I think I finally understand what people mean when they say it's all in the prep now! The actual painting is about 1% of the effort and is the easiest bit really.
as you found everytime ye think your done ye find more , 1 tip i will give ye always carry a pencil ,mark things AS and when ye see them , then you ll not for get , i write high spot low spot pin hole etc
Looks fantastic JamesLey I have just got mine back from the blasters. They blasted underneath and sprayed with the Electrox i supplied. Iam going to EP121 the entire underneath then Raptor tintable. Question, did you Raptor the whole underneath of yours, or just the wheel-arches?
Cheers mate! Still not used to it being in paint! I only did the wheel arches but reckon it would’ve been easier doing the whole lot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Love the colours, very subtle. Thanks for the reply, i think i might hit the whole underneath and maybe the engine bay. What gun did you use to put the Raptor on with btw?
I bought a 4 bottle kit from eBay that came with an underbody gun. It was this one but tintable. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/382289786911 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I ran out of time last weekend to paint the engine bay, so got it done tonight. What an awkward area to paint! I also raptor’d both sides of the battery trays, underside of the engine bay surrounds, and this year’s must have van accessory; a colour coded LPG tank! I’m starting to get bits ready to bolt back on, and in a bid to work smart and not hard (although a lot of times the smart way is the hard way on the van!) I’ve bought a small blast cabinet to speed up cleaning up bits before I paint and reattach to the van. I had a little trial on some bits I had lying around, what a time saver.
SGS have some great stuff, if you paid the price it's online for now that's a bargain. Got my engine stand from them as it was cheaper new than any of the second hand ones locally!
Yeah think I paid 80 summit for it which seemed good value! They’ve lots of goodies I’d love to have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
You’re doing a super nice Jobb. Expect picture updates on all the assembling of all the bits an pieces. So nice to follow this resto. Makes it easier to keep on with all the crap and rust on my own project when you can see these nice results. Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
Cheers mate. Feel like I'm enjoying working on the van again! I found it quite intense getting the thing ready for paint as I knew I needed to get it done before it got too cold. No huge rush now with the rebuild.
Some further rebuild work over the last week or so. These bits are off to the blasters this week for a clean-up, so should be back on the van soon: Blasted, zinc primed, epoxied and top coated the engine hangers, rear bumper irons and gear shift rod: And the same treatment for the driveshafts, clutch and brake pedal arms, gearbox mounts and shift cage, instrument panel bezels and steering box mount: In between all this I’ve started to get the wiring back into the van. I repaired the main loom a while back and it’s been sitting in the garage for a while all labelled up ready to go back in. I’ve run the main loom under the van. I didn’t weld in a new guide tube for this between the cross members, instead opting to run it through some convoluted tubing clipped to the chassis rails. Conveniently there were two perfectly sized holes in the rails to bolt it to: And reconnected to the cleaned up fuse box: I’m now sorting out the front loom, which on the whole is in good condition, but has a few dodgy repairs which I’m addressing before re-attaching. With all of the above bits painted I can finish rebuilding the majority of the running gear over the next few weeks.
Cheers mate. I tend to get a bit OCD about it. I'm ordering the right coloured wires to repair the loom which I know is probably overkill but looks neater to me!