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My ride :) ST162 April 1986, ST165 R.I.P. Engine kept !

Discussion in 'Your 4th Gen beauty' started by lone wolf, Dec 21, 2006.

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  1. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    going from n/a to boost is a big jump. now you'll have to fight the boost bug!
     
    Mafix, Dec 16, 2011
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  2. t100celicadrvr

    t100celicadrvr Well-Known Member Donated!

    sweet ride.....i love the color as well.....and your painter does amazing work .....congrats on you club as well
     
    t100celicadrvr, Dec 16, 2011
    #262
  3. kevinkyang

    kevinkyang Well-Known Member Donated!

    will it pass MOT? what is it gonna take to make it road legal?
     
    kevinkyang, Dec 16, 2011
    #263
  4. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    it will pass, mine is from aprill 86 and regulations went up in june that year ;). But ... as I have to go to the most strict ones as I adjust the power on paper as well...I will still be anxious :)
     
    lone wolf, Dec 16, 2011
    #264
  5. kevinkyang

    kevinkyang Well-Known Member Donated!

    well, at least you dont have to go through the process of having the government going through your car to make sure its all stock like we have to do here if we want to have it street legal.... :byodood
    i guess its good, but really? we do the work and know whats up! oh well.........
     
    kevinkyang, Dec 17, 2011
    #265
  6. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    today I found my battery bracket from the ST165 and decided to remove all factory plastic (plastidip?) and replastidip it :)

    Got it clean today, but seem to have misplaced my plastidip can...so will finish it some other day :)

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    Needless to say I did this indoors when the wife was not here ;). What a mess can I make in an hour :)
     
    lone wolf, Dec 19, 2011
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  7. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    The wolf is coming along nicely............ You are a very naughty boy with 'toys' on that nice table :fingersx .............. I have visions of you sleeping in the dog kennel (if you have a pooch) :hehe

    Put a wire brush in the drill and attack that sucker......... how dare you misplace the PLASTIDIP :eek:hnoes :cuss :hehe
     
    Spiderman, Dec 19, 2011
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  8. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    found the plastidip plus primer so this weekend I'm gonna plastidip this sucker ! :)
     
    lone wolf, Dec 21, 2011
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  9. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    :thumbsup:

    really want to get some of that
     
    Seank90, Dec 21, 2011
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  10. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    plasti dip sucks...

    even after I primered it it didn't hold on my bracket...so that is incredible ! Temp was good, plasti dip was good, original plasti dip primer was good...result sucks. I will mount it anyway as I want my car driving now but will get this off when the car is back home to paint it instead.

    Maybe I just had some bad luck but I doubt I will use it again.
     
    lone wolf, Dec 27, 2011
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  11. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    It needs some experience. You have to apply a thin layer at a time, and let it dry between the layers. It takes about 5 layers for me to cover things properly. My first try was a mess too :(
     
    LionTR, Dec 27, 2011
    #271
  12. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    I understand experience and I applied 2 layers but somehow parts look perfect and other parts look like the moonsurface...And I applied the first layer when primer is still wet as it says on the can..

    Maybe I will try again on something else first. :)
     
    lone wolf, Dec 27, 2011
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  13. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Yea, I made some experiments at first too :) i haven't tried their own primer, but from what you say it sounds it was more wet on those places, but it's also strange to me that they say to spray it on wet primer. I got the moon surface effect when I sprayed too much at a time :)
     
    LionTR, Dec 27, 2011
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  14. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    Today my car passed it's yearly inspection again and is road legal !!!

    All I have to do (in january) is go take the car for a horsepower change on the papers. I am waiting if I take stock figures or take it on the dyno first for real figures on the papers...
     
    lone wolf, Dec 28, 2011
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  15. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Woooooo Hoooooo........... Good to see the Wolf on the hunt again :cool
     
    Spiderman, Dec 28, 2011
    #275
  16. Alwayzsidewayz

    Alwayzsidewayz ST162 Guru Donated!

    excellent news mate.

    please can you post more videos when you can..
     
    Alwayzsidewayz, Dec 29, 2011
    #276
  17. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Congrats! :thumbsup:
     
    LionTR, Dec 29, 2011
    #277
  18. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    will do Rich, hope to pick her up monday so I can make some video driving the 60km's back home :)

    ps. Starting to restore the rusted foglights I have...they turn out pretty well so they are going to be on as well in near future !
     
    lone wolf, Dec 29, 2011
    #278
  19. Mafix

    Mafix Owner Staff Member Administrator Donated!

    glad to hear!
     
    Mafix, Dec 29, 2011
    #279
  20. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    some before pics I allready had :
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    allready tried polishing the plastic:
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    Final results :
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    I used a heatresistant spray which can be sprayed over rust preventing more rust to come. After I got rid of most of the rust of course by sanding it.

    I probably end up using yellow lights in it as I just think that looks cool with my car.
     
    lone wolf, Dec 29, 2011
    #280
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