Nice going there man... I'm glad to see more and more SX owners get their hands dirty...
yeah once you replace the wheels/shaft you need to balance the thing, which can only be done by a pro...
Project - Evil D (L28... err... RB25 scratch that CA18.... nope wrong again swapped SilEighty)
🚗 This is the build story for a car in the registry: 1991 SilEighty
Sell that scooter and buy the Gt28Rs turbo in the for sale section...
Mine cost about 4'gs to do
cant remember if i mentioned it already - but that turbo will need a new shaft and new wheels. maybe new housing because the blades made contact.
DO NOT keep that turbo! get a used t28.
Hey Riekert ,,sorry to hear that bud......
who is doing the Rota importing for you
Doctor G wrote:
Sell that scooter and buy the Gt28Rs turbo in the for sale section...
hehe that thought did cross my mind! hehe
veecee wrote:
cant remember if i mentioned it already - but that turbo will need a new shaft and new wheels. maybe new housing because the blades made contact.
DO NOT keep that turbo! get a used t28.
Do not worry I wont keep the T(oo puny to discribe) 25, going for t28. secondhand... alot cheaper... 😈 😈
RBSX wrote:
Hey Riekert ,,sorry to hear that bud......
who is doing the Rota importing for you
Thanx man
don't know yet. was just shopping around a bit so... sorry man, but I'll let you know as soon as I get an importer.
Just some thing i noticed when my turbo kaakd it was the same problem the top oil feed pipe was blockd with carbon its very thin .take it out and replace with a braided pipe its what i heard a comon sx problem
NIZAN-R wrote:
Just some thing i noticed when my turbo kaakd it was the same problem the top oil feed pipe was blockd with carbon its very thin .take it out and replace with a braided pipe its what i heard a comon sx problem
Yes thats right mine had the same thing
Rat dit you bin that pipey or what cos mine was in petrol for a week and could not manage to get any carbon out of it.i dont trust that pipe
NIZAN-R wrote:
Rat dit you bin that pipey or what cos mine was in petrol for a week and could not manage to get any carbon out of it.i dont trust that pipe
I'm gonna replace it with a braided one cause i don't trust it either...
NIZAN-R wrote:
Rat dit you bin that pipey or what cos mine was in petrol for a week and could not manage to get any carbon out of it.i dont trust that pipe
burnt all the crap out
rat wrote:
NIZAN-R wrote:
Rat dit you bin that pipey or what cos mine was in petrol for a week and could not manage to get any carbon out of it.i dont trust that pipe
burnt all the crap out
Hehe I had to do that also! Damn shitty nissan oil feed line!! Thats the reason my turbo failed!! AGH!
Anyhow, here is some progress on Evil D...
Got spraying this weekend:
The center console:
Ok so I took out the center console:
after the first 3 coats:
Looks good don't you think, nice sparkle in the sun:
Prepping the flat surfaces with 100grit water sanding paper to get out a few nasty scratches....
The already Sprayed ashtray...
the masking up of the parts I dont want to spray
The first coat...
random plate I'm gonna use underneath the radio:
Center console after 3rd coat...
made a few small bubbles, so sanded it down and gave it another two coats...
The finished products:
Still need to spray the cluster surround and the power window control panels. also the airvent surrounds...
Nice. What colour is that?
Also what paint did you use and what was the process. Prepping? Sanding? Base coats? primer? Sorry for the 20 questions but that's good info to know when seeing threads like these...
Doctor G wrote:
Nice. What colour is that?
Also what paint did you use and what was the process. Prepping? Sanding? Base coats? primer? Sorry for the 20 questions but that's good info to know when seeing threads like these...
Hey G! It's all good!
It's black/gunmetal hammerite spray, the hammerite gives it a bit of a sparkle effect.
Ok and the process: First off I water sanded the parts with a 1000 grit sandpaper and then a 2000grit. After I wiped it clean with watered down thinners, just to get all the filth and particles off. Then I just sprayed the first coat of hammerite, no primers or base coats.
Sprayed 3 coats and then sanded again with 2000grit to get all the imperfections out. sprayed another 2 coats and then polished with wax. came out nicely I think.
😈
cool cool
now just load up some pictures of the final product fitted back in the car then it's all good. 😉
Doctor G wrote:
cool cool
now just load up some pictures of the final product fitted back in the car then it's all good. 😉
hehe will do! just need to fit the radio still so I'll take some pics in the week.
Thats good lookin sheez riekertiekititiekiti!!!!
When are you coming to do mine??? 😉 😉
Looks like I am the only capetonian who is not doing anything to his car at the moment.
Must be the steep petrol price killing me! I am just a student tho!
HancoB wrote:
Thats good lookin sheez riekertiekititiekiti!!!!
When are you coming to do mine??? 😉 😉
Looks like I am the only capetonian who is not doing anything to his car at the moment.
Must be the steep petrol price killing me! I am just a student tho!
Thanx man! Bring it to hermanus and I'll do it... oh wait the petrol is insane! but still!
Oh and I'm doing stuff to my car cause its standing... hehehe 😂
hey riekert...
looking good brutha. very good.
hey G - check for a thread from hotstuff for a full writeup on doing this mod. his is very detailed, and he used a clear coat with spf or something to protect the paint from fading in the sun, and to make it shiny! looks good!
finally we have some pics on this thread hey kriekert! shot!
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