Soooo its been 3 years since I touched this car, which is eye opening if nothing else. After having the guard sitting in the engine bay (on towels) I decided I'd like to put the RH guard and bonnet back on this so it was a little less scattered around my shed and to look a little less sad. I had bare metaled where the guard bolts on when I was playing with it years ago but never got around to putting any paint on it. Originally I was going to paint it body colour, but being under the guard I decided that a black harder wearing paint might be a better option. Also that I could brush this one without having to evacuate or mask up the entire shed, both of which are jobs I didn't want to do.
A bit of surface rust had accumilated on this surface so out came the strip disc to clean it up again. It was then hit with a coat of rust converter before copping 2 coats of Septone Subframe black with a brush. I've used this on a few parts on the skyline and its held up to the abuse I give it there so it should be fine for this. The bottom of the guard also had a small amount of surface rust on the inside where it touches the body of the car so it copped the same treatment as the guard mounting face. I will also touch up under the guard with the Bullyliner as applied previously as in certain light you can see its a little thin in spots. Once that's done I'll whack the guard and bonnet back on and then it wont look quite as sad.
What I started with
After hitting with the strip disc
With 2 coats down
Little bit of surface rust on the mating surfaces.
Stripped and rust converted
Painted, looks a bit agricultural here, but its quite smooth in person. Self levels quite nicely for a brush on finish.