Sandman
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Soooo, after what can only be described as another stupid year thought I should really get back to this car. Basically put it in the shed after Winton and haven't touched it since. So started to get it ready for the 2022 season which is due to start Feb-ish. First job on the list is the car will be getting wrapped with a bit of a livery in a couple of weeks so I've spent the last couple of weeks attempting to do bodywork of sorts on it to make it look presentable and easy enough that it can be wrapped. The bonnet has always had clear coat peel and also has a few cracks and blemished when it hit the roof a few years back. So that's been sanded back past the clear and all the way down to 1500 grit, the gouges have been filled and I've started sixaflexing up the back size where there was issues, that's not quite done yet, but the rest is sorted. The LH guard with the big dint has also been replaced, did have some fibreglass guards to go on, but wasn't happy with the fitment on them so got another steel one and sanded that down to 1500 too. This then took a bit of work with the hammer and dolly to get the bottom to line up with lower mounts, but got to learn something new too.
The Sideskirts are plastic M spec ones which were pretty rough I got off a mate last year, finally got them to the point where they are kinda presentable. Still not mounted yet, but they're finished as well as they're getting. Also bought a new front bar too, bought a GTR style one from Jetspeed here in Melbourne, they're hideously expensive, but not a fan of the standard bars and atleast I didn't have to pay freight compared with all the interstate suppliers. Once again still to be fitted but this should happen this week. The rest of the car has been clayed and de-ironed so all that's left beyond that is to sand down the boot so its nice and smooth like the rest of the panels and remove the remaining rubber marks.
Car should be wrapped 1st second week of Jan so to follow that the car will receive its new turbo, will be getting both Power stering and oil coolers, both with sensors to keep and eye on whats going on with both of these systems. Additionally I'll be getting a front bashbar made to suit the new front bumper with a lower skidplate to prolong the life of it and also reworking the piping between the intercooler and the throttle body as well as the intercooler mounts themselves as both are rather average currently. So there's enough to keep me busy. Enjoy some photos of my least favourite job, bodywork.
How the bonnet started, with the annoying clear coat peel which would have shown through the wrap
Sanding
Not quite after, but after a lot more sanding, the bonnet is a carbon/fibreglass composite. You can see where the rear bracing is clearly.
The damage from the roof years ago, it's rather hard to fill small areas so this took many layers of spray filler to build up
Sanded down to match the bonnet lines, other side of the bonnet has the same
Dinted guard, I did keep this to try and learn more panel work in the future
Replacement guard, not the best but it was reasonably prices and straight. I leave the nicer panels for street cars.
Sanded down to 1500
Mounted, this took longer than expected as the lower mounting points on both the car and guard were both a bit bent. so It probably took 1.5-2 hours to get it mounted properly on the car.
A very rough mockup with the new panels
The Sideskirts are plastic M spec ones which were pretty rough I got off a mate last year, finally got them to the point where they are kinda presentable. Still not mounted yet, but they're finished as well as they're getting. Also bought a new front bar too, bought a GTR style one from Jetspeed here in Melbourne, they're hideously expensive, but not a fan of the standard bars and atleast I didn't have to pay freight compared with all the interstate suppliers. Once again still to be fitted but this should happen this week. The rest of the car has been clayed and de-ironed so all that's left beyond that is to sand down the boot so its nice and smooth like the rest of the panels and remove the remaining rubber marks.
Car should be wrapped 1st second week of Jan so to follow that the car will receive its new turbo, will be getting both Power stering and oil coolers, both with sensors to keep and eye on whats going on with both of these systems. Additionally I'll be getting a front bashbar made to suit the new front bumper with a lower skidplate to prolong the life of it and also reworking the piping between the intercooler and the throttle body as well as the intercooler mounts themselves as both are rather average currently. So there's enough to keep me busy. Enjoy some photos of my least favourite job, bodywork.
How the bonnet started, with the annoying clear coat peel which would have shown through the wrap
Sanding
Not quite after, but after a lot more sanding, the bonnet is a carbon/fibreglass composite. You can see where the rear bracing is clearly.
The damage from the roof years ago, it's rather hard to fill small areas so this took many layers of spray filler to build up
Sanded down to match the bonnet lines, other side of the bonnet has the same
Dinted guard, I did keep this to try and learn more panel work in the future
Replacement guard, not the best but it was reasonably prices and straight. I leave the nicer panels for street cars.
Sanded down to 1500
Mounted, this took longer than expected as the lower mounting points on both the car and guard were both a bit bent. so It probably took 1.5-2 hours to get it mounted properly on the car.
A very rough mockup with the new panels