Rust repair/shaving

Dash... again

Found a great remedy for my cracked dash using SEM bumper filler, trim black, and some expanding insulating foam. It worked really well, and if it had been executed properly it would have held up. This method called for cutting out and leveling the cracked areas, filling with expanding foam, covering with the SEM bumper epoxy, sanding, wiping with a plastic cleaner, and finally painting with a trim black. My mistake occurred in the sanding part. i sanded the bumper filler all the way to the edge of the cut out cracked area where I should have left plenty of overlap and blended the filler. looked great initially but after a couple hours in the sun it began to separate.... so i pulled averything out and will redo it correctly. Otherwise this is a great fix!!

More dash

Dash

More suspension bits

Cleaned/painted front hubs. New set of refurb toyota 4X4 calipers fro up front to go with my MSA cross drilled/slotted rotors. 280Z half shafts all cleaned up and painted. JCI LS1 install kit arrived (AWESOME)!!!!! R200 cleaned up and painted. All suspension parts painted and ready for install with poly bushing set (except R200 mustache bar). Yeah, funny story there! Spent a large amount of time cutting out the bushing sleeves on the mustache bar only to find out that they are required for the poly bushings! Tried making my own sleeves out of exhaust pipe but I wasn't happy with the results. New/used mustache bar on the way! Not the first or last Duh moment!

Stripping/painting suspension bits

Notice the different hubs? One (cloverleaf) from the 240 and one apparent "repair" with a 280 version (requires a different rotor!). Broke open the R200 from my donor. Looks clean with no noticeable wear/play.

No turning back!

Starting to make the necessary cuts to install the LS1. Trans "ears" cut out. You can see the time frame io've been working on here. That's my "new" helper you can see a photo of from earlier posts. He's two now! No need for the fuel filler door/compartment. Fuel cell going in!