Goat Posted January 3, 2023 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
tomble Posted January 3, 2023 Author 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
Sunbeam Posted January 23, 2023 Posted January 23, 2023 I admire you tackling the steering box! I hate those kind of jobs. 1 Quote
tomble Posted January 23, 2023 Author 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
raymund123 Posted April 13, 2023 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
Bling Posted July 19, 2023 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
Goat Posted July 25, 2023 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
tomble Posted July 26, 2023 Author 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
oleg Posted August 16, 2023 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
Goat Posted March 19, 2024 Posted March 19, 2024 Awesome to see some progress. Such a entertaining build to watch! 1 Quote
tomble Posted March 21, 2024 Author Posted March 21, 2024 I'm glad, it's funny posting "I put a thing in a thing" stuff alongside custom engines and fabs 1 Quote
gregory le francais Posted March 3, 2025 Posted March 3, 2025 Hello What's new in the last few months? Quote
gregory le francais Posted April 19, 2025 Posted April 19, 2025 Bonjour. Ça fait un bail. Pourriez-vous me donner le nom du vendeur de tapis ? Il n'existe pas ici. Et aux États-Unis, ils refusent de livrer en France… Quote
Nominal Posted August 20, 2025 Posted August 20, 2025 @tomble Owning a Starion can be bad for your health 1 Quote
tomble Posted September 20, 2025 Author Posted September 20, 2025 On 19/04/2025 at 20:19, gregory le francais said: Bonjour. Ça fait un bail. Pourriez-vous me donner le nom du vendeur de tapis ? Il n'existe pas ici. Et aux États-Unis, ils refusent de livrer en France… Hi sorry, been away a bit long. I bought from Knox Auto Carpets in Australia - https://knoxautocarpets.com.au/starion/ Quote
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 22, 2025 Popular Post Posted October 22, 2025 I'm loving these updates. However - it does look like something is going down the wrong path.. This.. Should be in the grey car. This pedal... Looks too large. And there's a hole here... That you've forgotten to drill out? 4 6 Quote
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