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Nexus Flux and I are going to be disassembling the front half of my car for a respray today. If anybody could help it would be greatly appreciated. I've never removed the front fenders or the front bumper, plus we could use some help wet sanding these items as well.
So how did it go?
Special thanks to William, Shawn and Bo for coming out and lending their help with the disassembly and sanding of my bumper and fenders. Kamil has done an excellent job so far. Our only problem has been the high amount of humidity. It seems to have effected the hood, unfortunately. We will assess our options when it is finished drying. Pics will be up soon.
Here are some pics!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01167.jpg
Looks like a chop shop victim!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01169.jpg
Kamil the anti-huffer
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01171.jpg
Wet-sanding the final touches on the louvers.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01181.jpg
12:30am. Extremely humid!!!
Looks like a nice job so far!
Sorry I missed out...
Everything turned out real nice. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for my boss frog fender braces that I ordered last monday!Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Never heard of them. Got a link?Quote:
Originally Posted by johnwag
On here http://www.miataroadster.com/ about have way down.
If it comes out good Kamil may get some work from me.
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Originally Posted by driftdevil
Why not, his garage floor is already red
lol
No, the funny part was the look on John's face when I kicked the piece of cardboard covering the floor to show him the contrast between the clean and the oversprayed concrete. What looked like pink suddenly changed to beet red.
mega cool. i want to see it all installed, and you have to let me know how well the fender braces work.
Well........I bit the bullet and put it all back together, minus the fender braces. They were out of stock, but nobody let me know last week, so I won't have them until friday, most likely.
I haven't had a car for four days and I've got crap to take care of, so the car is mostly put back together. Anyone that is interested in seeing it will do so at the wed night meet, tomorrow night.
The car looks nice and shiny and I'm pleased overall. It definitely looks better than before. I'm planning on clay bar the rear half.
Now all I need to do is have the doors and rear bumper painted to match!
I put the fender braces on today. It's getting easier and easier to take off and put on the fenders. ;)
Here are some pics.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01195.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01196.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01197.jpg
Notice much of an improvement?
I'm still in the process of seeing the improvements. I haven't had the opportunity to test them thoroughly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
I did notice an increase in steering feedback. The front end doesn't have as much of a tendency to understeer because of the chassis flexing in a hard turn.
I was in sachse today and I can usually get the rear end to flick out at this specific intersection. When I tried to do it the car just stuck when I flicked the steering wheel. So, I tried to force the slide a little by continuing in the throttle, and an understeer characteristic occurred.
I'll have more conclusive results when I do some high speed "roundabout" testing.
It supposed to improve cowl shake over RR tracks and such too.
I don't know if I'll be able to tell a difference there, since I have the flex's.Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
Any pics of the car all put back together?
Here are the before and after pics. Notice how the front end changes from pink to gloss red.
BEFORE:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01157.jpg
AFTER:
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC01186.jpg
::Whisp::I think you got the paint on the hood a little thick. It's got a bubble!?!
Lookin' good.::db2::
Nah, he's just happy to see you. ::BaHump::Quote:
Originally Posted by Radio-Active