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Old 02-03-15, 01:24 AM
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Will ask the guy to send me clearer photos, what kind of impact will this have?
If it is going to cause issues then he must source another one and do it properly.
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Will ask the guy to send me clearer photos, what kind of impact will this have?
If it is going to cause issues then he must source another one and do it properly.
Im sure he can polish it out bro
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Ya it shouldn't be an issue as long as the surface is still flat which I'm sure it is
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Redid the wiring harness this weekend, deleted a lot of things that where just left in the harness.

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Did some engine bay stripping this weekend and started on the sanding of the engine bay, wow what a mission to and all those nooks and crannies :shock:

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Started with the sanding down of the engine bay, a lot of work considering I need to get through 3 layers of paint to get to the bare metal but went pretty fast, managed to do most of the left side on Saturday.

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Parts are back from engineering, rotors balanced and lighten and irons dialled.
Will be cleaned and prepped for rebuild this weekend

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Housings cleaned and ready for assembly.
again sorry for bad pic, my builder dons know how to take good pics

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If you dont mind me asking, what is the cost to have the rotor lightened?
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Old 03-20-15, 12:51 PM
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Coming along nicely
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I like where this is going , keep the nice work , I'm subscribing
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Originally Posted by 04G35S
If you dont mind me asking, what is the cost to have the rotor lightened?
Cost me around $400 to get both lightened but that is here in SA. Could be cheaper your side.
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Originally Posted by 7speed
Coming along nicely
Thanks man!
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Originally Posted by 7krayziboi
I like where this is going , keep the nice work , I'm subscribing
Yeah hopefully can get everything back in by end of April and drive it finally.
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Yeah hopefully can get everything back in by end of April and drive it finally.
Cool then you me and warren can go for a breakfast run in May
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Cool then you me and warren can go for a breakfast run in May
Hopefully bud, moving at the end of April so I doubt I will have everything done.
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Here is what I did this weekend.

Striped front bumper off



Striped venders off



Sanded almost all areas of engine bay, just need to do the fire wall and done, will do that on Friday and spray down primer, hopefully get at least one layer of paint on too. Then the rest on Saturday.
Engine should be done this weekend and can therefore go in the following weekend.


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Some pics of the engine after engineering







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Ok so was busy this weekend, got lots of photos, enjoy

Engine bay wrapped up and ready for primer





2 x coats of primer done





2 x coats of colour





2 x coats of gloss clear





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I started the reassembly of the front wiring harness, rewrapped the entire harness and found some shorted out wires which I took car of, will post some pics of the wiring harness reinstalled.
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Spent some time redoing the dash board wiring harness last night here is a before an after photo

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Engine done

Solid corners


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Sorry again for the poor quality pics, the builder has a old phone.
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are you taking these photos with a potato?
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The bay looks great! Now lets get some videos of her running
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are you taking these photos with a potato?

hahahaha, i think my Builder is, these photos are from my the guy that built the engine so have no idea what he is using.
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Originally Posted by 7speed
The bay looks great! Now lets get some videos of her running
Thanks bud, yeah came out better than I thought it would have.

Should be up and running by mid may, hopefully
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