oldskull's Levin

[oldskull]

yeah banpei somewhere there... same as yours I think

also got my windscreen cracked. So I need to get the car ready and going to ask the insurance for it.

[oldskull]

Some pics have been made since my last update on here .
We have been busy with body work and since 2 weeks ago we did primer the car and few parts that being ready

The future when the car ready it will equip with front J-Blood bumper, Vertex side skirts and rear bumper, OBX header, HKS hi-sport exhaust, decat, Redlines taillights, JDM kouki sidelights, Recaro reclines driver seat.....

enjoy

[Ivan141]

Somehow I'm sad to see such a neat original hachi getting frp-bumpered, but then again I'm happy to see it is being restored to top condition.

[oldskull]

Ivan141 Wrote:Somehow I'm sad to see such a neat original hachi getting frp-bumpered, but then again I'm happy to see it is being restored to top condition.

LOL, I know this will come if I post this update. That why take a while till I posted this

BTW everyone have their opinion to say that. I will accept that.

As I told few people, I hope I like my own car as before if it ready. We will see

[Ivan141]

It's just bumpers... I'm not mad at you for fitting them or anything . That would be silly.
Do whatever you like, I'm sure it'll end up looking great.

[oldskull]

Ivan141 Wrote:It's just bumpers... I'm not mad at you for fitting them or anything . That would be silly.
Do whatever you like, I'm sure it'll end up looking great.

I understand you Ivan, Yeah it is just bumpers your right and still I got my OEM parts and this will be restored as my learning with plaster and spray

If I dont like how it be I still can turn it back Yeah I am sure it will turn up great. thanks

[Mux213]

EEEEEEEEK

Your car is whitish!

Good to see you doing this Ibrahim, this is still the best time to get serious work done as you can stop small problems from becoming to big to handle.

I do have to add to that, seeing there is indeed more rust then expected on the car, I don't know how far you've gone with stripping her but I would strip her bare. If your windscreen is already cracked, make a deal with the windscreen replacer to take the windscreen out for you but don't put a new one back in. Get the engine out, and make sure you check every inch of the car. Plenty of people on this forum that can give you good advise from experience. Talk to Jan or Apardal, they both went that far and know from experience what technique works. If you're investing in a partial respray anyways, doing a full respray isn't that much more expensive and will probably be cheaper in the long run.

What I can also recommend is that you talk to whitepoint (who bought my car). The cheapest really good option that you have if you know the right people, is to ship the bare shell off to Poland, have it treated and painted there, and then ship it back (by shipping I mean trailering). Make it a little summer holiday.
Make sure you talk to the right people though, there are really skilled people there who do beautiful work, but I also heard stories about cars being fixed up with cardboard

[oldskull]

I know what you mean Bas, pity enough we dont strip the car to bare this time. It is not a good idea to do this at my parking place as the car parts is everywhere around the house. I already promised that things would not happened but now it is happened. Also some private reason that I dont do that. So it will be time again that I will strip the car to bare and restore it again by myself. This time I learn how to restore it. So next time I would dare to do by myself

[oldskull]

It take almost a year long for my car project. We planed for 6 months till its finish but we all amateurs for keep it on time ready. Also I keep always changing my planning for the car and we did few times being sick but finally today the car transported to be painted.

Here some pics...



And more goodies picked up few days ago And now I am broke!

[ts@n@k@s]

oldskull Wrote:And more goodies picked up few days ago And now I am broke!

hehe, thats the way it goes...