stevestevesteve
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- Mar 20, 2009
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Waukesha,
Wisconsin
Time for more paint for the engine bay. Removing the old peeling rusty stuff, priming it, and painting it. Pictures pretty much say it all. 
First lets rewind all the way back to early summer of 2009. This is what my shock towers look liked.
Yuck....
Mid summer 2009 I didnt know to much about painting so what the heck, lets sand and bondo it smooth.
Spray Bombed them real quick and they looked pretty good.
My non-clean engine bay of summer 2009.
Well this is what I ended up with fall of 2009. dont have a picture of the other side but it looked the same. (Not that much rust though)
Pulled it in for the 09-10 winter
And as many of you know, started my project (Check other blogs to see my interior restore and other stuff)
Well last week I stripped both stock towers entirely. On the drivers side I punched two small holes through where rust was (smaller than the diameter of a pen).
Took a breathe, grinded and cut out the rust. Welded the holes shut, grinded the welds smooth, and jb welded the uneven surfaces.
Didnt take a lot of pictures of that process, mainly because I was focused on doing the job right and not screwing up.
Here is a few days ago.
You can see on the drivers side where the jb weld is drying, thats where the previously infected area was.
Drivers side as of today (The original spot welds are there, the camera just didnt pick them up)
Painted. 2 coats if A52, and possibly 2 coats of clear this weekend. (Still drying)
In the mean time I got another JNZtuning order.
First lets rewind all the way back to early summer of 2009. This is what my shock towers look liked.
Yuck....
Mid summer 2009 I didnt know to much about painting so what the heck, lets sand and bondo it smooth.
Spray Bombed them real quick and they looked pretty good.
My non-clean engine bay of summer 2009.
Well this is what I ended up with fall of 2009. dont have a picture of the other side but it looked the same. (Not that much rust though)
Pulled it in for the 09-10 winter
And as many of you know, started my project (Check other blogs to see my interior restore and other stuff)
Well last week I stripped both stock towers entirely. On the drivers side I punched two small holes through where rust was (smaller than the diameter of a pen).
Took a breathe, grinded and cut out the rust. Welded the holes shut, grinded the welds smooth, and jb welded the uneven surfaces. Didnt take a lot of pictures of that process, mainly because I was focused on doing the job right and not screwing up.
Here is a few days ago.
You can see on the drivers side where the jb weld is drying, thats where the previously infected area was.
Drivers side as of today (The original spot welds are there, the camera just didnt pick them up)
Painted. 2 coats if A52, and possibly 2 coats of clear this weekend. (Still drying)
In the mean time I got another JNZtuning order.
j/k
