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By: retro-classics – automotive blog » Hacking into it again.

retro-classics – automotive blog » Hacking into it again. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:36:13 +0000

[...] the bottom of the doors, along the guttering and across the top of the windscreen. Thank-fully (as shown previous) the holes in the sills are minimal, far less than I [...]

By: kyteler

kyteler — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:13:41 +0000

Far out, that seems pretty impressive and well-priced. I wonder if there’s an NZ stockist. Cheers for the heads-up Ed!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:15:34 +0000

This is what you need for rust prevention. It’s great stuff…

http://www.bilthamber.com/dynaxs50.html

By: kyteler

kyteler — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Ahahahah, can you imagine a C110 as a disgusting InitialD clone car. I think I would die a little inside.

By: Orion

Orion — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:15:51 +0000

Tofu-shop panda is my bet on eventual colour choice

When I got my DR30 panelled in the boot the beater sprayed a shitload of fisholene and rustkill on the patches that he’d made; that shit ain’t ever going rusty again! (or so I hope)

By: kyteler

kyteler — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:12:56 +0000

Nah, no more blue. The previous owner resprayed it a far brighter metallic blue than factory anyway so I’m not losing any heritage by changing. Not going to release colour and external aesthetic to the masses until it’s done.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:40:29 +0000

Good news. Body work just gets in the way. Spray a heap of primer down the sills etc so you don’t have to worry about them rusting through later on.
Are you keeping it factory blue?

By: kyteler

kyteler — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:58:53 +0000

You can imagine my joy then, I couldn’t fabricate anything to save my life! The bottom of the left fender needs some reconstructive work too but all in all, I was most definitely relieved. Once I had finally got the damn things off of course. 1 stubborn screw, 2 snapped 10mm bolts, 1 random imperial bolt in there for typical previous owner measure and them being tarred? into place, took some wiggling etc. The front valance is in pretty good nick also, just needs to be taken back and sprayed. Stoked.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:52:39 +0000

JOY!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:48:03 +0000

That’d make me happy too. That’s got to be one of my least favourite areas to fabricate. Really time consuming for such a small part, especially as you can’t even see it when the cars done.