We have recently done some more work to the demo car and also decided to give it a name.

It now project "COLOSSUS"

Meaning : a thing of enormous size, importance, or ability

We now have make sure it lives upto its name

There is a thread we did before from previous years which i will list below. Some are a bit all over the place but there is plenty of what we did over the last 3 years.

Here is how it was when we bought it back in 2011, i had painted the bonnet center , and also painted the gold wheel anthracite but other than that as it was.



I then did a full strip and paint which took it to this.





You can see more of the work in more detail here: https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...ar-2014-a.html

We have now done some work on the engine bay

 

We now have some freshly powdercoated parts back

 

Had a little bit of progress this week..............

Started powder coating all the small brackets parts from the engine bay, also bought in marine grade stainless bolts to replace all the rusty ones which have been removed

 

Been a while on this again..........

But i now have a young apprentice helper

Progress has definetly started again.

We have started removing everything from the underneath of the car ready to prep for a fresh coat of sealer underneath. I didnt want to seal over everything or around anyhting so a bare shell is what we will work with. Its a perminant sealer the same as what dealers use non of the sticky underseal rubbish that is applied in the aftermarket that while does protect the underneath is just a messy product i cant stand myself.

Ours is a rubbery to touch fully curing coating which looks clean and fresh

More pics will follow.





Just the tank to drop and a few brake lines left. Then all wil be sanded rust treated and etch primed

 

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Lookin good ......

 

Nice

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Nice to see a bigeye getting some quality love.

 

Tank is now off



Underneath isnt in bad condition to be fair not much rust for a car thats 14 years old



Suspect brake pipes thought that will need replacing

 

Had a colour Scheme change and some progress over last few weeks

The tank has been reconditioned





We then decided on painting the inside and changing the colour as we went

 

Finally more progress

and this time it seems like a good bit of progress too.

Underneath and engine bay sealed and painted

























Just had one bit react and lift due to solvent which i can do a localized repair on later

 

Looking good, is that colour Seat Leon Mandarin?

 

Nice colour!

 

H8R subaru Orange

 

it's looking bad *** already - can't wait to see the finished work! What's the plan for what lives under the bonnet then?

 

Ive a CBD which is going to be built for it should be around 550bhp

 

Been a while since we have updated this thread. So here goes............................

We wanted to upgrade the rear ARB mounts and went for a Perrin Stout Mount. Excellent quality and looks nice behind the wheel as well. We found that the clamp which holds the ARB bush in place was thicker as the Perrin bushes supplied were around 4mm wider. Now we were using SuperPro bushes (as they are our sponsor) so i have to machine the brackets down 2mm off each side then powder coat them



Machined and coated ready to fit



Rear Suspension built back up, SuperPro ARB, Drop-links and Bushes. Perrin Stout Mounts with Modified Clamps for SuperPro Bushes. We found no bushes were available for the rear subframe from either Subaru or aftermarket manufactures so we did a tech drawing of what was needed and had them made ourselves. (SWRD REAR SUB FRAME BUSHES NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE)

Powder coated Hubs and New Bearings also added.



Also gave the Brembo's a flash of new colour. Going to be running K-Sports eventually but these will suffice for now

 

Looking good!

 

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Progress coming soon on the demo car.

Booth now installed

 

Just before the booth was installed we also had a mezzanine floor installed to extend our stockroom

 

A lot of Subarus passing through the village lately, are you getting busier?

 

Month on month yes

 

Some progress finally getting some paint laid



Demo car finally rolled into the booth for some colour




We are using the Max Meyer Aqua Max Water Based scheme whcih we have in house.

First coat applied of H8R




Second coat




After 5 coats of base and 3 Coats of clear




Unmasked and looking sweet




Iwata Supernova best paint gun around.

I have 3 of these

 

Passenger side doors and wing in primer and been prepped for paint




First coat of base applied




one cost over black primer

 

Im literally watchin paint dry hence the pic updates. Final full coat of base applied. Once this has dried then a drop coat and on with the clear.

 

awesome colour, like it a lot.

 

3 coats of clear

 

WOW. How did I miss this thread? Great work there mate. Love the new colour. Very nice indeed.

 

Tbf i havnt updated it much as i dont get a lot of time to work on our own car. But a big push to get it done now and its all starting to come together.

Our engine has gone down to EngineTuner for building as well so should be all coming together for next years show season