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Good ol brasso hey...... These are the only pics I have sadly.....I have to use my phone when I work....or I will "dirty the house" (and I keep forgetting to get the camera beforehand) !! The homemade ramps were put to good use again.... Its pretty dim in the garage.......looks so much better in natural light..... Next up I plan to attempt an oil and filter change.....and plan to paint the exhaust connecting pipes....provided I can successfully figure out how to get the whole exhaust system off first.

friend of mine.............he is on here......http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/user/66831-bren444/

Borrowed a mates camera and took these yesterday and uploaded them to the build thread...thought id put them up here too.......... After a nice clean.....................

Fooled around with my mates camera and microsoft office picture manager today........................ and and and Next project..... Spruce up the exhaust cannon....stay tuned

Photoshoot postponed................ Another picture of the front arch.....inner guards came up a treat...very happy. Did the left rear arch this morning.............So now only the front left remains...which I will finish off tmrw

man.... In other news........... Had my tooth out today....hurts like a bitch....so cant really do anything today. Have however borrowed a "high tech" camera from a mate...so plan to give her a good spruce up tmrw morning and get some half decent pictures happening.....

Hey Joe (see what I did there)....................hahahaaaaaaaaaaaa Anyways..... In this particular case (for the arches etc) I used high temp brake and caliper paint.....because I had / have heaps of it lying around that I bought on special a while ago...its mainly trims and underside bodywork...so I wasnt too fussed about undercoats / sanding blah blah blah....just a good chemical clean up and boom...spray..although I did use plastic primer for the guards... It is probably not the "correct way" and I bet there are many "gurus" who would shudder at the thought and jump down my throat...but who cares...it looks awesome....and even if it doesnt work...its not exactly very visible anyway....Its for me to know that it looks nice oh and I just went with "gloss black". Did the intercooler piping with the same stuff and mighty impressed with the finish and how it lasts etc...did it a few weeks ago and it hasnt peeled etc...even after some heavy spraying during cleaning etc....time will tell (worst case I will do it again) I will keep updating pics so hopefully you can tell how its lasting etc.....I am not a paint know it all by any means..but I like this trial and error approach and as long as I stay away from the bodywork and critical working components I think I am fine. Also I DO follow these basic guidelines...plastic and vinyl primer before any paint on trims etc...which really gives the paint something to cling on to...have tried both ways on kick panels so I can comment. Metals and engine / brake components.....high temp paint for sure....good clean / degreaser...light sand...metal primer and simple spray on. Also just for the record.....ALL the paint related stuff I have done thus far has worked beyond expectations....bootlid....bonnet...interior trim bits...dash....badge...seat rails....calipers...drum....front lip...arches..etc So yeeeaahhhh..................... Anywho.....waiting for my days off to do the left side.......and then hopefully the week after I can move onto some engine bay detailing.

also.....totally unrelated......but sharing anyway...........found this while I was ing...................... http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jdmlegion.com%2FAssets%2Fskyline_book.pdf&ei=mSuKUMf6LvDymAWu3oCADw&usg=AFQjCNEiZF1R1RVTR9R3FlI0EYAFmjkroA

SELL !! (the horror).....hahaa Yeah no that makes sense (very valuable 2 cents indeed).......but then again...I dont plan to sell (ever) and if push comes to shove and I am reeeally forced to etc then they can look at this forum or the zillion other pics I have and judge the condition of the car themselves Personally I think it looks really nice all cleaned up and I must say degreaser works a treat. The paint is just bonus and its the anti rust stuff so hopefully that helps too. Did the back arch all of this morning............

Its think its time for new brake pads (can feel the car not biting anymore under braking) so thats what I did this morning..... While taking off the front wheel I realized the wheel arch area looks something like this.........this was before I did the calipers and drum so yes it is an old photograph but it will suffice as I didnt take one of the condition of the arch before tidying it up......... So decided to give it a spruce up........... Touched up the drum and calipers again too....noone ever said no to an extra coat !! ...and touched up a little spot on the intercooler piping that had a stone chip mark. Most of the gack just came off after a good clean but I sprayed the trims and arch just for good measure.

Make sure you post pics Daniel.....and yeah I would suggest go with the +22 too....nothing like a little extra poke (worst case scenario) rather than regretting and having to deal with "sunken".

Better picture..............

Quite happy with the end result....... Before..... After........... You cant really see it in detail from this picture..but it gives a basic idea of what it looks like now...Its drizzling and cloudy at the moment so will post some pics when I take her out for a spin later when the paint has dried completely....

Hahahaaa.......good question actually.... Wipers were a spur of the moment decision while I was working on the trims.....so being unplanned I just did them when I thought they needed a touch up. Attempted to take out the boot lock....but the left bolt was done up so tight that it snapped.....so I now have half a shaved bolt still stuck in there...and its held together by the right one Intercooler piping.....ummmmm.....dont know actually..... Guilty as charged !!

The intercooler piping always stands out when you look at the car from the front (not necessarily in a good way).......read up a little bit about piping etc and decided that the supposed disadvantages of a thin layer of paint on a small section of visible piping was'nt going to result in me being the slowest skyline out there and besides I wanted something different so decided to do this... and................................taaadaaaa......... Looks so much better in the flesh and not from a crappy smartphone camera

Pictures of the boot badge........... From this.................... To this........................ and from this................. To this...................

Thanks Mike.......the middle clip was sticking (probably because I had the left and right out together and it was an awkward angle...but yeah got there in the end with a bit of coaxing. Had to get the grille off to tighten up one of the front bar bolts.... Right............ So first up..........its been a fairly productive day and I am quite happy with what was covered. Started off with painting the boot badge. Sanded it down a little bit....and then sprayed a couple of coats of black and topped it up with clear. Came up quite nicely...its currently drying so I will put up pictures of that later. This was during the process..... Then off to bunnings to get a nice pointy paintbrush and some more masking tape. Then I pulled out my homemade ramps...got the car up to a nice comfortable height and then I settled down to fill in all the stone chip marks. This took ages as I had to fill in each tiny mark and be careful not to smudge them or mess it up etc. Car was pretty dirty from last nights rain so quite a bit of it was just road grime...which washed off. Will post up finished pics in the morning...its too dark now.

Ok....im working on something and the bloody front grill clips are a pain in the ass Feel like just wrenching it off Also....................I am painting the bootlid badge...and its looking good Pics to follow soon

you good sir are an awesome driver if I may say so !!!!!

Steven. Update: Days off are finally here again................................ Stay tuned.....lots planned for tmrw....excited !!

Pic of what it looks like...yes its a little "kiddie" but i feel it lightens the mood and is a nice personal touch...so yeah.

^^^^^^^ I would say so myself...hahahaa...and Made the eyes this morning............ Then glued them to a leather backing that I carefully cut to the same size......put bits of velcro on the back and hey presto...we have ourself some eyes.

A BIG THANK YOU..............because you are amazing !! This is how its going to be for now.......................before I put in some big bright yellow and black eyes sometime tmrw possibly. Will post finished pics when I am done

Does this ring a bell........................ My car is called "Night Fury" and for those who have not seen "How to train your dragon" this is what its named after Well so did a little bit of this.................................... and then "backup" did a little bit of this.................... and then I did a little bit of this................... and then a bit of this.....................

^^^^^ Today is seat day..... First up....I highly recommend a GTR seat.....works wonders.....I am so snug in it now its not funny.....its comfortable yet firm....holds you amazingly well yet is easy to get into and out of....and yeah bolts straight in so no dramas.....fifteen mins and I was done (with the fitting it in I mean) HOWEVER.........................................being anywhere between 15 to 20 years old these things can get a bit "rugged, tired, worn" etc. Started off with something like this..............(didnt take a picture so stole one off the internet) Took the old seat out (remembered to take off the seatbelt sensor plug) Then "attempted" to put the old leather covers on.............. For those of you who have seen a GTR and a GTST seat you will know that while they are similar in design the top bit is totally different.....the GTST having a separate head rest. Time for some innovation... There was no way I was going to leave it like this.........................so I put on my thinking cap and called in backup