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I did a lot of rust removal today after work... working on the area underneath the pedals and driver seat. Lots of crevices in there to work on. Although about 3/4 of the surface area is finished, all the work is left to do in all the cracks and crevices. I'd say there's easily another evening or two left to clean all that up.
But it's getting done. Which is more than I can say for the past 4 years. |
- posted by //Ender-DI @ 9:02 PM
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Well, there's been mostly a whole lot of nothing going on over the past year. I recently got the 86 back from Gabe and now I'm starting to restore it. Let's see... a few of the recent highlights - in no particular order:
- The rear end noise is gone, courtesy of T3
- A freeze plug in the engine block popped out so I got a new one and installed it
- Jesse Sanchez of Fleetcolor Auto Body fixed the crappy kouki rear wheel arches - now they're spiffy clean ones like the zenki style.
- Yesterday, I dropped off two Enkei mesh wheels to a shop to have them media blasted and/or dipped to get rid of the crappy spraypaint job they have. Then I can finish restoring them.
- Trini and I started washing out the interior and spraying it with rust treatment paint in preparation for carpeting
The interior paint has been the most recent event. I now have the rear hatch area painted and the part that goes under the bottom part of the rear seat. I even removed the rear hatch weather seal and all the fiddly bits in the hatch's door jamb to paint over all that too. Today I'll continue to clean and paint and hopefully get the driver side done where most of the damage is. If you recall, the clutch leak had leaked fluid under the carpeting and it ate through everything, including the paint. Now there's tons of surface rust. Hopefully today I'll be grinding it down to a shiny surface again, clean it up, and paint over it. That's the part I'm most worried about.
I can't wait to get this interior put back together. I love my ae86, but it's in such a sad state of neglect. It's running beautifully, now I want to put it together, and make it look like I actually like the car.
A mental note of what is left:
Get it smogged... again.
Finish the interior
Replace the stolen head deck
Replace the HVAC controls
Fix/recharge the AC system
New brake master cylinder
Replace transmission fluid
Replace the doors with clean dent-free ones
OEM JDM rear bumper
Install S12 lip
Paint the car
I still *REALLY* want the Acura Voltage Blue for my car. I'm just not sure it's feasible right now. I want to do the paint right, but funds are low. If I skimped, I'd still have a red engine bay and probably other parts of red poking out. I have half a mind to sand it all down and go get it Maaco'd red again. But I'm SICK of red cars. Red Supra, red AE86 #1, red AE86 #2, red Galant. Bah. I don't even like red, but somehow I keep ending up with red cars. I keep hoping that my friend will open his new body shop soon so I can build him a website so he can paint my cars. Heheh...
A couple weeks ago, someone asked me if my car was for sale and during the conversation, it occurred to me that I've had the car for about 8 years now. Time flies. |
- posted by //Ender-DI @ 3:22 PM
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