It was actually not cut out, but like I said he had a few more little bits to do in the bay. Tomorrow if it hasn't been done then I'll be reminding him. As he hadn't finished everything just yet, I didn't wanna jump on him ;)
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It was actually not cut out, but like I said he had a few more little bits to do in the bay. Tomorrow if it hasn't been done then I'll be reminding him. As he hadn't finished everything just yet, I didn't wanna jump on him ;)
ok just pointing it out, been there on my first conversion and its not fun recutting and welding/painting it again!
Can imagine lol
What gear box will you be running? If your fitting a LET then are you not allowing for any cutting for pipes before its painted? boot pipes intercoolers etc? Trial fit of engine? Or have i missed this part? Are you not taking the servo etc off for paint aswell? Would give a better finish, spending a few extra hours taking bits like that off is worth it considering the time they seem to be putting in
Will be running F20 mate. As for intercoolers, I'm on the hunt for a slim/small one. I've come across a couple that are small and slim which will easily fit infront of the rad with no need for any cutting of the cross member or bumper.
If I paint the servo it can be done whilst in the car, and the guys in the shop said it would be no issue at all painting in bay with it fitted.
Gonna say, this is mine - it still occasionally touches at the back when booting on ½ to ¾ lock on solid mounts
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Does it touch at the top or lower down? Mine is recessed a lot deeper than what's in the pic. He said he'll be knocking the upper lip back with a mallet as he didn't wanna cut, he much preferred to use this method as it would keep its strength better. All will be revealed when the engine goes in, I feel that sometimes it all depends on how its put in as the fitting can vary slightly as with anything.
He also added that the strengthening plates weren't really gonna offer a huge advantage and said that it probably wouldn't have mattered that much if I didn't use any, as the stitch welding was gonna offer a good enough strength do the already strong and solid bay (which I've read a few times in discussions on PNG). He did however say that the suspension turrets were a good choice.
I explained that normally the stitch welding was sufficient but some people added these plates whilst this was being done, as an extra precaution. If the car was gonna be used for rallying then the plates would make bigger sense but he could see the logic behind getting them done whilst all this work was going on.
UPDATE
So I made my way to the bodyshop about midday to see if there were any developments. The Nova was in the oven drying after some new primer to the areas that were re-done in stopper and some acid etch primer to the strengthening plates.
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They took it out the oven and gave the whole car a dusting of black paint, to see any high/low spots when DA'ing the body ready for paint.
I left a bit later and returned late afternoon. They were in the oven again, this time flatting the primer by hand ready for proper paint. The flatting procedure really showed up the smoothness of the body ;) .
They were gonna go ahead with the engine bay painting and then leave that overnight to dry. I should see some lovely fresh paint on the whole body in the morning, can't wait :d .
nice mate sounds like your finaly getting there!
Yep, and after this next update it deffo feels that way.
UPDATE
Well today was the BIG DAY! Woke up and made my way down to my second home for the past couple months.
The Nova was in the oven getting wiped down and having final prep ready for some paint.
I'll let the pics do all the talking for this one...
After flatting the primer, wiping with panel wipe and a tack cloth, this is how it stood
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And the first coat of gold had started. This was just a dust over coat to make sure that the paint wasn't going to react to anything (this was their main concern from the very beginning)
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After the initial coat, he went and filled up his gun for the second coat
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Second coat complete. He popped to the paints and refilled his gun for the third coat.
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Again, once the third coat was done, he filled up his gun for the fourth and fifth coat.
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That was the end of the base coat and I have to say it looked good in matt gold form. But that didn't last as he went away and mixed up the clearcoat/laquer.
First coat of laquer
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Second coat
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And final coat
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Then it was left up to the oven to cure the paint. Next was a few hours at 80 degrees. I obviously didn't wait for it to dry, so I made my way home.
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I returned late afternoon to see the Nova out of the oven and flatted down.
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Back in the shop to get the mopping done.
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First bit of the roof mopped up (was about 4 metres away when i took this shot)
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^ Awww Yeah!
And a bit more mopping done
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Whilst one of the lads was mopping away, the other got to work on the snowplough, the rear gte bumper, wing mirror covers and the spoiler. They were being rubbed down, repaired etc.
As I left the shop, the mirror covers and spoiler were going in for paint. Tomorrow should see them all done and probably with the spoiler fitted
Until then...