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Please stop putting axles stants on the sills!! These are not going to help you in the future and it ruins them. Plus its not overly strong anyway. Use the subframe or inner rail with a load spreader / rubber pad!

Much better then bent and split sills
 
Please stop putting axles stants on the sills!! These are not going to help you in the future and it ruins them. Plus its not overly strong anyway. Use the subframe or inner rail with a load spreader / rubber pad!

Much better then bent and split sills
This really confuses me.. it’s literally listed as the area to place a jack stand in the mitsu maintenance manual. I am not sure why this is a bad spot.. also it’s the ONLY spot to have one when the subframes are out obviously. I dropped everything completely so there would not be anywhere else to put them.

The plan is still to use them until until I get it ready to drop off the stands and then fix the area they are supporting. I do agree that in the future I would have a rubber pad instead of metal on metal, but I would also keep using this spot for a jack stand.
 
This really confuses me.. it’s literally listed as the area to place a jack stand in the mitsu maintenance manual. I am not sure why this is a bad spot.. also it’s the ONLY spot to have one when the subframes are out obviously. I dropped everything completely so there would not be anywhere else to put them.

The plan is still to use them until until I get it ready to drop off the stands and then fix the area they are supporting. I do agree that in the future I would have a rubber pad instead of metal on metal, but I would also keep using this spot for a jack stand.
They are for the oem jack only. And even then i hate the idea but they cup the seams and dont bend of split them. Anything else will ruin them eventually. With a load spreader the inner rails are more then enough and would cause less damage long term.

My rear passenger one was used for a while before i got ahold of it and it was all bent and then water got inbetween and then split from rust. Now if it gets jacked anywhere i tell shops to lift from further in but most of the time its just me jacking it so its no biggie
 
I agree with the self-investment for sure. I'm still trying to figure out what set up I want to buy as I accumulate parts and tools. What made you go with that welder specifically? Car looking immaculate btw. I hope mine is close to this when done. Great inspiration! Keep up the diligent work please.
 
I agree with the self-investment for sure. I'm still trying to figure out what set up I want to buy as I accumulate parts and tools. What made you go with that welder specifically? Car looking immaculate btw. I hope mine is close to this when done. Great inspiration! Keep up the diligent work please.

In the end it was a combination of price/function that made me choose the one I did. It is middle of the road as far as function and price, so that was ultimately made me choose it. I would love o have like say the tig function too, but I had to sit down and think.. how often am I going to actually use it haha. I know not very much so for now it fits my needs perfect. Especially for just most automotive repair stuff. Not planning on creating a bunch of one off parts or custom build stuff, so it will work just fine for me.

Thank you for the compliment and let me know if you ever have any questions on the build or how I did something on it!
 
I am absolutely loving what you have done and the detail you are going through. I will be doing this undertaking shortly myself on my 90. I have read through aot of build profiles trying to figure out what I feel is the best way to accomplish this task, and I love the way you did it. So I'm stealing your way :D but I want to make sure I got the steps right.

1) Metal wire wheel brush till down to the bare metal
2) Seam sealant - (near and better)
3) Primer - ?
4) Treatment - ?
5) Undercoat (rust oleum)

Is this the correct order?

There is sooo may options, I want to go with tried and true and like I said I love the way yours has turned out.

as for the wheel wheels I am assuming the same thing?...

1) Metal wire wheel brush
2) Seam sealant - (near and better) again?
3) Primer -
4) Treatment -
5) Undercoat - (rust oleum) again?

Thank you,
Seth
 
I am absolutely loving what you have done and the detail you are going through. I will be doing this undertaking shortly myself on my 90. I have read through aot of build profiles trying to figure out what I feel is the best way to accomplish this task, and I love the way you did it. So I'm stealing your way :D but I want to make sure I got the steps right.

1) Metal wire wheel brush till down to the bare metal
2) Seam sealant - (near and better)
3) Primer - ?
4) Treatment - ?
5) Undercoat (rust oleum)

Is this the correct order?

There is sooo may options, I want to go with tried and true and like I said I love the way yours has turned out.

as for the wheel wheels I am assuming the same thing?...

1) Metal wire wheel brush
2) Seam sealant - (near and better) again?
3) Primer -
4) Treatment -
5) Undercoat - (rust oleum) again?

Thank you,
Seth

Hey man, you actually inspired me to FINALLY write my tech article on how I did my resto! Thank you for the push and motivation. Its under the front page tech articles and also under exterior and if you have ANY questions further just let me know!!
 
Hey man, you actually inspired me to FINALLY write my tech article on how I did my resto! Thank you for the push and motivation. Its under the front page tech articles and also under exterior and if you have ANY questions further just let me know!!
Awesome! That is exactly what I was needing. That is such a huge help! Can't thank you enough. As of now I don't believe I have any questions, but if they arise I'll definitely ask! I try to research as much as possible, as I have always had problems asking for help. Also sometimes it is hard to search for things as I might call something one thing when it may be right but others might call it something else, so it can be difficult finding exactly what one is looking for. But your article is an extremely HUGE help. I can't wait to start on my 90 now.

Thank you, Seth
 
Alright, so got the front frame and side areas finally painted and finished!!! It took a LOT of work and had to end up redoing it three time but it’s done!!! Here is the finished project.

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saved the front sticker for oem reasons.
 
Well as some of you know I have been struggling to find my focus on the build and have been putting off working on the car. Over my weekend though I finally worked up the courage to get back to it. Made big progress and starting to get the upper body ready for professional body and paint.


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Finally got around to running new wire loom and getting the wires cleaned. Got the new bundle mounted and then the radiator put back in with new rubber mounts.

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Got everything routed and the inner plastics in with new hardware as well.

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So it’s getting there slowly again and re-focused on getting it back on the road.
 
Well… starting to get away from the oem side now hahaha.. just can’t help myself though. I have kept literally every bolt and part I have taken off though and all mods are being done to be 100% reversible for when I sell the car. Want to enjoy it some before I do though. So here is my first big step away from oem (besides the oil cooler and 16G evo turbo of course).

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Got more work done last week but just getting it posted up. Had to cut some of the pipe to fit correct with the stm tuned intercooler. But came out really nice and loving everything black colored.

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(Pipe is really close to oil cooler mount, so that’s what the silver cover on the pipe is for)

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Laid paint down on the inner sections. Really happy with how it turned out and it was waaaaay easier than the front radiator support. Getting close to professional body work time and paint.

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As you can see, I do quite a process to make sure I have minimal chance of any future rust. Just my way of doing it.
 
Getting around to other things too. Got these bad boys dropped off to be repaired and powder coated same color with polished lip again. Can’t wait to wrap them in nitto n01 tires too. Also had to order new sticker pack, valve stems and lug nuts for them… from Japan.. which turns out is really expensive. But worth it.

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Laid paint down on the inner sections. Really happy with how it turned out and it was waaaaay easier than the front radiator support. Getting close to professional body work time and paint.

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As you can see, I do quite a process to make sure I have minimal chance of any future rust. Just my way of doing it.
Just curious what are the 5 different steps and products you are using there? Looking great!
 
Just curious what are the 5 different steps and products you are using there? Looking great!

I actually wrote a very detailed how to in the articles section under exterior of you want to check it out. Basically what I do though is I take it all the way down to bare metal with a wire wheel, then use new seam sealer on any parts I took off or even new spots I feel should have had some in the first place. After that I put a coat of the rust inhibitor spray from rustoleum down. Then I put a coat of self etching paint over that, and then a light primer color over that. All by rustoleum. Then I have paint I had mixed from automotive touch up and I spray it with an atomizer sprayer from home depot. After that I spray a clear coat over that also from automotive touch up. It’s not obv 100% professional but it does the job and actually looks amazing. Feel like once I dial in the mixture of thinner/base/activator or hardener it could be better LOL.
 
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