1991 RC recovery mission - "Rebel Scum"

[celicat93]

Not the greatest picture, but it left the garage!

GG!

[Roreri]

Good to see it coming along!

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We had a cold snap that ended today, so I unplugged the battery maintainer and fired it up to make sure all was well. It ran great but the battery and cat warning lights were on so I might be having alt issues *again*. At this point I might just convert it to run a more common alt so future faults are easier to deal with. I don't know much about what to watch for when swapping, but I see a few different Toyotas with higher output options so I'll dig into those more.

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12V at the alt output and good continuity to the battery. RIP my alt, again, somehow.

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The poor thing hasn't gotten much attention lately, but eBay had a 20% off car parts deal so I snagged a set of the Hella conversion headlight housings that I'm looking forward to getting installed.

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After stripping someones crappy plastidip off, then filling some damage with JB weld, then scuffing, then 2 coats of primer, I did the first wheel with 3 coats of paint yesterday. Tomorrow it gets the clear coat, and the other 3 will get the JB weld treatment.

[Roreri]

That sir is a green wheel!

Looks like you’re putting in the sweat equity.

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Yes sir it is! I was aiming for Porsche Acid Green and I think this is pretty dang close.

Sweat equity is right, between the scrubbing and sanding and hand mounting the tires it's been a fair bit of work but so far this one has turned out nicely. I'm excited to see them on the car.

[Roreri]

That looks like the road I'll be going down with the grizzled old OZ Cronos on my Lorelei. I keep eyeballing those dark silver Enkei PF05s though for my summer tires, too.

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Eventually I'll have to do my Cronos as well. They were quite rough when I got the car and they haven't improved lol. I may pay a professional to do those though. The PF05 suits these cars really well imo, I'd love a set of those should I go back to having 17s again.

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Yesterday I installed the Hella 003427811 headlight conversion kit, I didn't snap any pictures but 92RC has some nice ones in the conversion thread here: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=53968

Even in the daylight I could see they're going to be a big improvement over regular sealed beams. I'll just need to align my headlights, again.

Today I put 3 coats of clear on the first wheel, let it sit, and came back to whatever the cinnamon toast **** this is.



This is the paint I used: https://www.homedepot.ca/product/rust-oleum-painter-s-touch-2x-ultra-cover-multi-purpose-paint-and-primer-in-gloss-key-lime-340-g-aerosol-spray-paint/1000777713

This is the clear I used: https://www.homedepot.ca/product/rust-oleum-painter-s-touch-2x-ultra-cover-multi-purpose-paint-and-primer-in-gloss-clear-340-g-aerosol-spray-paint/1000666134

I followed the directions for the paint and waited 48 hours to do the clear. What did I do wrong?

[Roreri]

Well, it sure didn't adhere. It's hard to tell whether that's the primer or the topcoat delaminating from the surface.

At first blush, I wonder whether the sort of paint you got was the right thing and the right prep for the surface.

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I found that exact paint from someone who used it for brake calipers but I'm not sure what they did for primer or clear (if anything). I've seen suggestions that I should either do the clear immediately after the colour (in the 1hr extra coat window) or wait far more than the 48hrs the can lists for it to fully cure. I'll have to come up with a plan before I do the other 3 wheels and then decide what to do about this one.

[Tippo]

I found that exact paint from someone who used it for brake calipers but I'm not sure what they did for primer or clear (if anything). I've seen suggestions that I should either do the clear immediately after the colour (in the 1hr extra coat window) or wait far more than the 48hrs the can lists for it to fully cure. I'll have to come up with a plan before I do the other 3 wheels and then decide what to do about this one.

I'd say go back for the plasti-dip on the rims if possible. When you primered, did you use self-etching?

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The plastidip is long gone, I spent ages scrubbing every little trace of that off. I'm not sure what the factory silver finish is on the wheels.

This is the primer I used, everything is from the same line of paints so I thought they would play nice together but maybe not. https://www.homedepot.ca/product/rust-o ... 1000666144