no update on the car again. but ive got this video made by a friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNd0l6jmeBQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdsqhMrZxs

roof top completely shaved, now hopefully it will be primered soon!

Those cars steel must be really thick right? Are they going to epoxy the roof before stripping the rest?

i think they would epoxy the roof. im not sure what do they use, but i guess i will photograph whatever they do to determine im doing the right thing

today, ive got more stuff to be chromed

Im sooooo waiting to see this sprayed

Looks like you found a bit of metal under all that rust and bondo! lookin good!

thanks colink and hillbilly

hardly any development with the car, since the painter is tied up with other cars! but least some movements today

credits : article from honda tuning magazine oct 09, scott kings' honda s600 convertible and coupe

slow updates!

anyways, took out all the rims, including the spare (which has been painted black sadly) and im gonna bring it down to KL (country's capital) today for sandblasting. woohoo. look at how old the spare tires are

went to a sandblasting company in subang USJ today. owner, ramesh, was kind enough to brief me the benefits of sandblasting and showed me the client's fiat 500 being sandblasted and coated with rust inhibitor. my rims will hopefully be looking nice soon! original tire rubber label specification was wrapped around the rims too

anyways, heres some pictures mms'ed by ramesh of the sandblasting company. i took some picture of the chain driven suspension as well. truly a work of art

WoW WoW, WoW !!!! nice job, look like brand new

thx minhrau, i will paint the rims when they come back from the sandblasters, hehe

looking good will look ace once finished

its taken hell of a long time, colink!

slowest update in the month

the painter only grinded bits of the sides of the car. u could even see the spider webs growing tons

im wondering if i should get these dunlop tyres, hmmm.

anyways, i just got the rims back from ramesh (the sandblaster). 5 boxes of goodness from skynet rims were then coated with layer of primer (in grey)

Looking good mmmmm more paint please
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on the car body

i hope so too colink, but i ran into some shit today

major mess up today. i'm not sure if its a mess up to some, but i've listened to both sides of the coin still think its a FARK up

today i sent my rims to the tyre shop again. he says he will get a welder to straighten up the rims and put weld liquid (translation from cantonese/chinese) to seal the hole on the rims. he tried to contact the welder at first when i was present, but he wasn't picking up.

i had to go, because i had an appointment later. so the welder contacted me and says he could repaired/straightened up the dented lips of the rim and also fill up the microholes with weld. i thought that was understood, plus the tyre shop owner told him the same. the guy says it will take about 2-3 days to get it done

when i came back after 2 hours, all was done. i was like wow. at first i was pretty amazed with him, filling up the parts with bronze. however, when i sent it to the painters, he said the welder guy did a pretty appaling job. i brought the rims back to the tyre shop and said, "didnt you tell the welder to fill up with weld liquid instead of filling up with bronze and trying to weld it?" the tyre shop knows its the welders fault, but the welder was a hard old geezer. he says he is right in doing that and there is no way to straighten up the rims. he wouldn't admit to his fault. the agreed sum was rm250 (1 USD = RM 3.3). i lowered it down to RM150 and he was mighty pissed. he threw one of my rims on the ground. i was just furious, but him being an old guy, i thought id respect the senior citizens. i just paid off the money and went away with the rims. i didn't want to see him again.

i'm not sure whats your perspective on this one, but the lips near the valve has been flattened (originally was curved) and the rust inhibitor that was applied by ramesh has been torched. this is the worst day of my restoration period! damn. pics as below

good riddance to old tire shop. heres the new one, hopefully they wont mess up again