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well thanks for the good coments glad to see people are still apreciating all my hard work!! as for the black on the tie rods etc,ive done this becasue the hole underneath is black ie the floor and aunter the tray etc also all of the rear end suspenion has been done in this way too,
if i choose to do every thing in the outer colour i would be looking at around 5 times the amount of money just for the paint alone and then theres the added preping and added painting which would be a nightmare if you consider how long each part takes to do,so as you can see ive gone with the black becasue its cheaper for one ,its very clean and keeps a nice factory type look underneath and also the preping and painting side of things is alot easyer
thanks for the question hope that clears it up for you

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thanks alot mate hope you enjoyed it!!! still alot to come but things are slowly falling into place should see a bit of progress over the coming months ,not sure when the dat nats are but im hoping this will be completed by the end of the year still alot of work to go and theres only so much one man can do!!! cheers

cant wait to see how this turns out, im doing the same thing when i sell my 4wd.

Keep up the good work

ok well a small update for today well
next im about to attack the inside of the tray,now this is gona be a pretty big task,
its a bit of a mess in there so gota get stuck in and get some hard done

so heres the inside of the tray just about ready for paint stripper,ive decided to paint strip in there











so there ive used 60 gritt sand paper to scratch up the old stuft paint work and covered all the other parts in plastic ,

paint stripper is the go
i spent all day today at work sandblasting a ke18 corolla wagon i felt like i was on safari in a sand storm i wish i was using paint stripper

and heres a few shots of the paint stripper in place with plastic over it.............







heres a few of the reaction taking place you can sort of see whats happening under the plastic............













so theres a small update next few days i will be cleaning up that horrible mess and doing a fair bit of sanding so more shots to come........

Wow!! I'm inspired to restore my coupe although I don't think I'll be doing it to the same extent you are. Excellent job.

A few dumb questions if you dont mind, how do you deal with cleaning up all the paint stripper goop when you remove the plastic covers, doesn't it go everywhere ?

The strippers I've used for house paint (not auto paint), enamels, latex & lacquers seems nasty enough to eat plastic drops, any particular kind of stiripper your using ?

Lastly, what is 2 pack paint ?

Thanks again, its been an enjoyable read.

cheers there mate to answer your questions
your probably best to use an automotive paint stipper you get good results with it,and as for the cleaning up the mess well thats another story !!!
yes paint stripper can be great if you only have a few coats to remove but if you find that the thing has been painted a few times before then the old paint stripper can be a real bitch ,check the following posts for more details as i have to go thru this exact thing ............

ok so here we go a short update ,since ive spent the last 3 weeks breaking my balls at work over the christmas break im going to have next week off,so this will be the last update till i go back to work so read and enjoy!!

well the next part of the mission is to adress the ute tray insides,now it isnt a pretty site in there so ive started the process by paint stripping the sides see below.........................




now the floor is far to ruff with little dents and wobbles all over the place to paint ,so ive decided to use a large sheet metal piece on the floor ,possibly checker plating ,i think that looks pretty good,

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ok so today i thought i was going to get alot more done than i did but never mind its better quality than quantity at this stage,so heres what i managed to get done ,

first i started by using 40# sandpaper on the air sander to remove as much of the left over bits of paint and this is what it looked like..........

hers the other side that i didnt get around to today as you will see the amount of work i put in ,




after the 40# sandpaper came the wire wheel to get into the gaps and rip out any loose paint and old sealer this worked well but took a while to get it done........