Would like to see a pic of that if you have the chance Martin. I've enjoyed reading your thread.

Are you actually using your OEM handbrake as the hydraulic one as well then?

sounds like what Garry needs on his saxo Martin, he's always struggled with the handbrake, could you pop some pics and details up if its ok?

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As the days get longer you'll get more time after tea to work on the car too. Do you have a schedule, or just working in your free time, its coming along at a pace though. Any clues as to the final colour.

Light blue, that would be different, I too only had two colours in mind, white or yellow. Watched lots of videos on Youtube to see how the cars looked in different colours. Are you having your wheel arch liners made or are you doing them yourself?.

Ooh it's back..
So EZ up, er.. up



Laid on some Dolphin glaze and got sanding. It's kind of ironic you spend time and money layering something on, then spend hours mostly sanding it back off again..



Couldn't resist going back to the other side and sanding the primer filler from the other day. Not quite fully sanded back here, but spending more time on this side I could spot little bits I'd missed so I took the opportunity to get it as good as I could.



And a wee bit later with more primer back on. Still spotted a few bits that needed doing even there, but happy with progress..



It's already past tea time at this point, and I'd been swapping sides between things drying (filler, stopper, paint etc) and now I was ready to get the first primer layer on the NSR, so back out after eating. Began to run out of primer filler so used a grey primer just to get it covered, knowing it would be out in the elements from tonight...



And well, as I had the paint in my hand it would have been rude not to go back to the OSR as well...



And last ones of the night..





Definitely need to do a bit more to get it to a point where I'm ready for more paint. The OSR is just about there now, but the NSR still needs tidying up. Overall though I'm chuffed to bits with how it's looking.

Cheers
Iain

Great stuff

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Right back on it today. Weather was kind after an iffy start.

I began by tackling the underside of the rear panels. Trimmed them level to the sills, and poked out some air bubbles in the gel coat, and did some filling on both sides.



Then turned my attention whilst they were drying, to the inner arches. You can see where it's bubbling under the stone chip. Usually a spot weld rusting or a seam where panels overlap. Out came the flap wheel which took it back to bare metal and I could treat it with the Bilt Hamber.



I'd already done a bit on the other side, so whilst all that was drying out I had a look at the brake calliper adapters my brother has made for me. These are so I can fit RS Brembos for 330mm discs, using the Cossie bells that he also tweaked for me.

Now my brother's company turn out some nice stuff; here's some uprights for a GT3 Endurance car (can't say who, sorry)





..So he was the first to concede my adapters were a simple block that was rather agricultural in nature, and a lot more could be done for a paying punter.. and that definitely didn't describe me, but I was happy with my freebie nonetheless!



Fortunately everything fits well, and clearance all round is good!



Thought as I was mocking it up I would double check strut clearance with the coilovers. Loads of room too. Can go to longer springs if I need to.





Thought also as I'd done a pic of the 18"s in, I'd look at the 17's with the 205/50 Cups..





Somewhere in all of this I got some Zinc 182 primer on the bare bits of metal in the arches, and gave it time to dry out. The sun the helping me too.
On to the stone chip. This is the slightly smoother Tretrosyl stuff from a can, and goes on like a dream and looks great too.



Along the way also sized up some old un-used brake fittings. Turned out I had more metric and -3 fittings than I thought I had, including 5-6m of -3 hose, so I'll work out what I else need and do the whole car in alloy Goodridge instead of the cheaper plated stuff



Also found a 0.625 AP Racing master cylinder in my collection, so looks like I'm sorted for my hydraulic handbrake. Just need to sort a bracket for the m/c but there's plenty around to choose from.

Back to the real world of work for me from this point on, so expect progress to grind slowly to snail's pace from this point on!

Cheers
Iain

Brilliant progress mate, its going to look awesome!

Been able to make a bit more progress this week.

Started in the week with a bit of parts collecting and looking into the h'brake master cylinder.



Managed to source a widget to replace the push on fitting on the inlet adaptor - in fact found two - one from an eBay seller selling blue alloy ones (shiney, shiney) and a Goodridge steel one. I stayed away from the ebay stuff when I built the Sierra as it's a bit cheap and nasty, and I have to say it hasn't changed. The threads and fit on the Goodridge adapter (M12 to M10 btw) is leagues ahead of the ebay stuff. I'll aim to do the rest of the brakes using the alloy Goodridge stuff if I can.



My Motamec master cylinder bracket arrived. My M/C is the offset AP one which is already a benefit in keeping the lines low and out of the way (remember I'll have back seats and interior in), but if I mount it upside down it gets an even better brake line route. Needless to say I won't be using the straight female fitting in the pic; it'll be replaced by a 90deg fitting and a short line from the rotary bias adjuster.

Got some of the Por top coat on the stone chip layer I put on the previous week. A bit of me prefers the satin finish of the stone chip to be honest, but I know a gloss finish will wash better and stay cleaner. The Por top coat is also anti-rust and very tough. Need a decent facemark with this stuff though, it's pretty evil.



So to today. It was underside wire wheel, flap wheel, wire drill and every other attachment day. Got myself a car creeper, which proved invaluable wheeling myself underneath the car. Had to do a fair bit on the boot floor and section beside the chassis rails leading up to the bump stops to get down to decent metal and get rid of the flaky stuff. I didn't set out to bare metal it, but did in places. The small wire wheel attachment was good at getting under the paint to expose the rusty heads of spot welds etc. Decent looking paint just fell away.



This is about half way through..





So on to the POR15. I went for the silver one as it has more metal content and better for this application (apparently). I'll be using the black POR top coat over the top at any rate. I've not used this before. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but for intents and purposes it has a similar look and feel to Hammerite. Given the cost and reviews on it - I'm expecting a much better result though!



This was after coat one. I'll need to do one more, but that will be another day now. Also this week, dropped my RS Brembos off for powder coating, and ordered some new front hubs. Will need to get my old ones pressed out and give my uprights a bit of a spruce up before fitting.

Cheers for now
Iain

It was the torques stuff I was referring to.
Looks like we'll have to beg to differ on the quality!

Torques is fine never had anyissues with it

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i wouldn't use aluminium fittings for brakes anyway.

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