AFGMOTO1978 Build Thread by afgmoto1978

By diyauto
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6 minute(s) of a 237 minute read

5-25-2006

Alright! The car is finally at the frame straightener and he said the major parts of the chassis is on the money already. Just have to pull down the pressed in section under the driver side door and maybe a few small adjustments here and there.





Lookie lookie what I got in the mail today from Japan....99 Spec taillights!

Also got the paint, went with PPG Tungsten Gray Metallic, same paint color as the Mazda 6. Pretty similar to my bike and a lot easier to color match down the road in the event of an unfortunate fender bender with a tree. Came out to $827.15 for all material needed, got a 40% discount, thanks Industrial Paint Supply! 





6/3/06

Okay, Got the car back from the frame straightening and they did a good job. Still need bondo under the driver side door, but not nearly as much. I added a pic of the damaged area for a frame of reference, sorry for the different view angles.

Got my Rotary Extreme sleek headlight kit in Thursday and they look sweet. Mounting for this kit was a total joke, decided to make my own framework.

I also got a free Mazda 323 last Wednesday. Man what a piece, but once I fix the things wrong with it, it will be an good commute/backup car. Thanks Apex for letting me use your Golf, you are truly a friend (notice the background advertising).

Started doing bondo today and will be doing tomorrow. (And the next twelve months) Having a DA saves a lot of time. Notice the amount of mud on the door, not sanded yet, but damn!























6/12/06


Started work on retrofitting the aluminum stiffening brackets from the stock front bumper the urethane 99 bumper. Some interesting details are in the pics. It will be interesting how well it fits up. 







Got my motor back from Pineapple!! So pretty, so pretty. Another motor I miss





Got more bondo work done Yesterday. Started applying the skim coat before I left John's shop last night.

Started stripping the sealer in order to stitch weld some key areas. Not going to go all out and do the whole chassis. I know some of you may say "Why not?", but this car is a street car first, race car second. Who am I kidding, I'm an interior removal and eight point cage away from making it into a racecar. When I find a good R1/R2 chassis later down the road I will go all out and make it a race car. Had one, but traded it for another FD (Trying to sell it now)





6/20/06

Started stripping the sealer off the interior cabin yesterday and did some more today. Got 10lbs of dry ice after going to three different Baskin Robins. Put the ice on the sound deadening and chip it off once it got cold enough. What takes weeks to remove conventionally took about an hour and half to do with this method. 









Comments

Nice build!

Posted by Diggymart on 12/10/19 @ 12:54:14 PM