Archive for June, 2009
The wiring harness is finished
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 24th, 2009
More wiring and the car is rolling on 4 STI wheels
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 22nd, 2009
The car is officially back in my hands. It’s GO-TIME!
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 21st, 2009
Here’s a a quick update coming your way. The car is officially back in my hands and it’s go-time for putting this thing back together.
Read More…Paint / body shop update #5 (interior complete) AND dash flocking!
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 10th, 2009
Alright, here’s a 2-for-1 special coming your way. First up, we have paint update #5 with the finished interior. Then it’s on to dash flocking. Don’t know what “flocking” is? Stick around…
As I’ve said earlier, the inside of the car including the engine bay were painted with graphite zolatone. This paint isn’t like anything else, it’s water based (requires a sealer), extremely lightweight (no clear coat), and is 100% scratch resistant. It’s basically a black paint with millions of little white and silver flakes in it. The paint itself was originally created during some freak accident where chemicals were mixed incorrectly.
Here’s the engine bay:
Read More…Paint / body shop update #4 (reflection / outside shot teaser)
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 5th, 2009
This post was supposed to be an update with pictures of the exterior in the sun and some teaser pics of the inside. Sadly, when I got there I found out the interior was being painted tomorrow morning, not today, and they were just buffing the exterior. I didn’t even get to take any good pictures of the car as the only opportunity I had was when they were pushing it from one building to another. Sorry for the tease, but check back tomorrow for the interior pics.
First off, let’s do some mirror / reflection shots, shall we?
Read More…Paint / body shop update #3 (dark grey metallic)
Posted by Ben in The Road to a Race Car on June 1st, 2009
I just got back from the body shop. Sadly, the car was on the lift and the paint is curing right now so I couldn’t get any good pics of it. Once the paint has cured they’re going to color sand it, so this isn’t a fair representation of the finished product.
Here’s the actual paint:
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