Well I am officially off vacation for the next month then I am off to London for 2 weeks. These vacations are putting real big dents in the time I wanted to have my car done by. Any who, This is the majority of the body work that was done, It took only one day and there is still some left but the fenders look alot better in my opinion. Also I am going to paint the car Cadillac Escalade Pearl White, any input on that?? THX, enjoy the pics.

 

nice work... cleaning up really good ...you got skills my man you got skills ..

 

No joke man, verry nice work. Is there any chance you could do some body work on my Z?

 

Well I actually ran into some problems with the hatch, it had a little rust on it and I couldnt weld the holes the metal just kept burning so I just had to use body filler.{which I was trying to avoid} and the fenders were pretty straight I just welded a plate where the turn signal was and gave it to my budy to sand and primer. oh and wildman It depends on what you want, I am still learning right now and barely trust myself doing bodywork.

 

I don't have a welder so I always use body filler. I'm doing some body work on my truck now. I sand the inside of the metal down to bare metal around the hole. Then I play fiberglass matt on and let it cure. Then I put some fiberglass reinforced bondo on the outside. That stuff is rough but I sand it as smooth as possible. Then a very thin layer of regular bondo finishes it up nice and smooth. Lots of primer and its done.

I did this on my Z about 7 years ago. The hood where I did repair is still perfect. The area around the gas tank filler was much worse and I do have some rust bubbles now.

 

Mainly the passenger rear quarter panel is buckled out a bit. The guy that I got it from said he got rearended. But it is not a whole lot, but it causes the passenger door to be off a bit. And it has a small dent in the door because of it. I am not that good at bodywork. I mean this is basically my first car I am restoring. Also the front bumper is pushed to one side a little. Not a lot, but enough that the front bumper is slanted to one side. It is kind of weird actually. And of course I have the same problem as you have with the rear hatch. D#mn louver holes from the past. I can't stand louvers on these cars especially! That is my opinion of course.

So I figured I would redo the interior, because I have artistic ability. I have just about all the parts I need to finish it. Mainly I want to sand the floor board, maybe prime it. And then add the sound-deadener insulation. Then I can install the carpet. The headliner I am going to get some gray fabric material. Cut it out, for the t-tops, roof lights etc... And glue it on the original cardboard piece. My mom is going to help me with that. It shouldn't cost me more than $10 or so. She redid the headliner on a '87 Subaru XT. Which a friend of mine has now. It looks great! Anyway that is a summary of what is going on.

 

Wildman Send me a pic of the rear quarter panel to my email if possible, and I will see. Or we can wait til the pavillions??

 

What welder were you using at what settings and what size wire?

Sheet metal on these cars is very fragile and doesn't tolerate heat very well as you've discovered.

Use the lowest amperage setting on your welder with the thinnest wire you can.

 

Hey you said it was June 3rd right? If so I couldn't make it, I have to work Fridays, starting next week. There isn't anything going on Saturday? You see I work from 4pm to 2:30am. Mon-Fri. But anyway I will get a picture of my quarter panel for you, and you tell me what you think. I miss the graveyard shift days. When I would work from either 10 or 11pm to 6 or 7am in the morning. But those days are gone. Anyway get back to me on the pavillions, if there is one on Saturday. Talk at you later!

 

I finished a little more I filled the antenna hole primed most of the rear 1/4 panel and finished half of the hatch.. Let me know what you think.didn't realize I included pics of the new T/4 adapter with the wastegate pipe..The rest is in the gallery..

 

Nice work s/cL3.0, my car should be no problem for you!

 

There is a couple flaws, its not perfect

 

sweet. you thought about taking off the side molding?? I did that on mine, just left a couple small holes running down the sides.. easily fillable, since you are in the spirit and all IMO, it looks better..

 

Wow, a straight T4 turbo with external wastegate. Awesome.
Will that turbo fit between the adaptor and the steering arm?

Nice work on the body too.

 

Yeah that is what I am doing.. The prob with the doors is they are rusted thru so I need to get new ones first. And the bumpers are being replaced with the MSA kit.

 

We will find out soon.. I am using a T/4 on the exhaust with .68 A/R and a GT40 that is in my gallery for the compressor.. It flows 62Lbs. Dual ball bearing too. I just got the wastegate off ebay today.38mm

 

Yeah, nice work indeed.

 

Well, I finished up the body work, minus the rusted thru doors, and hood that will be replaced with carbon, And my motor siezed up today Not cool at all I have everything I need for my swap except for the SDS fuel managment, but its on its way.. For the mean time I am working on my VW corrado because I have no car now I will post pics later..

 

Corrados are sweet cars. Is it the G60 or the VR6?

 

I got a G60.. I have plans for the spare charger I have.. Like putting it on the Z.. My rado is pushing 15lbs of boost I am just barley putting it back together..

 

I like those G60s, they are quick. A friend of mine has one. Have fun with it man but don't forget about the Z haha.

 

the G60 will be my grocery getter at 250WHP, the ZX with 450WHP will definetly not be forrgotten I need that power

 

my friend had a G60 ..that car was fast and had a good look to it

 

Yeah thats what got me.. Stock supercharged and the lokk is like I have had 2 people just come off the street and offer to buy it for over 1000.00.. And I only paid 100 for it Cant let it go though cause the body is perfect.,

 

Finally my life slowed down here is some new pics, I am getting new doors next weekend mine are rusting through. And the motor is done time to start bolting crap on!!!