On holiday and too much rain =

[nismo]

I got bored and decided too make a start on my car early this year.

So here's the plan. Sort out rust in engine bay first.

Firsly strip out as much of the ancilaries as I could without removing the engine ,



then.
Removed all the seam sealer first and found ALOT of rust underneath it. So cleaned it up using DEOX GEL , took several aplications.


And then its time to spray some high zinc primer on it.

[200jim]

will be watchin this what ya got planned

[nismo]

Sort out all the rust first...

Then do a full color change

And finally fit a bigger turbo + inlet plenum.

Should keep me busy over the winter..

[200jim]

lol yeah i should think so. you goin for colour you was talkin bout when i see you?

[Petrol]

Was there any evidence of rust behind the seam sealer before you started? More pics of the effected areas would be useful Keep up the good work

[nismo]

There was a fair bit of surface rust under the seam sealer alot more than I expected, but nothing had rotted through.

Sorry but all primed now so I cant get anymore pics

[nismo]

All the rust done now and a couple of coats pf zinc primer. plus welded in new metal around battery tray as quite bad there.

[nismo]

Well apart from a little blowing in required on the front corner, it has come out well.. I have decided to go for a pure white.



See how easy it will be too keep it clean

[200jim]

shit you done that fast looks good how you get rite down back of the engine? whole car that colour now?

[nismo]

If you remove as much as possible of the pipes / wires etc you can get around the engine quite well,

Only the engine bay done atm

Next interior..

[200jim]

really does look a good finish. jus aerosols?

[Chris]

If you remove as much as possible of the pipes / wires etc you can get around the engine quite well,

Only the engine bay done atm

Next interior..

Gained my respect ALMOST on the level of pedantic petrol pete

[stueywalls1]

keep up the great work I will be watching and trying to pick up some tips along the way.

[nismo]

No I used 2K pure white. You get alot better finish that way and the paint is harder than celulose..

[Petrol]

Top job

[nismo]

Some more progress, intercooler fitted and radiator + sprayed up front bumper support bracket..

[M.D.]

very clean, i do like nice clean white engine bays.

[Parker]

Wow, you must have one of the lowest post-per-day rates ever lol

Lovely bit of work it has to be said

[nismo]

Started on the rear today and decided to remove the seam sealer to check for corrosion after what I found in the engine bay, found several small patches and a couple right at the rear that had split apart at the seam.

So out came the Deox gel again..

[DanS14a]

very nice. Like the look of that engine bay, I wouldn't mind doing the same on mine. Top job