Found a couple of rust spots behind the seam sealer that I packed with Deox gel and moved onto the boot.
Stripped all of the seam sealer out of the boot
Found a couple of rust spots behind the seam sealer that I packed with Deox gel and moved onto the boot.
Stripped all of the seam sealer out of the boot
Just shows how badly these cars were made when even the most loved examples need work
1998 Nissan 200sx s14a , 2000 std 5 speed with nismo supercoppermix clutch bn6 Sapphire Blue
Split open the sills at the rear of the boot. Just a little surface rust so out with the Deox gel again.
Carried on stripping sealer around the top of the arches into the passenger cabin and found a couple of spots that lined up with the arch on the wheel side being treated with Deox gel.
Had a look through Polofours superb thread and took note of various areas still to check so whilst the interior was out started to pull up the sound proofing on the floor under the passengers seat.
Last edited by Garyp; 05-06-2016 at 07:04.
Welder on standby, only a few feet of car to go nowOriginally Posted by Chriscooke
Just shows how badly these cars were made when even the most loved examples need work
great work so far mate, i need to carry on with mine soon
Great stuff Gary - that's some obsessive care and attention. Great to see.
Especially when we know you'll drive the tits off it as soon as you get the chance to...
Thanks guys. Looking forward to Rockingham and getting to know the car on track
No refurb plans today but no doubt will be in the garage later
Last edited by Garyp; 05-06-2016 at 07:36.
Not far to go now mate. On the track do you Grip or drift?Thanks guys. Looking forward to Rockingham and getting to know the car on track
Drift looks great and I have been watching some today at a local karting circuit but its grip for me.
I've drifted mine before and its alot of fatigue and damage to the cars. Grip from now on for me.
Yay, more people more interested in grip than skids!!
Good work so far
CheersYay, more people more interested in grip than skids!!
Good work so far
Done a bit more work today. The rust on the panel under the passengers seat / carpet / soundproofing was just on the surface so wire wheeled it up and applied Zinc primer.
This is the front section of the right chassis leg roughly under the drivers seat. Previously removed the surface rust but knew it needed a bit more investigation.
Made the first cut and can see where the rust has transferred through.
Additional protection had been added but looks like the corrosion has spread from the spot welds between them.
Continued poking at this area found under the seam sealer around the rear passengers arch.
There are 3 different seams that meet here.
This extended through to the wheel side of the wheel arch...
Did a bit of cutting to remove the unwanted metal
Noticed some marking on the wheel arch fold above and behind the controller on the rear passenger arch, this lined up with a section being Deoxed in the wheel side of the arch.
Multiple seams here again. Cut back to good metal.
Chris was round at 9am to crack on with the welding. Chris started on the drivers arch and I started to cut some new plates for the passenger side.
Final patches welded in...
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