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| TRP |
 Oct 15 2025, 01:03 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 2-September 23 From: Morgan Hill, CA Member No.: 27,559 Region Association: None  |
WOW. That looks great. You're putting in a ton of work and it shows in the results.
Keep after it! |
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| friethmiller |
Oct 19 2025, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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QUOTE(TRP @ Oct 15 2025, 02:03 PM)  WOW. That looks great. You're putting in a ton of work and it shows in the results. Keep after it! Thanks man! Got some other things going on over the next few months but will continue to work as much as possible on the car. |
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| friethmiller |
Oct 19 2025, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Sanding Interior Spaces (10/19/2025)
Got a kid in marching band so I was out all day on Saturday for a band competition. Back at it on Sunday, though. Nothing too exciting here but progress was made. Got the the trunk, engine bay, the interior, and part of the frunk sanded in preparation for paint. Used a small block with 220-grit and did a good bit of hand sanding. This job is time-consuming and tiring but has to be completed. I was also able to drill out the broken charcoal canister stud in the engine bay, as well. This has been on the todo list for a while so it was good to get that done. I also brushed in seam-sealer in the interior, engine bay, and rear trunk. I'll post those picture later. Here's some of the photos from today's sanding work - enjoy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)        |
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| friethmiller |
Oct 23 2025, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Sealant (10/20 - 10/22/2025):
Even though my pneumatic sealant gun in in-op, I decided to start the process of laying in sealant. I had two different kinds on-hand. One was a gray "brushable" sealant and the other was a black sealant made for use with a chalking gun. Ended up using everything I had available. Can't finish up the frunk without a delivery of additional product. Till then, here's some pics of the process. Note the use of compressed air and brush to mimic the sprayed in factory look. It's not 100% by any means but it's pretty close. These first few photo show the initial brush in on the seams.    Next, are photos of additional gray sealant going on with a brush and then hit with compressed air.    Ran out of gray, switched to black:     My work to start the front trunk before running out of black sealant.   Headed to CO this weekend but will be back at it next weekend. Stay tuned for painting single stage L41 black into the interior spaces. I personally can't wait! |
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| Cairo94507 |
Oct 24 2025, 07:16 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,480 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Wow, after all that metal & body work, finally getting to apply sealant is huge. It looks so nice. Can't wait to see color being applied - a 914 chassis in fresh paint looks awesome. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| didenpx |
Oct 24 2025, 07:45 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 1-September 23 From: Usa Member No.: 27,556 Region Association: North East States
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Looks great. Must be so satisfying to be this close to paint!
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| wonkipop |
Oct 24 2025, 04:03 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,171 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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very cool technique for imitating original sealant look. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| didenpx |
Oct 24 2025, 05:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 1-September 23 From: Usa Member No.: 27,556 Region Association: North East States
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Adding post to get the number of posts off the sign of the beast. YW everyone.
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| bkrantz |
Oct 24 2025, 08:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,521 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Congrats on reaching the milestone where stuff starts consistently going on instead of coming off!
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| Tim17 |
Oct 25 2025, 04:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 3-December 23 From: Newburyport, Massachusetts Member No.: 27,769 Region Association: North East States
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Looks awesome, nice work as always!
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| friethmiller |
Oct 25 2025, 11:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(didenpx @ Oct 24 2025, 06:12 PM) Adding post to get the number of posts off the sign of the beast. YW everyone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Nice! We all appreciate your efforts in the matter. |
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