cletus Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Top work. I especially like the attention to detail underneath, so clean 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Attention to detail is unreal man, good shit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivalrx Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 This makes me highly emotional mean work K dogg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Hi. Who does the repo decal set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hell yeh! Congrats mate, epic achievement. Clean as a clean thing. Looking forward to seeing it in person one day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3spct Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 So similar to my Datsun build, but you paid more people to work on it than i did because im tight. In saying that, mine drives and isnt worth as much, but I love it to bits with its imperfections. 25 years on hold here too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Must have been heart breaking to see that spray on the seats. Stoked that the insurance came through on that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuzz Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 yea mate, was gutted, but that's a distant memory now after sitting in these lush new ones! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 What's the difference's in the series of RX2 bonnets? Big bulges with no vents, vs small bulges with vents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuzz Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Yea pretty much - I went through 4 below average bonnets before finding anything good enough to restore. The one on it is not correct for the year or series, it should have small bulge and vents (series 1), but paying $2.5k for one of those before you even start repairing it is ridiculous Even still the one I have has cost me a fortune by the time it was done, and tbh, I gave up caring about being correct a while ago, I just needed to finish the car 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Fair enough - 2.5k is a lot for a bonnet!!!! Either way, car looks amazing. I was going through pics I've got and trying to figure out which bonnets would belong on what car. Not many of the pics I've got would have 'correct' bonnets fitted to the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 9 hours ago, oldrx7 said: Fair enough - 2.5k is a lot for a bonnet!!!! Either way, car looks amazing. I was going through pics I've got and trying to figure out which bonnets would belong on what car. Not many of the pics I've got would have 'correct' bonnets fitted to the year. 2 big design flaws make them pretty hard to find in good condition. They have rust traps along the front of the inner frame where the hinge reinforcing is. Traps shit and the frame rots through. And the bonnet stay setup. When the plastic roller fails, the bonnet stay doesn't work, so people over-tilt the bonnet which either stresses the frame and pops the old brittle glue off the skin along front, leaving it to flap around and eventually stress crack, or the over-tilting just buckles the outer skin. Looks great Kelly. How much work did they have to do to the bonnet in the end? Was it a 'skin off frame' job or not that bad? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabuzz Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 You are right about the design flaws, they are prone to separating at the front as they are just bonded, and can open up at high speed. The first bonnet I had I split and dipped, but found it full of pin holes in the outer skin where the frame bonding was applied and just pitted out from the inside. I wasn't keen to go down that potential road again. But to be fair, this was a fairly good south island bonnet, needed some welding done to repair cracks and a small amount of damage, biggest issue was it was oil-canning badly, but all was able to be repaired without having to split. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anglia4 Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 but but but but WHAT!? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4m13 Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 WHY?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 For moonbeams I hope 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cullen Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 You what 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusepy82 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Well thanks for the build thread. Gave me inspiration and hope for my build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 I see you talking of rx4 sedans on FB ... Time for a new project thread??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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