Better, Faster, Stronger than before!

[acezeesawtooth]

Well guys and gals as some of you know ive been collecting a pretty good stack of parts so this build has been inevitable. I finally tore the blasty down to the frame and painted it so i thought that would be a good place to start. Build should go somewhat as follows.

-Tear down
-Repaint
-Replace whatever is broken or going bad
-Shine it up
-Add some HP's
-Add some suspension mods
-Putt it all back together
-Ride it like I stole it.

heres some pics of the paint. I think it turned out pretty good. nice and sexy just the way i like it. I:I

here she is cleaned up and primered. the primer has little pearl/metal flakes in it to give it a shimmer you will see through the paint in one of the other pics

and here is the finished frame. Thats an Anodized orange so its basically a tinted clear so that sparkle from the base coat will shine through.

heres the close up with the flash on so you can see some of the metal flake. its much more intense in person out in the sun

...lots more to come guys...

 

[brandoz28]

lookin good so far, can't wait to see it come together

 

[2smoker85]

nice, im going with a lighter more gold for my a arms and a few other parts, but it will be black and gold

 

[Awk08]

nice job bro !!!!!!

 

[1bad442]

paint looks sick! nice job.

 

[specialized7]

sure seems like golds the color to go with these days , That looks awesome man

 

[79 bronco]

Looks good.....

 

[acezeesawtooth]

thanks guys. i should be getting my a arms in the mail soon so i can paint those. i have a few more tricks up my sleeve for the paint so stay tuned

 

[sicivicdude]

I was wondering why you declined coating, now I know.

It looks awesome!

 

[super noober]

that frame is SICK dude, great work!!

 

[acezeesawtooth]

I was wondering why you declined coating, now I know.

It looks awesome!

yeah i figured you probably couldnt get a powdercoat to match that perfect so i decided to paint it myself.

 

[sicivicdude]

They make powdercoat in every color and finish out there but getting it to match perfectly would be next to impossible.

 

[York Racing]

Haha nice job man. By the way..... My frame could use a touch up. You want my address? lol

 

[acezeesawtooth]

a few more days of waiting before i can begin bolting stuff up to it again (damn paint what does it need to cure for anyways. in the mean time ill be working on the engine. shinning the cases and clutch cover and checking the bearings (really hope they are still good) then putting the new 240 on and getting it ready to install. i havent decided on a timing advance or not. i know it deteriorates the life of the engine but how much? and is this negated by running higher octane or is it just better controlled? thanks for any input

 

[sicivicdude]

Make sure you give the paint on those arms extra curing time. They'll take a beating down there once you get that thing back together.

 

[acezeesawtooth]

Make sure you give the paint on those arms extra curing time. They'll take a beating down there once you get that thing back together.

planning on getting some a-arm gaurds to help that problem

 

[sicivicdude]

Stock guards aren't going to fit the new arms. They're too short. Should have said something before I mailed them out, I could have made a set to fit.

 

[acezeesawtooth]

no big deal. im sure i can fab something up to protect them bro I:I gotta save the arms

 

[sicivicdude]

I think the only problem you'll have out of the arms is shedding the paint.

Whatever you bolt on the arms will be weaker than the tubing itself but keeping rocks and crap from beating the paint off will be a nice feature.

 

[acezeesawtooth]

I think the only problem you'll have out of the arms is shedding the paint.

Whatever you bolt on the arms will be weaker than the tubing itself but keeping rocks and crap from beating the paint off will be a nice feature.

im thinking diamond plate aluminum will look nice. just want to bend a front lip on them to protect the front of the arms