mickey's vr6 thread

[hoontime]

are you joking 50 million people have view or reviewed this thread. omg

[schoona]

Teh car has been around for a while, and had multiple problems and upgrades ince it's purchase. Steve is over 100 pages also? KILLZ has a solid buil....plenty going on

Hard to believe?

[Mrk_Mickey]

are you joking 50 million people have view or reviewed this thread. omg

If you fancy going back through the thread to see how much I've spent on various maintenance items, that would probably be a good example of a vr6 of 'normal' condition.

Mine's had a lot of maintenance and work to get it where it is. I have spent a lot of money, but it's my hobby and I do it all myself which makes things cheaper.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Righto, another update!

More progress today, mainly prepwork.

-more hi-fill areas wetsanded
-side strips, front and rear bumper strips all sanded and scotch-brited ready for hi-fill tomorrow
-front and rear bottom bumper strips sanded and scotch-brited ready for black paint (and eventually clear) tomorrow
-boot channel, beaver panel and behind the headlights cleaned to the shizz!
-little bit of sanding and line-work on the hatch, but we had hardly any bog so that's still a work in progress
-prepping the badgeless for hi-fill tomorrow

If I can remember anything else I'll write it down

Here's a pic of the cleanest rear end in town...hahaha...



I've got the day off tomorrow and possibly also Thursday, so expect lots more soon!

[Stephy]

Me likey lots - please post more!

[Ben J]

you dont even need to put it back togethor, that looks sweet

looking forward to seeing it all painted up

[Mrk_Mickey]

Haha cheers guys.

Hopefully we'll have all my textured bumpers/grille painted and the rest of the hi-fill areas wetsanded tomorrow! I'm hoping my mate can finish hi-filling my door and finish my hatch too. Fingers crossed.

[KI11Z]

awesome stezza install Mike

[thestu]

sweeeeetttt!!!! god job mickey!

[Mrk_Mickey]

awesome stezza install Mike

No carpet in the boot means HECTIC SIDEWAYS sub

actually it reminds me of something you'd do, like your rego label and plates etc!

[Mrk_Mickey]

So I rang around for some quotes today to get the glass taken out and re-fitted after spraying the car...

O'Briens comes in at a whopping $770.
A local company who don't offer insurance on breaking of glass came to $560
Another local company (which I forgot to ask about insurance with) quoted $340

Obviously O'Briens will do the job perfectly and offer a lifetime guarantee and everything, but I'm just trying to think about justifying that sort of money. Is window removal/replacement something that someone could possibly do themselves, at least for some of the fixed windows on my car?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Scratch all the above, I've got a quote off a very friendly bloke who sounded knowledgeable and assured me anything he cracked when removing wouldn't be an expensive thing to replace (contrary to previous beliefs because of O'Briens pricing!). I'll get the windows taken out and put back in whenever I'm ready for $240 as well, cheaper than anything I got earlier! Win.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Much more progress to update:

The windows came out today! The front windscreen did end up cracking, so I'll need a new one. The poor guy dropped the rear one too, haha..so I'll be getting a new one of those with tint when it needs re-installing as well. Total price for everything is $300 which I am still smiling about, very happy with these guys so if anyone needs any window stuff done, call Russ or David at AceWindscreens!

Seeing as all the windows are out, I went all the way and took the window seals and door seals out too. They're all cleaned out, all of the surface rust that was there is sanded away, and they're ready for paint. The ''interior'' parts of the car to be sprayed are basically ready to go now!

The hi-fill on the car already is all wetsanded, and I'm currently waiting on my friend to finish spraying hi-fill on the rear right door, one small patch on the front left door, and on two new dents we've found on the bonnet.

The bonnet got wetsanded tonight too (before we found the dents...doh) - 800wet, then 1200wet, then scotch-brite wet.

Unfortunately the plastics aren't sprayed, because my mate hasn't had the time. He may do it tonight, otherwise the weekend.

What's left before it's ready? Not much!
-Repair and hi-fill the hatch, 400wet over the hatch
-Hi-fill doors and bonnet, 400wet over them
-Spray plastics, 400wet
-800wet whole car
-1200wet whole car
-scotch-brite wet whole car

Provided I can work on it over the long weekend and my mate can finish up the repairs for me, it will be ready for paint come Monday.

Ps..pics of today are uploading!

[Mrk_Mickey]

I've got garbage bag windows now...hehehehe

[Bboy_Sparx]

The windows came out today!

What?1?!?!? Why did you do that?!?!?!?!

Haha