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Hi Guys,

Just thought since this seems to be the most active cefiro/laurel forum i can find i would post some pics of my build up :D brought a 1989 cefiro manual rb20e ghetto spec...240kms on her....have since....sanded it back made her smooth and painted her :D (all in my garage) and installed the rb20det ;) etc done pretty well so far including the cost of the car i have only spent $2000.... but i have coilovers,intercooler, and 5 stud conversion to go..go some nice 17 inch tanabe 3 piece rims to go on her :)

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kinggts25 - Mate i would love to pick ur brains about the sanding back and respray! I am about to do the exact thing to mine and have never done it before....

Any chance of a write up of how to, what tools, products used & recommend!!! :D PLZ PLZ PLZ :D

Ie. what did u use to sand her back?? Primer... spraying techniques etc as it looks like a sweet job from that pic....

Ando

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how hard was the engine swap to do?

Took about an hour to get the old engine out etc...just used a beam in my garage and a block an tackle :) and about 25 minutes to get the new engine in....the most time consuming part was the wiring which was just pissing around etc...if you have an rb20DE ceffy it wouldnt be a prob though :P it's pretty easy....and the only other mechanical thing i have done on a car is change a diff :) this website is very good ;)http://www.geocities.com/lowrider_c33/

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kinggts25 - Mate i would love to pick ur brains about the sanding back and respray! I am about to do the exact thing to mine and have never done it before....

Any chance of a write up of how to, what tools, products used & recommend!!! :) PLZ PLZ PLZ :P

Ie. what did u use to sand her back?? Primer... spraying techniques etc as it looks like a sweet job from that pic....

Ando

;) yeah man if you have msn skylinegt25 (at) hotmail.com...pretty much i used real basic equipment i just spent ages on the prep which gets pretty depresseing... cleaned the car, sanded the body with 120 grit to chew thru the clear coat then sanded with 400 grit before applying the 1k etech primer...think i ended up with about 3 -4 coats of this after applying a lil body filler to smooth out some ripples and get rid of the aerial :) after that i left it for about 48 hours to fully dry etc again, then wet sanded it with 400 grit and then to 600/800 grit (the can only said 400 but i wanted smoother lol)...wash the car reaaaally well...make sure its dry...then just before painting use a wax/grease remover (prepsol or similar)...then ur ready to spray base coat...did 4 coats of this...leave for a good period of time and then wet sand this back with 1500 then 2000...then its time for the buffing....which is a mission...haha get a machine....

Basically follow the instructions on the can for times between coats etc...all the equipment i used was very cheap...

Compressor from bunnings $150

Gravity Feed Spray gun $60 (from trademe)

primer $70

Thinners $ 50

Paint (acrylic lacquer) $270

lots of drop coats for covering stuff u dont want overspray on!! $40

sandpaper etc like $30

and lots of masking tape lol get good stuff....proper painters stuff if you use the normal crap it wont pull of cleanly and takes an AGE to scrape the left overs off...

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Mate ur a legend!!! Thanks a million, appreciate the write up! Will be starting the first sand back hopefully this weekend....

1 quick question.... i assume u did the sanding by hand? Sand paper wrapped around something? Or just a good ole piece of sandpaper and i sh*t load of elbow grease?

Cheers again dude!

Ando

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WEAR A RESPIRATOR !!

Best thing I bought when I painted my kit. Did the primer on saturdy with one of those white paper masks and was soo f*kn high by the end I walked around dazed for about 10minutes :)

yeah forgot to mention that!! get a GOOD one! when buying the paint get a spec sheet it will tell you which filters to use! i work for a safety equip supplier so i got mine for about $14 they are the best investment ever!!! also good when sanding bog/fibreglass etc :P any thing like that....buy one or u will die.....my garage was soooo full of fumes and shit.... :huh:

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one of the things i hated about being a panel basher :D all the bloody dust and fumes.

no wonder i cough so much now.

looks good mate... now i have a garage to work in im going to be doing something similar to my car... pity its a VL lol

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