bubblegoose

resene durepox 2k

 

tough, flexible and comes in satin black

then i shall get one

 

i want white bumpers and side moldings and i know that the factory ones just don't look right in white

 

 

some pink wheels will set of off im sure

outer casing=ground wire

ignore what i put here i seem to make things harder than they are

put it on the hoist to do a total damage assessment since purchace 

 

drive shaft rubbing due to pooped diff mount

left outer cv clicking like a boss

gearbox rear main bearing shot

shift linkage bent (cheerios spec)

engine mount torn

5th gear syncro vanished from dodgy shift plate

thermostat gone on holiday

 

and im sure ive forgotten something

 

 

might just order me an mtechII kit to make myself feel better

theres not much left but its still around

this one will be for the clued up ones on painting.i got given a tin of international paints "interthane 990",ex army spec green.what i cant find is what type of paint it is.its very old so could be enamel,but i have no idea.any of you knowledgeable gentlemen able to help me out??

how old? 3 years id be wary 4 years id look at other options 5 year+ wouldnt bother

the longer the paint sits on the shelf the softer it will be when 'cured' ie i used some 4 year old 2k about 6 months ago, baked it 3 times and still to this day its a little chewy

one coat of your choice of paint then lots of spray on underseal and cavity wax

next friday (22nd) ill be heating over the bumpy things to the coast so if anybody needs anything shifting let me know

if its small and requires little to no effort then ill do it for a cuddle

by fibre glass do you mean fibre bog? either way bog right over it (after sanding and cleaning off dust)

flattening base to a 1k top coat or base coat? matting base is sometimes used in base coats to help get even coverage but base is matt/satin by on its own

adding matting agent to a 2k top coat will do look and last just the same as a premade matt paint but will be more transparrent and take more coats to cover

ie 2 coats of mipa flat black covers the same as 3/4 coats of a heavily matted 2k gloss

MIPA, the one and only

well yeah completly the wrong product for priming a paint stripped panel as it never really dries but is an etch primer that will adhere to decent sized rub troughs

dp4000 is still an etch primer

invest in an electric DA sander with a vac attachment and buy a crappy vac from the supershed etc save you 1000 hours of cleaning up

If you want to keep the car for a long time and the old paint job is that shit I would delete it

this^, new paint will only stick aswell as whats under it. But if you decide not to remove it all you can do your repair work as normal then before paint use a product like PPG DP4000 as a wet on wet primer sealer, and if you run out of time it can be painted over upto 5 days later without having to sand it back

clearly teh guvment didnt get my text, put the power of wof times in the power of the inspector.

'oh hey yours cars mint come back in a year'

'hey brah your cars a peice/datsun ill giz you a month'

150 hours is actually pretty good going for a home job well done

turn the drum brake around and put the wheel nuts back on a few turns and use the drum as a slide hammer (after undoing the 4 nuts behind the brake etc)

they do skid a little but not that bad, skinny hard tyres help with that

an e30 is my victim, obviously im not going to be firing in some random spring before finding its coil bind length etc but progressive springs eat bawls

some base coats like ppg deltron are formulated to have hardener added for use in places like engine bays to replicate the factory Durable but shit looking finish.

as for flatting 2k i would always buy specialty flat paint over flatting it your self where possible ( ie with whites and blacks and some other common colours come in matt), matting base will weaken the 2k and make it transparrent making it scratch and mark easier than straight 2k, spies matt clear is by far the best in the normal range of paints and mipa 2k matt black is bloody amazing to use

another spring question, the mod threshold says

The springs or shock absorbers are direct replacements

if a car has egg shaped springs but the ends are X diameter, can i replace them with a straight coil with the same X diameter?

wire wheel rust bubbles and dig it in to all the seams where rust will hide. smash a good coat of brunox over the bare metal patches then the next day some sticky paint like hammerite or rust kill enamel give it a few weeks for that to set then get underseal happy. good idea to brush some into the seams the day before you paint the full underbody