

Insane

Made more progress with disassembly.

Taking my time, doing rust repair, cataloging all the tabs, connectors, and minor things I'll need to replace as I go.



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So how do you like that lift solution? How easy is it to store when it isn't in use? I dream of a day when I'm not getting cars off the ground with Harbor Freight jacks that sound worse the tin man from Oz.

Most , Herr

stripethree wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:10 pm So how do you like that lift solution? How easy is it to store when it isn't in use? I dream of a day when I'm not getting cars off the ground with Harbor Freight jacks that sound worse the tin man from Oz.

Quickjack?
It's worth every penny.

Right now I'm using the pinch weld jack points, but I'll move it further under the car to the "frame rail" mounts when I paint, will make it super easy. Just raise and lower the car as I need.

FWIW, it saved my C5 from the flood.

Melon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:36 pm

stripethree wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:10 pm So how do you like that lift solution? How easy is it to store when it isn't in use? I dream of a day when I'm not getting cars off the ground with Harbor Freight jacks that sound worse the tin man from Oz.

Quickjack?
It's worth every penny.

Right now I'm using the pinch weld jack points, but I'll move it further under the car to the "frame rail" mounts when I paint, will make it super easy. Just raise and lower the car as I need.

FWIW, it saved my C5 from the flood.

I ordered one based on ‘s recommendation.

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:53 am
I ordered one based on ‘s recommendation.

A recommendation from and Zilch? Yes.

stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:03 pm

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:53 am
I ordered one based on ‘s recommendation.

A recommendation from and Zilch? Yes.

Well I don't have mine yet, so if it sucks I'm going to blame

But for 98% of the jobs I'm willing to do myself it should make life easier.

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:09 pm

stripethree wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:03 pm
A recommendation from and Zilch? Yes.

Well I don't have mine yet, so if it sucks I'm going to blame

But for 98% of the jobs I'm willing to do myself it should make life easier.

You won't regret it. I use the ever living fuck out of mine. It's fucking awesome and well worth the money.






On topic, this orange is gonna be the bees knees.

Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:07 pm

4zilch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:09 pm

Well I don't have mine yet, so if it sucks I'm going to blame

But for 98% of the jobs I'm willing to do myself it should make life easier.

You won't regret it. I use the ever living fuck out of mine. It's fucking awesome and well worth the money.






On topic, this orange is gonna be the bees knees.

hi stranger

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:09 pm

Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:07 pm

You won't regret it. I use the ever living fuck out of mine. It's fucking awesome and well worth the money.






On topic, this orange is gonna be the bees knees.

hi stranger

I browse, but I can't keep up with you coullions