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> Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall!
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post May 16 2011, 01:08 AM
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post May 16 2011, 01:09 AM
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post May 16 2011, 01:10 AM
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post May 16 2011, 01:22 AM
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Done.

Turned out better than I had anticipated. We have very little dust in the top layer of paint. A bunch in the first layer but that was due to the weather strip channels not being prepped properly.

There are a few runs, More than I had hoped, but they started popping up around layer 5. There are 7-8 layers on the car. 5 was required for full coverage over the area's that the black primer broke through, Those got the extra layer. There is less orange peal than I had anticipated which is good, but the runs are not something im looking forward to fixing. It was a lot colder than I wanted to spray in (I had anticipated 70 deg, it was around 65 and dropped to 60 at times. I had my space heater going when I was not spraying to keep the heat up in the garage and I feel that really might have helped (However I overloaded the 20 amp breaker ~ 4 times because of it... Shop lights, compressor, fans, and heater...).

Paint is very glossy and very nice looking. We do have some concerns that my 285 tires might not fit without a bit of a spacer though, I hadnt realized how close to the inner fender my current tires were. So I may need to add a bit of positive camber and maybe some 1/8" spacers. We'll see how that turns out as I will be getting the wheels off the car to get tires mounted.

Still to do. Sand runs off targa top and see if I break through the paint if so respray. Sand rear trunk and respray, sand rocker pannels headlight lids and spray. Wetsand and buff, rest of my list on page one.


PS Im not a big fan of the pic of me grinning like an idiot (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 16 2011, 07:22 AM
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Andrew...wow (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I love it! What are your plans for the jams and trunks? I can't wait to see this thing put together. Way to go...
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post May 16 2011, 07:25 AM
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Great progress! This car was at WCC 04 right?
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post May 16 2011, 07:44 AM
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Good Job WTG !

Get a Nib file for the runs... it won't be as bad as you think.
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post May 16 2011, 08:42 AM
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Great Job planning this and getting it done.
You have a talent for laying down paint. I'm sure there are ways to do it better, but you prepped well, spend the time needed to get things right and it look great!

Mom says it's "ORANGE". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I say it's the new Red...

I'm thinking "Solar Flare"
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post May 16 2011, 09:00 AM
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Congrats Andrew, great color!
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post May 16 2011, 09:14 AM
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Thanks all!

Chris, I'll have your tools in the trunk to return them @ American graffiti if I dont see you till then!

Mark, I am going to try and clean the overspray off the jambs with acetone. Trunks will be resprayed down the line.

Rick, 2005, but yes we went on the track together. This was prior to the bontempi HPH flares, I had hammered out the fenders and had 16x7 fuch's with 225 tires.

Dad, Solar flare is a good idea.. But I still like my other idea and think im going to go with it. It'll be an "unveiling" post when its all done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 16 2011, 10:50 AM
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That turned out nice!
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post May 16 2011, 06:03 PM
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Wow! That looks awesome! You want to paint mine? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post May 16 2011, 08:38 PM
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Mike, I certainly could. Shoot me a PM we'll discuss specifics there.
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post May 16 2011, 11:24 PM
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Andrew,
Great job, nice to see the color on it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Dave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post May 17 2011, 12:37 AM
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Painted some of the trim. Not going to move very fast untill the paint is dry and polished. Then all the trim actually goes on and the new seals and such go back on.

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I am LOVING the color combo.
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post May 17 2011, 03:55 AM
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That turned out real nice! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Looking forward to seeing the final product!

A fellow Ninja 250 rider,

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post May 19 2011, 12:05 PM
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more paint picts.

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post May 19 2011, 01:56 PM
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That looks fantastic, great job! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post May 31 2011, 12:50 AM
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10 days feels like a long time with no updates.

I have been pretty busy, but I had some time today to work.. UNFORTUNATELY I had some issues...

Long story short, ECU on the fuel injection setup went out. After swapping ecu's to my dads (We run the same Holley throttle body fuel injection setup....) and trying to retune the car, We were almost finished when something we dont know happened and the car wouldnt stay running. At this point I gave up and decided to throw the old Holley 600 carb back on the car. To autozone to grab a new fuel pump, about 45 minutes dicking around with swapping the fuel pump and we got the car running. Luckily I had the car dyno tuned on this carb (5 years ago...), and the guy worked his magic to make it run awesome, so when we fired it up it ran like a top. Its a little rich, but its pretty smooth.

I spent some downtime (waiting for dad to make some shopping runs) wet sanding some area's of the car. I have a bunch of dirt and runs in the paint and I tested out sanding out some of them. The runs are a PITA, dirt and such are a piece of cake... I went to 1500 on the drivers rear quarter and it really looks good. I need to get some 3A rubbing compound and see how it really looks. But throughout this week and next i'll be working on the front and rear bumpers, and getting the rest of the little things painted and seals installed. Again I dont know how much time I really am going to have, but I am going to do my best to get those items painted in less than 2 weeks.

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post May 31 2011, 09:41 AM
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Hey Andrew,
Thanks for the advise and help you gave me during my build. I dont have any words of wisdom to share cuz of all the things I have done in my garage, body work is the worst. Anytime there is a task with the word "work" in it, it can be painful.

Seriously, I love the color. I read all 12 pages of your build and your cooling system thread. I can tell you truly love 914's.

If you are ever down in Southern California, look me up. Would love to see that ride in person.

Regards,
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