Thread: Tiny bit excited

Originally Posted by shamirj

1 bought some new paint from bunnings 1L, $32 which i was happy to get more if 1L is not enough for the chassis but the bunnings man was telling me its no longer made silver enamel paint or very hard to find, (which i find hard to believe). I wanted an enamel silver paint that looked bright like freshly gal steel, thats the look im after. found the cold gal was a dull darker grey colour which i have sanded most of the chassis

2 here is a small sample painted by brush on the rear member, and the paint is so heavily (watered down) light that it almost holds no paint at all, very disapointed and will return to get some proper paint.

Wheel silver can look like gal. Different brands have different effects so you might need to try a few different ones to get the right effect.

1 went to a local specialist auto car paint shop and secured this paint of silver 4L
2-3 went about painting the chassis, paint was quite thin and runny so decided against using thinners, but had lots of problems with my compressor hose which started playing up, then there was no air to the spray gun, got it going again but didn't want to use another spray gun which i have plenty of but they have diff connectors to the hose. finally added thinner and sprayed a little better but think the gun must be clogged up inside. took ages and the paint was spitting out so before i go further for the upside of the chassis will give the hose and gun a thorough cleaning to ensure all is good before painting again.

next will be to turn the chassis over and paint the top side, paint is not to bad, couple of runs which i will sand back and respray.

1 chassis flipped and painted, all done except rear crossmember which needs some more welding to be done later
2 battery tray modified as found on vehicle loosely fitted
3 engine mounts are defender or 110 ones so slightly larger and does not fit well for the engine, will need to modify to suit, cant see well in this pic
4 clutch reservoir i think fitted
5 bump stops x4 all fitted loosely along with strap brackets, just need to purchase some straps for the rear diff
6 exhaust mounts x2 for the rear fitted loosely again, making sure i have the necessary bolts

finally feels like some progress is being made...

1 I needed some rubber buffers between the tub and chassis and found some lengths of rubber suitable and cut to measure
2 all completed for the rear tub and ready for install perhaps...
3 front bumper bolts found and secured ready for the bumper
4 loosely bolted in the firewall supports
5 tub brackets found secured into place with bolts again loosely
6 tub front bolts in position

just makes installing the tub so much faster and easier when all correct bolts nuts ready to go...

1 holden engine mount brackets raw cleaning up
2 mount brackets painted mat black
3 spring base plate raw
4 spring base plate painted
5 one of my spring base plates has the shock mount snapped off, need a fix, maybe weld a bolt onto it, or try to drill out the old first???
6 gearbox mounts painted and prepped, ready for when box gets installed

I would be trying to find a s/h spring plate .there should be plenty around . try an add in the wanted section on here.

1 engine with manifolds off and starting to clean up
2 manifold off, may paint these as well
3 couldn't resist painting this side of the engine but need gasket for manifold to replace

1 rocker cover repainted
2 side panels painted
3 old spark plugs put back and painted top half for now
4 cant get that harmonic balancer off, damn thing is so tight

will try again later flooded it with wd40 but doesn't want to move at all, ordered gasket kit to come and brake lines from uk