Banpei's two door panda Trueno from Japan

[banpei]

I decided to split my original topic as it was getting very long. The original topic can be found here.

Earlier this week I had some spare time on my hands and I decided to tackle one of the eyesores on the AE86:

The previous owner repainted the entire car, but omitted to paint the window mouldings, popup headlight surrounds, popup headlight brows and the side markers. I already painted the window mouldings a few years ago, so now the other three were left to be done.


There is a deep cut in the left moulding due to a misaligned panel (you can spot it in the photo above) and scratching against this panel when the popups open and close. I rectified the panel, but I left the above scratch.

After painting:



It's not the best paint job, but it's heaps better than what it was. It still requires a quick cut and polish and the orange side marker on the right side definitely needs a deep polish. After that, I probably need to do the grill as well as that's now the only unpainted piece.
That reminds me: the wiper arms also need a lick of paint!

[banpei]

Small update. I replaced the Tanabe Exhaust with a Fujitsubo Legalis-R W-tail as described in this topic.


I also made a comparison video between the two exhausts:

The old Tanabe exhaust was then traded with another AE86 owner for a set of Atiwe Käseloch (cheesegrater) wheels that originate from a Haslbeck trim. I fitted the wheels, but wasn't happy with the looks and someone already bought them and picked them up last weekend.


Two weeks ago, R.ave contacted me about a journalist who wanted to feature his AE86 on the Dutch Toyota website. Unfortunately, the engine of his AE86 was at that moment being removed to be swapped into the car of the owner I traded the Tanabe exhaust with. So he referred the journalist to me.

The idea is basically to create a portrait of a Toyota owner who has an interesting car and is attached to the brand. They did a similar portrait on various owners, like a Sera, a Carina and four Crowns

Then last week the photoshoot happened:

It's still unclear when the story will be published, but probably somewhere in November or early December.

[r.ave]

(11-14-2024 01:51 PM)banpei Wrote:  Two weeks ago, R.ave contacted me about a journalist who wanted to feature his AE86 on the Dutch Toyota website. Unfortunately, the engine of his AE86 was at that moment being removed to be swapped into the car of the owner I traded the Tanabe exhaust with. So he referred the journalist to me.

Indeed, good to see the local drivers find eachother to swap parts with

I look forward to the article and on what I have missed out on...

[banpei]

Shortly before Christmas the story was published.
I'll add some photo's from the story here:



You can find the whole story (in Dutch) here: https://www.toyota.nl/ontdek-toyota/nieu...oyota-ae86

[Gtsi-R]

Nice story the've put out Art!

[decryphe]

Cool, congratulations!

[Eircamae86]

Excellent, am genuinely very happy that you are back in a Trueno.

[banpei]

I recently printed one of the AE86.DDD door cups for the zenki GT Apex door cards:

I know you can still order them (only in maroon) but I was curious how well it would end up as a printed part. I only printed the left side to see the difference.

I painted it with the AE86 zenki blue I had mixed up many moons ago. This is what it looks like compared to the original item on the right:

As you can see, my original door cups are pretty much deformed, pitted, and cracked.
Also, note that my door cards were probably produced on the 9th of June in Showa 58 (1983). That makes sense as according to the frame number, my car was manufactured in July 1983.

This is the driver side (the right side) still mounted:


And this is the printed cup:

It's far from perfect as:
1. the print wasn't perfect as the bottom of the cup suffered from loose material (the 3d model is printed upside down and the printer can't print flat surfaces out of nowhere)
2. Weird bubbles in the paint: I painted them with the colour-matched paint and then applied a few coats of Dupli clear varnish. Apparently, the colour-matched paint is incompatible with the Dupli varnish and started to crinkle

I'm not unhappy with the result as it's much better than my current door cups. I'll print new ones for both sides. This time I'll make sure the slope for the bottom of the cups is a bit more rounded. I'll also have some new coulor-matched paint that can resist clear varnish or try to match the color in RAL and find some filament made in a similar colour.

[decryphe]

Very cool! 3D-Printing really will be a godsend for restoring old cars.

What software did you use to draw the parts?

[Ivan141]

Why dont you just use supports in your slicer? Wastes some material but allows you to print overhangs.