Muibubbles

i hate my life and wish my electrician would come so i can start using the sandblasters and stop with this ghettoness because its such a PITA and a waste of time and its really messy and makes me regret ever starting this project and makes me as mad as this run on sentence is making you mad by reading it. . .

cont. stripping engine bay= fail. cleaned top half of subframe, installed carpet/ rear bins, start FG fab...

fail attempt of stipping paint... as you can see, a lott of red still visible..



wire wheeled top of the subframe.... next time i see a wire wheel im going ballistic.



E-brake cable before all rusty




cleaned up...




after por15 applied...




some int put back in..


now im relocating my battery, i was going to use the one i have and just relocate it to the bin but realize even tho its a smaller one, it still wont fit... since i had intentions of relocated a battery to the rear bin i was going to custom fab a bracket or some sort... i dont really want to hack up my bins so i will probably switch to the westco miata battery... here are the pics for the base of my battery brace...

first off i covered the part i was going to mold... there are 2 metods of this.
1. cover the area with aluminum foil and tape it on.
2. use strictly tape only.

NOTE: just thought of this half way through this post.. using the aluminum foil method would be ideal for larger flat surfaces, and tape for the corners and edges...

for some odd reason i started out using aluminum foil... ive tried it once and hated it. idk why i bothered trying it again... hense why its half and half...



Next i lubricated it.. you can use petrolium jelly, PAM, or lotion.. i perfer petrolium jelly.. but of those 3 i only had lotion......



Next i applied some resin all over the sections i was going to fg... next i cut pieces of fiberglass mat and cloth. then placed them in the area i was going to mold then dabed resin into it till it was a translucent color..


I applied 2 layers of FG mat/cloth... then left it to harden... will pull it out tomorrow to show the mold itself...

after failing to to more engine bay prep, i needed to do something to feel i was productive. so i tidied up a bit.. damn i need my electrician to hook up my compressor BADLY.



anybody know what this wire wrapped in aluminum foil is? it was hanging inside the back right part of the car.. it was chilling by the antenna module....