Turkey Butt…
Interior rounding out. Finished up the center console and dash pieces.
I was attempting to polish my shifter bezel and it got caught in the buffer. I’m going to have to glue it and do a Carbon overlay because prices on these have jumped.
Waiting on some interior clips to finish installing everything. I need to get some fiberglass to reinforce the door cards then wrap those and then I can turn my attention to the seats.
More interior…
Today I continued pulling parts to re wrap and clean up. I also pulled more of the old tint off. I’m still contemplating going with mirror, color, or just 50% ceramic to keep the interior from fading like it did.
I had flocked the center console grey. But it didn’t come out the way I anticipated and it didn’t stand up to use. So I started to remove the flocking so I can wrap it in the grey suede.
Started pulling old cloth off for fresh…
Pump up the jam, pump it up…
While your feet are stomping
And the jam is pumping
Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin’
Pump it up a little more
Get the party goin’ on the dance floor
See, ’cause that’s where the party’s at
And you’d find out if you do that
Parts for the electric PS are coming in…
Headlining…
Ran out of spray adhesive. More gets here Thursday. Which is fine, I broke all the clips and those will be there Friday.
I bought a LVLP paint gun, and got my Pops old gun and compressor. No more paint shops?
Wrap…
In this episode I fail.
Not completely… but partially.
I started wraping interior pieces. The lower portions came out well but the upsers were just too intricate for my skill level. Additionally the material was too light.
My truck keeps picking up nails.
The material for my headliner came in. Loving the color.
Steps back…
I finally found a method to attack this overspray. Razor blade, pick tool, masking tape, goof off auto gel, and steel wool.
Door sill gaskets I pulled off and scrubbed.
Under the car I sprayed with undercoat.
I took a break and started on the interior. I thought this would be motivational but I found quite a few issues. I thought the interior would be mostly dirty but I found that most of the bride material is sun faded as well as dirty. The body shop cracked the front of my seat, they had left the door open while it was in the shop and there’s a thick layer of shop dust and overspray all in the interior, the spot welds to bolt for the harness bar in the B pillar broke and it fell inside, the brackets to the radio broke while pulling it out. I had tried to flock the center console. But the adhesive wasn’t strong enough and the material is all over the interior. I’m going to have to order more cloth and redo all the parts that were already done. Ill also have to get better seat mounts to support the seat after I do some fiberglass repair.
While pulling the interior apart I found some stickers and passes from old drift series.
I bought a steam cleaner and some dye. Praying it comes out decent.
Ace Hood…
Wild how the vents look black in the shade. I’m going to need to make a drip tray for this so water stays out when it rains.
Moving this hood solo is a workout. It’s unbelievably large and heavy.
Also installed my HKS resevior socks.
Haitch Kay Ess…
I spent entirely too much for a timing belt and oil cap. But twas worth it.
I initially installed the belt “backwards”. It’s not like it would have affected the function but my ocd wouldn’t let me leave it alone. I took everything apart and reinstalled.
Moterr Mountzz…
The last time I drove the SC was US Air 2021.
I kept blowing intercooler couplers and there was there was a strange kickback on the gas pedal. Eventually my throttle cable broke. I initially suspected the motor mounts despite them being less than 2 years old. But visually they looked in great shape, and they passed the motor shake test inexplicably.
I suspected the traction control to be the culprit but bought some Silver mounts anyway just in case.
Today I finally got around to installing them and discovered BOTH mounts were completely broken.
Wild. I must have been driving on these for a LONG time. This also explains my broken and loosening power steering AN lines as well as my intercooler couplers blowing just from the engine movement. At one point I felt like the throttle was running away from me which also makes sense.
New mounts in. Now I can start reassembly in the bay. I will still be doing electric PS. My oem pump and Drift Motion pulley will be for sale.
Getting somewhere…
Today everything went pretty right.
I did a final coat of 2k clear on the engine bay and unmasked the engine to pull the valve covers off for paint.
I also got paint and clear on the hood and unmasked it to let it dry in the sun. Very ok with the results.
It was tempting to just slap the car together without these details but I’m glad I didn’t.
Cleaned and primed the valve covers.
Then got some color on them. Can’t wait to put the new 2500 twin turbo decals back on in the new colors and get this back on the motor.
Bathroom bumps…
Last night I went out with my homie and he ended up in the bathroom doing bumps with a Mexican cat. He became paranoid that MS13 was after him. After finally convincing him to leave I drove him home. We had to chill in the car so he could come down. The night ended with a pushup contest on the sidewalk. He owes me $200, because his Venmo wasn’t working.
Anyway. Here’s where the car is…
This feller was unpleasantly surprised when he got home.
Title…
Prepping my wing for the detail paint I realized it had no clear on it. This scummy shop single staged all the aero. I’m going to have to get it cleared. I masked and painted the wing and masked the top of the hood.
I’m so over this paint job. There’s already some issues with the paint on the hood.
LP2…
I’m seriously reconsidering switching my plan to do the trunk and engine bay black obsidian metallic black and go to midnight purple. I sprayed the underside of the roof wing LP2 which is the old color of the car and I forgot how pretty it is.
I masked off more of the engine bay and removed the fuse box and some wiring.
I also finished painting the cold side piping and wrapped them.
Hot side polishing and wrapping next. I ordered more LP2 in case I do change my mind. Trunk wing and hood vent get painted next.
Subframe slop…
When drifting I could feel my entire subframe moving around. Jacking up the rear to change tires there was about half an inch if gap between the subframdme and frame.
So I bought a bunch of Battler Version stuff to fix it (I finally got bump steer correction rods as well. My bump steer was so bad I hit my elbow on my helmet and tore something in my shouler at turn 1 at Piedmont).
Pulled the subframe and pressure washed it. Then pulled all the arms and diff and sanded it for paint.
I POR15’d the diff as well.
While everything was out I cleaned the bottom of the SC and undercoated it.
Loaded the diff and arms and solid bushings into the subframe and put it back in the car.
Next down there I need to replace the sway bar and endlinks.
Pypes…
When I bought my 1j I picked a halfcut that had steel cold side piping because I read that side tends to rub and get holes in the aluminium. As a bonus I got an HKS intercooler and couplers. The intercooler mysteriously disappeared at a shop that won’t be named…but the piping needed refreshed badly. Originally I was going to buy just piping but prices for JUST the cold side were $600+. So I decided to refresh what I have which is structurally sound.
My space is limited so Im spraying small things like these outside. Not concourse by any stretch but it will do.
Its getting chilly so I’m heating parts before spraying.
Layer of prime down…
You wanna know the dumb part of this? I’m heat wrapping all my intercooler piping. So you won’t see any of this work. But I would not be able to sleep knowing that horrible finish was underneath…
I’m so hood…
Base coat done. Waiting for the rest of the paint to come in to do the metallic then clear. I may add reflective tape to the center.
#joyofpoo 
Recent Comments