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6/3/10: Well I had finally had enough and while at work I sent the gf to the powder coater to pick my parts up finished or not. I am not a happy camper, these parts look like total dog shit, the mounts were never stripped and recoated from last time I was there and the valve cover cant even be put into words, so in a last ditch effort to make it to IA on time I am going to just paint the mounts to match my rims and paint the valve cover to match my bay, which I just bought new paint for and will be spraying this weekend. Motor should be in the car by weekends end

 

Speaking of paint the gf went to the paint store to pick up my new color. I went with Nissan Midnight Mocha and went base/clear instead of single stage urethane. Hopefully I like this color lol, it was the color I originally was going to go with but was low on funds...well that bit me in the ass, oh well.

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6/6/10: Engine bay is repainted and I am 100x's happier!!! The color is exactly what I wanted, I will post better quality pics up tomorrow but for now here ya go

 

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy218/guy_from_nerk/101_0424.jpg

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It's been a while since I checked in but Holey Hell have you made some progress. She looks great. I can't wait to get mine painted so I can start adding and fitting in parts. Absolutely beautiful. On a side note I started my own parts store (DarkStar Tuning). And a local shop I supply parts to is authorized with Torco so if you need anything feel free to ask. Keep up the great work man. Uber impressed!!!
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Thanks man i'll keep you in mind if I need any fluids in the future. I have a couple spots in the bay I need to repaint/clear tomorrow after work. Then I can put my motor in the car finally this weekend at some point. I got my valve cover all stripped down today, air craft stripper and a wire wheel FTW.
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Engine bay looks awesome! is there any way you could get my dimensions of that oil catch can? ive talked with greg a few times and he just hasnt gotten back to me yet. All i really need is a catch can with 2 -10AN and a filter on top. bah.
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Couple more pics of the bay I got uploaded. Plans for putting the motor in today fell through, but I did manage to go buy some hardware to put the mounts in the car. Motor will be in this week for sure

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0420.jpg

 

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0423.jpg

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[6]/14/10:[/b] I had finally had enough of the motor sitting on the engine stand. So with today off of work, I decided to do something about it. The fun started around 530pm, had to put the flywheel and clutch on, the transmission to the block, and make 1 last min run to autopart store for of all things...sockets lol.

 

Anyways pretty excited to finally see it down in the bay so excuse all the pics lol

 

Motor and trans bolted together and ready to go:

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0458.jpg

 

 

After that it was time for her to go in (my dad lending a hand):

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0459.jpg

 

 

 

A little sweating, grunting and pushing (no not having a baby or sex) and she was in the car!!!:

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0460.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0461.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0462.jpg

 

 

Huge thanks goes to the following for lending a hand:

My Dad

Nick Oman

Nick Bailey

Matt Pound

Jordan Noblick

Max and Manny (hey someone had to supervise)

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6/17/10: With a hookup from a buddy who works at a local parts store I was able to get a brand new Starter and Alternator. I also got all the lines for my catch can ran (AN fittings and line from Jegs suck to work with), but I got em figured out lol. Just took a little cussing and a few thrown tools, but they are done. I also started blocking out the car to get it ready for body work and paint. I'll post pics up tomorrow
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Im feeling generous so heres some pics from today/tonight:

 

AN Fittings and Hose ran for catch can:

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0478.jpg

 

 

 

Body work time!!

 

Started by wetsanding the hood down:

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0471.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0472.jpg

 

Hood wetsanded and hosed down:

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0477.jpg

 

Then went to the doors and started removing the hideous pin stripes that once laid on them (yes I am working in my garage barefooted lol):

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0473.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0474.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0475.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0476.jpg

 

 

Gonna wake up in the am and get back on wetsanding, hopefully it dries out by the afternoon so I can start body filling in the dents and dings. More pics to come tomorrow

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Hey, you have any tips on wetsanding? Like what to use or anything? I did some light rust repair on my integra gsr, and you can see the paint line of where I fixed it on the rear quarters, I was thinking i might be able to wetsand that out? yay or nay? thanks
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Blending can be tricky, I would try wetsanding the entire 1/4 panel and reclear it all. I am assuming you just spotted in the spot you fixed and cleared it instead of the whole panel?

 

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6/22/10 Spent more money today than I planned, but sometimes thats just how it goes lol. Started out by ordering my starter and alternator bolts from Honda so I can get those 2 parts on the motor and hopefully start it up this weekend. After that I went to paint store and picked up materials needed to paint the car, this is where the more money then I hoped part came into play lol. I forgot just how expensive my paint was per qt, was hoping to spend about $350, ended up spending damn near $200 more then that.

 

In that $530 spent I got:

1 Gallon Primer

2qt Base

1 Gallon Clear

2qt Reducer

1qt Hardner

Mixing Cup

6 Sheets of Sandpaper

 

So next time your bitching about someone wanting $1500 bucks to paint your car, think about the price of materials!

 

FYI the color is not purple, it has a shit ton of metallic in it and was not shaken up before I took these pics. Its brown in person lol

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0483.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0485.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0484.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/alittlelessordinary/Car%20Pics/4dr%20GSR/101_0486.jpg

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