Jan 10, 2009

im getting lazy and loosing motivation with this engine bay... progress is being made but lack of motivation is present...

bunch of updates from the past week...

Ugly old dirty wires...
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So FRESH and so CLEAN CLEAN. aka Toretto would say "MINTYYY"
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Broken clip.. anyone know what this is for?
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Other parts just painted..
some enginebay bracket
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Gas tank cover lid thingy
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Heat shields
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steering column
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top of gas tank neck (por-15, then sprayed)
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came out decent, more sandy grainy specs again.. Then abdul stopped by and convinced me to wet sand and spray bomb the bay... heres me testing it out..
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sprayed
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now the rest of the car wet sanded with 400 grit
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Engine bay painted with POR-15 (2nd coat)
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wiring harness removed again to making spraying easier
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i believe these are pics of the engine bay sprayed (high temp gloss black paint) first coat
Smoke/fog is from the spray can, this was minutes after i painted it.. (i dont smoke...)
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Gas tank all cleaned uppp
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its currently being wet sanded with 800 grit and putting a 2nd coat on... then will wetsand 2000 and clear coat...

also just got the bushings innnn