LLave Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I wouldnt bother scraping that... The whole floor needs to be cut out anyway. I am just wrapping up patching up my floors (which were not NEARLY that bad) and I regret doing it. It would have not been too much more work to replace the entire floor board, with better results. Cut em out and put new ones it. I also recall your rockers were pretty rusted, take a GOOD look at them, realize they are essentially the frame rails of the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yeah i been spending my free time looking at the floors and how I will attack them and were to buy them. Thinking about going with the zedd findings ones with the rails. I pretty much have left is the floors, battery tray, and the front lower rockers. Then I can start doing por15/body sealer/primer/paint. Need to save some money for the floors next. In the mean time I will update when i do the tray and lower rockers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dershum Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 If you're going to put in new pans, you're going to have to remove the tar around the areas you want to weld to. That stuff is nasty when it melts/catches fire, and will do nothing but destroy your welds. Do yourself a favor and search around for dry ice techniques...I had a post on how I did mine about a year ago. It really beats trying to heat it up w/a heat gun or torch to scrape it off and getting all kinds of lovely melted tar burns on yourself. And it only takes a couple hours once you've got everything prepped and the dry ice. Plus, you get the benefit of getting to impress your neighbors and show off neat tricks w/the dry ice while you're waiting for the insulation to freeze off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the dry ice advice dershum! I didn't get to the floors today but I did the battery tray area. Edited November 17, 2013 by bestlowrida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dershum Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thanks for the dry ice advice dershum! I didn't get to the floors today but I did the battery tray area. That's too funny...I have a nearly identical hole right where my battery tray used to be. I'm just finishing up my floor pans, and that's next on my list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 It's has been a long winter and it's time to update this thing since it's been a long time. Bottom line is that I finally patched up all the rust in this rust bucket. It was very very teadious, very time consuming and basically a royal pain, but it was all worth it! I finally got to stage were I have to prime and sand and primes and sand and prime and sand! Very fun as you can imagine. Then it was time to paint, I was going to do white or black or red but it seems everyone is doing that so I went with Porsche mint green. It's not perfect because this is only the second full paint job a ever done. It looks better then when I got the car. Now it time to put her all back together and put some undercoat under the car I was thinking por 15? Then figure out what I'm going to use for cabin insulations maybe dynomat? I pick up some miata seat from the local pick and pull. The oem seats are in good condition but they don't hold you in enough. I'll post more pics as I get more time to work on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoke Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Nice color choice. Kudos to you for sticking with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Thanks @slowpoke it's so much work, I forgot to mention that the floors had holes to the front and back palm size and I just patched them and the rest of the floors were pretty stable, going to paint the interior soon with pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sixTZombii Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Well thats awesome, another one actually saved rather than parted. Far too many of these cars get parted out because they just don't hold enough value, so it's nice to see someone go through the work and make a rust bucket rust free. Congrats and thank you for saving a Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks 2sixtzombii. It is a lot of work but worth it in the end hopefully, time to start putting this old gal back together and in the meantime I picked up another toy smh this makes car number 5 in my current garage, number 17 in my life. Edited May 20, 2014 by bestlowrida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 More updates for my car out it all back together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMS Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 More updates for my car out it all back together! Hey there! I don't know why, but I can see your pictures in the previous posts, but I can't see these. Are they stored in different locations? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfg Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hey there! I don't know why, but I can see your pictures in the previous posts, but I can't see these. Are they stored in different locations? Thanks! They would likely have been lost in a site crash that happened around the time those were posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Ok sorry about that well here are some updated pics and idk why they keep coming out sideways I got her on jack stands to do undercoating and s13 coilovers before the winter time. Removed the 4 halfshaft bolts the 3 upper strut bolts and she hanging low enough for me to cut off the tube Pressed, welded, and crappy painted the rear lower perch. She's all in there now. I got the wheel mocked up I DEFINITLY will go with flares in the next few months when spring comes around Is there anyway this can be moved to a build thread section? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Here's a quick booty shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Nice to see you keep at the restoration. Do you have more pics of the rust repairs, welding work, etc? I'm about to embark on that part with my car and just like to see the progress along the way. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 I wish I could of took more pics of the welding stuff but I'm terrible at that stuff I guess. What you see is all I have sorry for the lack of pics @Dingo. Good luck with your rust repair progress its messy but rewarding at the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle319 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Looks good! And I like the color choice! Its nice to see something different from the white/red/black. Im gonna be doing thw same work you did here soon just not nearly as intensive repairs but repairs nonetheless. Any recommendations on a welder? What model did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestlowrida Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Looks good! And I like the color choice! Its nice to see something different from the white/red/black. Im gonna be doing thw same work you did here soon just not nearly as intensive repairs but repairs nonetheless. Any recommendations on a welder? What model did you use? Thank you! I really did want to choose a color that stuck out. I still have a long way to go with it with the brakes and suspension bushings. I'm actually in the process of buying a RB25DET to swap in. The welder I bought http://www.eastwood.com/mig-welder-110vac-135a-output.html?reltype=3 with 75/25 argon co2 mix with .23 wire. I debated between this and the Hobart 140 i think but the eastwood 135 had better reviews so I chose that. I used the snot out of it and been dragging it around my yard and driveway and to friends houses for multiple task, I even store it out in my shed and it keeps going! I'm going to fire it up this summer 2015 for my fuel tank sump and finish the suspension up! Can't wait. More updates to come soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I can't believe you stuck out with the car. I'm amazed when people bring a car with rust like that back to the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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