Illumina

Got my struts in the mail today.

MAN I love getting new parts!

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2x BZ3099

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and 2x BZ3015.

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I'm also heading over to a friends house today to drop off some parts and sand blast some stuff. (My ball joints were a bitch to get apart from my steering knuckles)

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I have a small pile of suspension and mounting parts to blast and repaint.

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He has a blast cabinet which is ideal for this sort of thing. I would blast them right out in the open but it would make a ridiculous mess.

I will post after blast pics tomorrow.

Blast and Seal - Wheel Wells

Inspired by having less than 100 days to finish my car I have recently found some time to work on it.

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I have chemically stripped all of the factory undercoating out from the wheel wells on all four corners, and sand blasted out the remaining residue.

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Still wielding my new found ambition, I gathered my painting supplies.

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Black Zero Rust, according to "Resto Rick", should be thinned by 25% using a lacquer thinner in order to be sprayable.

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That's one part thinner to four parts Zero Rust.

Using my nifty dumping spout I fill the cup to the 20oz marker adding 16oz to 4oz of lacquer thinner.

Here is my ridiculously long spray contraption.

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lol.

It consists of an air pressure regulator and an inline water filter which keeps my shitty compressor from fucking up my dope ass paint job.

Next time I paint I will re think this setup but only because it was hard to get it under the car in certain places due to it's height.

A couple hours later, It's beer time.

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Sealed the cowl area.

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Inside the cowl area.

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Under the fenders.

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And all four wheel wells.

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As you can see in the above photo I need to remove and repaint some more pieces from underneath the rear of the car. I will clean and seal all of the inner body panels (especially the rear in the above photo) to make it chemically impossible for it to rust for a good long while. Assuming I'm not retarded. But that may be assuming too much.

Here is a link to Resto Rick's Tips and Tricks for using Zero Rust.

I found them to be invaluable.