The Body is Painted
The time when i can take a breath and say “i finished!”.
The Body is Primed
New bumpers. I use the same temporary improvised table to paint the hood. Starts to look like a car. The “nervous” parts. The way i work is my “signature”. Water proofing for the branding elements.
Doors and Inside Painted
It started to look good. I had a small fix at the top left corner, so the primer is colorful. The preparation of the roof section is important. Later i rustproof it. I don’t know how many layers of over-spray are on the floor.
Preparation for Painting the Doors
I created an improvised table and stands for the painting of the doors. Also hooked on where i can. Brake cylinders also primed.
The Engine Compartment is Painted
Yesterday i seam sealed the weldings and the places where the sheet metal joins and today i sprayed the first time with Gletscherblau. The light in the garage tells me that it is little dark, but when i look closer i like it. The paint is perfect, but my paint…
The Engine Compartment is Primed
Today i primed the engine compartment. Tomorrow i will flat a few spots with sand paper and seam seal all the weldings and cracks between the sheet steel.
Preparation to Paint the Engine Compartment
There is a bulgarian phrase “парен каша духа”. This could be translated as “One who already burnt their mouth, blows (to get cooler) the mash”. So i already over-sprayed a lot and i don’t want this anymore. I packed the entire car, except the engine compartment. The places where there…
All the Cardboards Except the Roof are Glued
In the last days i glued the quarter panels to the body. I glued the cardboards with fiberglass and clean them with Dremel and pink stone as much as possible, so there’s a minimum inner tension after the installation. The next step is to clean with dremel, add epoxy if…
Nuts for the Back Suspension Arms. Duroplast is Glued to the Doors
Back Suspension Arms While installing the back suspension arms, one of the threads (front left, where i cut the bolt while disassembling) had no force to support the click of the torque wrench (~112 Nm) and i had to reinforce all the 4 mounting points with spring washers and nuts.…
Under the Cardboards is Painted. Cardboars First Fiberglass Applied
Under the Cardboards Painted I painted under the cardboards with MetalForce Urethane 8:1:1. Cardboards Glued with Fiberglass Today i glued the cardboards with fiberglass. The green thing is masking tape on the outer side. I marked with big arrows the places that need to be glued 🙂 All the 6…