LOL I'm going to research if they had some old native american summer dance or somthing. My luck I'd get the rain dance or worse maybe the tornato dance. at least you don't get the wind chill in the garage. I can only do small sperts. BTW changing the spark plugs in a rotary with power steering and A/C is a PITA. You gotta do it by feel. getting the socket on to tighten it is the hardest part.

 

Glazing done... body work done... Gonna install gas door and mask... shoulb be in primer SOON!!!!

 

Ok, so i redid the driver side wing, it didnt match to 7.1 inches behind the roof and was 1/8th inch wider..ugh.. So i redid it and its done, glazing work is finished as well is the "extended" gas door, the kits original gas tank door was supposed to sit in and we both decided it needed to be flush like the mode 1 kits is...








So i live at the foothills of the willamite pass outside philomath and its a bit colder out here, i have a 35,000 BTU heater, two large oil heaters and my wifes(hehe) salon hair dryer, and this is as hot as i can get my insulated shop...UGH!


Close!

done, but not hinged, so this is just mocked up, the spacing turned out great, and the inside is like it never was any different

 

So a few more hours of 320 sanding on the body to get it down a little more, and then taping and the car will be ready for primer! Hoping for this sat or sunday as they say it will be getting above 9 degrees at night,lol... If its over 40 i can get the shop to 90 warm it all up, then open the vents to spray, close it and keep it at 70 for the hours it needs to cure!! Heres how it sits now, pretty much ready for primer, blocking and paint! Been a long few months, but its there! (note the dust in the air-finally got a camera out there besides my phone- and thats why i want you to wear the respirator chris!) :P

 

Gigity!!! Close to primer

Notice in those last few pictures how clean the floor is... yeah, I did that.... without a respirator.. cough cough.. maybe not the brightest idea

Wish we could be painting everything, but, the weather and temperatures just aren't cooperating. So, at least for a little while, I'll be cruz'n in a primer white 7

 

any idea on the color? id go with something flashy. yellow? hehe. looks amazing. keep up the good work. I <3 1st gen widebodys.

 

going with a firemist dark red, almost black.. Its a very nice shade between dark burgandy and candy apple, with a slight pearl to it. I cant wait to see it, i wish it was warmer

 

nice, cant wait to sit it. and i cant wait til its warmer either, my rx7 wuldnt even start today! i was pissd. it was sitting for like 4 days in the barn, and when i went to start it started for like 2 seconds then shut off and did that for a little, then it wuldnt even start at all, dah. and i made sure it was unflooded. im thinkin it might just be the cold. hopefully

 

I lol'd. Really really hard.

Joe, how much do you charge to fit kits?
I got my R-Magic one I might turn you on.

It never sold, so its going on another car.

 

i have no idea, i am doing this for him beacuse i can, however he wont stop finding ways to make it up to me ,lol ..... (chris :P).... I suppose it would depend on what you want done to it, and what paint scheem you want to put on? I will be updating the thread later today, i got some done over the last few days.......So the paint will be laid soon!!!!!!!!

 

Just fitment for front bumper, rear half bumper, skirts, and wing.
You don't have to paint, it needs to be stripped and fitted for a
cage, and converted to rhd before I even consider paint.

 

um, get a quote from the local shops and have them print it out and let me know what they want for a job like that

 

looks good so far dude

 

when you going to be done with it

 

Its getting primed this weekend, and color soon to follow through the week, Heres where its at.. Got to clean it before primer, then sand/seal, and throw base on, color sand, then repeat, bla bla...




















Note the nice rear wheel spacers!

 

Nice maskin Joe!

 

its tedious and difficlult but standing over the shoulders of the body men for the years i did, sure paid off,lol.... Its nice watching several people with 20-40 years under their belt do it, they show you some very interesting ways to get your fingers into spots and get the tape to bend in ways that you wouldnt think possible,lol... Thanks!!! I cant wait for color!!! Then the next meet

 

Looks great joe! people don't realize often just how important a really good mask job is, or how tedious! Is this a roller? You pullin the hood and shooting it seperate so you can shoot the engine bay as well? Did you guys consider masking and shooting a coating on the inside fender wells while you have it easilly accessible? Sorry, not tryin to be a pain, but when I shot my old mustang, after final assembly and everything .... THEN it occured to me I should have put a coating in the wheel wells while I had it all pre-paint. Anyhow, great job. I don't envy all the sanding and color sanding etc. still to go! LOL

 

we are going to do the engine bay as a seperate shoot. He has heavilly modded the bay and the wiring would be a nightmare, so its going to be seperate. After its all cured and color sanded and buffed we will start on that!And the inside fender wells will be done as well in this shoot .

 

Looks good joe.

 

joe. do something to that eye sore jinx drives . man that s hard to look at .. 10mm

 

get off my neopolitin paint job. The 12 tone makes me faster.

 

lol.. If he wants his car done i am down

 

I've already told you Joe, when I'm ready for paint, hopfully soon I'll be having you spray it. I just joke about the multi colors. It does add to satisfaction of smoking nicer cars. they think its some broken POS witch it kinda is, but it moves, and quicker than you would think.

 

jinx ....... faster than what ????????????