This may be a little ridiculous - a $2018 challenge oddessey

I need a painter buddy...

I can do pretty much anything required in the realm of car building and restoring EXCEPT anything that happens after clear coat is sprayed. I can  see climbing Everest as a personal activity that might happen long before Color sanding and buffing happened in my world. Kudos to those that can.

Pete

NOHOME said:

I can do pretty much anything required in the realm of car building and restoring EXCEPT anything that happens after clear coat is sprayed. I can  see climbing Everest as a personal activity that might happen long before Color sanding and buffing happened in my world. Kudos to those that can.

 

Pete

Thanks. It's only because of my friends. 

But the picture was for having a complete  functional DOOR!!!

i love this color in the sun

it doesn't photograph well, but the repairs on the passengers b pillar on the hardtop telegraph through the paint horribly. Its going to have to be redone. 

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Is this the spot you are talking about?  Would gel coat fix that?

should have done one more round of high build primer and 400 grit. Would have solved it.

this may be the final picture you see of the red car as a running/driving car. Its tine for it to finish donating parts to the green car. 

Im currently down to a 2 miata average on the property. From here my wife just gets happier. 

the shortest shorty Miata of them all

sleepyhead the buffalo said:

the shortest shorty Miata of them all

Hopefully the easiest drive train pull of them all. Ain't nothing in the way!

Now to change the harness over. 

My debate today:

Partial wire tuck the bay and rewrap the harnesses, or clean up and repair to factory-ish?

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

I mean, with the level of detail already in the paint such... A wire tuck would top it off nicely. 

I think I missed something..  is that the hardtop from the red car?

AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

I mean, with the level of detail already in the paint such... A wire tuck would top it off nicely. 

I think I agree. Maybe not a full tuck, but definitely a solid tidy. 

Any idea if I can delete the underhood diagnostic port? That would think some stuff out...

SV reX said:

I think I missed something..  is that the hardtop from the red car?

Yes it is! After a LOT of epoxy and cloth work.

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Wow. You did a great job on that!

Does it still have an impression of my head on the underside? 😂😂

Thanks!!

If you go back through the last 10 pages or so, you'll see the process. Its interspersed throughout the build. 

And unfortunately, your headprint didn't survive the repairs....

Dusterbd13 said:

Any idea if I can delete the underhood diagnostic port? That would think some stuff out...

I'm pretty sure I deleted it on my drift car...

The tub of deathtrap gets picked up by runion today. 

Shop cleanup needs to happen ASAP. 

This weekend I can clean, and organize, and make some lists. Get the engine and trans on stands for cleaning. 

I'm ready to finish this project. Its getting close, but the devil is in the details. 

I owe yall the monthly big update soon. 

Yassss!