Known One Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'm an expirienced westy home mechanic if you want a hand doing the painting... The cable tying should be a piece of piss, but painting can be a little bit tricky depending on how rangi you don't want it to look... Like zpac said you should finely sand it, but also it's easy to create runs so patience for the win. Gotta be prepared to do more than one coat. Also, overspray is a bad look so buy a newspaper and some masking tape... and don't forget to cover the tyre, I still have paint on mine from doing some work. Also buy some meths to use to clean the surface after you have lightly sanded it... a clean rag or two would be handy. The dent on the front left panel looks pretty minor, any of those dent removal places should be able to do it pretty cheaply Good work on the job btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj-control Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 grind --- aim me bro will help you with the paint . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_weazel Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I was merely agreeing that you would be better off trying to repair it with the methods described by zpac rather than have it professionally done No problems with that mate, and I appreciate your input. Agree that it's not gonna be worth paying for professional service given the cars worth. I was just calling you out on your irrelevant and incorrect assessment of my cars value, that's all And I'm just saying that you didn't need to be a cock about it... especially when my "assessment" turned out to be neither irrelevant OR incorrect. But I see you ignored that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jab Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 and he is still a funny cunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 guess who's back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phonetics Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 back again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Awesome Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Shady's back, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Tell some men?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phonetics Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 hahaha, nice twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 fail imo :noteeth: :miniteeth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 The best way to get out of blatant pwnage is to reply with an essay length post justifying the initial mare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 my "assessment" turned out to be neither irrelevant OR incorrect. But I see you ignored that. It was both mate. Jog on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 grind --- aim me bro will help you with the paint . Cheer boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 I'm an expirienced westy home mechanic if you want a hand doing the painting... Nice one bro! Really appreciate all the help you guys have provided.. cheers! I'm gonna get some $ together over the next few weeks and start working on it, would definitely appareciate a hand and will pay cash to anyone who's keen to help out. Chur! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj-control Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 my "assessment" turned out to be neither irrelevant OR incorrect. But I see you ignored that. It was both mate. Jog on. bahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banga Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Whats the new job bro? Climbing the corporate eh ? " I got kicked off the ladder with redundancy a few months back.. Fuck it's sweet not working But yeah - got something deace lined up, fingers crossed. Hard - work is farking waaay over rated mate. I would lap up the redundancy for as long as the dosh lasted Why dont you give recruitment a nudge bro? It' s a pretty sweet gig and pays for a pretty sweet lifestyle? Good luck for whatevers on the burn anyways mate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Just got my warrant today from pitstop of all places.. These guys want to charge me about $600 to replace the drive belts, fuel filter, front brake pads and to machine the brake discs. Can anyone recommend somwhere that i can get those relatively simple things done a bit cheaper? Im pretty sure i could probably replace the drive belts and the filter myself. I fucking suck at doing anything with brakes though, tried once, failed miserably.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Known One Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Which belt? as long as its not a timing belt then yea maybe... if it's timing belt then $600 for all of that is cheap as. Not sure but Tom Osborne might still manage the Firestone on Mt Eden road... he used to help me out with my Skyline... you know him? If so I'm sure he'll do you a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Ill have a better yarn to him when go pick up my car, he said power steering and something else. Just depends how hard they are to get at i suppose. Nah, i dont know tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Known One Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 any belt which ain't a timing belt is gunna be easy imo.. places tend to overcharge for it hard... the belt only costs around $10 usually for them and takes 5 minutes... but for some reason it gets marked up 500% + 30 minutes labour Even if you don't know Tom, I'm sure he would do a fair deal. You'll know him by face I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Sweet, im gonna probably have a go at the belts myself and try sus out how hard the fuel filter is to change out. Then its just the brake pads and that which can wait till next pay day for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surface Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 fuel filter = easy front brake pads = easy belts can be tricky depending on car and which ones (wont be cam belt if all that is a $600 price tag) can get cunts to come to you to get the machining done. look it up save urself 3-4 spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 What sorta car you got man? My mates a mechanic, I'm sure he could help you out for a decent price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 R33 skyline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Yeah that's right, GTS-4 eh? I'll txt my mate and see if he can help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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