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[SIVART]

Nice pick up on the shell, its looking great

[trevmcrev]

Hey getting there mate!

[DOUGMO]

holy shit trevs here

[Velocity Racing]

a bit of an update...

all welding and strengthing is done, was a bit of a pain due to some rust in rear end, but i managed to cut it out and plate it all up, so its as strong if not stronger than before.

ive also put some plates in to strenghen under under the front guard, that is a bit prone to cracking.

I also had to put a plate under where the abs unit sits in the road car, to plug up the big hole, and add some strength

number 1 helper in the bottom of the pic

car all masked up ready to paint inside, also got a little spray booth, it worked pretty well actually

inside before and after paint, the after shots are pretty crappy, ill take some more tomorow when its a bit lighter..




I sprayed the inside with the POR15 rust proof and everything proof paint, its seem bloody good, no priming required, easy to get on, and got good gloss straight from the gun.. very happy.. should be very hard wearing too.. pity its so dear at about $80 per Litre!
other than that i just have to paint the engine bay, and then do under the car. then it can start all going back togeather!

cheers
Lewis

[DOUGMO]

good work mate...looking good

[kaotik]

lookin very nice. woulda been a prick tryin 2 get paint around all those bars man lol
good job

[rob323]

It tool me two more goes to get all the bits on my cage that I missed the first time . I hate painting cages .

What are you planning on painting the underside with?

[jase]

Looking good Lewis. Will be good to see this thing getting flogged on the dirt.

[Velocity Racing]

hey cheers guys.. its getting there. still aiming for it to be done by mid november.

Yeh paint the cage was a bit of a pain, ive missed a few spots, least its just a first coat.. just have to rub it back and ill spray 2nd coat tomorow.

ill be painting under the car with the same stuff, the POR15 rust proof paint., its super hard wearing, so will withstand the sand blasting that the under car gets.

[OFFON-4]

Absoultley loving this build....keep those updates coming!

[kaotik]

yeh that POR15 stuff is pretty much indestructable man. very very chip resistant. I painted a test panel a while back at work coz i was curious and it took pretty much anything i threw at it once it was fully cured

[Velocity Racing]

here is the few better pics of the cage after the first coat of paint. Ive since sanded it back and will do the 2nd coat tomorow night. im really happy with the finish, however you can probbaly see a few small spots ive missed on the first pass



cheers

[ENGINR]

Love your work!

I helped dismantle that EVO, had a couple of tears in my eyes I could tell you! It was a mint example.

[Velocity Racing]

Love your work!

I helped dismantle that EVO, had a couple of tears in my eyes I could tell you! It was a mint example.

haha well its going back to its natural habbitat for an Evo!! it should count its self lucky!!

[ENGINR]

Almost like those documentaries where they show Animal Keepers releasing an animal back into the wild after rehabilitating it in captivity.

Another EVO unleashed into the wild.

[SIVART]

are you going tthe same color scheme

[Velocity Racing]

yeh same as before, just minus the black rear bar...
(it was only black caus i killed the original red one when i drove 7km stage flat out with a flat tyre at Rally SA last year..

Sarah only gave me the option of the same as before, or sparkely purple..

[265T]

nice pic

[deviantek]

Simply awesome

I wish I had the funds for another cd9a/ce9a parts car.... one day =)

[Velocity Racing]

haha yeh it is a good pic, photography credits to 265T