Jester Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Been playing with my wheels I got from Jesusno2. I ended up using some brush on paint remover to take all the black paint off. Then I started the sanding process. As of tonight I have two wheels done. Started with 220, 320, 600, polish, 1000, polish, polish. They are not perfect, but, will look a LOT better than what I have now. Quote Link to comment
Rustina 510 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Looking good dude. Keep up the work Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Thanks. I am taking a break on the other two. My finger tips are soar as hell. That is a lot of hand sanding. When I get the other two done I'll get the centers painted with some medium shade of gun metal. Should work just fine. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Nice job Jester! Did some sanding tonight too :D Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I painted em black for a reason :P Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Ya I see why. There is one that looks like it was on Helen Kellers car that she learned how to parallel park in. Eperly said he could weld up the curb rash and throw it on the lathe to fix it. I love that guy. Then I get to sand some more. Thinking I may use a dark grey Hammered finish on the centers. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 So this morning I decided to go to Homo Depot and get some Bronze Hammered paint. What do you think? From this To this Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I think shiny black would have set it off more, but dont know how it would have looked on your car. I love that polished lip man. omnomnom... Take tire off car, put rim on, get another photo for us to evaluate :lol: Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I was going to use black. Everyone seems to be into black centered wheels right now. I wanted something a little different. Besides, I think this will look good with the color scheme I have planned. I SHOULD have the front two mounted on new struts this weekend. Then I'll post a couple more. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I was going to use black. Everyone seems to be into black centered wheels right now. I wanted something a little different. Besides, I think this will look good with the color scheme I have planned. I SHOULD have the front two mounted on new struts this weekend. Then I'll post a couple more. True man, black wheels with polished lip is like a black rattle canned datsun. They're everywhere. Good to be different. Quote Link to comment
831Sunny Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Thought about coloring the groves in the rims with the car color? Idk it might make it stand out a lil more Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 I thought about it but I don't want the wheels to draw all the attention. I just want them to look good and flow with the car. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 FINALLY got my struts today and got them on. YEE HAA!!!! When I finished the first side and looked at the other side and noticed how much difference there was in how much droop there was, it made me laugh. Here is a before and after just on the amount of droop I lost. And of coarse all done and sitting on her new wheels. I know I only have two painted but I couldn't help myself. It only dropped it 3/4" for now. My rear springs are so worn out that it actually look OK. When I get the rearend done the way I want I'll add some B210 top hats to bring it down some more. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted May 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Forgot to mention that my back tires were rubbing so bad it destroyed one of the tires. So, I HAD to put two more new ones on. Broke my heart. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yesterday I decided I am tiered of not having my marker lights. Figured it would be easier to open the holes on the front fenders than the rear quarters. SO................... I proceeded to pull the front fenders and hose off all the crap that was stacked up on the inner fender wells. When I went to look at the back of the fenders, the previous owner had KINDA did it the right way. He seal welded the piece of metal from the back side. BUT, in the process, warped the shit out of the fenders. DANG IT!!!!!!! And of coarse I managed to break every damn bolt on the passenger side fender EXCEPT the two on the front core support. The two at the base of the A pillar will be fun. I managed to get the cowl drains cleaned out, scraped off some of the under coating at the firewall looking for rust (none to be found) and painted them back up with just some shake-n-shoot. It was still a good day to work on the datto. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 And of coarse I managed to break every damn bolt on the passenger side fender EXCEPT the two on the front core support. The two at the base of the A pillar will be fun. Have fun with those bolts, just remember that it is better than wiring. :D Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 The fender ones are easy. Lots of PB blaster. Then really get some vise grips on the back side. THey twist out. As for the ones on the bottom of the car, well I ended up drilling out the hole and using a lag bolt... Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 so whats up with those bolts? Those broken off from your fender or what? Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 so whats up with those bolts? Those broken off from your fender or what? The heads shear off, usually flush with what they are in. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Lesson from the story: Don't remove fenders unless you have too, and if you do, prep it with a weeks worth of PB Blaster. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I just drilled them out in steps then retapped them to 6mm. And yes it was better than wiring. Lol Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Not really anything to update. Just wanted to post some info for future reference. Wagon rear end width from mounting surface of drum, 52 13/16" Springs were at 37 1/4" center to center Mounting surface @ drum to rear wheel well face was 6 1/2" Mounting surface @ drum to the outer step for the door seal was 2 7/8" Frame rail width at rear of car was 34 7/8"........I should have measured @ at the rear housing too. I'll do that next time I have it up in the air. Quote Link to comment
jesusno2 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 My goon total width is 53 Inches thats from clear out on the pilot to pilot. Building some toyota diffs to swap into wagons. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 My goon total width is 53 Inches thats from clear out on the pilot to pilot. Building some toyota diffs to swap into wagons. Hmm, sounds like I need to start saving! Quote Link to comment
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