78 2-Door Build Thread

[dubmc]

so quick update here...got the new engine in obviously as i was racing at wakefield during the nationals...car went great and has plently of power - took 3 seconds off a lap from last year, but this year tyres and crappy JOM coilovers were really the weakest link! actually shared the car with my cousin, so it was running back-to-back heats all day and didn't miss a beat...there will be a few extra engine mods coming so i'll try keep the updates comings..

in other news, i purchased a set of wheels, big step for me as wheels have never been my thing, but i though they were too much of a bargain to skip...they are the TSW 2-piece wheels dado was selling recently

specs are 14x7 + et 35 rear and 14x7 + et 22 front. it's quite close on the front so tyre choice will play a big part. overall the wheels are in awesome condition, however i'm going to powder coat the centres gloss black and polish the lips with new bolts...thoughts, open to all suggestions? anyway, pics below!

[Cookie28]

Looks good!! Also when you left Nats did you give it a bit of a kick down the street?? Because if that was you the car sounded fantastic!!

[Jace]

awesome wheels! keep em silver with black bolts!

[dubmc]

have started refurbing the wheels over the last week. centres have been sanded are now in primer and we managed to get two lips looking pretty damn good! took a lot of elbow grease, sanding and polishing but here are some progress pics from start to finish






only two more to go!

[Jarred]

all by hand? mamoth effort!

[HuH]

Nice work! Those wheels really were a bargain. Glad to see you bringing them back to life!

[GeorgeMK1]

What method are you using to polish them up dude?

[dubmc]

What method are you using to polish them up dude?

to get the wheel like this it pretty much took the better part of 3 hours. i had a mate working on the other one so we manged to do two last night.

we started with 600 -> 800 -> 1000 -> 1200 wet and dry, followed by hot soapy wash down and aluminum polish/buff.

the method is just a sh*t load of sanding ahah i cant really feel my fingers today, but it was well worth it imo.

can anybody recommend a good quality clear coat for the lips and centres?

thanks!

[killingwithasmile]

to get the wheel like this it pretty much took the better part of 3 hours. i had a mate working on the other one so we manged to do two last night.

we started with 600 -> 800 -> 1000 -> 1200 wet and dry, followed by hot soapy wash down and aluminum polish/buff.

the method is just a sh*t load of sanding ahah i cant really feel my fingers today, but it was well worth it imo.

can anybody recommend a good quality clear coat for the lips and centres?

thanks!

lolz its soooo painstaking hand polishing wheels, once i found out a shop will sandblast and machine polish for $60 a wheel I just couldn't justify the pain plus im a lazy SOB!!

good luck with it dude, these wheels are sweet

[Goon]

They're sick man. Well done.

Would like to know which clear coat would be best too!