Popular Post cletus Posted June 29, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2019 Gah I hate painting cars Got the inside done, remembered how much I despise sanding and bogging and sanding and paint fumes and the paint not drying cause it's too cold and getting paint boogers So I'm going to send it to someone else to get the outside done white again . 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 NaN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I don't recall your van being untidy enough to need a respray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 It has some shitty surface rust along the front edge of the roof and a lot of rusty stone chips on the roof, that was the main reason for painting it to stop all that getting bad The rest is not too bad but every panel has some small issue so want to tidy it all up 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted June 30, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2019 Yuck to not so yuck, sugar soap and a water blast . And dungeon spec interior 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted July 18, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2019 Got it back last Saturday and spent all weekend and a few nights this week cleaning parts and reassembling. I got a mystery pack of plastic trim clips off Ali which was very handy for replacing all the broken ones Paint is.... meh. It cost $1600 all up, that was to tidy up a couple of dents, do the outside, inside the rear door and touch up one of the front door shuts. There's a few runs and badly masked bits and all of the dust inside when I picked it up Realistically it's better than I could have been bothered to do though and it looks ok all back together I painted the bumpers with black plasti dip type paint which makes them look heaps better, I'll be interested to see how it lasts 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 black bumpers looks way more legit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Looks like new, nice work. Did they have to pop the screen to paint it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted July 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 Nah they masked around it. If I did it again I'd strip more out I think On 19/07/2019 at 15:18, peteretep said: black bumpers looks way more legit Chur. I have a bit of a thing for povo spec Japanese cars with unpainted bumpers and door handles etc. I don't know why I covered the rear interior panels today, stole an idea from someone else's build thread. Went to the warehouse, got 2 $5 blankets and a can of ados, got glue all over my fingers, done. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 That's going to be too nice to park scooters in now! Won't be safe to parK them in there freshly dripping with motu road mud and dust 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted September 21, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2019 Gave it a wash and took some better pics to bore you all with. 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted September 21, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2019 Falcon is up to 170kms now, it's been good. Needs rotors cause they were warped when I got it and they have not healed themselves. and it's been a bit hard on tyres due to camber, but it looks cool so suck on that, china tyres 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 self healing brake rotors. Now there is a opportunity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted February 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2020 Found a DRZ400 E front pipe on trademe, tidied it up, painted and put it on. E pipe is bigger than S or SM, not by much (I think its 38mm vs 42mm ish od) but now it matches the rear pipe size better Bum dyno shows no noticeable change but at least it looks tidier 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 DR-Z400E carb and cam are upgrades too eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Yes, E has a thinner cylinder base gasket as well for more compression. It's funny, the first question on any drz400e wrecking auction on tm, is 'how much for the carb?' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted February 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 . 33 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted September 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2020 Vespa. A while ago I got a aliexpress knock off carb for it which was a little bit bigger It had some casting flash and stuff like that that wasn't very good The base wasn't flat The throttle slide was sticky I fixed all that stuff and took a punt on the jet it had in it and it went ok, moved the power up the rev range enough to notice, it went better However it had issues with what I thought was the throttle sticking and pulling lots of lean sounding revs I was trying to find where the problem was, it wasn't the throttle, it was getting airflow from somewhere though, and it managed to select first gear by itself and fuck off into my toolbox, broke the brake lever off and knocked the steering out of alignment All fixed now , spare parts bike to the rescue,and I put the original carb back on. Stupid china. 10 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 For sale if anyone is after a tent that needs wofs https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/caravans-motorhomes/caravans/up-to-12-ft/listing/2871792869?ed=true 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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