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Antz 1994 R32 Gtr Project & Restoration


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Its this stuff Scott.

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Worth its weight and gold and saves a lot of time taking adhesive off body kits. It wont remove paint (it is not a paint stripper) but can hurt the duco if applied over and over again.

I in fact just purchased another one yesterday (a bigger can)

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Thanks guys,

Its greatly appreciated.

It has been a lot of work so far and I still need to do more.

I'm actually waiting on MORE parts to arrive from Japan :woot: but getting at the tail end of performance parts (although coilovers is what I'm really keen on getting now)

Unfortunately my ECU (that little thing we need to tune the car's) is not due to arrive until later this month despite being paid in full :wacko: but I guess I need to be more patient.

I wanted to create a top quality build thread built on a realistic budget. But what I really wanted to demonstrate was how much work you can do on your own instead of paying someone else to do it for you (where's the fun in that :rolleyes: ?)

I love restoring things and restoring performance vehicles is my kind of thing (although I do not have the full knowledge to do it I will try).

Anyways, if I can do it you guys also can. Just takes dedication.

Gonna go now and pick my beautiful daughter then go home and crack a beer open

:cheers:

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Alright,

Today I took the opportunity to paint considering the beautiful weather. So I was going to get my exhaust manifolds ceramic coated but I had some VHT flame proof spray paint in the garage so I thought I would use that.

It looks like this

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You can get this stuff from Autobarn for about $16 (they did not have any stock so I had to go to Repco who sell for $8 more at $22 per can :woot: )

It is really great stuff and application from VHT cans are fantastic!!!

So I taped up the exhaust manifolds to prepare them to be coated in VHT Flame Proof (Aluminum in color)

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This is how they used to look (one of the manifolds had previously being sprayed with something but I could not even take it off with paint stripper :verymad: )

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and now look like this

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I also managed to paint the rear pod which used to look like this after being sanded

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but now look like

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Not entirely finished with it though and will need to do give it final coat with some holts auto spray DSSB01

I also took the opportunity to spray one the exhaust heat shields

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Unfortunately I do not have before photo on this computer, but I had to sanded it and then clean it with some prep wash get it nice and clean and smooth

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I really like the color (not that anyone is going to see it)

That is it for now pilgrims . Peace out :thumbsup:

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I received this today,

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The small box contained

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more boxes :P

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HKS 1,000cc injectors (a.k.a Sard/Denso 1,000cc injectors)

the black box contains

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Nismo 320km speed meter assembly - this is not the white face version as I actually prefer this one instead

Now for the big NISMO box

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Brand new Nismo Intake Plenum - Sorry guys, I could not resist it for the price I was able to get it for. Must admit this was more of want then a need but I do hope it does give some king of performance :dry:

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Despite its size, it is very light (I forgot it is made out of alloy :turned: )

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Photo of inside the nismo plenum which gives a better idea what differences it may have vs the standard inlet plenum

Just a few more parts remaining i.e. Hi-flow cat and coilovers (interested in some Tein suspension)

After that, the car will be going to my Mechanic where he will have fun putting all this together (wished I had the skills and resources to do it myself :rofl2:)

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love the build and keep the goodies coming mate...

Thanks mate.

Trying to share as much of build with everyone here.

Getting closer everyday to putting all this together but have to juggle, family, work and study in between as well so bear with me guys.

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very tasty mods mate !

Yeah, they are if they don't arrive damaged :verymad:

The NISMO 320km speedometer arrived with the plastic support snapped :verymad::yucky::verymad: Managed to correctly glue it back on but I'm too fussy with perfection on my build so its up for sale.

Thinking getting nismo white face ones now.

Anyways, I'm quiet thankful that it only happened to that part on any other more expensive performance parts.

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