Gtsi-R red'n black coupé-->new coil leads & water iss

Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

fancy weldings will not be the biggest problem I guess, THe guy who I am always working with in his shed.. is a Car- repainter /repair-guy for 25 years now..

thats a bit of a disapointment that FRP is indeed Fiberglass where I was afraid of.. and not urethane-plastic ( PU)

not that I am planning to hit some things, but whe I do.. I need to fix it..
Looks like that the colour will be a verry Standard one.. I am afraid..

to bad... had a nice Motorcycle coulor in mind.. a Harley davidson coulor.. verry nice one .. but actually most Motorcycle coulors are Candy coulors (with Inkt for the deep and bright effect)

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

small update..

Mocal oil cooler and sandwitchplate with build in termostat ordered.

Pics in as soon as i will mount it!

Cheers Roel

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

Radio is gone, Sad

not stolen but sold Very Happy

Got a 1 din radio back in place for this one Wink

mutch better... I dint liked the 7" radio in this car...

and a Update.. the pizzacutters will be sandblasted by me tonight.. doing some overtime here at work!!

Cheers

Roel

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject:

hey come on with those pics!! Wink

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

Pics Up tonight.. Very Happy

I did 3 rims last night..

but things went bad Sad

sandblasting wheels with 8 bar of pressure wont do good for the vieuwing glass...

It went matt / white Wink

so needed to fit a new one..

2 wheels were in verry bad shape with lots off oxidation on it... and paint shivers.

the machine got stuffed of that junk, so this morning I cleend that thing out.. and hope to redo the last wheel I did yesterday, and to blast the 4e wheel today..

But the wheels that are done, look perfect!!
Now lets see how to pollisch them!!

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

see the difference Very Happy

the wheels:

old style..

after hours of work:

close up:

Now I need to pollisch it..

HAs annyone got some sugestions Very Happy

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also some nice goodies in yesterday Smile

and even found a great place to mount it!

cheers Roel

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:57 am Post subject:

i'd spray the whole wheel black, and them take them to someone with a lathe and turn them down a bit, no way you can get those things polished to a mirror shine without HOURS of sanding

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:

You can machine them yourself, jack the car up, put the wheel on, start the engine, put em in gear, put your sandingpaper against the wheel et voila Very Happy

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:

hehehe

insta-roto-polisher Cool

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject:

Paint the midsection and polish the rim.

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

that will also look good I think :d

but it is hard to tape it down Sad

I cant do that so nicely.. ant what couler should the middle section have??

cheers roel ..

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

the inner thingies: black, outer sides: silver

just like original, but then silver instead of shiny aluminium Smile

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

hmm.. me dont like silver paint..

I know.. I am special Very Happy

and a pain in the ass Very Happy

haha... always want something different Wink

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

make em a sexy drift colour Puh

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Can you do me a favour & bang a towbar under the Corolla, often wondered how a 4agz pulls, plenty torque id say.
My Girlfriends 7afe pulls like a train Puh

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Wow impressive project man!6

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

new arrivals!!

the hoses for my oil cooler Very Happy

got little work to do tonight Very Happy

finally som coolant for the oil!!

cheers

Roel

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:58 am Post subject:

that little work was a big job... wasnt that easy to get it working without leakage... it was a nasty mthrfckr... but I did the Job fine i guess Very Happy

the cooler is totally fitted on rubbers

also got a new oil pressure sender but that one is not a correct one and wond give a good signal to my gauche... so we wait for a correct one!!
and again everything can come off again!! damn..

so.. untill sofar Very Happy

cheers Roel

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

2 weeks ago I'd change my timing belt and watter pump.

this was probbarbly a long time ago since the last change.

so that is alright for an other 100.000 km Very Happy

last sunday I had a great meeting in Lelystad on the midland circuit.

this was the first time for me to realy try the car out on a track..

and there are also movies made Smile

My best lap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhi8mrNT5bg

and two others :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2e8dLV9nu0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4837i57bzIE

had a great time, but my dampers and springs are not that great...

so that will be be the next investment!!

Just finding out what is a nice setup.. I would realy like to go for a coilover kit... but that is so expensive...

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

Hey,
none of Ad's cars have a great suspension. But thats ok for the way he uses the car. Time to go up a lvl

5.5 kg mm front
4 or 4.5 kg/mm rear

full poly bushings and start having fun!

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

maybe you like to try koni damper first before buy coilover set? Smile

I got a set Koni yellow here up for sale. Wink

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

hm dont like yor oldschool rihms got them too youes them for my ke70 and they still aint pretty hehe but like the rest Smile