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yea, no shit. its been since i put the supercharger motor in. but, i also replaced the driveshaft center bearing and fucked up putting the driveshaft back together so its been wrong since new motor. now that's fixed its really not any better. a camera like yours under the car may reveal something. what do you use? the magnetic mount must be pretty full on?

see that's the thing. its a two piece. in exactly the same place its been for 10 years, same gearbox crossmember, same engine mount height. same everything. even the same driveshaft. and its never had a problem before. fucking weird. i will however look at angles and see what i can see.

good point. i reckon its driveshaft speed. so that needs some thinking about...........

Drive line vibration. I'm trying to find out where my vibration is coming from. Driveshaft is just back from balancing so it aint that. Question, the output flanges on my diff (R200 GTR) move all over the show and I've seen other people have similar movement with no issues. But I don't like it. Anyone have experience with this and also, how best to fix it?

painted. 2021-02-14_11-35-37 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-35-02 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-34-53 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-34-46 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-34-38 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-34-31 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-14_11-34-17 by sheepers, on Flickr

its uncanny, that guy in the video looks just like you.

Oh yea fuck I forgot to post this. It's an American sales brochure which clearly shows how even toyota knew how much better the car was without guard mirrors.

Guess fucking what? Today i did more sanding!!! Fuckin big whoop. Only a few bits left to do now. She's looking pretty good tbh.

had a long day wet sanding and now im super fucked but i got a bit done. first is some pics of how i tape the sandpaper together to fit the long board. the rest is the car about 3/4 sanded. 2021-02-06_05-31-06 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-06_05-31-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-06_05-31-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-06_05-31-30 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-06_05-31-40 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-06_05-31-54 by sheepers, on Flickr

Are they torana mirrors? They look really Similar but the whole head moves. Which is a massive cunt

mirrors. or more accurately, the things i forgot about and needed to sort out before i finish sand the car. and while we're on the topic. mirrors. or more accurately, the things i took off the guards and put on the doors. "oh no, it hasn't got guard mirrors it cant be Japanese you've ruined it" the guard mirrors are a fucking massive pain in the arse which you'd know if you ever had to live with them. the whole head moves, not just the mirror so as soon as someone walks by the car in a carpark you can no longer see. which necessitates yet another 5 minutes fucking around sitting in the car, looking at the mirrors, getting out of the car and walking around moving them the amount you think will get them in the right spot, then getting back in the car to find you still cant see shit, then getting out of the car and adjusting the mirrors the amount you think will get them in the right spot, then getting back in the car to find you still cant see shit. TL:DR, its my car ill do what i want so get fucked. these mirrors are XA falcon because i think they suit the car and because the housing doesn't move the mirror if you bump it and most importantly of all you can buy them and the replacement mirror if you need it. it took a bit of fucking around to make them fit the door. way, way more than i took pictures of, but they sit exactly how i want now and all i have to do is drill the holes which ill do tomorrow. so, now, finally, i can wet sand the car. 2021-02-05_07-18-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-05_07-18-23 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-05_07-18-11 by sheepers, on Flickr

400x70. like this, https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/sandmax-400-mm-x-70-mm-hand-sanding-block-with-clip-on-fitting-jmd-sm-40070lcohb-11219819362.html

yea so epoxy primer is totally sealed and its no drama to wet sand it. they used to wet sand single pack primers back in the day and it was considered normal practice. as far as sand paper goes it very much depends on what your starting with and what your end goal is but for me, 80 grit to remove all the old paint then first coat of sealer/primer. 120 grit on the long board to shape first coat and also to sand any bog you need then another coat of primer. 220 grit on the long board to finish shape and make sure you've got everything straight. at this stage you can spot putty any little blemishes or pin holes, then final coat of primer. wet sand with 600, again with the long board. you have to use masking tape to join the sheets of wet and dry so they are long enough to fit on the long board - dont use 3M masking tape because it cant handle the water but most other masking tapes will last long enough to get the life out of the wet and dry. for some people 3 coats of primer would be to many but i have found using this process makes the wet sanding way easier as you're not trying to sand and bumps or dents out, you're only flatting the layer of primer and that makes a big difference to how long it takes and it stops you from rubbing through and having to go back and spot prime.

so today i sanded that first coat of primer with 220 and they both came up pretty good so i put a final coat of primer on them. with that done all the priming for the whole car is done (in theory) so i started wet sanding. the wet sanding is going pretty well so far. im sure i wont be saying that by the end but whatever, lets get it done so we can finally get some colour on this thing! 2021-02-01_04-02-30 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-01_04-02-24 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-01_04-02-18 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-02-01_04-02-10 by sheepers, on Flickr

finished welding it then i smashed it with hammers for a while. then i put some etch on the bare steel, then some bog. then i sanded the bog and put some epoxy primer on it and the back one. tomorrow ill give them a sand then put some more primer on them i would imagine. oh also i put some brunnox on the back of the front bumper. 2021-01-31_04-11-23 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-31_04-11-17 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-31_04-11-11 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-31_04-11-04 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-31_04-10-56 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-31_04-10-48 by sheepers, on Flickr

so i finally finished the back bumper and got it ready for a coat of primer. on to the front bumper. the front was too wide and has been fucked with plenty in the past. the chrome bit was a cunt to get on because the holes were so far out. so after a bit of pissing about it became clear that i needed to cut 10mm out of the middle of the bumper and leave the chrome bit alone and it should all work much better. so thats what i did. i havent had a chance to bolt it all up and check everything but just holding it in place it looks pretty much bang on. 2021-01-28_08-43-45 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-28_08-43-53 by sheepers, on Flickr

much better. after i took the photo i fucked around with the passengers side and got it sitting a lot better. 2021-01-26_08-21-42 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-26_08-21-49 by sheepers, on Flickr

haven't had the best luck with my cars just recently. the brand new link dash i got for my v8 fucked out. the rear gearbox seal in the blue car keeps leaking and it turns out to be the rear bushing that the drive shaft goes into. the box has only done about 3000Ks max so that's a bit shit. its also a motor out job to fix it. i have been working on the crown but didn't really take any pictures. until today. ive been working on the back bumper, trying to get it to line up with the body better, and its better, but its a long way from perfect. its just so bent and fucked that i really cant get it any better. whatever. so now im working on the bumper itself. earlier i had to make this bumper out of a sedan one with the top bits from the coupe bumper welded on. the coupe bumper is taller at the sides where it wraps around into the rear guard than the sedan bumper but also the curve of the chrome piece is different between the sedan and the coupe. i didn't fix that when i first put the bumper on but today i did. ill let the pictures tell the story. 2021-01-25_09-04-54 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-04-31 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-04-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-04-18 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-04-11 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-04-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-25_09-03-55 by sheepers, on Flickr

yea im looking forward to seeing whats going on inside the engine as i hoon. more information is always good. unfortunately because the instructions for the aim dash are so fucking bad i put power to a pin i shouldn't have and fried something so the dash is now on its way back to aim in australia to get repaired. the information that comes from aim is so bad that i would actually recommend you buy another brand of dash if your looking.

yea there a millions of options. it was 1800$

the dash is coming along but i thought i should see if it works before i get to much further down the track. temp wired it and it works. now i have to learn a bunch about customising which data gets sent to the dash and also how to drive the dash customisation software. 2021-01-14_08-13-50 by sheepers, on Flickr

a while back i bought a Link dash so i can keep an eye on more parameters and temps etc. today i finally got around to making it fit in the dash. i made this aluminium plate which will get a hole cut into it for the digital dash to rebate into. 2021-01-10_04-14-23 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-10_04-14-15 by sheepers, on Flickr

Yea, works OK. I haven't re visited any over any long term to really know but the old Barry rust repair jokers i know swear by it.

ive spent a few days working on this thing, 2021-01-07_09-15-12 by sheepers, on Flickr but now its back into the crown. so the whole car is ready for wet sanding and im pretty confident that the sape is close enough to get any last ripples out with the last round of sanding.'the only outstanding thing to adress is the bumpers and how they fit to the body. the back bumper was the worst of the two and it sat way to low and way to far away from the car. the low is easy to sort with slotting the holes but the back bumper mounts hard against the back of the chassis so moving it in is a bit tricky. i thought about modifying the mounts but that was going to be a ball ache so i cut the rear off the chassis and moved it in 10mm. now i have room to add spacers to get it exactly right. 2021-01-07_05-18-26 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-07_05-18-19 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-07_05-18-05 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-07_05-18-12 by sheepers, on Flickr 2021-01-07_05-17-57 by sheepers, on Flickr

today went better. i got the little bit of surface rust of the inside of the scuttle panel and chucked some brunnox on it. poured some brunnox inside the fuel filler flap and then chucked some primer on things. yesterday i primed the car again so only the drivers side needs another coat, the rest of the car is ready for wet sanding. yay, wet sanding. 2020-12-30_02-33-07 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-12-30_02-32-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-12-30_02-32-45 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-12-30_02-32-52 by sheepers, on Flickr before priming, 2020-12-30_02-33-43 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-12-30_02-33-36 by sheepers, on Flickr after priming, 2020-12-30_02-33-29 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-12-30_02-33-22 by sheepers, on Flickr