What did you do to your 2002 today !

[\\\Mink]

Tried to polish a turd.  I had to sand off so much paint just to get to here. This paint was really terrible. I had to sand with 400, then 1000 then 2000 before I could even try to polish. And even then there are still bad spots. Oh well, just trying to get by for a year or so until I get the energy/motivation to paint a car again.

[NYTransplant]

1 hour ago, \\\Mink said:

Tried to polish a turd.  I had to sand off so much paint just to get to here. This paint was really terrible. I had to sand with 400, then 1000 then 2000 before I could even try to polish. And even then there are still bad spots. Oh well, just trying to get by for a year or so until I get the energy/motivation to paint a car again.

 

400?  Wow, I thought I had it bad when I was wet sanding with 800.  I'm in the same boat.  I'm not ready to paint it yet, but I also don't want to have to drive around with a paper bag over my head ?  I'd say overall, my car is looking "presentable".

 

[NYNick]

10 hours ago, Bibm5 said:

I was sure I would need to have my sun visors recovered since I replaced the headliner... Thanks to@nyNick and his goop magic I'm finally ready to reinstall them. Thank you for helping to keep the sun out of my eyes and the money in my pockets!
Love this forum!

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9 hours ago, flagoworld said:

A redline a day keeps the carbon away? First redline(s) since the rebuild. I've put enough miles on it now that I am comfortable starting to really drive. Wow! The 292 opens up quite a bit at the high RPMs!

 

@Bibm5 I have old dead mold stains all over my headliner and visors...  What is this goop stuff you speak of?

Maybe I should be getting royalties...; )

 

 

[\\\Mink]

7 hours ago, NYTransplant said:

 

400?  Wow, I thought I had it bad when I was wet sanding with 800.  I'm in the same boat.  I'm not ready to paint it yet, but I also don't want to have to drive around with a paper bag over my head ?  I'd say overall, my car is looking "presentable".

 

 

 

Wow, that is an amazingly coincidental picture!  Looks like you at least had a much better foundation to work with!  Like you, I'm just trying to make this car a bit more presentable until I get around to painting it properly.  I painted my 240Z earlier this year and I find I can only stand painting a car every 2 or 3 years.

[NYTransplant]

1 hour ago, \\\Mink said:

 

Wow, that is an amazingly coincidental picture!  Looks like you at least had a much better foundation to work with!  Like you, I'm just trying to make this car a bit more presentable until I get around to painting it properly.  I painted my 240Z earlier this year and I find I can only stand painting a car every 2 or 3 years.

 

When I saw your picture, I had to toss mine in there because they ware almost identical ?

 

I'm not sure I started with anything better than you, other than it had fewer deep blemishes.  The paint is cracked and crazed, but from 10 feet, it looks reasonable. 

 

The car started out as Sahara, then painted twice over with two slightly different shades of Malaga.  I actually had to sand all the way through 2nd Malaga paint job, down to the 1st because the top paint job won't hold a shine.  Soooooo much work!  I've probably got 20 plus hours into it and I'm not done yet.  Luckily the two shades of Malaga are slightly different so I can tell when I make it through one paint job to the next.

[7502]

Today I pulled my new alternator and put the grinder to the exposed threads beyond the retaining nut. I needed a few more mm of clearance for the fan. I didn't think I could tackle switching pulleys from the previous alternator.  Also noticed that the pulley on the new one has a slightly larger diameter. Good times.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by 7502

[\\\Mink]

3 hours ago, NYTransplant said:

I'm not sure I started with anything better than you, other than it had fewer deep blemishes.  The paint is cracked and crazed, but from 10 feet, it looks reasonable. 

 

 

Mine is the same, horribly cracked and crazed.  This one is originally Malaga, with one repaint a long, long time ago.  Once I get through the respray to the original paint, it shines up pretty nicely but unfortunately if I go that far, I uncover the ugly blmishes you can see.  Oh well, it still doesn't look great but it does look a LOT better.

[\\\Mink]

Continued with the turd polishing.  It may not look great, but it looks miles better than before.

[Simeon]

I went to the Sydney German Auto-fest today with my boy. This is a show run by the local Mercedes Benz club but there was a good turnout from the usual suspects. Unfortunately my 5 year old son seemed to prefer the big Grosse MBs. I was a little bit obsessed with the Ron Goodman 356. 

 

 

 

[SydneyTii]

Missed it again, spent the day filling mine with this.

Great stuff, really effective extension hose to do your chassis legs etc

 

Edited October 28, 2018 by SydneyTii

['76mintgrün'02]

On 10/25/2018 at 8:22 AM, tzei said:

The only Ford part in my car...

 

No Ford parts for me, but I did try these Chevy hubcaps on for size. 

Made for 16.5 rims, so they fill in 13s quite nicely  

[tzei]

Oh man! Now you need LS7 crate...

[yeewiz]

on a frivolous front, refinished one of my long lost newly found woefully neglected original wheels and made a coffee table for my deck.

 

 

[Simeon]

23 minutes ago, yeewiz said:

on a frivolous front, refinished one of my long lost newly found woefully neglected original wheels and made a coffee table for my deck.

 

 

 

Very nice

 

@OriginalOwner Carl please take note. 

[OriginalOwner]

Simeon,

 

Noted and catalogued/archived !! 

 

On a happy note, such looks almost exactly like the rim of my spare tire, which still continues to provide on-going service beyond it's 44 original years ......

 

Cheers,

 

Carl