casasteve Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Loving all the polishing. Are you just blasting them with a wire brush attachment or something? Makes me wish I had a workshop/large garage to work in. Working on the street is a pain in the ar$e! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakosuka Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Loving all the polishing. Are you just blasting them with a wire brush attachment or something? Makes me wish I had a workshop/large garage to work in. Working on the street is a pain in the ar$e!Yes, I usually just use a wire brush wheel on the drill machine. I then polish with sandpaper and those sandpaper pads to get the real effect. For instance the VTEC solenoid and the engine mount were done only with the pads and sandpaper, the bolts and nuts only with the wire brush wheel. Yeah, we have a workshop (will make some pics on sunday) that we rent for 300€, but there is 3 of us, so only 100€ a month, which is not that expensive I think. We also have a lot of tools there from the workshop owner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casasteve Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 That's pretty handy The best I can get local to me is a tiny single garage for about £36 a month, but there's no space for anything but the car itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakosuka Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Well, you probably live in a city? Ljubljana (capital city of Slovenia) is so small I only have 10min drive and I am actually in a little village on a farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakosuka Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 So, a bit more progress.I started the car after doing the oil, filter, oil pan gasket, thermostat and the spark plugs. Looks OK, no leaks, everything seems to work I replaced the rubber brake hoses for my new shinny HEL braided brake lines, looks much better, just a bit of a PITA to route them. Note that these are actually MeisterR's, but I have made some FK stickers to pass the inspection Then I also cut off the rear arches, only what is on the inside to prevent rubbing. Then I finally got the calipers and other stuff from powdercoaters, but I ended up with Cataphoresis http://www.grupokataforesis.com/engl/procesos/procesos/ktl.htmlThis thing looks really good. Only black color though, but looks good and even. It reaches everything, because they are submerged in the "paint". The best thing about cataphoresis is the price. It's cheap, like REALLY cheap. Almost free actually.Everything you see in the picture was 5€. Yes, 5€! I was shocked, gave the guy 10€ in the end He needed to make plugs for the front calipers, sadly, he couldn't plug the rear ones, so they were not done. Few close up pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 5€ to do all that, how on earth does he make any money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakosuka Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 This is exactly what I said to him. I don't even get up from the bed for 5€ However, now I have to put the calipers on, bleed the brakes and finally put the superturismos with 195/45 tires on and go for a drive... Tomorrow, we go to Kiskunlachaza in Hungary. A little video from last year:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursLhU569hkThe bearded motherfxxxer at 3:02 and 4:50 is me, and my car (Shuttle) is at 3:22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K7000 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Wow...giving you a big thumbs up...!!! Good work so far. Reminds me of my own ToDo-list...my engine bay looks like crap with all that rusty parts...arghhh I'm looking forward for any updates on your car...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great progress mate! The amount of time it must of taken you to polish the engine bay stuff up is unreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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