T323 JHB

sleag40 · June 04, 2014, 08:54:06 PM

Other side scraped clean now. Gonna empty the engine bay and remove suspension next as the engine bay is first in line for painting.

sleag40 · June 07, 2014, 08:51:34 PM

Ready to drop the engine and box out now. Biggest ballache so far was getting the headlights out - all the screws were buggered so had to use mole grips on the engine bay side.

sleag40 · June 10, 2014, 07:02:46 PM

Done some more stripping while I wait for time on the ramp to remove engine and box. Doors and tailgate stripped bare, side glass, seat belts and rear shelf/speaker supports out. Once the screen and motor are out the inner wings, battery tray and sills will be POR15'd and the engine bay will be prepped for paint.

sleag40 · June 11, 2014, 08:05:29 PM

Sills ground back to metal today - thankfully no surprises to report!

sleag40 · June 12, 2014, 06:50:47 PM

Sills and battery tray treated with POR15 today. Hopefully engine coming out tomorrow.

sleag40 · June 14, 2014, 04:17:58 PM

More POR15 action today. Engine bay prep next.

sleag40 · June 18, 2014, 06:16:04 PM

Theres a few rusty bits on the drivers side - nothing serious though. Gearbox side is pretty good. Once the rust is treated and seam sealed it should be good to go for paint.

sleag40 · June 25, 2014, 08:55:16 PM

More scraping today - not much more to come off now - think that the tedious stuff is all but done. Paint and seam sealer still to do before it goes to the man Bez.

sleag40 · June 28, 2014, 04:06:19 PM

Seam sealer next on the list.

physicsfool · June 28, 2014, 06:45:34 PM

Going to be a stunner when you have finished

sleag40 · June 29, 2014, 04:26:15 PM

Quote from: physicsfool on June 28, 2014, 06:45:34 PM
Going to be a stunner when you have finished

I hope so mate - many hours going into this!

Today has mostly been about cleaning all the wax and shit off the inside of the wings and treating the bits of surface rust.

sleag40 · June 30, 2014, 07:30:59 PM

Seam sealer done. Question is, which one of a thousand other jobs to do next?

Etches · July 01, 2014, 06:47:53 AM

Looks awesome mate, some graft has gone into this!

sleag40 · July 01, 2014, 07:29:02 AM

Quote from: Etches on July 01, 2014, 06:47:53 AM
Looks awesome mate, some graft has gone into this!

Cheers man - its nice to reach a point where I can see that progress is being made. Should be getting a lot bluer soon!

sleag40 · July 03, 2014, 08:03:26 PM

Cleaned and treated both sides of the slam panel and headlight brackets. Pretty tedious!