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Underside starting to get clean, but getting fecked off with lying in small spaces with **** dropping in my face.
Front bumper off tomorrow, then I just need the underseal wax to arrive and I can start putting everything back on. All the small paint chips have been cleaned off and zinc coated.
Last edited by hedgecutter; 20 April 2020 at 08:29 PM.
Bumper beam off, rust wire brushed, degreased and wiped down with IPA, then sprayed with BH electrox and cavity sealed with S50
Then used the S50 up on chassis cavities
Front washed and back on, bodywork decontaminated
Waiting on some plastic glue to mend the front arch liners, then on with some polishing.
I'm also removing the scoop to deal with the corrosion between the aluminium bonnet and the fasteners; but it's taking some soaking. I've treated every single rusty fastener that I've discovered, probably my favourite job infact.
Looking great hedgecutter, show and shine winner!
I really like the finish the BH dynax UB gives.
How easy are the side trims below the front wings with the STi writing to remove? I have some from a R205 waiting to be fitted.
Looking great hedgecutter, show and shine winner!
I really like the finish the BH dynax UB gives.
How easy are the side trims below the front wings with the STi writing to remove? I have some from a R205 waiting to be fitted.
Cheers Mr P! The side panel pops off, but you need to undo the first few side skirt fasteners. The black/silver sti strip is stuck on with double sided tape. Definitely not keen on show and shine, far too lazy.
Looking great hedgecutter, show and shine winner!
I really like the finish the BH dynax UB gives.
How easy are the side trims below the front wings with the STi writing to remove? I have some from a R205 waiting to be fitted.
As hedgecutter says you only need to remove the first few clips
Front washed and back on, bodywork decontaminated
Waiting on some plastic glue to mend the front arch liners, then on with some polishing.
I'm also removing the scoop to deal with the corrosion between the aluminium bonnet and the fasteners; but it's taking some soaking. I've treated every single rusty fastener that I've discovered, probably my favourite job infact.
good shot of the wing vents (one larger and one smaller hole) with the side trim is removed - the rubber trim on back of the side trim keeps that area closed off but it is designed to allow to extract under bonnet heat
The amount of work and effort gone into that is amazing. Quick question though about the fuel flap, in the pictures it looked a bit dull almost like faded paint but then when you cleaned it looked just like the rest of the car. Was it the pictures or dirt or did you put something on there to bring the colour back out.
Come on you tight bugger, get a new wheel arch liner.
all that work...
Hard times, plus way too tight.
Originally Posted by NOSSY_89
The amount of work and effort gone into that is amazing. Quick question though about the fuel flap, in the pictures it looked a bit dull almost like faded paint but then when you cleaned it looked just like the rest of the car. Was it the pictures or dirt or did you put something on there to bring the colour back out.
Thanks; it needed it. The fuel flap interior is the secondary colour, like the engine bay; I just used Surfex degreaser. However, sunrise yellow is a really absorbent colour, staining easily. It also photographs very differently depending on the light. Mine has definitely faded on the plastic sections, and when it was next to Paul's one in the earlier photos, they were quite different; too much tropical Jap sunshine, followed by the wide sky of Cornwall and no garage.
Corroded scoop clips
And treated after some careful extraction
The same clips hold the rear hatch trim; if allowed to rust they will seize and eventually break the plastic holder.
This is the last bit of trim that needs cleaning.
Seeing that, I thought JDM did not have rear wiper?
What will you do with the decal on the rear window? My Type UK on the side windows are a bit scruffy, was thinking of taking them off with a razor blade.
I hadn't thought about the sticker; it is a bit tatty. Jdm definitely had rear wiper, but deleting them is popular; the other yellow hatch in this thread had a delete, but you know how much guff gets on that rear screen.
It's blowing a gale here now, so that's put paid to the final undersealing, so I'll change the coolant instead.
I'm also going to swap out the transmission mounts and cushions for group n ones. Surprisingly it has a standard one, ending 010.
Seeing that, I thought JDM did not have rear wiper?
What will you do with the decal on the rear window? My Type UK on the side windows are a bit scruffy, was thinking of taking them off with a razor blade.
you are thinking newage cars, i.e. bug blob,hawk
they have rear wipers in wrx and sti form although the spec c doesnt
20 April 2020, 08:27 PM
nice pic tho
