Looking for body car painting

[ken yeang]

The rust if u notice on d roof or bonnet/hood follows d 'tulang'..x amount of grinding or stripping work can eliminate it once it appears...u can prolong it for a while (mine lasted 6yrs) before it pops up again...only solution is unfortunately to replace d respective panels..

I suspect the rust is caused by the unsuitable use of glue/insulation in the steel panel. or Something like that...

 

[ken yeang]

If rust appears on body area where the parts are non removable, what can be done to it? And is rust problem related to paint job quality?



My front hood last time already got multiple rust until can see tiny holes where light can actually go through. Replaced the whole hood at the end. Your Wira is on what year? Carb or EFI?

hahahah, then this is a good "excuse" to replace it with a CF bonnet.....Surely wont rust anymore

 

[hon_cs]

Not sure if anyone have seen this thread bmw e30. Very long progress. I would say this is the best because the owner really put efforts into each of every bits. If you don't have id, please right click and open new tab for every page navigation.

http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/forum/the-bmw-range/-3-series/e30/28282-once-in-a-lifetime-project



Bro fazidk, base on your exp, what you think of the body and paint work?

 

[RENESIS VIII]

hahahah, then this is a good "excuse" to replace it with a CF bonnet.....Surely wont rust anymore

Thought before of changing to CF hood and fender some time in future. But sifu VR2 say better use the $ to mod and Izssuark said if I do so on Wira, sure going to be thief magnet. Unless I paint them back according to car colour.

 

[lsm1991]

Not sure if anyone have seen this thread bmw e30. Very long progress. I would say this is the best because the owner really put efforts into each of every bits. If you don't have id, please right click and open new tab for every page navigation.

http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/forum/the-bmw-range/-3-series/e30/28282-once-in-a-lifetime-project



Bro fazidk, base on your exp, what you think of the body and paint work?

wow.. thats really a full restoration... lots of sweat and tears put into that car

 

[vr2turbo]

If rust appears on body area where the parts are non removable, what can be done to it? And is rust problem related to paint job quality?



My front hood last time already got multiple rust until can see tiny holes where light can actually go through. Replaced the whole hood at the end. Your Wira is on what year? Carb or EFI?

The roof needs to be cut and replace, many have done that.
Yup, like bro fazidk and ken yeang mentioned is the glue to hold the sheet to the frame (tulang). Either corrosive or what those are the points they are rusting from.

Mine 1st Gen 1993 Carb, bought from mechanic brother 2nd hand. The thing is most rust after 3 to 4 years. Mine rust started after 8 years....

 

[lsm1991]

The roof needs to be cut and replace, many have done that.
Yup, like bro fazidk and ken yeang mentioned is the glue to hold the sheet to the frame (tulang). Either corrosive or what those are the points they are rusting from.

Mine 1st Gen 1993 Carb, bought from mechanic brother 2nd hand. The thing is most rust after 3 to 4 years. Mine rust started after 8 years....

rust... this is one thing that i will have to fight..... urgh sounds like theres gona be quite abit of work ahead of me~~

 

[6UE5t]

To me, car rust is already like a car skin cancer. If any of my cars start to show rust thru the paint, I'd just patch it up then sell it off, but so far that has never happened to me yet even for my old Mitsubishis back then (1996 Lancer & 1993 Eterna, both sold off in 2007).

 

[RENESIS VIII]

The roof needs to be cut and replace, many have done that.
Yup, like bro fazidk and ken yeang mentioned is the glue to hold the sheet to the frame (tulang). Either corrosive or what those are the points they are rusting from.

Mine 1st Gen 1993 Carb, bought from mechanic brother 2nd hand. The thing is most rust after 3 to 4 years. Mine rust started after 8 years....

Wira roof I think can be removed. Can see it is not joined with the whole body like old Saga. I have also seen Evo 3 roof for sale. So, if the glue is problematic, need to peel all of them off and use a better glue next time?

1993 Wira is the one without facelift yet isn't it? The one with rear light that is very similar with your Galant.

rust... this is one thing that i will have to fight..... urgh sounds like theres gona be quite abit of work ahead of me~~

I'll try and solve it too. Feels reluctant to sell of my car. Bought it brand new back in 1999. That time I was still in kindergarten. Today, I am driving the car. A lot of memories.

 

[fazidk]

Depending on where n how extensive d rust is..eg. If on roof = replace roof,if on bonnet = replace bonnet,if doors = just replace d 'kulit'..these are d common areas of rust (at least on a Wira/satria..)

In my experience in spraying I've only done one car back in '06 (an escort mk3...x remember what year maybe 80's so u can just imagine d rust)..this one owner asked for full restoration..so had d whole body fully sandblasted til bare metal..cut out all d rust parts n either replaced them or custom made them (like d floor,firewall)..cost a bomb but I'm x sure it was worth it or x (I mean it's an old but rare car n all but d cost was very high)..anyway it made my work easy since I had a totally empty shell to work on so prep work was easy..

Anyway that was m one n only experience doing it all d way like that...it was a gr8 experience..now that I think of it I felt like those guys in Kount Kustomz (on Astro) hahaha lol

 

[vr2turbo]

Wira roof I think can be removed. Can see it is not joined with the whole body like old Saga. I have also seen Evo 3 roof for sale. So, if the glue is problematic, need to peel all of them off and use a better glue next time?

1993 Wira is the one without facelift yet isn't it? The one with rear light that is very similar with your Galant.



I'll try and solve it too. Feels reluctant to sell of my car. Bought it brand new back in 1999. That time I was still in kindergarten. Today, I am driving the car. A lot of memories.

Seen many doing it, but have to cut the roof out

 

[vr2turbo]

Depending on where n how extensive d rust is..eg. If on roof = replace roof,if on bonnet = replace bonnet,if doors = just replace d 'kulit'..these are d common areas of rust (at least on a Wira/satria..)

In my experience in spraying I've only done one car back in '06 (an escort mk3...x remember what year maybe 80's so u can just imagine d rust)..this one owner asked for full restoration..so had d whole body fully sandblasted til bare metal..cut out all d rust parts n either replaced them or custom made them (like d floor,firewall)..cost a bomb but I'm x sure it was worth it or x (I mean it's an old but rare car n all but d cost was very high)..anyway it made my work easy since I had a totally empty shell to work on so prep work was easy..

Anyway that was m one n only experience doing it all d way like that...it was a gr8 experience..now that I think of it I felt like those guys in Kount Kustomz (on Astro) hahaha lol

And must have taken a long time to do......

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Depending on where n how extensive d rust is..eg. If on roof = replace roof,if on bonnet = replace bonnet,if doors = just replace d 'kulit'..these are d common areas of rust (at least on a Wira/satria..)

In my experience in spraying I've only done one car back in '06 (an escort mk3...x remember what year maybe 80's so u can just imagine d rust)..this one owner asked for full restoration..so had d whole body fully sandblasted til bare metal..cut out all d rust parts n either replaced them or custom made them (like d floor,firewall)..cost a bomb but I'm x sure it was worth it or x (I mean it's an old but rare car n all but d cost was very high)..anyway it made my work easy since I had a totally empty shell to work on so prep work was easy..

Anyway that was m one n only experience doing it all d way like that...it was a gr8 experience..now that I think of it I felt like those guys in Kount Kustomz (on Astro) hahaha lol

How much did that restoration cost? 20k to 30k? Since is back in 06 and today is 2016 which is already 10 years, did you hear anything again about the car now? I was sort of interested in some old cars like the 1970s TA22 Celica. Want to know more info about these restoration process and outcome.

 

[fazidk]

How much did that restoration cost? 20k to 30k? Since is back in 06 and today is 2016 which is already 10 years, did you hear anything again about the car now? I was sort of interested in some old cars like the 1970s TA22 Celica. Want to know more info about these restoration process and outcome.

D project took me about 41/2 months (3 ppl working on it at that time)..I did meet d owner a couple of yrs back tho n he stil had d car (tho he x driving it at d time)..he got a job in d uk or somewhere n he brought his car so I x get to c it...regarding d cost just d sandblasting cost 11k (donno bout now), d metal works n d painting process another 9k..like I said it was a very costly n time consuming project (x to mention I had to travel back n forth to gombak..my workshop was there before) but it was a gr8 one n only experience..

 

[fazidk]

Back in those days sandblasting was unheard off maybe 1-2 shops actually did it that's y d cost was very high..maybe now cld be lower s I've heard more places offer those services??i know there's one somewhere in kg subang that does this service...

 

[vr2turbo]

How much did that restoration cost? 20k to 30k? Since is back in 06 and today is 2016 which is already 10 years, did you hear anything again about the car now? I was sort of interested in some old cars like the 1970s TA22 Celica. Want to know more info about these restoration process and outcome.

Must go find Overhaulin already......hhahahhahaha

 

[fazidk]

Must go find Overhaulin already......hhahahhahaha

Use to have something here like that rite??i remember it was on tv (done by proton if x mistaken) but it x kick off that well which is sad actually..lack of sponsors wld b d main reason I suppose..

 

[vr2turbo]

Use to have something here like that rite??i remember it was on tv (done by proton if x mistaken) but it x kick off that well which is sad actually..lack of sponsors wld b d main reason I suppose..

Yup, saw a bit before but way off. Unlike the US version many things can be changed. Here they need to remove the rust and use back. Workmanship was bad and they could not finish in time if not mistaken.....

 

[RENESIS VIII]

D project took me about 41/2 months (3 ppl working on it at that time)..I did meet d owner a couple of yrs back tho n he stil had d car (tho he x driving it at d time)..he got a job in d uk or somewhere n he brought his car so I x get to c it...regarding d cost just d sandblasting cost 11k (donno bout now), d metal works n d painting process another 9k..like I said it was a very costly n time consuming project (x to mention I had to travel back n forth to gombak..my workshop was there before) but it was a gr8 one n only experience..

That is quite a lot. If the rust problem can be prevented for another 10 to 20 years, that amount spent seems worth it. But if it doesn't last for more than 5 years, then it sounds very costly. Now I think restoring an old car is indeed expensive.

 

[fazidk]

That is quite a lot. If the rust problem can be prevented for another 10 to 20 years, that amount spent seems worth it. But if it doesn't last for more than 5 years, then it sounds very costly. Now I think restoring an old car is indeed expensive.

Yes bro the thug is if u get s car sandblasted n weld/replace d effected panels then it wld definitely last like new..but it comes at a high price x doubt bout it