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[Ben_O]

Just had a read through the 200sx thread.

 

excellent stuff, just as expected. 

 

Ben

[Petrol]

Thanks Ben, it's just more of the same really - get rid of the rust and paint.

 

Whilst I'm painting parts for the 200SX, I'm taking the opportunity to sort one or two bits out on the Mini. The fuel tank for example has a couple of slight dents in it. Rather than use use filler which tends to shrink behind paint causing problems later down the line (called mapping) I'm filling the dents with 2K paint. The drawback with this is it takes some time for the paint to fully cure. Time I have though so I lashed a load of paint on... big run included

 

 

Hung it up in the garage and by the time it's flatted back and resprayed, it should be OK

 

 

I'm doing the same with the battery box I made

 

 

Have to say, the Mini is a pleasure to work on now as everything is clean and rust free.

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Petrol]

Degreased inside of the gearbox and washed it out in hot water

 

 

 

 

 

Selector pivot is mild steel so I masked it out using fine line tape

 

 

 

 

Then sprayed it black

 

 

Then cleaned the rest of it up

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve220]

Pete,

 

What did you use to clean the gearbox casing? Did you paint it or is that bare, polished alloy? Great work as always!

[Petrol]

Its bare alloy. I cleaned it up with this fine abrasive brush

 

 

I won't be painting or lacquering it

 

Pete

[minimaxie]

Its bare alloy. I cleaned it up with this fine abrasive brush
 

 
I won't be painting or lacquering it
 
Pete

ooo that might be just what I'm looking for to take the powder coating off my rocker cover! Do you have a weblink for that Abrasive brush Pete?

Thanks
Max

[Petrol]

Hi Max,

 

Might not be aggressive enough for powder coatings. They do two types, red is coarse and blue is fine

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5404f1ca35

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

[Ben_O]

Hi Max,

 

Might not be aggressive enough for powder coatings. They do two types, red is coarse and blue is fine

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5404f1ca35

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

It's not suitable for removing powder coat. it will just get hot and smudge it i would have thought

[Petrol]

 

Hi Max,

 

Might not be aggressive enough for powder coatings. They do two types, red is coarse and blue is fine

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5404f1ca35

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

It's not suitable for removing powder coat. it will just get hot and smudge it i would have thought

 

I have a coarse wire brush coming, will give it a try on some powder coat

 

 

Fitted the rear  glass

 

 

 

I modded the shell to get these fixed rear 1/4 windows to fit properly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete

[alex-95]

Looks great, what the difference in the shell for the 1/4 windows?  What adhesive did you use to bond your subframe/floor panels on? I need some for strengthening my bonnet but not sure what to use.

[Petrol]

It's not the shell that's different, it's the glass. Fixed glass is not available tinted so I had to use the opening style glass as I wanted tints. I had to close the aperture slightly to get them to fit properly.

 

The best stuff for metal bonding is an epoxy adhesive

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item56556b4277

 

 

Pete

[Petrol]

I'm supposed to be working on the 200sx

 

Radiator cowling shot blasted

 

 

Primed with Electrox

 

 

 

Arches sprayed

 

 

 

 

Centre console upright sprayed with clearcoat

 

 

 

Pete

 

[bluemini17]

very impressive work

[Pauly]

Fantastic build!

What degreaser did you use to get the black oily stains off the inside of the gearbox case?

[minimaxie]

Hi Max, Might not be aggressive enough for powder coatings. They do two types, red is coarse and blue is fine http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5404f1ca35 Pete

It's not suitable for removing powder coat. it will just get hot and smudge it i would have thought

I have a coarse wire brush coming, will give it a try on some powder coat

Just seen this, cheers for the reply and for that link Pete!