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Rear cradle dropped for service, bushes and maybe a respray.

Front coilovers test fitted with strut brace.

5 Stud hubs test fitted....

Restarting on the brakes.

Getting them sandblasted, then anodised, then going to have a crack at rebuilding them with new seals. Will add pics of each stage as it occurs.

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R33 GTR Rims...I got 4 with tread for a VERY good price, these should be for the other Ceffy, but I couldn't resist, had to test fit them in the shed tonight,

PERFECT offset and width.

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In other news, I rang the nearest sandblaster in the Yellow Pages today....asked for a ballpark figure to blast all 8 calipers I'm doing.....cost?....carton of beer.

Legend!!

Anodising is going to cost me about $150 for all 8

Seals are $100 for per set of calipers, so $200 all up for me.

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Were those gregs rims? If so, nice. Brilliant fitment.

Who's anodizing for you?

Are you going to get like PMU pads or anything like that, or are you just gonna go bendix? The ultimates that I put into toms gt-r were pretty good, but they probably got nothing on the Project Mu pads.

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Were Greg's rims yes.

Zinc Coaters in Welshpool are doing anodising, they work day and night, and are on the next street parallel to my work, so easy to get to :)

Pads, dunno, at this stage, all the Nissan pads I've got have plenty of meat left on them, but will upgrade to something a little better later on.

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Fark, the attention to detail is wicked bud, I wish I had the time and money to do what you are doin. Can't wait to see this ceff finished, will look minter!!! Any luck with that digital climate control unit yet or not?

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Solid as f**k.

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Will clean cradle down and respray it before it goes back in.

Still deciding on the rest of the rear suspension.

Replaces bushes?

or

Nismo sh*t?

2 Way diff, will be staying, regardless :)

OTHER NEWS:

-Now using an S14 steering rack

-Complete HICAS removal

Hasnt been touched other than that, in....f**k, ages. Stupid other Ceffy is wasting my time!!

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Aaaaand this little adventure resumes. Unfortunately no pics of today's events, however this is what you can expect to see...

Plans for the next week:

Finish respraying underside of car [sound deadener] (halfway there)

Strip back engine bay, again

Clean and re-assemble front suspension, LCA's, steering rack, etc to crossmember.

Clean and re-spray cradle

Clean and dye C33 Laurel Dash, fit, and wire up extra's

Clean interior

Weld up old intercooler in/out panel provisions

Plans for fornight/onwards:

Strip GTR cradle and put it all onto current cradle (with solid bushes)

Remove front and rear windshields

Plans for month/onwards:

Respray engine bay

Respray car?

Plans for next 3 months/onwards:

Decide on powerplant/drivetrain, build and fit

Replace all the bits I raped off it for the other one (ie 5 stud, brakes, coilovers, etc)

This is "The Hump", it's in a billion pieces, the car hasn't moved a millimeter in nearly 2 years, and for the first time since then I'm putting shit back together rather then dissasembling.

VOTE TIME

RB25DET NEO

RB26DETT

RB30DET/T

VQ30DETT (added challenge)

SR20DET (shitter diesel truck spec)

Fully built VK56DE+TT (For Ultra-LOLs / pant-shitting)

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sound deadener

Dont use anything from any commercial shops ( autobarn, auto1 ) as they are all shit and dont set and harden as i've stated before, talk to a panel beater/sprayer( or toffy) to get some real stuff

if you dont want to keep it to a specific cc's then rb30 + 25 head (copy front facing intakes are cheap enuff)

VQ30DET if u want head aches, stuffing around but finally a great motor

or SR20DE+T/SR20DET if you like trucks

more info on "dye C33 Laurel Dash" and cost etc pm etc

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VHT Vinyl dye...comes in a spray can, its around $15.00 mark.

Clean the surface down real good 2-3 times, spray the vinyl on, let it dry, repeat.

It's a dye rather than a paint, and actually sinks into the vinyl and changes the color, so its resistant to cleaning agents and fairly resistant against sun damage (although it has faded slightly in my other Cefiro).

Dash looks brand new.

I'll take pics tonight if I get enough daylight after work.

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Got stuck in today stripping the temp. paint in the engine bay, didn't find any rust which is good, some of the factory paint was chipped up and flaking, dunno why.

Gave it some primer over the top of the area's I did strip back. I'll strip down the other area's tomorrow, and strip back the primer I laid, then apply 1 coat of primer, still can't make my mind up as to paint it myself in high temp acrylic or just get it done same time as the whole car.

These things make life breezy

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Anyway, some blurry shithouse pics off teh new phone.

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