Drown it in CRC for a day or so, then try taking it off again..

 

nuh i carnt figure out how the plastic lugs work, i don't want to break them.

 

Car looks pretty clean, rust doesn't look too bad. If you're lucky you might even be able to get "repair panels" to fix that up.

 

cool, i thought that was a lot of rust for a 'good' car :insane:

yeah it looks nice and clean.thats not that much rust at all.

Hopefully by tomorrow we will have the bumpers off, the tow-bar off, degrease down some of the motor (rock cover & surrounding is a dirty female dog) , clean out the interior, do something with the radio & maybe work out a plan with this rust.

 

Just on another note

 

Did you know:

The Ae71 Spirit came only as the Spirit - not an SE, CS or CSX Spirit, but just "Spirit". Found out today, that along with its Tacho, Spoiler and colour coded insides / outsides, that it actually doesn't have an inside boot and fuel cap release (The CSX on the non-spirit and Ke70 does have one tho) AND the back air vents behind the doors are different on the Ae71's compared to the Ke70's :insane: !

 

Also, The Ae71's have an auto choke, and the Ke70s have a manual one. When looking at the choke position in the Ae71 - normally there is a hole - well, thats what i thought anyway- theres actually a plug from stock they put in there, which i have never seen before. !!!

 

hehehe

hmmm.. one more thing- All the Ae71's appear to have a much clearer Speedo console thing - where as all the ke70's are slight tinged yellow... ehh could never figure that out.

yes i noticed in my mates ke70 it is yellow i thought it might have just been his but obviously not.

I want one of those plugs for the choke hole. I'm going to toyota today so i will ask them.

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Part 1 - Body Work

 

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It was a productive day, Teddy came over, and we pulled the back bumper.

Its a aftermarket which struck us both odd, had to get under and unbolt it... not a easy talk, considering the bolts were seized :insane:

 

Teddy showed my how to fix up the surface rust, got 1 area done. A lot to do tomorrow. We got impatient so will pulled the tape and the paint started to peel off... I hope I don't have to redo that part it's real nice.

 

I started on the spoiler, it was heavy cracking, its was through the paint even in some parts of the plastic, so the top was completely sanded down and tomorrow I will do the sides

 

Pics

 

PS now my fingers feel all smooth and weird

Edited December 1, 200421 yr by Jason

wow looks good guys.

how long are you looking for this project to go for?

I think it was 2 years? It was somewhere on this thread.

 

Looking good guys.

 

Teddy: at the rate you're learning you're gonna be an AWESOME mechanic by the time you're my age (ie old)!

.... by the time you're my age (ie old)!

yeah right !! as if YOU are old - you've got lots of catching up to do Fook

Yere about 2 years (a little under now), I want it fully up and running by the time I can drive.

 

Yere I don't know were I would be with out teddy :insane:

lol wow thanks :D

 

it will be awesome when its done :insane:

Paint over lap problems...

 

I have finished another area, but there is a major differences between the spray area and the normal paint, the re-sprayed part it much better.... how do I blend the different shades together?

Oooh that's always fun. You more or less have to "feather" the paint out, either by using a lighter coat on the edges when you spray, and/or sanding the edges out.

 

If you find a better way to do it, I'd be interested!

Sometimes giving the car a good cut and polish can help when trying to match a panel to a fresh paint job, also you may have to respray whole panels to make it look not so out of place..