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Davey's 4th Gen BA8

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Re: davey,s 4th gen Ba8

Post by DaveyBa8 » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:44 pm

Toed it up to the garage with only a handbrake for braking lol: spent an hour today doing abit of stripping, bumper, lights:
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All wiring and more bits:
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I've to take the subframe out yet again and suspension, 2 wings to come of and then get sanding, preping and painting! Black engine bay and phantom grey Pearl on the car, going for that colour as a tribute to my first prelude/ donor car :( :)

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:53 pm

:? Looks well clean as it is!

But good luck to you! :D

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Re: davey,s 4th gen Ba8

Post by DaveyBa8 » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:59 am

Rust! It's taking up all my time and its no fun lol, decided to keep the car now lol and not brake it.

Drivers leg:
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Few coats of Deox C gel and then I brushed on some acid and left it over night, pitting is very bad so it was difficult to remove:
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End result is fantastic:
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Starting on the wiper unit panel:
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One coat of Deox gel:
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A few more coats to go^^

Some of the other rust under drivers leg:
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A lot to do, I've the exhaust and heat shield dropped, bonnet off and front windscreen ready to pull out.

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Post by mercutio » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:22 pm

great work buddy 8-)
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Post by mart609 » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:25 pm

good work. time consuming, but worth it in the end

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Re: davey,s 4th gen Ba8

Post by DaveyBa8 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:03 pm

Trucking away at this,

Wiper motor panel:
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A few more panels being treated:
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Finished of the drivers leg:
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Re: davey,s 4th gen Ba8

Post by DaveyBa8 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:06 pm

When all the rust was cleared and everything treated I coated the most vulnerable areas to 2k epoxy black mastic:
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Re: davey,s 4th gen Ba8

Post by DaveyBa8 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:10 pm

So then I rubbed everything down again:
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Then 2k high build primer:
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Paint in the next few days :) then sort out the engine bay for the engine, subframe and all the small bits in between to be sprayed up.

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Post by mercutio » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:43 pm

great work buddy 8-)
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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:48 pm

Didn't realise you were going to so much great effort with this one bud :) Fantastic work! :D

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