The shaved 88 Shitaco

[harlerocco]

all black errthang

[cdiddydo]

looks great man, keep it up looking forward to more progress

[harlerocco]

This past weekend I went home with the intent of completely finishing the bay. The weather was going to be good enough for paint to work so I went for it.

I got back Thursday evening. Showed up to my friend Chris finishing up the passenger side axle frame notch.



After that it was undercoated and I got to work on prepping the bay for high build primer.

Masked off everything and wrapped larger things in foil. Scuffed everything and wiped it down with mineral spirits.

Build this awesome booth out of my mom's Easy-Up frame and lots of plastic sheeting. This thing worked great and kept dust out and fumes in (this was done in a small shop with people trying to work on stuff at the same time).





2 coats of high build. Just used basic stuff out of a spray can. Came out pretty well.





Then I painted it. I've never done painting on this scale before. Learned a wealth about painting and took my time with it as best I could. After all I was trying to do everything in 3 days.

Went ahead and did the front end as well. The body shop that painted my car painted the lower valence section but nothing above that so I took care of it. Matches great too.



Used 3 coats of Tornado Red base and 4 coats of clear. Here's how it came out the day after I finished and tore down the booth.

[harlerocco]

It's rebuild time yay

[harlerocco]

I rarely ever see any cars worth a shit anywhere in Central Kentucky

that's how it is. there's nice stuff but it's all hidden and rarely brought out.


no shitaco content.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

Like 1/2 mile from campus. I don't drive my Golf much anymore, it's been gross out. I walk everywhere anyways.



Going to need a better place to keep them all...

I rarely ever see any cars worth a shit anywhere in Central Kentucky

[harlerocco]

Where are you at in Lexington? I can't believe I haven't seen either of your cars out and about. Im in Lexington all the time but I live just 25 minutes away in Garrard county.

Like 1/2 mile from campus. I don't drive my Golf much anymore, it's been gross out. I walk everywhere anyways.

holy wheel collection.

Going to need a better place to keep them all...

[kittenpuncher]

holy wheel collection.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

Where are you at in Lexington? I can't believe I haven't seen either of your cars out and about. Im in Lexington all the time but I live just 25 minutes away in Garrard county.

[harlerocco]

update from my crowded bedroom.



up to 5 sets in here... tv stand is a set of 16" 2pc pininfarinas, can't really see them there though.

[harlerocco]

who lost all their RS disassembly tools!?

me.

would go get new sockets but there's salt all over the road and i don't feel like having my mk3 rust in half. very inconvenient.

[Lobster]

i like this

[harlerocco]

keep it up, Trev.
i want to see this at WBTB.

That's the plan.

Tires came off the RS's today. Time for another rebuild.

[doktor_b]

keep it up, Trev.
i want to see this at WBTB.

[harlerocco]

Looks amazing man

Subbed for more awesomeness

Damn that's a lot of work you've put into it, it looks like its coming along great. Keep up the good work.

Thanks!

I go back to school tomorrow (an hour away). I really wanted to have the bay painted and the ABA together and painted before I went back but it didn't happen. I did get a lot done in a few weeks though. I've never worked on a bay aesthetically so there was a bit to learn and it required a lot of patience.

Today I finished bodywork on it. The filler was redone a couple times but it's sanded down to where I'm happy with it. There isn't much and it's not perfect but I think the high build will hide most of the tiny spots. It's an engine bay, it will get dirty, it's not going to be perfect, and I'm going to drive this car as much as I can this year so having it absolutely perfect isn't important.

As of now I need to mask everything, scuff the whole bay, and give everything a few coats of high build. Unfortunately I ran out of time. I even had the paint and gun ready to go.

And some shit S/W will actually care about...

While at school I'm refinishing my BBS RS wheels again with 1.5" lips for the front (15x7.5) and 2" lips for the rear (15x8). Tires are 165/50 and I'm adding new chrome bolts while I'm at it. Already have the 1.5" pair in my possession along with a single 2" lip so I need to order one 2" lip and chrome bolts sometime in the next few days. I'm hoping a 15x7.5 et19 w/ 165/50R15 will fit under my fender (they're rolled).