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I rewatched some video tutorials of other people doing it, and compared it to mine, I think I might be mixing it faster than the other guys. @GTSBoy when you said aggressively I guess this falls under that. The level of hardener seems consistent, I'll experiment with it more and report back.

Ah ok. I seem to be mixing it like everyone else does so not sure what's happening. Will experiment with it more.

Hey Murray, hope all is good. I took your advice and put the filler first then the putty. Seems like a much better result but i noticed there are still pinholes. I even had pin holes when i initially put the putty on the body filler. Do you think it has something to do with my spreader being f*cked? I attached some images. This is the intially body filler i sanded. No putty yet Applying putty. Final result after using wax and grease remover can see the pin holes. I just noticed as i look at the putty application it looks wavy not sure if it's supposed to be like that or because of the spreader.

So my rb is finally having more problems. 2 issues here but I'm here to just to mainly discuss the rattle noise. The other day when I turned on the car and when I take off or go in reverse, there is a temporary rattle noise but when I cruise, boost, idle it's completely fine no rattle whatsoever. I've also done all the servicing, all the health checks you can think of and it all passes with flying colours. Also the rattle doesn't increase with rpm, it's only at a very certain rpm (slightly above 1,100rpm). My other car also has the same issue every once in a while. Changed the oil recently, no difference. Even took my oil to a lab and everything was quite good surprisingly. Timing belt changed a while ago to. Had the car on the hoist and can't see anything obvious. Tightened a couple of nuts on the exhaust manifold a couple of months ago. 2 different clips uploaded. One of them was supposed to another issue but I'll save that for another time. Thought I'd see if anyone had this same noise before, it's a bit hard to diagnose while it's intermittent. If I'm not mistaken, I think I had this a while back but can't remember exactly. I was thinking if it's doable I'll get someone to hold the throttle cable at 1,100rpm and hopefully it replicates the sound. rb25det rattle only.mp4 rb25det slow start + rattle.mp4

Yep will do. Thanks! I'm keen to do a next update.

I put another 2 layers of putty and still getting pinholes. Think i might either try the filler first then putty or just leave the little specs of guidecoat as is and get primer to fill it in. I think i misread understood what you said above when you said my glazing putty wasnt enough for the size of the area. I thought you meant 1 coat and i needed to. But i think what you meant was that I needed filler first? I also went a bit too far out the repair area as my spreader is a bit large.

You do sorta. In my instance they were little specs and I didn't even think they'd be pin holes but it all makes sense now. Huge learnings there!

Ah ok that makes sense and it's where i think i went wrong because before when i put filler then putty, i didn't have this issue and now i do because i only put 1 coat of putty. Thanks for that heaps man, it's a good way to put it! With my putty I'm using the dolphin glaze which i just saw it says finishing putty lol. I didnt put filler cause it was a shallow area but i see what you're saying. Also I'm an idiot, i just realised that while i put new putty there are pinholes! I probably saw it before and ignored it for whatever reason. I think because i thought putty is used to fill pin holes that itself wont make pinholes but that's incorrect of course. I feel silly now haha. ok I think I know what to do next. Thanks man!

Oh i think i made some progress! Just fixed another simpler dent and the guidecoat is gone even when the area is wet! The filler shape now resembles that of the dent if that makes sense so it's flat. The photos are before during and after The only issue, i think i can feel a low spot lol.

What the. I thought putty removes pinholes from body filler. I didnt use any filler there i don't think only glazing putty. I also got the example ready. As you can see? Guidecoat not visible and only visible after wetting the area. They arent the regular pinholes i had before. Can primer fill this in? Edit: i had to really put my eye to the panel and can see the holes sort of. Maybe i need to put 2 coats of putty instead of 1 after the first coat dries?

I could paint it outside technically and i do have a garage spot just need to take out the other shitbox lol. Id rather do it myself for the experience but I don't think people in my household will be ok with the idea

Oh i got a quickle example. Here you can see hardly any specs of guide coat then you can see in the other photo it's much clearer after spraying it with W&G remover. I suspect i have a low spot here though

I got a compressor just dont use it. I'm fixing every panel. Full car is getting a respray. I'm using dry guidecoat to not the spray. Similar to 3m stuff. I'll be paying someone to spray paint it professionally, I'm just doing prep. No rattlecan jobs. Yep I'll try get some photos up. I might actually have an example. I'll get back to you soon.

Yep correct. Or i guess maybe im wording it incorrectly. It's not as visible when blowing it off compared to wiping it with wax and grease remover. I'll experiment with it again and post some photos

So does that mean i shouldnt be able to see any guide coat after wetting the area?

Ah maybe worth noting. I'm not using a compressor but a blower

So to clarify, I can blow away the guide coat with a compressor or a blower but what I mean is if I wipe down the area with wax and grease remover I can still see the guide coat even though I thought it was gone after blowing it away.

I made a mistake today. I had a spot I fixed, and used guide coat and I kept sanding until it went away and it did (sort of), the guide coat was still there if I used wax and grease remover but was gone if I just blew the dust off. I ended up removing all of the filler and can feel a dip lol. The weird thing was I could still feel something after removing the guidecoat when the filler was there. Is the proper way to check that all guide coat has been removed is to use the wax and grease remover or is just dusting it off fine?

Will do thanks.

I had small pin holes in my glazing putty but didn't want to put more putty to not make a mess again and I put 2 coats of epoxy primer to prevent it from rust. Though you can only see the pin holes if your eyes are almost against the panel. Do you think when the 3x coats of high fill 2k primer and 2 base coats go on that it will be visible?

Jaylec sells brand new alternators for r34's. I wonder if they are better than the oem version. I was considering getting that if I have to tighten this belt 1 more time. Been fine for months but I expect it to happen again eventually.

Welcome to the forum! And goodbye to your wallet. But better than the alternative of no skyline I guess.

One quick overthinking question, is it safe to drive the car for 5-10 mins with only distilled water in the system so it gets to operating temperature faster? I know of course I can warm up it up idleing but was just curious. As Rb's can tend to run quite hot and it's an iron block as well not sure if rusting is a factor here.

Yep its been awesome. Thanks as always for the help

Just putting this here for reference for other beginners. Similar to what I said above. I learnt if you have a few dents that are fairly close to each other (within a couple of inches maybe 2-4 inches?) Use filler across them all and sand it all at once with the long block as opposed to fixing them seperately. Will make life MUCH easier because you won't get stuck in the cycle that I did. I think doing it seperately there is some overlap (mean your whole repair zone might cover near the area of the other dent) and you start sanding near the other dent making a low spot.