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88delta88
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 Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:58 am |
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coming along nicely... releif to have the rust gone?
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87Delta
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:26 pm |
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88delta88 wrote: coming along nicely... releif to have the rust gone?
Still gotta cut out the spots with holes and the inner fenderwell. Then all the rust will be gone. We origionally weren't going to paint the entire car, but we got pickey and started taking out all the dents and they were so widespread we just said the hell with it and are going to re-paint it. It will only cost us less then $400 for all the supplies. If I were to pay somebody to do it it would be over a $3800 estimate 
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87Delta
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:05 am |
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Dang, I'm posting alot in my own topic, oh yeah! 
Well, didn't bring my camera with me, but we got some progress. We got the battery area all patched up!  All we gotta do is sandblast the battery tray and tac weld it in place. So, no more rust!  (only a few surface spots underneath, will be cleaned up) All the audio work is done. Had to make aluminum brackets for putting 6 1/2's in the rear deck, worked great though. Along with that I installed a shorter antenna (well, much smaller! only like 1ft, and was free.) Pics up better radio reception then the old one IMO. And finally for the body, all it needs is block-sanded over the rolled-on primered spots. Then we will wash it with soap and water to remove all oil and dirt. Then we can paint it! W00T!
BTW, the toatl cost of the project... (you'll love this...)
Audio - $80
Bodywork and paint - $200
Total - $280. I rule
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88delta88
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:08 pm |
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wow... looks great man, keep us posted, cant wait to see it with the trim back on it!!!
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Brando
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:11 pm |
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Awesome man....ready to do some sanding and buffing?
How many coats of clear coat did you use?
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87Delta
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:02 pm |
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Brando wrote: Awesome man....ready to do some sanding and buffing? How many coats of clear coat did you use? Well, there wasn't terrible dirt in the booth. It was the shittiest ass booth ever, so im surprised. It was more of a glorified garage. Anyways, only really need to sand and buff the trunk area cause of minor dirt. The rest is pretty good.
We used 2 good coats of clear. Shines pretty good. The color is a little bit darker (slightly more red tint) but looks great. If I remember right, 88Delta88's Delta is a darker gold, and mine is similar to that. Not too sure
I'll make a new thread of the entire car once it's done. I'm gonna boogie my ass off to get it done next weekend too!
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88delta88
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:39 pm |
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thats awful man... I feel for ya! The paint just turned out bad? Started rippling? Here I was so excited to see this thing all done.  Oh, well, on the bright side, I bet you know more about body work and paint than you ever wanted to know!
I made my own paint booth out of my garage, to paint a couple panels on my '89 probe. After the job was done and the paint was setting up, I opened the garage door a crack to vent better, and the tarp we were using fell down on the car's roof (freshly painted of course)... Needless to say there were some select words vocalized and we re-painted again...
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