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Im now in-between two projects one being the zed the other being my subaru. When I bought the car some of the paint was peeling from around the edges on panels where previous owner had done a respray. This has gradually got worse over time as the douche didn't appear to lacquer it at all!! So whats happening is I can literally peel away the paint with finger in most areas/panels and see the silver underneath which is smooth as hell which means he didn't even key the surface before painting! My friend has said he will spray the car for me however I have to prep it as best I can before taking it down to him. (Im respraying it black) Question is then what is the best method to get this top layer paint off?? Do I need to sand the whole car back to original silver colour? If so what is the best method to do this with the paint I have bare in mind no lacquer on it and wasn't keyed underneath either so falls off at will Electrical sander?? Literally every panel on the car has some sort of peeling on it so expecting to do the whole car just trying to find out the easiest way to get this paint off Any help appreciated

The ring claims a lot! was watching this the other day This was quite amusing though

Thats one hell of a deposit, if it were me I would go for a cheaper house keeping my LTV at the same rate and buy a lambo Sorry to hear the dramas buddy hope all works out but at least you have a great starting point with job offer and the deposit you got

Yea, that's the tricky bit to put it up withou smearing. Especially with spacer as that makes 2 movable parts. I might use couple of studs to keep it aligned I took a razor blade to bottom of block to make sure all the original gunk and stuff had gone to get a flat surface We got two studs in each end asap, as soon as we mated with bottom of block you could tell it wanted to slide to the left or right, and as Alex said went round a torqued straight away after hand fitting all bolts,I left mine without oil in and to dry for 3 weeks though just to be sure

When I did mine not long ago I put an even bead around and didnt smear it and made sure I went all around bolt holes then put it on straight away as didnt trust it My mate was there to help to make sure sump went on as even as possible as we didnt want to loose any sealant by sump hitting or brushing something else

The really expensive bit will be what the Council charges for replacing the lampost I suspect...... based on its final resting position looks like Rich got out the way just in time, but yeah the car is probably the least of his worries with that bill looming

ah I thought I wrote it 390 at hubs 430bhp waiting for the dyno graph to be sent then will upload It drives amazing now and picks up like anything, thanks to everyone at Abbey for sorting it

so spent a while messing around with everything doing some checks and tidying/tightening up as much as I could on the car and took it for its M.O.T As normal and thankfully she sailed through without any problems and a few garage admirers along the way I then checked everything again and rebodged the undertray and bumper back on and then this happened.......................

err amazing wheels

great work and write up love the rear zed lighting up

watch you dont trap the rubber oil filler surround inbetween the plenum also, you will see what I mean when you get there

love this car looks great

I have one knocking about in my garage drop me a PM if interested

as Ilogikal has stated change your fronts to correct size as your rolling radius is out now

I have one to if all else fails

Taxed the car today bumper, wheel and undertray back on by end of today m.o.t next week.....getting close

i meant which ones did you replace to end up with the oem ones? just seeing if any can use as lost loads of mine recently from my build

Big Dip where have those bolts come from if you know? also hope all is well

someone will correct me if im wrong but dont believe you need any modifications to fit front bumper it should go straight on just have to bear in mind washer jets and if you are having them or not and all the bits that go with it if you are

Just seen this! No worries if both are taken let me know if any fall through

Good point Front please, and title amended

Anyone got an old oem bumper they dont need blade silver if possible but dont mind any colour Can pick up Surrey/London area Let me know Thanks

get that stupid car ready for the dyno..been nearly two years now trying to fit new front bumper so angle grinder and drill tommorow

I teach kids sports as part of my job and like you am happy to give them back at the end of the day! Great working with them and like you say watching them achieve and try to do good in their lives is very rewarding ....but i draw the line there Im not inclined in anyway to have kids im very lucky that year on year i get a new wave of youngsters coming through not to mention the olders that keep coming back! so dont feel the need to or desire to..is that wrong?? IMO not at all as its my choice and feeling about the situation , had a chat with the mrs and she is a teacher and feels exactly the same way so it works well for us and we get on and enjoy the things we want to without to much worry. Plus if I had a kid the zed would have to go so basically no

Since i have given up on the oil temp gauge I figure I would get the rest of the dash ready for the jap sat nav to be ripped out tommorow. Got a centre cubby off here and dremeled the hell out of it Made a plate Neatened up and wrapped the plate and the finished job, fed and drilled holes for all the wires for my throttle controller and ecu datascan at least il have some gadgetry back by tommorow