put another coat of 121 under the arches and the rear part of the floor, also managed to paint the rest of the chassis floor.

One more coat on the chassis floor and its ready for the white paint to go on.....

Going to rub the brake & fuel lines, that run the length of the car, down and put a coat of 121 on them too, then paint them BLACK.

















Another job off the list....

The powder coater has nearly finished the stuff I took to him, I took a load more stuff today, so as soon as I get them back then i'll start to re-assemble, probably won't start to re-assemble until after christmas.

I took the heat shields off the fuel tank aswell as i'm getting the fuel tank and the heat shields powder coated, the heat shields were spot welded to the lip of the tank, so I drilled them out. I will re-attach with stainless bolts.

I'm replacing all the hoses to and from the fuel tank while i'm at it.

Once all the rear end and the chassis floor is all back together then i'll make a start on stripping the front suspension off and giving the front end the same treatment.


managed to get some bits back from the powdercoater, still a lot more to send to him...

FUEL TANK



FUEL TANK HEAT SHIELD





REAR SUSPENSION BEAM





REAR BRAKE CALIPERS

( just got to fit new seals and brembo decals, then a coat of laquer & braided lines ).





FRONT H BRACE



and loads more...

Also removed the inlet manifold so it can be polished or powdercoated (not made my mind up yet), the exhaust manifold and turbo are also off - the nuts came off very easily ( I soaked them with WD40 for a few days ) which was nice. I'm going to uprate the exhaust manifold to a tubular manifold.







I'm whipping the engine out as soon as the car's back on its wheels and the block and everything else will be painted.

I'm taking all the suspension arms to the powdercoater next week and once they've been done i'll be fitting polybushes and new ball joints, drop links and ARB.

The arms are being done silver just like the fuel tank heat shield, the hubs are red, the brake disc shield silver.

The front engine mount beam and engine mount bush carriers are going to be silver too.

The power steering pot is being chromed (cheaper option than a Spec-R one )

There's lots to take to him....







As soon as i get all the parts back from the powdercoater and all the nuts and bolts back from the platers then i'll start to re-assemble the rear end once i've painted the floor white....

I got some bits back from the chromers ( I know chrome isn't everyones cup of tea ), seeing as i'm making the underside like new I thought i'd make every nut and bolt like new too, chrome is dead easy to keep clean, just give it a wipe over - plus its very hard wearing.

So here's the parts i got back, he's got a load more nuts and bolts to do for me and a few more bits which i'll post up when i get back.

I got the fuel filler pipe done so it will last forever now...







Fuel filler pipe protective shield...







Diff brackets...





Diff hanger washers ( rubber still attached to other side )...



Thermostat housing....and cam position sensor cover.



Rad brackets....



Exhaust rubber mounting bracket ( bolts to rear suspension beam )..



ARB bush mounts and front intercooler pipe mounting bracket....



Engine damper brackets...



All the bolts that hold the rear suspension and beams on, inc camber bolts / washers and nuts...











selection of brackets that hold the brake pipes to car aswell as handbrake cable brackets and AYC line brackets....



Speaking of AYC lines, I got the braided AYC lines from HEL Performance and will test fit them to the pump tomorrow, also the high pressure line for the power steering pump... great quality !!

The power steering line had to utilise the existing fittings as they are specific to mitsi - they look brill.

AYC lines...







Power steering line...