fuel Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 or get some heaps low down shots hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 lol, I have a bonnet to chuck on thats straight, but the paint is so much better than the rest of the car so might look funny. I'm sure the chick I bought it off must have got slammed on the bonnet, so many dents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Put the correct door cards in Might try and spray up some bumpers and put the leather seats in ahead of the meet tonight - see how fast I can work Oh and I chucked the non dented bonnet on too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Go the bumpers done, but had a fuck of a time getting the tow bar off, so didn't get the seats in before the meet last night. In the light of day it was clear why it had a tow bar in the first place - to cover this butch job of a repair to the tyre well - photo taken after I painted it black for discretion. Unfortunately now I know it's there its gunna piss me off. Also decided to paint the spoiler to match the newly painted bumpers only to find this... Spoiler back on also snapped heaps of the mounting points off undoing the spoiler so need to sort those out plus get a seal to avoid further rust. Then I decided to chronicle all the shit that needs tidying at some point prior to paint. Some pics as it is now - gunna chuck in the (fucked) leather seats now and some non-painted trim panels. In the mad rush to get the lip mounted last night I drilled the whole 65mm out of place, so had to go back and redrill - lucky the lip covers all the fuckups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Photo Credit: Snoozin' Pinched this pic (Richy, hope you don't mind) as it shows the black bumper and lip quite nicely, plus non-dented bonnet. Also displays just how shitty the paint is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 leave ratty paint as is, perhaps tidy up that corner covered in primer and roll as is with a healthy dose of slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Oh yes, slam is definately on the cards, it's looking rather 4wd spec in photos. I have some kings superlows on some <1000km shocks which while they are shit, are also very low so will likely chuck them in, problem will be I don't think these wheels/tyres will fit under the guards at that height/will try it and see. I need to get an alignment done too, appears to be a bit +ve camber on the front. Keen to remedy that. Not in a hurry to suss paint, would rather spend money on the "racecar", premier and landrover. Will play around and practice painting over the next year or so, then might give it a go next summer or something. Going to have to sort some of those spots of rust at somepoint in the near future though. Goes for a wof sometime this week so hopefully those spots on the A-pillar don't get picked up. Engine is also weeping oil so mindful of that...all for another day though. Just enjoying doorting around in it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Pull the guards out, Grant at GT Refinishers can do it and will do a sweet job for a fairly modest price last time I checked. I'd love to see this in fresh paint though! It's a nice car I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Needs slam, some electrical and vacuum gremlins fixed, rust sorted, paint and the seats re-upholstered. Will probably happen in that order too. The problem (if you can call it that) with that Richy is then I will have to run this wheel width/offset combo on it, and going back to stock wheels would look funny (if I ever wanted to) These wheels are destined for the other car anyway, which I have no problem with massaging the guards on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-W-G Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 So want to roll one of these as a daily now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I reckon those rims would tuck in when lowered due to the change of camber alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm hoping so...maybe I'll chuck the gear in on Saturday and see. With some skinnier tyres I'd be in like flynn, but the semi's are quite square and the sidewall is quite square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Just dropping this pic in here for reference - 3s in a ae82, note cambelt side drivers mount has been shifted back towards the shock tower - where the ee80 mount sits Edit: look slike I may have an interesting time with the clutch and brake masters, as that one is LHD /maybe the masters will be sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Use a willwood pedal box and delete the masters from the firewall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Good point, hadn't even thought about that TBH, as up til recently I was going to try keep this going on the road (will still try but it won't be my daily) The wilwood pedal boxes mount on the in-cabin firewall yeah? do most people add some bracing to prevent the firewall flexing, or is it not really an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I didn't have any issues with mine. Fucking tight though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 bracing the firewall wont be an issue, but you have to make a bracket up to mount it which will distribute the force of your XS-feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 + 1 for pedal box. Definitely want reasonable bracing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Re wilwood type boxes, how much do they normally go for. Is there any vacuum assist/booster? How would one run the brake lines - front/rear split with a wilwood type balancing valve? Ghey update for the GT, I mentioned to some of the boes at Jap meat about getting guard scrapage at motorway speeds. Turns out I'm an idiot - noise was coming from front right, I suspect the plastic inner guard cover has come a bit loose - parts are torn - and when going fast enough the wind load on the inner guard is enough to press it against the tyre. All things going to plan it should be low after this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Those plastic guards the the first thing to go in the bin when lowering something like this. Bits of spring go in the bin second The master for the brakes will have two seperate cylinders for front and rear brakes. They then have a balance (bias) bar to adjust the force to each master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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