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EKLIPZGSX97 · 12-28-2008, 04:10 AM

Teaser Pics... I was busy over the weekend

End Result...

Stack O' Dimes...

Had to have a little fun with this side too...

Just a few teasers. Should be able to have the rest of the pics up tomorrow or Monday...

Plan is... Seal/Caulk on Monday, Prep/Primer Tuesday, Paint Wednesday, Hangover on Thursday, Re-assemble & Roll out on Friday...

If that plan holds, I'll be amazed

Kevin · 12-28-2008, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EKLIPZGSX97

Cheap Interior, I can deal with... as it's easy to take apart and put back together again and again

I just hate the creaks and rattles. So annoying.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EKLIPZGSX97

Teaser Pics... I was busy over the weekend

Just a few teasers. Should be able to have the rest of the pics up tomorrow or Monday...

Plan is... Seal/Caulk on Monday, Prep/Primer Tuesday, Paint Wednesday, Hangover on Thursday, Re-assemble & Roll out on Friday...

If that plan holds, I'll be amazed

If that plan holds up I'll PayPal you $30 lol no joke.

EKLIPZGSX97 · 12-28-2008, 04:52 AM

HAHA!! That's awesome!

I accept your challange, sir!

EKLIPZGSX97 · 12-29-2008, 11:41 PM

Getting Closer... Got everything buttoned up, welds ground down panels sanded, body work done (shaved the Name Plate on the firewall, cleaned up and molded the hood pins, etc...). Got the seams in primer, tomorrow is Caulking and Sealer/Primer. Along with the rest of the taping and firewall prep.

EKLIPZGSX97 · 12-31-2008, 09:48 PM

Today was a huge day... I saw the car as together as I've seen it for over a year. Spent all day today Taping, prepping, priming and shooting the Engine Bay and Re-Clearing/Attempting to save the Carbon Hood. I'll let the pics speak for themselves...

Extensive Tape Job...

Carbon Hood Sanded Down...

Ready to be shot

In Primer...

1st Junk basecoat...

1st Coat of OEM Barcelona Red Pearl

Then we got tricky

Notice all the sparkly stuffs in the air...

And On the Clear Coat for the hood...

And for the final results, After 2 coats of Clear....

And Final results of the hood, unfortunatly the cracks didn't come out like I'd hoped but it looks good nonetheless...

Enjoy! I worked hard all day, I'm sticky with clear coat, and my back is ****in killin me. It's New Years Eve.... I'm going to get drunk.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!!!

11secdsm · 12-31-2008, 10:02 PM

As I already said....WOOT!

turbo4g63 · 01-01-2009, 10:50 AM

Amazing work!

motorvated · 01-01-2009, 12:11 PM

its friday...get it ready to roll out!!! I wanna see you get that $30 lol

Silverfc88 · 01-01-2009, 12:16 PM

The paint in the bay looks amazing! Great job.

W_Evo · 01-01-2009, 12:52 PM

Man that has really come a long way. Great work! Can't wait to see it finished.

JDMTyler3326 · 01-01-2009, 01:50 PM

Looks great man

Kevin · 01-01-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by motorvated

its friday...get it ready to roll out!!! I wanna see you get that $30 lol

Depending on how much Joe drank last night, I'd say the motor wont be in and crankin for a little while

I saved $30!!!!

motorvated · 01-01-2009, 05:10 PM

hahaha ^^

EKLIPZGSX97 · 01-01-2009, 05:48 PM

Thanks for all the compliments guys. I didn't drink as much as I'd planned but hey, 2009 has been a better year already!

I was considering putting some time in today but then into watching the NHL Winter Classic and lost all motivation. I'll be back at it tomorrow, it should be able to hold it's own weight tomorrow, back on the wheels. My plan never was to put the motor in this week, just to have it mobile again by the weekend. So, no $30 for me, haha. I wasn't gonna hold you to it anyway Kevin, I just thought it was an awesome gesture!

There's still a bunch of OEM stuff I'm waiting for to come in, a few aftermarket things as well. As well as having to re-assemble the whole engine bay (brake booster, both master cylinders, fuel filter, etc...) and interior to boot

I'm definitley extremely pleased with the way it came out, and with my decision to scuff down and paint over the prop. valve and brake/fuel hard lines. It looks sooo clean!

noclutch · 01-01-2009, 09:20 PM

Bay looks great, same way I did mine years ago. Did you try fixing the hood with super glue? It bonds with the resin and makes for a very good repair.

EKLIPZGSX97 · 01-02-2009, 01:22 AM

Stefan, I never even know that. haha! It's a bit late now but I'll definitley keep that in the back of my mind in case I ever decide to attempt to repair it again.

noclutch · 01-02-2009, 10:02 AM

Yeah its definitely a bit late as you'd have to get rid of the clear around the areas that you have to repair.

DC2.2GSR · 01-02-2009, 03:03 PM

yes!! i'm loving the paint/body work. nice job on the apron replacement!

what base/clear did you use?

TheAnser · 01-02-2009, 06:32 PM

Good on ya for sticking with it man.

Excited to see the end product!

EKLIPZGSX97 · 01-02-2009, 10:11 PM

Thanks as always guys!

The first bascoat, we called a "Junk Coat" was literally a hybrid of leftover paints that we had laying around that matched pretty damn close to the OEM color. We used that just to get some material down because both pieces were in bare metal.

The 2nd coat was the OEM Barcelona Red Pearl and the clear was Transtar. All the colors were Akzo Nobel a.k.a. Sikkens

I got the hood, fenders, headlights and bumper on today and I got the suspension bolted back up. Tomorrow I've got to put the inner fender liners, carpet, seats, harnesses, and plastics back on and it's ready to roll over to get the motor put back in. I'll probably wait a few weeks for that just to make sure everything is in order so it's smooth In/Out procedure.

12-28-2008, 04:10 AM	#41
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Teaser Pics... I was busy over the weekend End Result... Stack O' Dimes... Had to have a little fun with this side too... Just a few teasers. Should be able to have the rest of the pics up tomorrow or Monday... Plan is... Seal/Caulk on Monday, Prep/Primer Tuesday, Paint Wednesday, Hangover on Thursday, Re-assemble & Roll out on Friday... If that plan holds, I'll be amazed __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

12-28-2008, 04:52 AM	#43
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	HAHA!! That's awesome! I accept your challange, sir! __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

12-29-2008, 11:41 PM	#44
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Getting Closer... Got everything buttoned up, welds ground down panels sanded, body work done (shaved the Name Plate on the firewall, cleaned up and molded the hood pins, etc...). Got the seams in primer, tomorrow is Caulking and Sealer/Primer. Along with the rest of the taping and firewall prep. __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

12-31-2008, 09:48 PM	#45
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Update with TONS of Pics Today was a huge day... I saw the car as together as I've seen it for over a year. Spent all day today Taping, prepping, priming and shooting the Engine Bay and Re-Clearing/Attempting to save the Carbon Hood. I'll let the pics speak for themselves... Extensive Tape Job... Carbon Hood Sanded Down... Ready to be shot In Primer... 1st Junk basecoat... 1st Coat of OEM Barcelona Red Pearl Then we got tricky Notice all the sparkly stuffs in the air... And On the Clear Coat for the hood... And for the final results, After 2 coats of Clear.... And Final results of the hood, unfortunatly the cracks didn't come out like I'd hoped but it looks good nonetheless... Enjoy! I worked hard all day, I'm sticky with clear coat, and my back is **in killin me. It's New Years Eve.... I'm going to get drunk. HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!!! __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 Eco**Boost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

12-31-2008, 10:02 PM	#46
11secdsm Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Warrington, PA Member #4914 My Ride: '15 F150, '11 535xi, '95 M3, '04 Wrangler iTrader: (2)	As I already said....WOOT! __________________ -Chris 1995 M3 LS6 swapped 1991 Eclipse auto- 725whp - 5.93@122 1/8 \|\| 9.14 @ 151 2006 Evo IX- 609whp-> (2.3L) \|\| 11.19 @ 128 ->(stock 2.0) SOLD 1997 Supra- 670whp- 10.91 @ 139 SOLD

01-01-2009, 10:50 AM	#47
turbo4g63 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: near west chester Member #1057 My Ride: 98' 4runner iTrader: (0)	Amazing work! __________________ Bill If you guys see a possum...try to kill it, it's not a pet!

01-01-2009, 12:11 PM	#48
motorvated Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Olde City PA Member #9779 My Ride: 2010 VW Jetta 2.5, 5 speed/ 73 VW Beetle drop top. iTrader: (0)	its friday...get it ready to roll out!!! I wanna see you get that $30 lol __________________ TST....where everybody swings on nuts.

01-01-2009, 12:16 PM	#49
Silverfc88 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NorCal Member #126 My Ride: 88 RX7 TII, 2012 WRX hatch iTrader: (5)	The paint in the bay looks amazing! Great job. __________________ formerly 95nracer Instagram @Silverfc88 11.6@123mph Streetport 13bt, Haltech Sprint RE, FIC 1150cc + Delphi 1000cc injectors, Walbro 255, Borg Warner s360 .88, HKS mani, JGS 50mm, Greddy FMIC, HKS Twin Power, AEM water/meth inj

01-01-2009, 12:52 PM	#50
W_Evo Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Jersey Member #5652 My Ride: JDM 05 Lancer ES, intercooled non-turbo iTrader: (0)	Man that has really come a long way. Great work! Can't wait to see it finished. __________________ PS3 gamer tag: Wevo_VIII

01-01-2009, 01:50 PM	#51
JDMTyler3326 TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Around Member #9917 My Ride: ^ iTrader: (0)	Looks great man

01-01-2009, 05:10 PM	#53
motorvated Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Olde City PA Member #9779 My Ride: 2010 VW Jetta 2.5, 5 speed/ 73 VW Beetle drop top. iTrader: (0)	hahaha ^^ __________________ TST....where everybody swings on nuts.

01-01-2009, 05:48 PM	#54
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Thanks for all the compliments guys. I didn't drink as much as I'd planned but hey, 2009 has been a better year already! I was considering putting some time in today but then into watching the NHL Winter Classic and lost all motivation. I'll be back at it tomorrow, it should be able to hold it's own weight tomorrow, back on the wheels. My plan never was to put the motor in this week, just to have it mobile again by the weekend. So, no $30 for me, haha. I wasn't gonna hold you to it anyway Kevin, I just thought it was an awesome gesture! There's still a bunch of OEM stuff I'm waiting for to come in, a few aftermarket things as well. As well as having to re-assemble the whole engine bay (brake booster, both master cylinders, fuel filter, etc...) and interior to boot I'm definitley extremely pleased with the way it came out, and with my decision to scuff down and paint over the prop. valve and brake/fuel hard lines. It looks sooo clean! __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

01-01-2009, 09:20 PM	#55
noclutch Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Buslengths ahead of sleeperstyle, PA Member #2604 My Ride: Black 3G Eclipse, Riced out iTrader: (0)	Bay looks great, same way I did mine years ago. Did you try fixing the hood with super glue? It bonds with the resin and makes for a very good repair. __________________ New Ride.. 2010 Zone Spark NEV, 48V 5.5hp Thanks Obama

01-02-2009, 01:22 AM	#56
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Stefan, I never even know that. haha! It's a bit late now but I'll definitley keep that in the back of my mind in case I ever decide to attempt to repair it again. __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

01-02-2009, 10:02 AM	#57
noclutch Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Buslengths ahead of sleeperstyle, PA Member #2604 My Ride: Black 3G Eclipse, Riced out iTrader: (0)	Yeah its definitely a bit late as you'd have to get rid of the clear around the areas that you have to repair. __________________ New Ride.. 2010 Zone Spark NEV, 48V 5.5hp Thanks Obama

01-02-2009, 06:32 PM	#59
TheAnser Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PA Member #10418 My Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSXR 750 iTrader: (0)	Good on ya for sticking with it man. Excited to see the end product!

01-02-2009, 10:11 PM	#60
EKLIPZGSX97 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bucks County, PA Member #2381 My Ride: '03 Evo 8 '11 F150 Ecoboost iTrader: (2)	Thanks as always guys! The first bascoat, we called a "Junk Coat" was literally a hybrid of leftover paints that we had laying around that matched pretty damn close to the OEM color. We used that just to get some material down because both pieces were in bare metal. The 2nd coat was the OEM Barcelona Red Pearl and the clear was Transtar. All the colors were Akzo Nobel a.k.a. Sikkens I got the hood, fenders, headlights and bumper on today and I got the suspension bolted back up. Tomorrow I've got to put the inner fender liners, carpet, seats, harnesses, and plastics back on and it's ready to roll over to get the motor put back in. I'll probably wait a few weeks for that just to make sure everything is in order so it's smooth In/Out procedure. __________________ - Joe - 2003 Evo VIII - 2011 F150 EcoBoost...When one turbo just isn't enough.

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