Sooty 2.0 - Autozam AZ-3 B5ZE - rear bumper respray
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You have made me start to look at cat back exhausts!!
Nice work :rimshot:
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EXhaust grilled BK whopper anyone,lol
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Haha!
Must get more video done.
Decided car was too quiet, it still is very quiet even now, but the pops and bangs are better :)
Replaced centre box with 2.5" stainless!
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Nice, I had 2.5" & a straight through rear 'box on the 205..That shit was loud! :D
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you engineering and builds are the best your video's are the worse lol
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Very nice, Yes 2.5" should do nicely. That is what I ran on mine and was very loud!
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Haha I can't believe how quiet it is! That turbo is like the ultimate muffler!
Been arising about with the IAC, boring stuff, bit weird to set up on megasquirt.
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Big day on Saturday. I ordered a Dinitrol underbody and cavity wax kit and have booked in to apply it at a DIY garage where you can hire car lifts.
Should be good experience and it'll be nice to get under the car and get things rust proofed against the councils annual creation of the dead sea! Will take pics before and after :)
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Nice look forward to seeing what this is all about, will be hecka lot easier using a pukka ramp. Not taking any chances on this one eh!
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Give your car a really good clean underneath and up in the wheel arches before you go!!
Or take it somewhere and get it steam cleaned underneath.
Make sure you take a drill and several wire brush ends for it to clean up any rusty bits before under sealing it.
And a can of quick drying undercoat to cover any bits that you have cleaned to bare metal. Plus some black quick drying topcoat for touching up wishbones etc etc…
You get the idea.
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Haha no Sam, my other mx3s were undersealed, but it still wasn't enough. This time, cavity treated, undersealed, POR-15 painted rear subframe and around the front.
Admin, thanks :)
steam cleaned yesterday, being stored indoors to dry out until spray day
drill and wire wheel yep
zinc rich primer deruster paint stuff from dinitrol
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just had a thought, you can get rust remover discs for grinders (not sure if they come in drill format) and they are good for any bad spots.
Also if they give you access to an air line i'd spray on the under seal, its much better than rollering it on.
Also LOTS of newspaper, masking tape, cling film and gloves!!
The cling film is great for wrapping up your suspension struts and covering the discs, brakes etc when your doing up under the wheel arches.
Masking tape is a must for getting straight lines on the outer sills. I put up my straight line then using more tape I hung sheets of newspaper from that too, so i could spray right up to the line without getting spray all over the workshop. But I found the spray was too strong so I got a mate to hold a blanket up behind the newspaper to give it more weight. That worked once we had worked out a system.
Also (probably overkill) but when we were spraying into any holes in the chassis rails we jacked up one end of the car, sprayed, then jacked up the other end and sprayed. Don't know if this made any difference or not but we were thinking it might help it run down better.
Hope it all goes well, take a good look at all the rear suspension mounts.
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Good info! thanks :D
Yep it's all airline Dinitrol through schutz gun, also with attachable hose for shoving down cavities :)
Cling film is a brilliant idea, didn't think of that.
I've got bin bags, will get some newspaper too then.
I've a wire wheel for my grinder too, it's pretty industrial.
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What a lonnnnnnnngggggg day in the cold! Job is done. Rust was minimal.
Neighbouring 2 stroke:
Want my own lift!
ARch holes
Front before, mmm 3" downpipe
Under before
Worst rust on the car, minor scabs, pretreated then blasted with dinitrol
half done
half two
done
mmm clean arches
Process:
steam clean
dried for 48hrs
removed arch trims skirts exhaust, exhaust shields etc
washed down with white spirit and sponge
blew air through all cavities
Dinitrol ML cavity wax all holes
Wait a bit
Mask stuff
Dinitrol thick wax all the rest
Leave to dry
Pick up Monday
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Nice write up. Looks very good and will defo do its job proper! Lol @ Arch holes…
Would kill for a flat ramp lift too :bowdown:
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Top job :bigok: Let me know if you're venturing south at any stage :)
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What was the cost all in?
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Cheers guys!
Will do Jason, any reason? Just a nosey?
Dinitrol medium car kit approx £100 but used about 40% of it so enough left for my other car
Car lift hire was about £12/hr x5hrs for my anal level of removing trim etc.
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Yep just a poke around! :)
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Some pics after putting the skirts back on :)
