evilre Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Discussion http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34427 Hi all, This is my current project, brought off Trademe back in Aug 2010, I took abit of a chance in buying it as I only had a few pics of it (car was in Fielding and Im in Hamilton) but when it arrived on the truck, the body looked to be in pretty good shape, very little rust that I could see. Then I stripped it right back to steel with good old tergo strip, etch primering as I go. Have been stoked with the lack of rust I've found, a few small bits here and there, have welded most of them up though. Found some custom RX4 5 stud hubs on trademe to go on my coilovers, also made a car trolley on castors (as you can see in the pics) which makes life alot easier in a smalish garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilre Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 So next up I started doing some small rust repairs, welding up holes in the engine bay and cleaned about 35 years worth of crap (absolute prick of a job) from underneath the car, and also compleaty undersealed underneath as well. Also bought some low offset 17x8 ROH Drift R's, thought id see how there gunna look mounted surge tank and fuel pumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilre Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 I finally got around to removing all the sound deadening crap from the floor (what a mission that was) and primering all the inside. Im also busy with the engine bay, welding up most of the holes etc and getting ready for prime then paint. So this is its current state, havent done anything for about 6 months, but gunna get back into it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilre Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Just a small update, Got my nuts and bolts zinc coated at FM surface coatings in the Tron. Two icecream containers worth for $46, pretty good value I thought. Old and dirty Shiny and clean Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilre Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Time for a small update, its been a while I have painted all the rear suspension bits and added new nolathane bushes, have also changed the diff to a b1600 and had the rear axles drilled to 5 stud I also made up some brackets to fit some batty seats, tested them out, worked a treat Cheers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest evilre Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Hi all, Time for a update, I decided to take today off work to paint the inside of the wagon, after a lot of debate over colour, I went for Laguna seca blue Also dummy mounted my engine and gearbox, I made up a new front engine bracket to get it sitting nice and low and a bit closer to the firewall and lastly, I sold my rims, they were 17x8, 0p, and when I fitted them, I discovered that they sat about 15-20mm beyond the guards, so I brought these, 17x8.5, 20p (more dish as well) and a much better fit, Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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