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👏👏👏 love it glad this threads still alive and cars tip top condition 

In the next few weeks- 

new brakes and cambelt

MOT

interior 

trims 

decals 

oem extras fitted

il let the results speak for themselves getting ever closer to the finish line

We then moved onto the underside all sheeted up 

surface rust ground back

rust converter applied to be safe 

zinc primer and underseal 

this is a proper job and took a full week and was left to dry in the oven between coats 

First time outside in a long while 

After this all the cars outside was re assembled minus the decals trims etc shes still sat on the non refurbed wheels at this point the new ones still to be fitted 

Been a long long time since i updated this on here as a few of you already know its been a very good few months of progress all the rest of the panels got the 1ao treatment

On 11/29/2024 at 2:59 PM, akyakapotter said:

Decided id had enough of it being full of part's so cleaned all that out today & hoovered it out. Back to looking like a car inside and not a skip. Slowly but surly plugging away at it. should be getting an M.o.t on it end of Feb. booked it on stand for Japfest 2025 so needs to be on the road. 

cheers nick. 

Looks awesome 

13 hours ago, shorty said:

Fair play! What a labour of love dude.

Thanks honestly cost has mounted up a lot more than I budgeted but worth every penny to me and still a fair way to go  

Also had the speedlines refurbed with new caps tyres and powdercoat

Lots more to do and no corners being cut 

i also had the rear slam panel and sills  and arch lips covered in raptor stone chip before the respray to prevent the rust happening again 

Original grey also sprayed inside of filler cap under bonnet boot area etc its the little things

As promised more pictures of the respray looks unreal to the eye the fresh 1ao silver really does have a nice ice blue in comparison to other silvers

Quick update this was a month ago .....more detailed updates and pictures to come the car has finally had a full respray 

Things are quiet on here but a few still log on I'm about to update my build thread probably only me that reads it

Fingers crossed for a new one 

Same always mention it in the FB pages nobodys interested I'm sure is only me that reads my build thread 

This is the glass from the JDM starlets with the UV glass it's etched into the corner it's in much better condition than mine so these will be going in 

You can really see the green unlike UK spec glass

Been cracking straight on with the filler and blending another once over is needed 

then its glass out and onto primer in next few weeks I do have some nearly new glanza green tinted UV optional extra glass with brand new windscreen to go in

some updated pics attached

Good to see someone updating their builds few and far between keep up the good work mate

Liked 👍

looks lovely not long now

19 hours ago, akyakapotter said:

Looking good glad to see your keeping it alive. 

Thanks will all be worth it in the end 

Where next ? to clean up the beams/axles  supension components etc and replace worn bushes ...................watch this space might get it painted this year🤞

And here we have it 

an absolute milestone for me  all welding is done and i cant tell you how good this feels 

No its not totally original anymore but its absolutely rust free now and solid on the body and ive used toyota metal where possible  

Then we cleaned everything up and started putting it back together and finishing off the rear sill