My various projects thread.

[BruceK]

I wish my car's headliner looked that good.

[94touring]

I looked at yours and seemed fine to me  8.gif

[BruceK]

Maybe I'm remembering wrong.   

[94touring]

Dug deeper into the rx7 tuning.  I couldn't get it above 21-22psi.  It would fall flat on it's face and occasionally have bad ignition breakup, presumably from the 800cc of water/meth at that level.  Decided I'd buy new coils as these for all I know are the originals and are prone to loose their punch over time.  Pretty confident that will fix any ignition breakup.  As far as the car falling on it's face after 21psi, I did some research and found that the computer I run has a setting  where it fuel cuts at a specified psi.  Opened up my laptop and found my fuel cut was set for 22psi.  Problem solved! 

[94touring]

Couple pics of Bruce's car.

[BruceK]

Nice and shiny - even without the clearcoat yet.

[94touring]

Maybe it's the color, but that's 3 coats of clear.  As shiny as it gets!

[MiniDave]

Do you cut and buff the clear or is it good to go right out of the gun?

[BruceK]

Maybe it's the color, but that's 3 coats of clear.  As shiny as it gets!

Oh, it looks plenty shiny.  But when you said you might not have to color sand it, I took it literally thinking only the color had been laid down so far. 

[94touring]

I meant it sprayed out so good I may not need to color sand out imperfections like minor orange peel or dust nubs.

[94touring]

Tear down for the respray.

[BruceK]

I can't wait to see her with her new wheel arches.

[94touring]

Here's some masking pics for the others to see.

[MiniDave]

You're shooting the whole car then? I thought you were just doing the front and boot lid.....

[94touring]

Minus the roof, doors, front scuttle...  Kinda have to paint the whole thing when plugging holes from the old flares. 

[94touring]

Some updates on Bruce's car.  The minor rear window rust was spread out further than anticipated. All the flares are fitted and rrady to go back on after paint. Both front wing seams are cleaned and properly sealed.  Knocked down a lot of filler which had caused cracking.

[MiniDave]

How are you liking those wheel stands?

[94touring]

Work good though we determined that one ortwo bigger bearings would be better than three to reduce rolling friction.

[94touring]

Sanding and sanding and more sanding. Did I mention sanding.

[MiniDave]

UH, Houston, do we have a problem?

His car is Pepper white (new MINI color) IIRC

[94touring]

That's white primer Dave.  The previous shop used white also, so this helps blend just that much better.  No problems in Houston.

[MiniDave]

Aha! What I don't know about painting cars could fill a library!  ::) 8.gif

[94touring]

Got Bruce knocked out in the paint department.

[BruceK]

Emma is looking very good indeed!

[94touring]

Came a long way!