Goat Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Ive had good luck using brake clean to soften and remove that horrible baked on dirt on rubber stuff. Its misery, but worth it. Sure you don't want to give your rear struts the spray treatment? @bmxnz11 had some really good looking paint on his suspension stuff, done in his garage. Looked mint. Maybe hit him up or atleast check out his escort build thread (the orange one not the blue one). Seems a bit of a shame since you've gone the whole nine yards on everything else to not go that little bit further. (Not that I'm in any position to make such claims haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomble Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Goat said: Ive had good luck using brake clean to soften and remove that horrible baked on dirt on rubber stuff. Its misery, but worth it. Sure you don't want to give your rear struts the spray treatment? @bmxnz11 had some really good looking paint on his suspension stuff, done in his garage. Looked mint. Maybe hit him up or atleast check out his escort build thread (the orange one not the blue one). Seems a bit of a shame since you've gone the whole nine yards on everything else to not go that little bit further. (Not that I'm in any position to make such claims haha) Oh if I do end up running these rears for sure they'll get properly cleaned up and painted. It'll be done after they come back from modding them to take gas inserts. Also in that case I'll also go ahead and source some new bellows and probably new front hats. Either that or it'll all be moot when new XYZ's turn up in the post... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Love your work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I admire you tackling the steering box! I hate those kind of jobs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomble Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Sunbeam said: I admire you tackling the steering box! I hate those kind of jobs. I hated the paint stripping and prep but otherwise I actually enjoyed it, especially reassembly! Though super glad it has a big green tick next to it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymund123 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Maybe you can help me some spare front rotor disc and caliper pin rear.where can I contac you thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Suspension looks good. Might want to check with your certifier about the amount of shock that needs to be threaded into the strut, pretty sure it's 50mm as per your manual. May have been thread diameter too though... been a while since I crossed that bridge. Just handy to know as that will drop you another 20mm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I've said it before and I'll say it again. Love your work. An inspiration to get out and do stuff. Color is rad! This thing is going to be so choice when it's done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomble Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Goat said: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Love your work. An inspiration to get out and do stuff. Color is rad! This thing is going to be so choice when it's done! Thanks! Even though it came out so bad? :') I love the colour too, so happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleg Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Hi friends . I also restore such a car. only this car is extremely rare in my area. I have some difficulties with some nodes. please help what kind of literature do you use to defect nodes. I will be incredibly grateful for your help 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 All those paint stripper fumes.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Awesome to see some progress. Such a entertaining build to watch! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomble Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 I'm glad, it's funny posting "I put a thing in a thing" stuff alongside custom engines and fabs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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