Posted By: Anonymous
Duffy's Moon Grey 20VT Plus 'refresh' - 06/12/2011 21:59
Hello!
I bought Duncan 78's Moon Grey Plus last summer to replace the '97 Sprint Blue 20VT I started off my Coupe life with.
It's a well known forum car and one I'm keen to maintain it to the (high) standards it's been used to.
This is the one!
On getting it back to the house and having a better look it became clear that whilst it's been well looked after, it was still showing it's 11 years and mileage. The bonnet was stone chipped and needed painted, under the bonnet, whilst mechanically near perfect, needed a refresh and the usual rust had taken hold of the front end. Whilst it had an undertray fitted it had come from another car obviously fitted with a humungous FMIC, the gap cut for this had let a lot of crud in unfortunately. It immediately got a complete front end respray, the bonnet taken off and chemically stripped and painted on both sides after the rust was treated.
Here's some of what I found.
Interestingly the rust was much worse than my earlier car (Which did have half the mileage on it but was 3 years older)
Here are some 'work in progress' shots
And a few before and afters!
It's a long way from being done but it'll look a bit younger when I'm finished!
I've still got the suspension to do (Strip it all for a paint and plate/replace bolts, swap out the front subframe for a stitch welded/powdercoated one) a whiteline 22mm bar to go on the rear (Again it'll be painted black so it looks factory) and a set of braided brake lines, all wheel bearings/CV gaitors etc will be replaced as a matter of course, the brakes will get stripped and given a refurb to 'as new'.
Should be done for the weekend!
Any comments (And advice!!) welcomed in the associated thread.
Regards
DD
I bought Duncan 78's Moon Grey Plus last summer to replace the '97 Sprint Blue 20VT I started off my Coupe life with.
It's a well known forum car and one I'm keen to maintain it to the (high) standards it's been used to.
This is the one!
On getting it back to the house and having a better look it became clear that whilst it's been well looked after, it was still showing it's 11 years and mileage. The bonnet was stone chipped and needed painted, under the bonnet, whilst mechanically near perfect, needed a refresh and the usual rust had taken hold of the front end. Whilst it had an undertray fitted it had come from another car obviously fitted with a humungous FMIC, the gap cut for this had let a lot of crud in unfortunately. It immediately got a complete front end respray, the bonnet taken off and chemically stripped and painted on both sides after the rust was treated.
Here's some of what I found.
Interestingly the rust was much worse than my earlier car (Which did have half the mileage on it but was 3 years older)
Here are some 'work in progress' shots
And a few before and afters!
It's a long way from being done but it'll look a bit younger when I'm finished!
I've still got the suspension to do (Strip it all for a paint and plate/replace bolts, swap out the front subframe for a stitch welded/powdercoated one) a whiteline 22mm bar to go on the rear (Again it'll be painted black so it looks factory) and a set of braided brake lines, all wheel bearings/CV gaitors etc will be replaced as a matter of course, the brakes will get stripped and given a refurb to 'as new'.
Should be done for the weekend!
Any comments (And advice!!) welcomed in the associated thread.
Regards
DD