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@soviet_merlin Thanks mate! Nothing too major but will hold me up for a while. I've got lipomas to get taken off the back of my neck and the middle of my spine which always conjures scary thoughts! It sounds worse than it is. Yeah great, more time to contemplate rabbit hole deepening , just what I need! 🤣

Righto, enough of ADHD Anonymous! 🤣🤣 Rear end is completely stripped out apart from coil overs that will take 5 minutes. Fingers crossed it doesn't look like that for too long! Cleaning up some bits as I go so they can go straight back on. It amazes me how good stuff looks just with a good hard scrub! That will be it for a couple of weeks. I've got ot a bit of surgery Friday that will put me out of action for a few weeks. Hopefully the motivation is still there when I'm ready to get back into it!

100% accurate! We are a pack of know it alls.... But, I bet people go to you when they have a problem! I've been on a bit of a clean up rampage too over the past month! I've thrown more shit in the bin over the past 2 weeks than I have in the past 3 years combined! Anyway, it's all good fun being different! My wife sometimes does not agree!

Maybe you should do some more reading. Google positive effects of ADHD and you'll get your answers. One of my personal downsides of ADHD has been talking before I think. Maybe you have it too?

Thanks for reaching out! It's a blessing and a curse at the same time. I'm undiagnosed but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see it in me... I have more half started projects laying around my house, shed, garden, etc taking up space and money, destroying aesthetics than if I added up all of my mates projects together. But, ADHD gives me the ability to hyper focus on things that no mere mortal could even comprehend. A recent pool build is an example of that.... I dont know anyone else that would be dumb enough and focused enough to take on then complete something of that magnitude. I call ADHD a superpower but it can equally be completely destructive if not controlled and focusedon the right places. Addiction is a major concern to ADHD people and thankfully my addictions have been no worse than projects, XBOX, chocolate and being an arsehole! It's often hereditary and my 13 year old son is currently learning how to drive it at the moment. Keep lurking! If i can finally finish this bloody thing at some point it will be a win for all of us ADHD'ers! 🤪

Stripped the tank down and gave it a good scrub. It came up really good! Not sure if I'll just put it back in like that or give it a blackening treatment (such as Bowdens The Black Box). That might give it a matte look so might just run it as is.

@MBS206 Ha ha, yeah ADHD is a daily battle to not get drawn in to doing things you want to do that you know you shouldn't do! Every single time I walk into my shed I end up doing something I started the day having zero intention of doing! I keep mentioning the 1 step forward, 3 steps back scenario and I'm tipping people that are blessed with ADHD (yes, blessed) are the worst at that!

Fuel tank is out. Looks pretty bloody good under (ie above) the fuel tank. Amazing how good the factory e-coat holds up in the hidden areas. No where near as much body deadener to get rid of as the front but still not looking forward to it! Shit of a job. I'm thinking I might grab a needle scaler and give that a go before I attack it with the angle grinder and wire wheel which is how I did the front 2/3's of the car. Feels good to be working on the car again but who knows how long it will last! Hopefully I can get it further forward than where it was prior to this last block of work when I decided to go back 10 steps further down the rabbit hole from where i already was! The problem is, I'm realising how hard it will be to repair and paint the bumpers, which cannot be put back on the car, and have a good paint match. There are also areas where it would be VERY hard to hide the new paint where it transitions from old paint. Like this- There is only one way to do that perfectly and I really dont want to have to do what that means I would have to do... 🤦‍♂️

I don't run the spring but it means you need to set your own belt tension. I put tensioners on both sides too.

I'd be lost without it!

Yeah I agree, it's almost impossible to get them out without inflicting some sort of damage to the subframe! Especially when you get excited with the air chisel like I did! I'm not fussed, it's a somewhat non-critical component in terms of inhibiting function if there were dags or slight damage to the bore of the bush location. Once you bolt it back up it never moves. It's not like a suspension arm that needs to move through a range of motion that damage would actually make a difference to.

I have started repairing them but left it for more important things... Rather than clutter your post, this is the link to my build - https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/190-members-cars-project-overhauls-restorations/. One day I'll go back and replace the photos Photobucket deleted...

Awesome mate, sounds like an awesome car! My 33 has the 400R/Nismo front and rear bumpers and side skirts. They're in terrible condition though so I either need to fix them up or toss them and get new, standard bumpers and skirts. I wish the Nismo stuff was FRP not fibreglass as they're always one nudge away from complete destruction!

Stunning car. Looks amazing! You're in the UK? How the hell do you stop your car rotting away beneath you? British cars are the WORST I've ever seen in regards to rust. Some of the cars SR Autobody have done are borderbeyond saving.

Happy new years folks! Wishing you all a successful year of money pit ownership! So the subframe bushes are out.... Ok, who else has done that job before?? What a C U Next Tuesday of a job that is! Be glad to not do that again in a hurry! I think I explored every option available to chop the middle section of the bushes out, most of them unsuccessfully! I tried a holesaw, die grinder, normal drill bit, air chisel, etc, etc. The true success happened by accident when I'd decided to try a step drill I spotted on the bench on the way passed. See, there are benefits to never cleaning up after yourself! It RIPPED through so so much better than the drill bit. It has to be the skinniest one available so its small enough to fit between the inner tube and outer casing but it made easy work of it. First one i hammered the shit out of... New method- 20250102_185506.mp4 I did the other 5 in less time than I fluffed around with the first one. With the first couple I used the cut off saw (sawsall as the yanks love to call them) to cut a break in the outer casings. Even with that they're still a prick to hammer or air chisel out. The last few i just went rambo with the air chisel without cutting them. I over cut one of the early ones so will hit the with the mig to fill the cut then sand it off smooth. The carnage left over- I've also been "nesting" ie, cleaning up my babies nursery, ie cleaning the f**king pig sty of a shed. I've got that much shit laying around it's as cluttered as my head! Getting things put away, in boxes, on shelves, hanging off walls, all to get some working space back again. Hopefully that keeps me motivated....

Welcome back to the scene! Godzilla Motorsports were well regarded back in the day. My GT-R had work done there prior to my ownership. SRS (Street Race Solutions) in Toowoomba worth a look. They've built some pretty wild Skylines. Their YouTube channel is comedic to watch! I'm sure they're all on the glass BBQ but they get shit done! 🤣

That's a given! Bit hard to powdercoat it properly without removing them! 😁

Well, it's taken me until the last week of 2024 to actually do something on the Skyline but I consider it a good head start to 2025's efforts! I managed to justify (to myself anyway...) my purchase of the lift table. It made taking the rear subframe out a lot easier than it would have been without anyway! Everything is out and stripped down ready for a clean then powdercoating. She's pretty grubby under there but pretty good condition for a 38 year old Japanese tin bucket. 12 years of zero street time have obviously helped that... I need to decide which of the factory suspension arms I will keep and replace so I only get what I'm keeping powdercoated. Baby steps but it's a start!

I liked it more than previous versions. Dumped it as soon as Stalker 2 came out and haven't played it since. Absolutely hooked on Stalker...

Don't give my son ideas....

I'll be sure not to put a full motor/transmission/subframe on it then! I've got a setup for that already so shouldn't have to use it for that.

I hope you're right and it somehow justifies it's existence!

Right, so God, it's been nearly 12 months since my last confession.... The main confession is I'm a horrible car modifier (amongst other things). Obviously the pool was a massive distraction for the entirety of last year but really doesn't excuse me for doing nothing at all on the car for this year. To be honest this year was a mental break to get over the extreme mental torment and pressure I put myself through putting the pool in! It really was a slog. The pool is still not completely finished but it might never be.... The kids love it and the wifey and I love it so mission success! I have spent a grand total of 30 minutes working on the car since when I commenced on the pool. I just have not had a spare brain cell to be able to focus on it. The thought of working on it just seems abhorrent to be honest. My heart is just not into it. Yet..... What I have done is decide that I'm a clown to not paint ALL of the underside of the car while I'm at it. Originally I was stopping at the start of the rear subframe to then "get back to it later on once I'm ready". Let's be honest, later on might never happen so may as well keep diving in! I'm already balls deep so may as well go a bit deeper! So...... I've just purchased a hydraulic scissor lift table to be able to take the rear subframe out as a whole unit without having to dick around with jack stands rolling around on the ground. Us 6' 8" blokes don't operate well at ground level! One of these- Anyway, will the investment in an expensive tool that I'll probably only ever use for one job motivate me to crack on? Only time will tell..... Wish me luck!

Bugger.... Thought I was on there for a second!

Enjoy Japan! Need someone to carry your bags........??