hey guys'n'girls,

finally got the time to snap some new pics of my car, just been washed and cleaned inside.

mainly took these pics so ppl can see my tailight tint job and cannon, plus ive despoilered it now too, enigne needs work tho, needs a clean and some small things attended to...
also got some bad rust along the bottom of my doors, any1 got advice on how to repair it and stop it happening again?? :cry:

BTW..is anyone entering their magna's in the EVO/GSR show'n'shine ova the easter weekend in Adelaide, they apparently have a Magna section (Stock and Modded), i was thinking about it.....we should get a group together and all enter?? :thumbsup: Mad Lante has more details if u want them...

anyway, here is the link to the pics
http://members.cardomain.com/magnamayhem_89

debadged looks nice, as for the rust get it cut out and plated or look for new doors :confused: engine .... needs sone CAI on that air bell :)

Looks sweet man

looking good.....i still say fix that darm spoiler and put it back on looks weird with out it :P

omg

got rust?

lol no **** about the rust hey!!

any1 know anywhere that can cut it out and fix it for a resonable price??

i work nextdoor to Salisbury Paint & Panel, im gonna get a quote from them

Looking good mate, love the tinted taillights, thats one sexy rear end!! :badgrin:

Are they extractors that i see in the engine bay?

Im so jealous of everyones magna having a nice rear end.

Mine is stuffed :cry:

aussiefella: i think they r extractors, they were on the car when i got it, so im not sure, but every other TP magna elante ive seen has a totally different manifold so id say so....

they are extractors off a carbi set up :)

they are wildcat extractors.

Yeah i thought so, theres something to add to your mod list ;)

lol no **** about the rust hey!!

any1 know anywhere that can cut it out and fix it for a resonable price??

i work nextdoor to Salisbury Paint & Panel, im gonna get a quote from them
Probably cheaper to find a set of new doors at the wreckers... labour & repaint ain't cheap.


I'd pull out & throw away those square rubber bungs at the bottom of the doors.
They do little but block up the water that gets down the doors... discovered that
the first time we washed the damned thing after pickup from the dealers.

i'm cutting out rust atm out of my car... it's easy if you got the patience...

i just dont have the money yet to get paint! but the rust is gone from everywhere, except the drivers door!

Could you give us all a bit of a rundown on how your doing it BCX7? I have a bit in my quarter panel and rear door that i want gone before i repaint...

I like it debadged, dark tail lights and dewinged. looks mad.
but where do all these bloody elante's keep popping up from. actually might post a thread on a real odd one now.

pls post up how ur doing it BCX7, it would b great help, i wanted tot ry and get it fixed b4 the EVO/GSR show'n'shine, im willing to give it a go, and a couple of my work buddies (mechanics) r willing to help...

how do you tint the rear lights like that?

the way i did it was:

took out the rear tailights, including the centre bit, (pull back the black covering in ur boot, undo all the plugs for the globes and there will b bolts going around the the light), once then r out, just give a clean with a cloth and some galss cleaner or something along those lines, get urself a can of Night Shdes from Autobarn for $15, and spray them. do it evenly ie one layer at a time and allow them to dry between each layer, also overlap each spray, do it in horizontal lines holding the can about 10-15cm away, i did 2 coats on mine and thats plenty dark enough....

make sure u tape up any parts u dont want sprayed

-Chris

cool, hopefully i can give it a go next pay :D

no worries, any problems send us a pm and im sure i can help ya out, its not hard :)

ive resprayed the rear light covers on my ex xf falcon, but i wasnt sure of the stuff, or which side to you applied that stuff on :)

ok cool :) have fun

Well, large areas with heaps of rust is cut out with angle grinder and weld with oxy welder a new bit of steel from behind... then i fair/fill it with polyester car bog and sand it to the shape you want (if you do a good job, it wont be noticable, it takes patience... (only had to do this in two places... over each back wheel)

if it's a hole or a few holes together, i grind away the rust with a dremel (grind from both sides if possible), and treat it with rust convertor... then i just use bog to fill the holes (or glass filler, it's stronger if you need to layer it more than 3mm think) and sand to shape...

you need to paint it though... if you dont, it'll just rust again... i put etch primer and then primer filler (no topcoat), but even then - primer is porous cos it's single pack... so it will rust eventually through the primer... i need money for topcoat!!

Thats the basics... if you got any questions/comments - ask!

Cheers,
Bill

yeah, but how do i reapir the rust in my doors tho, cos i cant really weld a new peice of metal behind it...

i was thinking just grind it all out with an angle grinder and fill it with bog? would the hole be to big tho

new doors my friend. there is too much rust to remove properly and still be cheaper than a new door. u could do it sus but it would come back for sure, i know... i owned a fairlane. :bowrofl:

new doors my friend. there is too much rust to remove properly and still be cheaper than a new door. u could do it sus but it would come back for sure, i know... i owned a fairlane. :bowrofl:
that might be true... i'm fixing 2 out of my 4 doors... the other two it was easier to get other doors... the only problem you have it colour of the doors.

your in SA... maybe one day i'll see your car and see how bad it really is

i thought a respray wasnt that expensive as i thought it to be? .....

well that was my only other option, get 4 new doors, but becos my paint is 15yrs old and faded, im gonna have to get a respray, will cost about $1500 to get it done by Salisbury Paint & Panel nextdoor to where i work, or i can buy a compressor and spray gun + paint and do the respray myself whih would cost bout $600 for compressor, gun and paint


-Chris

if your doing a backyard job theres no point buying a $600 compressor. Just get one of those $120 GMC ones and get an acc. kit. My mate did his car with one and it worked a treat

no way, those useless little things dont hold enough air to blow a pencil of a table. 2+hp and around the 60L min.

or get the little one and supercharge it tim the toolman style :D

no way, those useless little things dont hold enough air to blow a pencil of a table. 2+hp and around the 60L min.

Aggh well i have seen someone replace all the connections on it cos the standard ones are dodge and spray there car without fail. Paint job was a good standard for a backyard job. So i beg to differ.

my mate at work has a 120 CFM compressor and gravity feed spray gun with fully adjustable nozzle that he can lend me..but still unsure wether im gonna do it yet, got other things to do first ie. stereo.