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Certainly didn't have to pay $40K plus...phew!!

I was looking at 18's but the wheels I liked are ex US and super $$ with shipping etc.
Will definitely be looking for some dish, maybe even 17's just to keep the comfort.
I'll need to start another build thread for my driveway if I lower it - The meeting of the camber of the road and the driveway slope is a killer - I currently have to use my neighbours driveway and drive into mine off the berm ha ha

Who would buy a 3.0 V6 Twin Turbo with petrol prices what they are now?!!?

Nah, but the seam sealer took the underseal off with it too - the paintshop put the underseal on after the epoxy so I can only assume they prepped that right

On 08/02/2022 at 08:51, dabuzz said:

Excluding chemical properties (I'm no chemist), you normally seam seal first before undersealing, the seam sealer gets right in the the seams, and bonds to the epoxy primer.

The sealer I suspect wont bond properly to the irregular patterns in the underseal   

Yeah seems like that was the better way to have gone about it. Saying that though, before I hit it with the wire wheel, you could peel the painted over seam sealer off, and it would take the undersea beneath it off with it aswell so I think there's still an issue there too

Ended up having to strip ALL of the seam sealer where it was put on the underseal/stoneguard. 
I suspect these two don't like each other - I'm researching all the chemical properties etc/emailed the reps.....trying to get to the bottom of the science.

Found a few small rust holes/minor issues so I get to remedy those. It's all primed over again.......waiting for the answers before laying it all down again. Fuk.

Yeah I wondered if that was the case with buyee not accessing all of the auctions - Need to find a mate that can read Japanese.
Just waiting on my mate to put the diff back together and then I can get it back on it's wheels and start figuring out the wheel size and fender flare size etc...

Too feckin hot to get on with scuffing back the underseal yesterday so onto some easier jobs. Assembled the steering, greased up and fitted the rest of the new bushes and front subframe. Will fully tighten up the castle nuts insert the split pins when it's mounted.

Took the powdercoating of the contact surface for where the struts meet the steering arms. Ready for the strut to be mounted once it's off the rotisserie.

had a spare retainer left over from each side on these sway bar bushes - Gregorys manual didn't have them and my parts car had it this way so figured it must be right.......unless its meant to go underneath where the bush seats against the suspension arm? Just like one does on the top?

The parts listings online all show these with the extra retainer - but they give you the impression one needs to sit at the top where it goes through the actual sway bar - any ideas fellas?

On 23/01/2022 at 16:54, AE25 said:

So you've bought off buyee.jp? rate it good?

yeah - sometimes you have to deal with their BS in regards to limiting your bid ability or shipping due to the admin staff's total lack of automotive understanding.....but you explain things to them and sort it.

On the whole, pretty good.

On 06/12/2021 at 19:20, Azib said:

Hi mate,You got an amazing car and project.Iam about to start one for my daughter who bought a basically shell with lots of bit and pieces missing.You got much of the panel parts left…Dors,guards etc and where about do you buy your parts in Japan please?Ant help would be appreciated.Cheers Azib 

Howdy - I won't be letting go of any spares until the car is finished. I look out for stuff on Japanese auctions via a website called buyee.jp. The other stuff I have brought in has been the newer AE86 corolla bits which I have got from megazip, Flos.ie and Facebook by doing a few different pages. Good luck with the build.

On 24/09/2021 at 18:26, Nominal said:

I've had a vin assigned by VTNZ for my project car (a US import) without them seeing it in person. I just took photos.

The VIN tag hasn't been made/attached yet. 

Either they have changed the rules, or you struck it lucky? The VTNZ people I talked to said they have to see the car on their property so that's it for me.
 

Hey Guys - Just been talking to the cert guy for the rust repairs on my corolla, and says I need to get a vin assigned to the car.
Problem is, the shell is back on the rotisserie and the places I have talked to want me to take it to them an hour away.

Now I'll suck it up and take if I have to, it but just checking if this can be done remotely or by a mobile service if anyone knows?

I got my KEYPHOS from car colours on the north shore.

Saw my panelbeater mate the other day......he hasn't done much at all.   F@#K's sake!!!  Oh well, i'll probably look at getting it in a panel shop sooner after all......

I drilled out all the spot welds at the front and back of the roof (I'm swapping them over between the shells) I went right through on 2/3 of them but I'll leave that to the pro's.
I'll get onto the drip rails tomorrow if the wife lets me escape for another few hours.

I'm going to get started on other bits like getting the fuel tank cleaned up and the plastics all painted so at least something is getting done while I wait for the panelbeating stars to align for me......

On 20/05/2020 at 16:15, sleeektoy said:

http://electroless.co.nz/ seem to be the only ones doing the original style electroless nickel coatings .... but 

"Please Note:           

• we do not process car, motorcycle, firearms or aircraft parts whatsoever"

The "South Auckland" one in East Tamaki that used to do it shut down years ago

EDIT: also you can copper spray the item and have them actually chromed but a lot of detail is lost doing this.

Im pretty sure that this was the place that there was an older guy doing plastic chrome plating in there for them - he was happy to look at helping me get some bits done - and some new 3d printed badges - but I never got around to it before I moved out of Auckland. Maybe they can forward you on to him if he's not still there??

I stripped all the large flat panels, and a few other bits, with the 3m strip disks (great for chewing out bog) and then cleaned up the panels and wiped on some Keyphos - simple as.
My first shell has been left like that for years with no issue - I've occasionally touched up the odd spot.

I had the rest of the shell blasted by waikato sandblasting in Hamilton with ok results.

Just before Lockdown I had another old boy (family friend who had been away from work for a long time due to some hip injuries etc)  turn up and say he was back and keen as a bean to get some work so I let him take away a few boot lids, the bonnet and some doors.

Both the boot lids had big rust holes, but in different areas so cutting patch panels out of each and melding them into one is the plan. He's going to peel back the whole edge of the skin to clean up all that surface rust under the edge too. Note the mobility scooter/work bench

as above - love the quality and attention to detail. I'm currently reconditioning my corolla's heater unit and should probably go down the 'patient' plating path on a few bits!
How do you find the threads/bolts for fitment after plating?

20 hours ago, igor said:

That was too easy. Who knows what this is?

 

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?