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Haha nice job with the engine bat color , it looks really fresh

 

Thanks man, yeah was surprised at how well it came out and was from a can, Dupli Colour nozzles are really great to use and easy too.

 

Good work man did u use that duplicolor mirage spray? My mate sprayed accessories of his on his golf 5 colour is amazing

 

Yeah was the same, they had a special at Autosyle and came to like R200 to spray my bay Colour looks awesome in the sun! Cant wait to get the motor back in with the blue black and chrome pieces, hopefully goes well together.

 

Yeah I'm sure it will look power man!!

 

Managed to do some work on the car this weekend, took it out for a wash









Prepped the dash for install, cleaned everything up and gave the dash a nice coat of sealer to bring back the shine.





Dash installed

 

That dash looks pretty damn good , what product did you use?
Keep the great job

 

Thanks bud, yeah used Turtle Wax Plastic and vinyl restorer.
Worked like a boss, very happy with how it came out, used the Colinate restore cream before using the Turtle wax, wasn't to happy with the finish of the Colinate but it took off a lot of grim and dirt from the interior pieces.

Should be installing the rest of the interior bits and pieces this weekend and hopefully get the seats in as well.

 

Looks good in the pics.
I'll go buy some and try it instead of using the classic armor-all to make it look shiny,will my dash is out.
Thanks for the clean inspiration
Keep the nice work.

 

Thanks man, yeah went the matt look and just didn't look as clean as the shiny look.

 

some work from the weekend, install my ABS system back in and a few odds and ends, so engine bay is ready for the motor to be installed this coming weekend

 

Test fitted my dash plastics yesterday, will do proper fitment this weekend and then to fit seats and gauges, engine going in this weekend if all goes well and then the proper fun begins.

 

Will be adding a set of these to my RX7 in the next 2 months
My favourite wheel of all time, yay!!! 18 inch 8.5j from and 9j back TE37's in matt black

 

Looking good man! Will be in Randburg next week we must all meet up, would like to see the local cars

 

Thanks man, yeah Randburg not to far from me, send me your number when you get here and we can hook up for a meet.

 

Few more things done this weekend.
Interior almost done, just to wire gauges and install seats.
Then a full interior clean to make it like new again and done for now

 

Started doing my Tail Light modding yesterday afternoon:

First had to get the light separated from the plastic backing which I did in the oven at 130 degrees celsius for 15min




Then I cut out the the circles that will let the light through on some contact paper



Will spray during the week with some high heat satin black paint and reinstall, will come out looking like this:

 

nice mod. i never taught of cutting another circle inside to make it look like rings, i will next time tho nice touch-up bro

 

Thanks man, yeah will post up when finished this week. Made my circles a little thicker than advised.
Just need to paint them now

 

Lights sprayed, just need to sand the lens to get the tint off because its too dark then reinstall

 

Those will looks great. Something a little different from the standard 99 spec.

 

Thanks man, yeah got the idea from another guy here in South Africa.

 

Some thicker tires went on this weekend, more grip, more ride height, the stretched tires just weren't cutting it

Just need to drop the back by 5mm ea side and will see once the motor is how much in the front.

 

Picked up my motor finally this weekend.
Lifted it into my boot and drove home, got a mate to help me lift it out of the boot, dam thing weighs like 200kg's but better than any other engines I'm sure. Went on to install all the neassary bits and bobs and discovered that I have lost one bag of bolts, I always bags bolts from where ever I take them off and label the bags so when installing I can just open the relevant bag and install, now I have lost the bags for my turbo manifold and all the nuts and bolts that attached the turbo and wastegate to the manifold
Must just tear apart my cupboard and see if they fell somewhere but will more than likely get new bolts and nuts

 

Nice james now get that car running asap

Let me know if you need any help bud