Bilbo's Scrapeyard Spec Eunos

Yeah that was a lie. It hits the floor constantly 

Phwoar, she's looking a lot better than when I last saw it at a brekkie meet dude also #oddcolourreararchgang

Haven't done much to the car lately, got a house move coming up so needed to save for all the associated costs of that.

I did however fit some red and purple LEDs, along with my interior LED footwell lights they look pretty spicy:




There are plans afoot to get sills welded by a mate, and use another mate's dad's lock-up to respray with a compressor and gun. We shall see!

I thought the same thing before fitting them, but no they're actually the perfect brightness. However one issue is that they're cheap, and one of the purple ones is flickering already haha.

Yeah I have no idea about spraying, but I'll watch some videos and give it my best shot with my mate. His dad has a vintage lorry that he's owned for years and restored a little while back, so he knows his fair share about paint, so hopefully I can learn a little from him.

spraying is easy compared to the prep work

especially with darker colours

Rich.

Not a huge amount had been happening on the car for a while. A house move took priority and I lost motivation for a while. Since then the world has gone a bit mad as I'm sure you're all aware! I hope everyone is staying safe.

So, the week after my house move, and the evening of my Birthday, lockdown time began! To stay sane and busy I have absolutely smashed the Amazon order button no less than about 10 times since, acquiring bits for the car.

So I started with wheels. Been putting this off for too long. These wheels deserve better than this:




So, I got some etch primer and red spray paint for my birthday (thanks mum and dad), and acquired a few bits for my Dremel, loads of sand paper, some wire wool, some Mothers Mag polish, a ton of microfibers, some gloss lacquer, and so it began!

First up, the Work Equips. I didn't split them, simply removed one bolt at a time, polished under that area, replaced, and went onto the next one. Here's some progress and final photos:
















They came out great I think. Not perfect, but I'm not a wheel restorer, never restored a wheel, never really done any painting that involved primer, colour, and lacquer either. So I'm pleased. These will be sealed with Poorboys Wheel Sealant.


Now for the Volk Rays Mesh. Same deal, except these have 16 bolts per wheel instead of 8. So I took 3 out at a time (one bolt on first wheel I rounded the head, bit gutted but had to leave it). The second wheel however, all going to plan, same deal. Undid another bolt, and pop went the sealant, letting the tyre down. Absolutely gutted, meant I needed to split the wheel, and I wanted it done quickly. I have not tyre removal tools. So I tried to debead it with a C clamp, this punctured the sidewall (luckily these tyres are junk and will be changed anyway). So I got my trusty Dremel, and I cut the tyre open, and very carefully cut into the bead of the tyre. This took aaaaaages, and I wouldn't recommend it. After a lot of time, I finally got the tyre to debead by just cutting through the entire bead on both sides, with no damage to the lips themselves. So one wheel is split down, other is all good. Just finished colour stage tonight, lacquer tomorrow morning. Some progress photos:



Purple Rain fallout remover is very good, and I love purple. It even stained the drive for a little while, would love the whole drive to be purple lol.




Before and after lip polishing.








As I've taken my time and done them slowly, trying different processes along the way, as well as a lot of hand sanding, I'd estimate the 4 wheels have taken approximately 40 hours all in!

Well that's it for now really. Painting the car itself is on hold until lockdown is over and I can get a mate to weld my sills, and then I can use my mate's dad's lockup and compressor. All in all a very productive self isolation so far, more bits planned when these are done too!

Thanks mate, not quite mint as the lips had some nasty pitting in places, but overall I'm happy with them!