Chads '92 2.5 mx3

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Chads '92 2.5 mx3

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Well i guess its time i get to writing a worklog on this car. I bought this car last fall for 700 dollars. It was filthy on the outside, hadnt been inspected since 2003 and it looks like that was the last time it was washed. It had no engine inside no interior installed just a bunch of random crap in the inside but came with (2) 1.8v6 and a tranny with 6k on the Full rebuild topped off with a new clutch. and also a KLZE.. I Sold the klze to a friend , a fellow member on the forum who helps me with most of my work, he is going to be doing a klze turbo 323. here is how she looked when i picked her up.

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here are some pics of The teardown and cleaning of the interior....

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and here is the engine bay teardown...

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and here she is the engine bay painted....

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So clean!
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glad to see you got a worklog up Chad... so is the outside of the car going to be the same as the engine bay when you are done?
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yup same color
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wow its looking good chad ... im gonna get the tittle out to you soon i swear when are you gonna come pick up the other motor?
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gives me the needed motivation to do mine. Great job sir!
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Well finally have some updates for this thing....

got all the bodywork done...
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pulling her into my tiny little garage haha
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all taped off
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during spray
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and pulled her out....

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and here are the little guys that pushed the air haha
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the hood fenders hatch and other misc. parts will be painted tomorrow. This weekend the exterior should be all ready to go together, and then its time to throw the interior and engine in.
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looks great, well done! Were your eyes not burning? Or was it waterbased paint?
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Huge points for being very thorough. I like your color selection a lot. This is one of the skills I really wish I had. I would love to do my own bodywork.

Very nice work indeed.
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What kind of spray gun did you use? I have a compressor about the same size as your yellow one and I'm afraid it won't be big enough to paint properly.
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Wow! Nice job!
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Sweet, this is turning out nice. Love the color.

More pics!
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why didn't you paint the rest of the inside of the car?
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Re: Chads '92 2.5 mx3

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its nice that you painted the engine bay the same as the body, thats why i stuck with red.
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