Sandblasting, wire brushing, Zinc phosphating, POR15'ing, Poly Bushing read end :D
01-14-07, 01:50 PM
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Sandblasting, wire brushing, Zinc phosphating, POR15'ing, Poly Bushing read end :D
I thought I'm a little behind on posting up pictures of what I'm working on (Also ran out of wire brush bits for my drilll) So i took some time to post up pictures of what I've been up to lately.
First I sent everything to be sandblasted (I got all those parts sandblasted for 50$CA from a truck shop place btw) I Still need to take the rear end apart to get all the sand out of it and give it a thorough cleaning.
Then I went and picked up a few wire brush bits to get it looking a little bit more like a polished look and even out the sand blasting a little more.
From there it's POR-15 time, degrease all the part, zinc phosphate them, then por-15 then topcoat. quite a long process but I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end.
The radiator piece and most of the engine pieces I think will get powdercoated (I'm tempted to just por-15 them too, the more I look at the finish of the POR-15 the more I actually would like to have it done to them well see how that goes though)
Anyhow enough talk here's the pictures
BTW (Anyone know if those rubber piece on the caliper braket are replacable? if so how)
First I sent everything to be sandblasted (I got all those parts sandblasted for 50$CA from a truck shop place btw) I Still need to take the rear end apart to get all the sand out of it and give it a thorough cleaning.
Then I went and picked up a few wire brush bits to get it looking a little bit more like a polished look and even out the sand blasting a little more.
From there it's POR-15 time, degrease all the part, zinc phosphate them, then por-15 then topcoat. quite a long process but I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end.
The radiator piece and most of the engine pieces I think will get powdercoated (I'm tempted to just por-15 them too, the more I look at the finish of the POR-15 the more I actually would like to have it done to them well see how that goes though)
Anyhow enough talk here's the pictures
BTW (Anyone know if those rubber piece on the caliper braket are replacable? if so how)
01-14-07, 02:31 PM
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Since you sandblasted, then skip the POR-15 and use a 2-part epoxy base coat with a single stage urethane topcoat on underneath parts. On exposed/showy parts, add a high build primer to smooth and fill the texture left from the blasting.
Since there is no rust, the POR-15 will not work as designed. The smaller parts can be powdercoated.
I believe ReSpeed has the lower control arm bushings.
Since there is no rust, the POR-15 will not work as designed. The smaller parts can be powdercoated.
I believe ReSpeed has the lower control arm bushings.
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Originally Posted by trochoid
Since you sandblasted, then skip the POR-15 and use a 2-part epoxy base coat with a single stage urethane topcoat on underneath parts. On exposed/showy parts, add a high build primer to smooth and fill the texture left from the blasting.
Since there is no rust, the POR-15 will not work as designed. The smaller parts can be powdercoated.
I believe ReSpeed has the lower control arm bushings.
Since there is no rust, the POR-15 will not work as designed. The smaller parts can be powdercoated.
I believe ReSpeed has the lower control arm bushings.
Yes, the rubber boots in the caliper are replacable. Some caliper rebuild kits come with them...I've also seen them listed separately, but don't remember right off hand where.
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01-14-07, 09:09 PM
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Umm that stuff has been sitting like that bare for about a week now with really no sign of rust on there (The rear end is basically the only exception), but i think that i would rather stick with the POR-15 to just incase there was rust on there and might add up later on. Cost wise its really not that bad neither.
Rich, would you think that my local caliper rebuilder might have them then. If so I might try to stop by there tomorrow and get him to change them for me. Shouldn't be that much.
Rich, would you think that my local caliper rebuilder might have them then. If so I might try to stop by there tomorrow and get him to change them for me. Shouldn't be that much.
01-14-07, 09:27 PM
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well the process that its done anyways is you degrease the part, then wash it with water, then you spray it with zinc phosphate and then rewash it, then you wait till it dries up ( I just use a heat gun to dry it up faster) then you POR-15 it. So it does get washed with water in a way
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Originally Posted by trochoid
Sam, if that's the case, then add water and help it rust more. The more rust, the better it will work. I know it sounds silly with all the work done cleaning it up, but it's true.
dj55b - It's hard telling if your caliper rebuilder would have the rubber bushings or not, but it would be worth a try. I think this is RockAuto's listing for them:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1716
But it's hard to tell for sure without a picture...they used to have pictures of most parts...not sure why they don't anymore.
Rich
03-27-07, 09:46 AM
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So the parts are as follow:
Driveshaft (it was starting to get dark so sorry about the bad picture i'll take more)
Top Cowl piece of the radiator (finally i can put my tools without scratching it
)
Back side of the dust cover painted
1/2 of the rear end housing painted
Rear Eibach springs (don't they look much better in silver)
Some of the bolts painted (No i don't have alot of time I just have a lot of patience)
Driveshaft (it was starting to get dark so sorry about the bad picture i'll take more)
Top Cowl piece of the radiator (finally i can put my tools without scratching it
)Back side of the dust cover painted
1/2 of the rear end housing painted
Rear Eibach springs (don't they look much better in silver
)Some of the bolts painted (No i don't have alot of time I just have a lot of patience)
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03-27-07, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by dj55b
A couple of my car just because i'm on a picture roll lol
BTW ... anyone know where I can get poly bushing for control arms? I've been looking with no luck i don't know why.
BTW ... anyone know where I can get poly bushing for control arms? I've been looking with no luck i don't know why.
I looked into this when I did my suspension work. If you are talking about the bushings in the control arms for the rear axle, then the advise I was given was to retain the factory rubber bushings there as that helps the bind under corning loads. Basically it allows more movement in the axle. I did replace the watt link bushings with poly, but left the stock ones in the control arms and it works great.
03-27-07, 12:26 PM
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nice man. my friend did some of thoose radiator shrouds w/ sandpaper, took forever. you going to paint them black afterwards? (probibly said you were, i only looked at the pictures)
Nope this is the color they're staying , because the new engine bay will be black, so silver would give a nice contrast to that.
03-27-07, 12:28 PM
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I looked into this when I did my suspension work. If you are talking about the bushings in the control arms for the rear axle, then the advise I was given was to retain the factory rubber bushings there as that helps the bind under corning loads. Basically it allows more movement in the axle. I did replace the watt link bushings with poly, but left the stock ones in the control arms and it works great.
