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  1. dabuzz
    Slow progress, still waiting for boot lid to be finished before painting. Have reassembled all suspension/brakes, will take pics once fitted to car. Frustratingly, it turns out Capella piston engined cars have axles that don't have the little threads for attaching the hub centre cap boss screws to, so had to drill and tap some. Axles are hardened so took many hours and I even broke my tap handle, I must of grabbed one wrong axle when assembling diff, lucky other side was ok. Also pulled radiator out of storage, the rad shop did a great job of the recore, but painted it in shitty as paint, with no etch primer so needed fully stripping back, looking at options, it seemed the only way was to hand strip the whole thing, once again throwing tons of hours into mundane jobs
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    dis you fully sand everything underneath, including all the little annoying corners etc to key it in enough for the underseal to adhere to ?
  3. dabuzz
    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
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    Had to repaint a majority of suspension/brake/steering etc parts, after sitting around for 5 years, some of it had chips from storage,other parts like front suspension had been knocked around, and had over spray from being in the panel shop, much better now Also have had all suspension springs powder coated black, decided the red I had them painted in didn't suit anymore
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    No more progress on the shell atm, been held up as after test fitting the boot lid again, found it wasn't fitting right to the body, awaiting panel beater to redo it, can't progress until then. Picked up these rare optioned rx3/4 factory jdm mazda alloys recently. Not sure if I'll use them, but I've only ever seen a few sets, so had to jump on them, might rotate them with the other 3 sets of wheels I also have for the car.
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    mean progress, is the car going black?
  7. dabuzz
    Nice ride, love the availability of parts on these. ill be the first to say it - looks ripe for a barra swap
  8. dabuzz
    yes its off white almost creamy, code WN Aurora white, was used on rx2 through to series 1 rx7. mine is off a colour match though, so might not be 100% as per factory
  9. dabuzz
    Those pics were crap- better one to show colour
  10. dabuzz
    Bay finished now too, very happy with progress.
  11. dabuzz
    Underside fully prepped, texture coated and colour laid down, getting excited! Came out fairly good after being pretty punched in and rusty when I first got it
  12. dabuzz
    yea mate, I'm super happy with the quality, had another crowd do one previously and it looked shit - sometimes just gotta pay the $ and employ the best to do the job
  13. dabuzz
    Just been to dashboard restorations to collect the repaired and rare T-Dash my car came equipped with. They did a killer job on it, but the $2k invoice definitely hurt a bit, had to be done right though as it's the first thing seen when you sit in the car., also bought new repro chrome dash trims to finish it off nicely
  14. dabuzz
    Have been prepping smaller jobs inside underfelt cut for floor and hoodlining, plus foams, spent ridiculous amount of time trying to get seat mechs to work correctly(still not 100%). Major part is its now finally at the painters, spent a day yesterday helping prep underside, good things to come
  15. dabuzz
    She's a minter
  16. dabuzz
    congrats! lots of summer cruising ahead.
  17. dabuzz
    Dash painted matt black, originally did it satin but was too shiny still, so had to rub it back and redo, far better now. Car fully sound deadened, and have also made a new parcel tray
  18. dabuzz

    PAINT THREAD

    dabuzz replied to dylan's topic in Tech Talk

    Painted my dash matt black, has some dust in it, can it be fixed?, dont want to buff shiny
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    PAINT THREAD

    dabuzz replied to dylan's topic in Tech Talk

    $60 at resto supplies
  20. dabuzz
    Just got sent these pics from the late 90s. Was bought in Chch and driven up to Auckland, pretty sure it had a piston motor in it by then, as the rotary had been replaced after it died. Probably one of the last drives it ever went on!
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    No photo, just a rant, at myself, decided to start fitting a few parts up inside starting with the wiring that runs front to back, the very first part to actually go into the car permanently.....and ive ficking lost it, searched twice, wtf, if this is a sign of things to come I'm screwed ffs.......
  22. dabuzz
    Boot all painted up now too, for a complete novice like me, it was pretty tricky getting into all the tight areas , but came out pretty good overall imo.
  23. dabuzz
    Hell yes! She lives!! Sounds good man
  24. dabuzz
    Fuck yes- after something like 9 1/2 years its finally got some colour on it, just a home job in the garage, but it's not seen so thought I'd just hit it. Majorly stoked
  25. dabuzz
    Still busy prepping boot have re-epoxied, seam sealed, and filler primer, all ready for top coat. Have also cleaned up cabin, ready for some colour to seal it off. Dash and boot lid filler primer applied also. Purchased a new elcheapo spray gun for top coating inside car, and settled on Blak Mat for sound deadening. Full kit of 2x packs, roller, and tape was $375, still cheaper than 1x dynamat pack so I'm happy
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