boostman Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Hi, I bought Graham's red NA a few weeks ago so thought I'd start a thread of what I'm doing. It will be slow progress as money isn't in abundance but I like to do things myself which usually keeps the cost down anyway. Just to clarify I know my name is Boostman and I drive an NA.....haha I created this account many years ago when I could only dream of a supra [emoji13] My to do list so far: Paint needs attention in many places, Rear number plate hurts my eyes, Window wiper arms need refurb, Dash needs a bit of repair / removing of random none working switches, Need to get a fog light PCB, Decat has an whistle / hum/ resonates, Drivers side window is slow / doesn't sound happy, I'd like to change the dash LEDs to white if possible as well, And finally install a sub where the stock one currently is. This is the car the day I got it, the paint looks fine from a few meters away haha Iv started some work already will post some pics later/ tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Good luck buddy. Nice car to use as a base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I will be watching this with interest. Good luck Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Subscribed, tidy car to fettle with mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackyBoi Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Subscribed, looking forward to some updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Ok so far I have done the window wipers, sand blasted and painted with black gloss. Got some nice Michelin blades to! Before During After Blades Finished Then I had a go at temporarily fixing the pealing lacquer on the bonnet, main to stop it spreading. Flatted back Masked Done Iv still got a lot of stone chips to paint then flat back and polish till the bonnet is done but it looks a hell of a lot better then the peal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Those wiper blade arms looks so much better. The thing that will make me most happy is seeing that ****ing rear numberplate changed I was hoping to get some numberplate pods just so I could get a smaller plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 DodgyRog on here brought a led kit from Ebay and fitted it himself Iirc, and it looked smart too and didn't cost the world. Heckler (Simon) who sells the foglight pcb also sells dashlight conversions. Seeing as you want to do a lot of it yourself he also has a helpful guide too http://www.internetwork.org.uk/led_guide/led.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Good start, will be tracking this as you seem keen and it's always good to see people doing what they can by themselves, always gives me a kick to keep going keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Those wiper blade arms looks so much better. The thing that will make me most happy is seeing that ****ing rear numberplate changed I was hoping to get some numberplate pods just so I could get a smaller plate. I know, I dread to think what it's like under the stainless plate, shurly it would have been cheaper and easier to just buy the right size plate haha DodgyRog on here brought a led kit from Ebay and fitted it himself Iirc, and it looked smart too and didn't cost the world. Heckler (Simon) who sells the foglight pcb also sells dashlight conversions. Seeing as you want to do a lot of it yourself he also has a helpful guide too http://www.internetwork.org.uk/led_guide/led.htm Oh nice guide I'll look into that! [emoji1] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MATT RR Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Good work, wiper blades make such a difference when brought back to life, nice job on the bonnet too I'm impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Good work, wiper blades make such a difference when brought back to life, nice job on the bonnet too I'm impressed Thanks, I used Aldi's version of hammerite, only £2.99 a can! end results are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 What size number plate goes on the back? 13x7 or squarer like 8x8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virus Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Looks amazing man Clean car to begin with, curious to see where htis is going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 Gave it a good clean today, even the wife helped! [emoji2] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I never once cleaned under that bonnet Since I've had my other car, I've cleaned it once as I hate it to death.... I try not to even look at it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 I never once cleaned under that bonnet Since I've had my other car, I've cleaned it once as I hate it to death.... I try not to even look at it too. Cleaning it again today and doing some more work on the paint, I'll post a pic when it's dry! Just needs a major Polish and wax now! Will definitely get it resprayed in the future through! Aaaand I've ordered a new rear plate so that should be here this week!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Cleaning it again today and doing some more work on the paint, I'll post a pic when it's dry! Just needs a major Polish and wax now! Will definitely get it resprayed in the future through! Aaaand I've ordered a new rear plate so that should be here this week!! Thank god for that. I used Menzerna sf when I had it looking spanking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Some pics of the nearly fixed paint! Looking surprising good! Went round with touch up paint, sanded down the small bits of lacquer peal and used a tiny makeup brush to apply the lacquer. Then spent hours polishing and waxing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 That looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have opened Pandora's number plate box........ New plate came today so I thought id atleast remove the old one and have a look. The stainless plate was riveted onto the plate holder which was bent. And to my amazement the bumper had been resprayed around the number plate!!!! So now I have two shades of red haha Some.pics below of how I fixed it, had to cut some thin sheet plastic and wedged it between the plate bracket and the polystyrene inside the bumper, then I cut a piece the same size as the bumper cut out so now it sits pretty much flush so I can fix the plate on with double sided stickers. Just need to fix the plate on, also I think I'm going to put a piece of carbon fibre wrap each side of the plate to cover the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 You can buy the number plate pods to go on the side. They're oem and come up cheap at times which might be an idea. I paid to have that rear bumper resprayed. I can't believe that's what they did and didn't call me up to say they couldn't/wouldn't or hadn't removed that backing plate, bunch of ****'s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostman Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 You can buy the number plate pods to go on the side. They're oem and come up cheap at times which might be an idea. I paid to have that rear bumper resprayed. I can't believe that's what they did and didn't call me up to say they couldn't/wouldn't or hadn't removed that backing plate, bunch of ****'s. I did have a look for pods but could only find whifbitz ones which were £200 lol That is cheeky, didn't realise the bumper had been resprayed when you had it, there is some spidering on the bumper aswell like they didn't put enough plasticiser or what ever in the paint. Will look nice with the new plate on though! Will post a pic when it's on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The place that sprayed it stitched me right up. I wish I had never gone there. They "used" to have a good reputation but had been bought out by the time I went back to complain. If they hadn't of cocked up the paint job I still would have that car now; for me it was the last straw. I noticed loads on that over time that they "had done" but ****ed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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