Well I finally made a little progress on my junk. I cleaned up and painted the engine compartment. Came out okay in my opinion. Still neesd a couple more coats. I have about $30 invested in it for paint, laquer thinner, wire wheel.


Before....

 

after 1

 

after 2

 

Looks damn good!

 

what brand of products are u using? also how many coats are u applying?plan on doing my rs but im leaning towards the por-15 .



thanks!

nick

 

just regualr dupli color low gloss black from autozone. that was 3 cans, gonna get another 3 cans and it should be good to go!. i hit it all with a wire wheel on a drill.. then blew it off, then 220'd id half assed... blew it off again, laquer thinner whipe down and then sprayed it.

 

looks nice man! plan on doing anything with your underbody and wheel wells next?



nick

 

i pressured washed everything with that foamy engine brite degreasser stuff.. whole under body of the car.. pulled tank out, got all up in there.

 

keep me/us posted, i plan on starting mine this spring/summer and im even doing the inside floor of the car for ultimate protection against rust,here in michigan we know all about that lol


nick

 

That looks 200 times better. Not to be mean you had one of the ugliest engine bays I have ever seen. Great improvement.

 

no man it was one of the ugliest cars yovue ever seen, lol. cant beat an $800 car that you drive onto and off of the trailer, and sell parts off the car for $950 and still have a body, 4" glass hood, draglights, panhard bar and lower control arms

The whole car was in horrible condition, this was just the first step. all of the interior is out, the doors are off, bumpers are off, every wire and hose and carpet and panel etc EVERYTHING is off of the car.

 

Wow your at the point where you should put the frame on a rotisery and get the car blasted.

 

nah... its gonna be a race car (tehcnically, itll only race, but its not going to be certified). i want it to look decent, but low budget. My whole budget is to run 9's for 6k.. i think i got it covered as long as i dont get side tracked making stuff too nice lol

 

If you really have it as striped as you said get it blasted. Remeber to go fast you gotta be light. So blast off all that sound deadining, undercoat. Everything. THen just give it a light and i mean light coat. Also on the underside try and spray it dry. Itll help the air under your car get out of from under it. NASCAR trick for superspeedways. That and itll help you when your welding on Sub frames and roll cages. Not to mention how good itll look. Try and look for a sand blasting pot if and do it yourself.

 

Amazing job! Keep up the good work!

 

That looks AWESOME! Are you going to take it down to Commerce?

 

car probably wont see the track. just race it on the street.