Brave project. I'm in for the results, looks great so far man.

 

Are you gonna paint the bay a different color?

 

Throw a 1k coat of etch primer over that just to prevent flash rusting.

 

our chassis are galvanized and its sitting in a garage with humidity control if anything I'm more worried about the pre-existing rust I will have to deal with before the new paint

yes im looking at a blood candy right at the moment

 

doesnt matter if its galvanized or not. if you took any of the coating off it will rust. just throw some cheap spray max 1k etch primer. a light coat will be more then enough and all you need to do is scuff it up or sand it off when applying fillers or primers and what not.

pre exsisting rust just sandblast.

 

Did you use the plastic over the stripper? How'd it work for you?

 

it works ok, but my biggest trouble now is getting into the cracks by the firewall and i cant really lay plastic in there lol

 

engine rebuild is just about done, paint has been ordered, I'm hoping to finish up this project in the next 4-5 weeks but the weather will certainly be a factor in that

 

paint stuff came in today should be more than enough to paint the car

 

I want that Dura-Block set

 

You're the guy that K04's 2.2 and 2.4 ecotec right?

 

I k04d a 2.2

 

well that was the last engine its now a K04ed 2.2 with LSJ block and head but yes ive been runing the k04 on 2.2s for a few years now

 

click

 

quick update
been working on shaping the bay the way I want it, almost done with the passenger side but still plenty to do on the driver side and firewall, once shaping is done I will put down surfacer and get a nice smooth finish, then its epoxy primer, 2k primer, base, candy, clear

 

Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

nice, coming along nicely

 

some protective coating for the wheel wells and under-body

and then two layers of epoxy primer to start off the painting

 

awesome cant wait for more progress!

 

moar moar moar

 

Looks good, Keep it up man

 

Really enjoying this thread. Keep it up

 

well it's been a while since my last post and a lot has been going on too, first off turns out I'm going to be an uncle to a niece so yay more family. haha As for the car I've been battling with humidity as I live in Texas it's been 60-80% humidity the past month and it's been causing problems with the stuff I have already done, getting some cracking and blistering where moisture has surfaced


so I had to create a controlled environment to manage the humidity

then I started working taking the affected areas down to the metal again

and I got a dehumidifier and a 5000cfm circulation fan with filter im keeping the temp at about 75 and the humidity as low as the little dehumidifier can get it which is about 30% also got an additional filter for the compressor and descant air dryer to keep my air supply super dry, i feathered in all the damaged areas wet sanded the epoxy primer and am about to start filling things in again

 

Dude you cant have a girlfriend. Got forbid If I can squeeze in 4hrs of car work on a sunday without hearing 2 hours of whining. this is INTENSE!

 

no girlfriend till project is done I cant afford both