Vtecmec's 4th Gen

[Donald]

More painstaking progress, but it's all worth it

And those bird remains are from a Japanese White-eye

[Vtecmec]

Also, whats up with the red hoses, orange is the theme!

They were cheap. I will swap them eventually for orange, but not until I'm at the final touches stage, so in about 3 years time.

And those bird remains are from a Japanese White-eye

[NafemanNathan]

Great update as always bud

Have you painted your rear disc though? ...

[stal1878]

He painted the edge of it to stop it going rusty.

Any on the friction surface will come off with the first press of the brakes.

[mart609]

more great stuff!
hopefully i might have some garage space in the near future so I can start attacking some stuff too!

[Vtecmec]

Some progress, though a bit slow.

As a pick me up I decided to give the car a bit of a clean, so I rolled it out of the garage, covered in all its dust and glory…..







And I felt much better after cleaning, even though it still looks like crap.



So onto some work, I picked these up off Gayno (thanks) after Nucleustyles gave them to him free issue to take to me at JAE (thanks).





Some cleaning



Clean and ready for derusting.



The’re currently sat in a bucket and are about 90% done.

I finished off the chassis rails, now shiny metal.





I picked up some polybushed front suspension bits from Dino’s lude (cheers). I’ve degreased them and will set about derusting and painting them up when I get the time.



Now onto some decent stuff. The front slam panel looks a bit grotty and a broken bolt in there too…



So I drilled and tapped that out



Off with the vin plate.



Then at it with a wire wheel



And some derust gel.



And a bit of red oxide until I get round to painting it properly.



Whilst the front end was stripped down I did all the stuff that sits behind the bumper, which was pretty grotty.





After some wire wheeling…



And post gel treatment.



And paint.



I cleaned up the front bumper bar and painted it.







And the bonnet catch.



While the front end was in bits, I cleaned up the headlights, the insides were a little grotty, so I pumped them full of surfex hd and let it sit for about an hour, then I blasted the insides with a hose pipe, and kept repeating until they were all shiny inside. Once clean I flatted the plastics and gave them a good polish, there not quite finished yet, but not too far off either.



I’ve also treated the trim that sits below the back window.

Primed.



Painted.



I’ve also treated the space underneath with some dynax ub to starve off the potential for rust.



Also cleaned up many of the plastic clips off the car.



A bit more a bit sooner hopefully.

[NafemanNathan]

I think this whole thread needs Wiki-Lud'ing

Great update as always bud. Out of interest, what kind of mileage does she have?

[Vtecmec]

Thanks Nathan, it's got 99k on the clock, but I hope to get 10-15 years of summer use out of it once done.

[honda-hardy]

my eye are aching, great read +rep

[Howzit37]

What an awesome thread. It looks amazing, I dread to think how many hours you have put into restoring her. Also, thanks for the advice with the Bilt Hamber.