'88 Vert project
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Just a little update..
I sandblasted the rear sub frame, trailing arms, and rear calipers and carriers.
Got the rear calipers and carriers powder coated gloss black. They were powder coated at Naylors' custom metal cutting.
I'm going to be getting the sub frame and trailing arms powder coated matte black. These will be done at my work.
As for the rust situation, I made the battery tray piece out of 16 gauge steel and got a flat piece of 16 gauge to fix the rest.
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Looks nice, what media are you using for blasting? I have used 80 grit glass bead which worked fantastic but is expensive. Lately I have been using some stuff called black blast, not sure what it is but it is a little more aggressive than the bead but much cheaper 7.50/50lb. I am working outside so about 25% seems to get lost in the wind lol.
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I used naylors custom metal cuttings sand blast booth. He rents it out. I don't know much about what his setup is.
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It's always nice to have a big air compressors. Haha.
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Took my trailing arms, subframe, and front brake calipers and carriers to get powder coated.
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Lookin great!
Thanks!
What type of heat source/oven did you use for those big parts
I didn't do it myself. But I seen the guys setup. It's a big walk-in oven that he can put 3-4 racks of whatever in to.
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Picked up a parts car today. The reason i bought it was to get misc exterior and interior stuff. Got to the place and found that it had an mtech 1 steering wheel and acs pedal set!
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Just a little update.. I haven't really worked on it lately. But I will be picking up an M54B30 long block. I plan on using the crank out of it and making the M50 I bought from Jake a 3.0l and build it for boost.
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