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Thank you gentlemen, 4th time I've taken it apart and I found a bunch of shit being held in place by a small piece of wire. Blast time!

This is relevant to my OCD.

Is that the needle thing under the tigger? Cheers.

Hey guys, go a wee problem with my supercheap sandblaster, it must have a leak somewhere, when you pull the trigger it starts blasting but quickly is just air coming out no media. Nothing seems blocked, I even took the media pick up hose off, filled up a small pot of sand and stuck the gun directly in, still the same. Any thoughts before I chuck it out and buy another?

Fuck yes, nice car man. Glad you stuck at it, I'm sure you are not the first to screwed by Cowboys who promise the world.

spotted this at Motat yesterday, is it the same as yours?

And they really are great little cars, a friend of mine has always had one and has got it really sorted now, so much fun.

Great results in the hill climb. Sweet wee viva.

fuck yes. more pics please, carpet etc..

Just wondering, we can't narrow/widen alloy wheels/mags in this country can we?

yes, pics of slamage on nice rims please!

X2 on the fucking cool car!

good luck with the new project, nice to have the mrs on your side.

Now returning you to your reqularly scheduled programming. Gathered up my balls and cut two big holes in my decklid. like this. insert here. and weld that sucker up! cut and repeat. didn't take alot of pics, took me just over a week to complete, once I had committed to the placement. super happy with it, a little more hammer work and some bog and it should look sweet! Like this rather famous fucker!

I stalled the bug coming off that ferry/ramp once, restarted and dropped the clutch for sweet steel skids!!

Cheers Rusty, that's a good run done for a noob like myself to follow. The PPG shop also quoted the "mack daddy" system which included a epoxy primer, 200 bucks more than the Wattyl stuff so you must get what you pay for. I'm out in West Auckland, Te Atatu. I've gone back and forth so many time between a rattle can job and fake patina, but the under side needs proper paint so i might as well paint the whole thing. I 'll just be stripping the bug with a grinder and sander so will need something I can do in stages. thanks again guys!

No don't think it is, so I guess it isn't epoxy. What would be a good single stage top coat? A 2pac is hard and shiny without a clear or is it a must?

Hang on, double up.

Agh.

Thanks for that bro, don't want to be doing this twice. Is wattyl super etch any good? Is it a epoxy? I have watched gun man, good info.

okay guys, getting close to paint now, I've now finally finished 99.9% of the rust/metal work on the bug. so the next step is proper paint, this is where I'm up to at the mo, the grey is weldable primer, brown is wattyl rustkill and the rear lid is covered in a product called Tetracure P10 that I bought at the start of the resto, but never really used. After lots of reading the basic plan was to bare metal everything, in stages, paint on the P10 then start bog work, prime, spray on filler and topcoat. The guys at the PPG shop said the P10 should be fine but you can't bog over it, bog on bare metal then P10. They also Quoted me a couple options starting with Wattyl Super Etch, Dulon one shot primer filler, PPG Autothane+Hardener and thinners. Also Wattyl super etch, Autothane 1k primer filler, Dulon colour, PPG thinrs and Autothane 1K Diamond Clear. Plus another much more spendy option which I won't worry about. does this sound about right? which option would give a complete noob(me) the best results?

right turns out these spot welders are a quite a nack to learn. had plenty of practice this week! photodump, but I'm kinda stoked the shell is done.

Nice man, don't think I've ever seen one of those before.

This all looks very familiar.....

Ultimate rat looker bro, is it very rotten? 10speed, I just took the shell off my pan again if that helps?