1991 Build Thread

Before I get to the meat and taters here's some pics of the car before and after a paint correction I did on it.





Overall I was very happy with how it turned out. I wasn't expecting to pull so much out of that paint but now I can rocked this polished turd.

The process was:
1. Wash with dish soap and clay bar the entire car
2. Used a DA with yellow Hex-Logic pad with Meguiars Ultimate Compound to do most of the cutting
3. Followed with a orange Hex-Logic pad with Meguiars 205 (I shouldve used Ultimate Polish, 205 was hard to work with)
4. Then used a black pad with Meguiars Ceramix-Hybrid wax to protect the paint

The whole process took pretty much the entire day.

Dropping the 5SFE and the beginnings of the engine bay shave.

And this is where everything gets caught up. This is where I am at now.

I am still currently filling in major areas with Everglass (fiberglass filler) then I will be going over it with Metal Glaze (glaze putty) for the finishing looks. The entire bay has been stitched welded and ground down relatively flush to help strengthen the bay and keep it from flexing and potentially cracking the filler. Most seam sealer has been wire wheeled off except in areas that aren't visible from a top down view. Most bolt holes, nuts, studs, brackets, and wiring harness holes have been filled, removed, or grounded flush. As well as the shock tower "braces," those were drilled out. The engine bay color is still undecided but I am leaning towards a light cream color, but I gotta put my brain to use about it.

Glazing, glazing, glazing. Should be able to primer it soon.

Its been primered ! Basecoat goes on next week, a can I got was no good so I had to order a replacement basecoat. I think it turned out pretty good. Theres a few spots thatll need some more primer, you can see on the front firewall there is some zebra striping. That'll get fixed right before I lay the basecoat down.

All painted !
Paint is a Cayman "Creme White" I figured I'd doa color off another mid-engined car. I think it turned out amazing.

Just been prepping the motor to put in the car. Shaved and painted the valve covers. Working on shaving the intake manifold. Painted the VVT solenoids and other top engine parts flat black as well.








I am very happy with how the valve cover shave turned out. It really cleans up that rear bank quite a bit. More updates to come !