My first major balls-up The paint on the disaerator was non existant at the top and while the coolant tank was off I decided to tidy it up a little. Image Unavailable, Please Login It's aluminium so needs special primer to make the paint stick. Image Unavailable, Please Login After a coat of hammerite - the picture was taken when the paint was wet but there's still a big difference between the new and old paint. It looks gash and I have already taken steps to rectify it with the correct wrinkle finish. Watch this space. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Wise decision How is the condition of your interior, any restorations planned in there? Greetz, Joseph
Interior is OK - not quite up to my standards but I have plans for it. However, there are more pressing things to deal with...
With the car back together for the first time since I started it was time to take it out and show it off. I recently went to a breakfast club at Goodwood circuit and was lucky enough to be invited to show the car on the pit straight. Photo courtesy of globalsupercars Image Unavailable, Please Login
Very nice work indeed. I am about to start my own mini project of fixing up a 360 modena I have bought. I am in the UK as well. I am interested in your repair on the rear bumper, as I have a similar issue on mine, it has a small hole/crack in it. So I would like to know what products you used and what methods you used to restore it. Mine has a gloss black paint finish at the moment and I want to go for the satin black you have used. Thanks Neil
Thanks. It was a very easy repair for me. I ground back the damage with a grinding tip on the dremel. This revealed the damaged to be on the surface only. I didn't have any cracks but if you do you'll need to drill the ends to stop them spreading. As my damage was on the surface I didn't need to glassfibre but if you have a hole then you'll need to lay a mat over the back and cover with resin. Once my damage was cleaned up I put a skim of filler over and let it set. This was rubbed back to get it flat. I then used filler primer and let that set. This and the rest of the diffuser were rubbed down with 600 wet and dry. I then sprayed it with two coats of satin black. I'll PM you so you can get in touch if you have any questions.
Thank you. I have a package en-route. I will post up details ASAP. Thanks, although I'll never get anywhere close to what you're doing.
The other weekend was an opportunity to take the car out and give it a bit of a shakedown. I joined Petrolhead Nirvana on one of their Welsh weekend tours - the weather was great and the car performed very well. All in I covered about 500 miles at full tilt on some of the finest roads in Wales. One thing I can note is the Pagid Blue pads are so much better than OEM. They do squeel a touch at low speeds but they make up for it when throwing the anchor out. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Phase 2 of this project started with the calipers. I wanted to change the colour of them to yellow so they match the badges. I tackled one wheel at a time - the calipers came off very easily once the pads were removed. I've clamped the rubber hoses for the time being but I do have braided hoses on order. I will send the calipers off to be colour changed as I don't fancy tackling it myself. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
It was pointed out to me that I had put the exhaust bracket on upside down. As I had the rear bumper off I quickly switched it round. It seems the hammerite has gone a golden colour with the heat - it looks OK at the moment as it matches part of the exhaust but if it gets any worse I'll have to think of another solution. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The bolts holding the air filter covers were looking very tired so I quickly swapped them for stainless cap head ones. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I noticed that the vaccum pipes that control the stock exhaust flaps were missing - I guess whoever took the stock exhaust off removed these instead of plugging them. I have seen reports of open pipes causing problems, including the dreaded CEL. This was easily fixed with a small length of pipe, a bolt and two hose clips. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Following my botch to touch in the disaerator I decided to do the job properly. First off was to drain the oil out but I only managed to get a bit out as I didn't have the correct hex for the front drain plug. No matter as enough came out to drain the disaerator. Image Unavailable, Please Login As the car will be sitting for a while without oil I decided to tape up the ignition to stop any unfortunate accidents. Image Unavailable, Please Login This is what I wanted off the car. It was very easy to remove - three breather pipes, one big braided hose that goes to the heat exchanger and three 13mm bolts. It was removed with everything else in place. Image Unavailable, Please Login I taped everything up to prevent any debris getting in the oil system. Image Unavailable, Please Login Paint stripper in action: Image Unavailable, Please Login And this is how I left it for the day as I ran out of paint stripper. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I LOVE process threads......am I the only one thats only seeing about 1/2 of all the photos posted? Its killing me! Inspiring project by the way.
Thanks. Thanks. What url are you viewing the thread from? I think to see all the pics you need to be logged into www.ferrarichat.com
I spent a day in the garden as the weather was glorious. First step was to strip the rest of the paint off the disaerator. Image Unavailable, Please Login Masked up and ready for paint. I was careful to key the surface with wire wool and then thoroughly degreased it. Image Unavailable, Please Login The can reckoned on three coats so that's what it got. Image Unavailable, Please Login After an hour in the heat of the sun the wrinkles were already starting to form. I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The undertray had a piece snapped off - fortunately the broken off piece was inside the tray. I wasn't even going to entain buying a new one at over £750. Image Unavailable, Please Login The other side was also beginning to crack: Image Unavailable, Please Login A few pieces of fibreglass matting to strengthen things up... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login And impregnated with resin. I'll tidy it all up once it hardens with the dremel. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
