Antz 1994 R32 Gtr Project & Restoration

[t5iv]

after tomorrow

Thought that Mike and I were coming down to your place tomorrow night and then drinking scotch and then going to Yattla for the cruise?

[Ants]

Looks fantastic Ants. What's next on the list?

suspension and diff Anf

[Ants]

Thought that Mike and I were coming down to your place tomorrow night and then drinking scotch and then going to Yattla for the cruise?

Ha! That would of been good.

Sadly I have already plans with family tomorrow

[t5iv]

Ha! That would of been good.

Sadly I have already plans with family tomorrow

But, but, we are family. :-(

[Ants]

But, but, we are family. :-(

think it would be more appropriate after cruise.

[t5iv]

think it would be more appropriate after cruise.

Could do. Depends on what time I need to be back etc.

[Ants]

Could do. Depends on what time I need to be back etc.

its Sunday and Monday is a public holiday.

Surely not as pressed for time as normal Sunday?

[t5iv]

its Sunday and Monday is a public holiday.

Surely not as pressed for time as normal Sunday?

This is true however do need to start preparing for Tyler to get back to school.

[Ants]

This is true however do need to start preparing for Tyler to get back to school.

fair enough

[180bfj20det]

I have had the pleasure of hearing this engine up-close. Youtube does not do it justice!

Edited May 31, 2014 by 180bfj20det

[Ants]

I have had the pleasure of hearing this engine up-close. Youtube does not do it justice!

thank you brother

[RBN1]

How have things been going with the beast? Run-in done, ready for final tune?

[Ants]

Well run in has been done (so I've been told)

As much as I want to go and get it tuned again I'm saving for suspension parts FTM as a car is only as good as it handles

I will put some minor updates soon

[Ants]

Alright it has been quite some time since I have updated this build thread

I guess I have been enjoying it, hence why bugger all updates

but this aint true as I have in fact done a bucket load

First up........

I decided to take off the windshield water grill and see what has been lurking under there

so after taking off the mandatory wiper and bonnet bolts and removing them I got this

it wasn't pretty

so lets get all this cleaned up

[Ants]

Got my trusty garage vacuum cleaner and started sucking up all the dirt and silt lying within the under there grill

even took these little suckers out for some restoration lol

after a quick wipe with some warm water and soap and it already started to look a better

but me not being satisfied I wanted to go one step further

I removed the bolts to the wiper motors (except for the middle one so just tapped it up) and taped up everything else with plastic sheeting

next step was to apply a coat of clear where the windshield grill usually sits

results

[Ants]

managed to clean them plugs rather well and went straight back in their home

whilst I was at it I thought I would pay some attention to the actual grill which looked rather in poor shape

After a quick wash with some sugar soap and warm water it looked like this

I glued the lip back with some Loctite Precision Super Glue Gel (highly recommend it for delicate applications)

Then I applied some Meguiars Plastx to get it to look like this

[Ants]

next up the wipers

gave them a quick coat with this

they look a lot better now

[Ants]

back in the engine bay - I had some broken studs to take off and rethread

after much swearing and broken drill bits I got the bastard out lol

me and drills - thank Christ I am not a dentist

Time for some rethreading

this is actually rather delicate to do and you must turn slowly then reverse slowly to get the right threading technique but I managed very well thanks to Youtube lol

new stud in place

[Ants]

next up the rear wing

thought I would take the rear wing off to detail it...........

lets just say that when I saw this

I knew that there was going to need more than just wax and polish

the rear wing stay brackets were fooked to say the least

totally corroded and unusable

[Ants]

the car without the rear wing

we will get all this cleaned up too

ta dah!

a bit of detailing done (cut and polish)

it sure does have a different appearance without the rear wing