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one last question for the day. How visible is the samco coolant hose kit? A pic would be nice. Like i said, i'm going with a black/gray look with red accents (battery, wires, hose couplings) will the red samco's overpower everything?

I'M AN ANIMAL!!! MORE PICS!!! unlike the monkey, this is not an advert for POR or Marine clean :lol: I wanted the flat black look :black: now how does this go back together :scratch: :lol:

well well... what brought that on :shades: my build there is dead in the water over there, although i'm about to finally update it & see what happens :camp:

didn't expect it to be so dark :shrug:

Props on the new find! Before long the whole car will be rebuilt. Bet you're glad to see one project finished tho. Man, I'm glad i don't have the rust issues you guys are having

thanks, the problem was getting the texture to smooth out in the tight spots & it would have been nearly impossible in some spots :bad-words: I was able to polish up the top and outside runners mirror smooth by working up with the grits. 80 to smooth, then 120, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, then 1500. finally some Mother's mag alum polish on the Power Ball & voila. sounds easy right. :lol: haha hence the paint. i'm not sure if i like how dark the gray is. i may lighten it up a bit. any thoughts? right now i'm doing up the rad support. pics to follow :norty:

So, not sure if anyone remembers, but way back at the beginning of the thread I started polishing the intake manifold for just a touch of free bling in the engine bay. Well.... that's kinda gone no where since the original update :nono: :sad: In fact, it's somehow wound up sitting in the laundry room under some clothes :shrug: (a'la wife getting tired of it sitting in the dining room LOL. After putting so much work into it & really not getting the total result i'd hoped for, as i couldn't get into the little nooks and crannies well enough. I kinda forgot about it. Well, after much thought i realized that the polished mani didn't quite fit into the scheme of the bay i was going for. So instead i decided to paint it. I used dark gray for the main parts and black between the runners and on the mounts This is how it turned out I'm going for mostly a blacked out engine bay. I'm gonna paint the head and block the same dark gray as the mani & everything else will be flat black with some touches of red here & there for a lil spice :thumbleft: also here's a sneak peak of what i've gotten done with the inside :offtopic: Actually...'round here we call it the Gulf coast, as in the Gulf of Mexico. Either way, no offense taken. :salute:

OFF FOR DUBAI!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: P.S. - when ya getting to the phenolic???

dynamic duo strikes again! :afro:

they better!! :bad-words: haha

well it seems to me like you wanted something new anyways, so maybe this is just the right excuse. Sorry the timeline wasn't quite the one you hoped for, but i'm sure it'll be worth it in the end.

looks awesome!! :notworthy: I like how sneaky you're being with the engine, but i'm almost positive i know what that is. haha as for the color I love this one (unfortunately the name escapes me) the owner swapped out the stock wheels with black racing wheels & it looks amazing. I'll find the name tomorrow if you like. The picture doesn't do it justice. ** i believe it's atlas grey **

lookin good! bet you're glad to finally be able to keep the wheels on there eh

nope no such luck boost and prodigal, i'm in Louisiana in the United States

don't worry, i haven't had my wheel's off yet either, as the guy i bought it from can't find the key for the wheel lock :bad-words: he gave me the key he thought it was, but uhh.... no worky :shrug:

Pff! ALWAYS! :bonk:

As requested and promised PICS PICS PICS 8) I've been working solely on the hood and upper panel of the driver's side. Here's what i had done as of this evening And now what got accoplished tonight :clap: Here's my buddy jesse (in blue) and myself (in black) fixing a decent size ding Oh and before i begin here's the original dent ok so step 1 -bang it out Step 2 - skim coat Step 3 - sand and repeat until it looks like this As you can see she's got a zillion door dings and while prep sanding for body filler i noticed multiple spots of body filler under the paint, which makes me think that this car was resprayed at some point. :| No worries, as i'm sanding it all down and starting a new And that's how she stands as of 10pm tonight. Time to call it a night :salute:

welcome back monkey! haven't heard from you in a while prodigal, i'll take some pics tonight :salute:

well, the money i had for the next round of mods needed to go toward a family emergency :( Saddened but determined not to let progress stop, I decided to get going on the interior. Sunday, i finished up the dynamat, except for the passenger door (since i have yet to acquire a pass. door card). after which i installed the new headliner, carpets, and rest of the interior. In doing that i noticed that i'm missing 90% of the clips and screws :mad2: :nono: and that most of the ends on the rear panels are coming undone. Even after that i decided to go on & test fit everything since i've never seen a full C interior in the flesh and i was highly impressed. :clap: It really gave me a HUGE boost having seen one aspect of the project complete, so late sunday, monday, and tues. i have been continuing the body work, which included sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, and last but not least sanding. LOL I also applied a bit of body filler (for the record) Hopefully i'll build the funds back up soon and have the engine work back on track, cuz it's driving me nuts having to work next to my torn apart engine everyday. as always thanks for checking out the thread :salute:

wondered how long it would be lol Friendly banter or not, you're gonna break a certain smiley... care to guess which one :shades: Back on topic, can't say enough about the car. looks sooo fresh!! :notworthy: :notworthy:

congrats on the good find... brave man taking on 2 C's :shades:

just noticed the 02s is a possible direct fit for a 6spd, so i'm doing research into that . Unfortunately the C gets pushed back again, as i have to mod someone else car tomorrow :bad-words: I'll be upgrading the calipers, adding rear seat entertainment and changing out various trim to wood grain on a new Cayenne. oh well i guess i shouldn't get too upset since i'm getting paid for it, but i was really looking forward to quality time with my C :sad:

looks like a dead thread, but oh well. just wanted to know if anyone has tried the 02S swap yet & with what result

Well, i know i've been a bit quite lately, unfortunately i don't have much progress to report :shrug: :nono: My main hold-up has been life in general. lol I have, however, gotten my "semi" final purchase list together, and have also mustered up the funds to get it all. So today i partially disassembled the head to get it ready for the machine shop. And next week i'll be ordering up the rest of the goods i need to get the engine build going again. While i await the engine parts i plan on finishing up the interior bits. Mainly the remainder of the Dynamat. Right now i think i'm gonna leave the seats as is, just to get the car on the road, however, if funds permit i may get a pair of Recaros from a friend of mine. On a side note... What would you all suggest in the way of transmissions? I plan on leaving the stock G60 trans in for now, but i've also heard of some taking 1 & 2 from the VR6 box because G60 gears are too short. Am i right? Right now my daily is an Acura TSX 6MT (AKA - Euro Honda Accord) The 6spd's gearing was much shorter than I was used to, but now i kinda like it, cept for the final drive which sits around 3,500rpm while cruising at 80mph, which i don't like. How does the G60 trans compare? Thanks for checking out the thread, hope to give ya'll something else to check out soon :salute:

:wave: That looks REALLY good. Yellow has very much grown on me since getting into the C scene. As for that spade connector, i think it is a temp sensor :scratch: for after run fan... I may be wrong, as my brain is so jumbled from my rebuild, if no one else pipes up i'll double check on that tomorrow :salute: