Guest skimattybee Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ok so ive decided to park old blue and strip her down all at once, insted of trying to do one panel at a time while trying to keep it on the road as my daily driver. ill post photos as i progress, feel free add an suggestions, because i am going to need them. pardon the quality and lighting in some of these photos, they were taken on my blackberry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Above are photos of the car when i got it, several months ago, if you look closely you can see where the paint is cracked on the hood, it is the same on the roof, (caused from some dumb kids climbing on the hood and roof when it was parked for a year, before i got the car) i have sanded down the hood, fender and roof and put some high build epoxy primer on them since then ok, so i finally got the car in the garage, starting to strip it down, take off window, interior pieces, seats, lights and such.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Sweet! Keep at it! I'm doing the opposite right now, and fixing one panel at a time while daily driving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 found some rust in the usual spots, under the battery tray, under the cowl around the blower intake, and some dummy covered the rust on the hatch with silicone and painted over it, that was a blast to scrape off. also found out that i have P90 heads, and if i was told correctly those are from the l28 engine? im quite new to the s30's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 got the side skirts off , since i decided to get 2 new fenders, hopefully get a set of fiberglass fenders from john at baddogparts.com along with some other goodies. in the meantime i will be repairing the fiberglass front air dam that my stepdad backed into, causing my fender to crinkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 got the front bumperoff, along with the headlight buckets and one fender, which is for sale, pm for photos i had to grind the heads off of the screws holding the top of the fender because they were so rusted, but thank god that was the only thing rusted, besides a little surface rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 got some photos with both fenders off, and the bumper off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Ready to rally!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 oh yeah, ready to get back on the road already, only been down a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Haha, I was referring to the front end shot with no fenders. Looks like you're taking it to Baja. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftover z Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Baja Z or Mad Max Z ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 so i went took a trip down to orlando this weekend to pick up a brake kit and some interior parts from fhptom and came back with truckload of 260 parts...literally a truckload, i have yet to go through everything but i plan to this week , gotta figure out what air dam i am going to use now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 did a bit of cutting and grinding today, found some more rust coming through also the drivers side floor isnt as bad as the passenger side floor was, for now i am patching it up, later down the line i plan on getting some bad dog frame rails and new floor pans. cut out the seatbelt cup in the floor, they were completely rusted through, iplan on getting harness seatbelts anyways going to patch up the antenna hole found some rust bubbling from under the paint in the jambs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 yard sale anyone? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerzed Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 yard sale anyone? haha you selling a set of those seats? How much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 wasnt planning on it, but i suppose i can. i need some racing seats with harness' because i am taking the stock seatbelts out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Wow, digging in deep. Be careful to get seats that fit against the B-pillars. Sometimes those seats with the wide wings don't make it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i have been looking at some 350z seats or some later model bmw seats if i can find a set for cheap, if not i guess ill go with a cheaper pair off of ebay for now, guess i will find out what fits and what doesnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 im using stock honda civic si seats out of the older 91 civic hb. its kinda bucket style with nice head adjuster and you can slide the two harness around the head rest and sit nice on top of the seat area under head rest. way comfortable and maintain a factory look. i have a cage so i gave away my factory belts also. at that stage, i wouldnt worry too much about seats yet and focus on the body!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skimattybee Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 well i am trying to find seats because if i have to put in custom brackets i need to do so now , insted of having to buy NOS seat mounts and then cutting them out in a few months anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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