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BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:50 am

only quarters are rusty on the parts car!

doors have 1 or 2 spots (around 2 mm spots)

Driver side door is rusting on the inside below the door panel but just starting.

Overall the panels i need are 100x better than whats on my car.

I'll be swapping both doors, fenders and bumper :)

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:13 am

Restore work has begun, I'll probably take about 2 - 3 weeks to get it all sorted out. I only have about an hour or two every day after work to do anything.

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Sure looks naked without the kit on it!
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I was afraid to look behind the side skirts at the rocker panels and seeing rust but boy was i relieved to see this. Very Very Minor at the back right corner.

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And here is a picture from about a week ago before all this work started :)
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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:50 am

Yep, those sills are still nice and solid. Are you going to get the rust repaired on the rear arches?

That rust on the bottom of the drivers door is very unusual...

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:48 am

Yah I'm getting the arches repaired.

And BTW our cars are left hand drive so the picture you see there really is the passenger side door :lol: and the rust is on both doors. I just did a temporary paint job on the drivers side so it's hard to see..

Rust on the bottom of the doors is common on the preludes here in Toronto. Which is why I got the parts car and the doors and fenders are in excellent shape!

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:02 pm

:facepalm: yep, well done for translating my rhd ness :lol:

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:35 pm

Haha now you know :P

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:09 pm

Painted the rear valences last night and color is very very close!

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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:20 pm

I can't see a difference at all, in the pictures.

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Re: BB6 - Thusee from Toronto!

Post by thusee » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:20 pm

it was all scratched up and paint was chipping.

The doors have rust on the bottom so over time the side skirts started yellowing in that area.

The front lip has like a million stone chips

All of these area's will be taken care of :)

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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:24 pm

:facepalm:
No I mean you said the re-painted rear skirts colour was very very close (presumably to the rest of the bumper). I was saying that it looked so close, I couldn't tell a difference (as in, it's a very good match), not that I couldn't tell a difference from before you started fixing up the car :lol: Obviously it's much better :D

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