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I wonder if tube frame the front end wouldn't be a better way to go after seeing that. The 3 is saveable, but there is A LOT of metal work there...good luck. Can't wait to see how the progress goes...always stay inspired!
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I was thinking the same but I kinda want the original look I may have them do some for more support and bracing . But will see
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Second day on the car and it feels great to finally start, I Took of fender and started stripping away undercoating and paint came out failrly easy, then started to take out the inner fender support,
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0958.jpg http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...IMAG0960-1.jpg AND NOW THE PIECE IS OFF . http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0962.jpg http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0964.jpg http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0963.jpg |
I STARTED GRINDING AND CLEANING AND PRIMERED FOR NOW , ONCE IM READY TO WELD AND PUT STUFF BACK TOGETHER, POR15 . IM GLAD THIS SIDE IS BETTER,
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0965.jpg http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0966.jpg http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0968.jpg AND THE PIECE TO REPLICATE WILL DROP OF THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY I GET A CHANCE TO PICK UP SOME GOOD METAL FROM A SHOP TO START CUTTING AND GET IT READY FOR THE PIECE TO GO ON, http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/IMAG0969.jpg |
Very similar rust to what I found on my Cosmo. I'm betting it's because the cowl drain leads right into that area, so all the leaves and dirty collects, trapping moisture. When I reinstall my inner fender pieces I intend to drill some large drain holes.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10939007)
Very similar rust to what I found on my Cosmo. I'm betting it's because the cowl drain leads right into that area, so all the leaves and dirty collects, trapping moisture. When I reinstall my inner fender pieces I intend to drill some large drain holes.
Like I said earlier on your thread I dropped this piece of to get duplicated well similar dont have to be exact but close enough, I cant wait to really start on it Im finishing another project getting it ready for paint to sell but looks like im getting a rx8 in between all this and helping my brother out with his car and having 4 kids I really dont know how I make it to work sometimes lol.,' thanks Aaron for your help |
Just drilling some 1/2" drain holes on the bottom at the lowest points should do the job. The OEMs make little Vs in the flanges were they spot weld for drainage, though since EVERY ONE OF THOSE was clogged on my Cosmo, it appears they don't do much.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10945939)
Just drilling some 1/2" drain holes on the bottom at the lowest points should do the job. The OEMs make little Vs in the flanges were they spot weld for drainage, though since EVERY ONE OF THOSE was clogged on my Cosmo, it appears they don't do much.
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20 gauge is stock, 16 gauge is pretty thick and at least on my Cosmo, only used for a reinforcement plate that welds to the shock tower area underneath the inner fender piece.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10945939)
Just drilling some 1/2" drain holes on the bottom at the lowest points should do the job. The OEMs make little Vs in the flanges were they spot weld for drainage, though since EVERY ONE OF THOSE was clogged on my Cosmo, it appears they don't do much.
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wow that is a lot of rust but hopefully youll get her cleaned up. your off to a good start, good luck with the build.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10956028)
20 gauge is stock, 16 gauge is pretty thick and at least on my Cosmo, only used for a reinforcement plate that welds to the shock tower area underneath the inner fender piece.
ALmost done with one Project Monday off for a cheap single stage coat to put up for sale asap , and second project is been for sale since yesterday so far is going good, Sat is my day for my Next Project for a daily RX8 cant wait to rebuilt engine to start on my rx3 again, |
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Originally Posted by gerald m
(Post 10956242)
^^ :icon_tup:You will find that if you make your 1/2 inch holes a bit oblong there is much less tendency for things to get hung up and clog your very good idea .. ( I have made things like this for years and always found an off size hole always works better regardless of size ) The OEM little V is probably the worst idea anyone could come up with .. :)
Originally Posted by Turbo3
(Post 10956484)
wow that is a lot of rust but hopefully youll get her cleaned up. your off to a good start, good luck with the build.
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Originally Posted by chino_rx3
(Post 10956648)
Yea Im going to use the thicker sheet metal under the inner fender metal tower area original is 20gauge as well but since im a rookie i think I wont burn thru as much with a thicker metal lmao, and I want it for more strenght overall,,
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10957140)
With the correct welder settings and thin wire you shouldn't burn through. Certainly practice on some metal of the same thickness before you try it on the car. Then if you start burning through on the car, you'll know that you're trying to weld to rust instead of solid metal. :)
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I havent done nothing to my car but just move it to back yard until I get my New addition to the family my 04 Rx8 6 speed done bought it super cheap. Got my little hatch back done to so going to sell asap so I can upgrade a few things on my 8 then jump on my rx3. Check out my new toy.
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nice bro, keep trucking on the 3, you'll get er done!
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well is been 5 long months and today I miss my rx3 so I but a bomb in it and bombed it , yep killed all the bugs lol,, Im cleaning it and doing some primer on the open rust areas, Im still working on my rx8 and almost done buying all parts for my rebuild,. here is a picture of my 8 as it awaits its new rebuild heart,
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very nice project keep up the good work and you'll get it done.good luck
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^ thanks can't wait to start on it again.
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Geez that's a lot of rust to fix up, I was lucky my coupe wasn't too bad rust wise. Hope the rest of the car isn't too bad, good luck with the resto.
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I am also looking for some parts for my RX3SP, 5sp transmission, door and trunk lock with key and ignition lock with key. Just got some parts in from Ebay that I am going to be putting it togetter this weekend. Radiator, hoses, spark plugs, rotor and ignition cap. Ready for show. Chino conoces a Ivan que es de aguada medio loquito que se trepapa en la verja en los juego de pelota del equipo de aguada?
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Originally Posted by keithrx3c
(Post 11161875)
Geez that's a lot of rust to fix up, I was lucky my coupe wasn't too bad rust wise. Hope the rest of the car isn't too bad, good luck with the resto.
I was looking for a better shell but almost all where same and some worst for a lot , so I decided to keep and fix . The rest well you will see Lol Keith ;)
Originally Posted by tonka_1956
(Post 11162054)
I am also looking for some parts for my RX3SP, 5sp transmission, door and trunk lock with key and ignition lock with key. Just got some parts in from Ebay that I am going to be putting it togetter this weekend. Radiator, hoses, spark plugs, rotor and ignition cap. Ready for show. Chino conoces a Ivan que es de aguada medio loquito que se trepapa en la verja en los juego de pelota del equipo de aguada?
Good luck finding parts , by the way you should know pipi or heard of him his from Aguada and does fiberglass parts de rx3. Y 2 tambien I'm in a hold on rx3 trying to finish my rx8 in the next 2 weeks |
I keep this picture on my dresser so I can see what I've been missing ,
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Originally Posted by jrrotor
(Post 7941399)
chino se ve chulo el carro yo soy de tampa y tengo un rx3 sp del 77,tengo pal de piezas de motor y pocas de rx3 . si necesitas algo dejame saber ok.
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Originally Posted by jrrotor
(Post 7941399)
chino se ve chulo el carro yo soy de tampa y tengo un rx3 sp del 77,tengo pal de piezas de motor y pocas de rx3 . si necesitas algo dejame saber ok.
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hey Chino,hows the project coming along?
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Originally Posted by tonka_1956
(Post 11205983)
Yo tengo uno rojo del 78, estoy en Kissimmee, Solamente se de otro que esta aqui en Orlando que es de Billy Denizar el esposo de Olga Tanon. Dejame saber que piezas tienes para la venta...
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You guys really need to work on your spelling. :lol:
Keith ;) |
Originally Posted by keithrx3c
(Post 11206483)
You guys really need to work on your spelling. :lol:
Keith ;) Marco |
Slowly, I'll be going to lend a hand with some body work next weekend and should be painted in the near future hopefully. No new pics yet.
Keith ;) |
Originally Posted by tonka_1956
(Post 11205983)
Yo tengo uno rojo del 78, estoy en Kissimmee, Solamente se de otro que esta aqui en Orlando que es de Billy Denizar el esposo de Olga Tanon. Dejame saber que piezas tienes para la venta...
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Originally Posted by Oldschool RX2
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hey Chino,hows the project coming along?
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Originally Posted by rotorypolo
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Keith..how is that SP coming along??? pic??
Marco |
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Well I got my inner fenders back they are not like original look but they will do since is a one piece I'm good with that . I primed them good so when I get ready to put on they will hold up. I will scuff up again and probably put undercoating will see. I'm pretty much done with my rx8 so back to my rx3 .
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Well today I took all my stuff out of car and finally going to start working on it slowly but slowly but surely lol.. I finally finish my RX8 got a few cosmetic work to do But I can live with that for now. Here are some pictures and man I messed up and didn't take care of harness and it clot all wet shit I think I may go with after market wiring harness.
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Got a side job to do this weekends ,party,and race track event so looks I'll be doing hour or so a day when I can good thing I get out at 3 pm got time to work on car here and their,
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Well been busy and having real bad back pain got another apt for another shot in my back hopefully it helps more. Well started doing some little work on car. I'm going start with floor and I'm starting with trunk area and work my way to front , Friday I started on a area and hoping to finish that tomorrow so I can start another rust area in trunk ,
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Cleaned up area and sprayed it and left some areas where I got to cut and weld , got the best matco tool to strip under coating off it works really good you can see before and after .
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Took seats out cleaned them up they look pretty good ,
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coming along great!
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^ thanks I just had another shot In my back so taking a few days off doing more Thursday or Friday . Getting excited finally doing more work on car. Getting epoxy Saturday so once I get pieces together weld time .:-)
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Today I had a bit more time in my hands and tomorrow I may have more time but here is another shot of before and after, once all undercoating is off I have to resand all primer off use ospho then opoxy sealer then primer you will see my steps is more steps than I would like more is easier for me this way . I still have to lift car remove rear end and start stripping bottom end too but I'm doing bottom once lol
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Top picture shows undercoating then bottom white paint with surface rust. I grinder down more of the rust off and undercoating before I primed it . Is pretty solid some minor areas but not to worried about it happy so far I thought it was worst,
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More stripping undercoating and tar mats and floor looks so much better than I though made my day . You can see where rust took over in some area but I'm ok with it since I really thought it was going to be in a lot worst . Can't wait to strip it remove primed area sand it and respray with some real good stuff , I don't want nothing black in car . I decided to paint my car back to original color white . So floors may go grey or something for chassis in grey or white black looks so bla lol
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If im not mistaken, the GLC's trunk floor board (spare tire area) will fit a RX-3.
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Thanks I think that will harder to find then weld some metal lol . Is mostly surface rust and some pin holes that I will fill in when I strip the bottom of the car that will be the fun part
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Nice project you got.. How long has she been sitting?..
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