Ha, made ya look! I say nearly because it still has paint (which I guess would be equivalent to lingerie), rust holes (tattoos?), and jackstands (high heels).
I have taken off pretty much everything, but I have a few questions...
What have I probably forgotten to take off? (I did find and remove the plugs for the ski rack mounts)
Is there any way to remove the windshiled trim clips without destroying them?
Is there any way to save the sticker on the door jamb?
There appear to be caps on the top sides of the holes where thr trailing arm mounts. Should I remove those?
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And the second pic: (last for now)
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nice... keep it gween
I've decided to go for the full monty and soda blast it.. so I can go with my first choice of yellow. (yellow is faster)
I saved my door jamb tag and reattached it after painting. I think I warmed it up with a head gun and carefully slipped a razor blade under it. You could probably remove and reuse the windshield trim clips, but I don't think they are that expensive so new would be better. I kept my original clips on but it was a pain stripping paint around them.
There used to be 6 plugs (3) on each side under the roll bar above the engine lid.
Yes, remove the 6 plugs covering the tops of the trailing arm bolts. I like to soak those with penetrating oil before removal. When you are done painting, put the plugs back as they keep crap out of the holes. (Or you could do what I did and through bolt the trailing arm bolts and put nuts on top.)
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(Or you could do what I did and through bolt the trailing arm bolts and put nuts on top.) |
Do you know where that " Head Gun " has been?? Did you wash afterwards???
Yea go yello--green is puke
I fall for that naked teen thing everytime.
Then there is the "head gun" to majically get the door jamb sticker off.
Hey Jwalters is that a ZIPPER ON YOUR STRIPPER? cool avatar man.
I'm just checking... Is it a bad sign that when I saw the subject I actually pictured a bare-metal 914?
I did the same thing. We're a messed up bunch.
I want a head gun!! 'Course I'd probably never get anything done.
We really need a perv smilie.
Wow that's a bold move! Any chance you could post a few pics of the areain the trunk just on the other side of the steering wheel? I'm interested in what penetrations there are through the body under the air vent stuff.
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Get new windshield trim clips, otherwise you'll watch helplessly as it flies off when you're cruising down the freeway. They are a one time use item. You can actually order new door jamb stickers from the dealer. There are subtle differences with the replacements, but IMHO they're good enough for everyone but the CWs. That's what I plan for my Aubergine car.
Hereyago!
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From the back:
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QUOTE (McMark @ Jan 25 2005, 08:47 PM) |
You can actually order new door jamb stickers from the dealer. |
Coolio man! Now I can figure out where the H20 is coming in.
Ok I'll ask it, why did you choose blastin as opposed to chem strip? Is it cheaper? Better? I'm still on the fence on what I'm gonna do when it comes time.
QUOTE (jwalters @ Jan 25 2005, 04:30 PM) |
Do you know where that " Head Gun " has been?? Did you wash afterwards??? |
QUOTE (Cabasa @ Jan 25 2005, 09:34 PM) |
Ok I'll ask it, why did you choose blastin as opposed to chem strip? Is it cheaper? Better? I'm still on the fence on what I'm gonna do when it comes time. |
QUOTE (bondo @ Jan 25 2005, 02:39 PM) |
...rust holes (tattoos?)... |
how much does it cost when you take the car to be paint-stripped (material blast or chemical) then re-painted?
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how much does it cost when you take the car to be paint-stripped (material blast or chemical) then re-painted? |
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A professional chemical dip is best.. brad had a thread about it a while back. |
Wow, I didn't know about the seam weeping. I thought the neutralizing dip was supposed to take care of that.. it obviously doesn't though.
As for cutting the longs open, when i said best i should have clarified... I meant best for what I was doing.. since I'm going V8, I don't need the tubes in the longs. If I were acid dipping I'd leave them and let em dissolve. But now I'm convinced it's not the best, because of the weeping issue.
Good to know I'm doing the right thing!
BTW, the tub is pretty nice but far from perfect. It's got rear trunk rust, a hell hole (long is intact though) and a heck hole (sail panel by door latch). After the soda blast they should be pretty easy to fix though.
If you live in New Mexico like me, there is sand coming out of every nook and cranny anyways! I have been leaning towards the soda blasting, and that way I can leave the wiring harness intact. Problem is I have no idea how to find some one that does that work around here!
I found the place I'm going to use under "sandblasting" in the yellow pages. I just called around, and it turns out this place is about to start doing soda blasting.
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I thought the neutralizing dip was supposed to take care of that |
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It's got rear trunk rust, a hell hole (long is intact though) and a heck hole (sail panel by door latch). After the soda blast they should be pretty easy to fix though |
QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Jan 26 2005, 10:52 AM) |
Add it up. It's comes to $5-6k to acid dip it using that method and wanting to keep the heater tubes. Joe (914RS) and John (Johnman) both acid dipped their tubs. Joe mentioned a new type of acid dipping. I'll let him chime in here. John mentioned that he didn't care about his heater tubes (race car) |
another:
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Here's a before pic:
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QUOTE (McMark @ Jan 25 2005, 10:47 PM) |
Get new windshield trim clips, otherwise you'll watch helplessly as it flies off when you're cruising down the freeway. |
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Sorry to hikack the thread |
QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Jan 26 2005, 05:49 PM) |
No problem. Joe was just showing us pictures of his UGLY car (it now has an UGLY motor to go in it, UGLY deck lids, it's UGLY yellow... oh, he has UGLY dogs and an UGLY wife too!!) |
QUOTE (mudfoot76 @ Jan 26 2005, 04:16 PM) |
Sorry to hikack the thread, but my windshield trim has started to come lose on the driver's side. I can press it back down and it will stay for awhile, but will eventually start to "peel" up last time I drove it on the open roads. Short of replacement, is there a more permanent fix available? The rest of the windshield trim appears to be fine. Pictue attached for reference... |
I fixed mine quick see pic. Actually temp fex it needs a windshield deal with it then.
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QUOTE (bondo @ Jan 27 2005, 01:12 AM) |
There are trim clips 2"-3" from the corner on both pieces. It sounds like they're not staying clipped. You might be able to fidget with the trim where it gets clipped to make it stay better, but it'd probably require removing the trim (major pain). Eric's idea would probably work and it's MUCH easier. |
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My ugly wife is a kick boxing instructor and says she's looking forward to meeting you at WCC! |
QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Jan 27 2005, 10:07 AM) | ||
You better hope not, she'll never want to come back to you (and your ugly car with the ugly motor and the ugly deck lids)! I'll have an extra room key made up just in case though. I'll have it in an envelope at the front desk marked "Joe's "Beautiful" Wife"... Did I mention how beautiful I think your wife is? (how the hell am I going to explain all this to my wife?) |
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