Sheepers' RA28 Celica

[sheepers 16,831]

1 hour ago, kyteler said:

Why not paint it a pearlescent white, that way all your American muscle cars will be red, white and blue. 

Ah Michael,  your humor knows no bounds.

I was going to paint it in the many hues of your inability to finish anything,  but of course, I'm only painting a car, not an aircraft carrier. 

[UTERUS 14,978]

Holy shit that was a burn.

 

 

Red looks sexy, superchargers are cool as fuck.

[cletus 29,452]

Hi David . I like that red. 

However I have noticed a technical issue that I'm not sure you have noticed

Your supercharger pulley ribs go the wrong way!

Also I cant see where your carburettors are going to go or where your mr garlits 3 hole fake scoop is. 

Regards, Clinton

 

[yetchh 3,865]

I wonder what the collective horsepower drain of all those pulleys on that one belt would be.. That red's kind of a candy apple, 121 was gonna be that red with a black flip back in 97.. 

 

Looks good too.. 

 

[cletus 29,452]

I drove a van with a 1uz in it once that had had toothed pulleys/extreme gilliez put on all of the accessories 

Goodness me it was noisy. 

RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

It must have cost a fortune to make it all work. 

[sheepers 16,831]

I plan to do this to address the lack of scoop

[kiwi808 10,179]

Mazda red coloured coupes are the best! (slight bias...)

[piazzanoob 1,492]

for the colour choice were you thinking the candy apple red on the new mazda 6's and cx3's? if so that colour is nice.

also what did you use to strip the paint in the engine bay? looks pretty good

[sheepers 16,831]

The colour is Mazda soul red.

Im a little confused about the exact code,  it's either 41V or 46V.

 

For paint stripping I use strip discs on the grinder turned down to about half speed,  then I use the little belt sander to get the little hard to reach spots then I use the 50 or 75mm DA Sanders with 80 grit paper to finish up. 

It takes ages but it's got to be done. 

[yetchh 3,865]

And some dust extraction I guess... When ever I do it dust covers everything in the garage

[sheepers 16,831]

Na, everything is covered in shit. 

Takes weeks to get rid of the mess

[ProZac 689]

46V should be the right code. It's the colour we went with for the racecar at Uni this year, it looks unreal.

Dooooo iiiiit.

[datlow 14,054]

/ling

saw a rav4? Today in there version of that red 

and a mittsi suv thing in a similar one

reaally like all of them I think that’s what my bike tank will end up being 

[_Matt 3,683]

How well does that copper spray paint react with Tig welding? From what I’ve heard it can create some problems, even with mig 

[sheepers 16,831]

So far it's been really good. 

The weld works with no issue and it seems to handle the heat well. 

[sheepers 16,831]

This is the stuff im using. 

I got it from wairau paint centre 

[igor 10,948]

You're a wizard. Wish I had half your talent.

[ProZac 689]

Just fucking beautiful.

[sheepers 16,831]

thanks man. 

every time i do this i try and do a little better than last time and i learn things every time so im really happy with how its come out.

[piazzanoob 1,492]

when is the plan to respray the outside of the car?

also going to give the outside a go yourself or the usual do the jams and send the rest to the painter?