operation redo engine bay
 

So after getting this 2g and looking at the bay and seeing the paint coming off and the padding on the fire wall that is ugly i decided to pull the motor and repaint and fix the strut tower since i picked up my daily driver this past saturday so i can finally get started on it.

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In my opinion, I think the engine bay color should be the same as the exterior color. That strut tower looks very scary and should be fixed asap.

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I am thinking about it going red also it would look better and thats the number one priority right now pull the motor and fix the strut tower any easy but good ways to fix them does anyone know ?? Or do i just have to cut it out and weld metal back in

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With it looking that bad I would look for a good non rusty tower and replace the full thing.

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Ive got a red one

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It really does depend on how bad it is, and that looks pretty bad. The thing about it is there are two layers of metal so u will need to start grinding the top and bottom to see how far it goes and cut out all the rust. Than you would want a sealer and paint inbetween and all around everything that's left after cutting and grinding. Step five would be to fab up a top and bottom layer to be welded into place. One at a time so you can use the sealer inbetween. Than bondo and paint. Ask dark2g questions if you need further help or explainations on rust and how to treat it, he is the man at body work.

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That is pretty bad on the tower. I would get a spot weld cutter and find a new tower if u want it to be structurally sound. The rust will be everywhere between the layers of steel. Strut tower rust and rear quarter rust on these cars is pretty normal cause mitsu sucked at sealing the wheel wells

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Just doing an update got home early from work today so started taking suspention stuff off the front to go and get powdercoated from my neighbor also been just taking simple stuff off to get ready to pull the engine hopefully have that pulled saturday (if its nice enough out)
Also found a good place for my parts (in my room) :bengals:

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I put spare parts in my spare bedroom as well, if they are clean lol

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Its a good place for them not to get beat up and no one to touch them but soon i wont have anywhere to walk in my room lol

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Thats when the basement comes into play...Then soon enough you'll get kicked out the house or paying rent + storage fees lol

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Ha ha yea no kidding soon its all going to be in the hallway that leads to my room and i still cant beleive i havnt gotten kicked out of the garage yet considering im starting another mess lol

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Got some more work done tonight got the motor out and now time to tackle the hard part fixing the tower rust theres some pics of pulling it

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Some updated pics got the bay pretty much stripped and almost ready to attack the strut tower

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picked up a mostly complete strut tower from mark4g63t last night plan on cutting mine out of what I need to cut then trace it on the good tower cut and weld into place hopefully get this done soon it kills not being able to drive a nice car in this weather but as long as my car gets done before the cruise that's all that matters lol

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Just make sure you use that black 3m rust encapsulatir or whatever it's called. I will let u know for sure what it's called later when I can look at the can. The worst is hand sanding that bay good enough for paint. Use 400 grit wet/dry paper and that will be plenty good

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Yeah the sanding is not fun... Luckly mine didn't have any rust but it definitely was not a one day job. I used POR15 on the seams, it's expensive but has excellent reviews:

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb1999ffe.jpg

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will look into that por15 stuff
dsmreck what paint color did you also use on your bay when you repained it it looks great and matches the body color well

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Update i got a t it tonight and made some progress got what i needed cut out of the tower. I also picked up some of that por 15 stuff and it seems to work great to get to the little rust i cant get to. Just have to cut out the peice out of the good tower and weld it in.

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yes por15 is what i used i believe. I will check on that color code again for you but dupont is an excellent brand with great color match

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Alright thanks man will keep using that por15 everywere and that color code would be nice

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Just make sure you follow the por15 directions on top coating. Either spray over it within the top coating window or scuff it up like they say

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Just have to weld in the strut tower possibly get to that tomarrow then scuff and paint geeze im so anxious to get thos done before the cruise

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Update on my project havnt got much done and have been feeling like crap lately just a little taping off for paint went and got some paint matched up and got the strut tower welded in just a little sanding and maybe some bond to cover grind marks and make it smooth hopefully be able to drop the motor in within the next week or so

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Looking like fun. Sorry I didn't get back to you on the paint code I been crazy busy at work.

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Looks good, did you get the other spot you were talking about?

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Did you have any rust on the backside of that strut tower between it and the firewall?

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Yea not so much fun i have a little rust on the backside dont know if i should just grind it and prep and paint over it or cut it out because i have no clue how to get to that spot

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And it no problem dsmreck i went and got some matched so its all good

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If you can get down to clean and solid metal that would work. Otherwise you'd have to go through the wheel well

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Lots of good info here :) looks good Man
I'm planning on tackling the same thing soon on my 1gb :)
Keep the pics coming and post a pick of the por15 stuff you guys are talking about.

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Cut out any rust you can on the back also. Grind the rest and use the por15 or converters between the two layers. Than make plates if u have to and weld them in place

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Havnt updated this in a while so here it is i was in a major car accident a couple weeks ago and lucky to be alive broke my pelvic bone in my hip in half was in the hospital for 3 weeks and thats the reason i wasnt on the cruise :(. So i havnt gotten much farther on my car and now i cant walk but will get as much done as possible on crutches will be assembling my motor this week hopefully then paint soon and drop the motor in.

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Good God..what were you driving?! I can't even tell what that thing is. Glad you're alive! Get healed up and get that thing done! lol

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Was my daily civic si back tires were bald then hydroplained spun out into oncoming traffic got hit hopefully be walking in the next month or so

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wow, glad you're ok man!

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holy eff, glad you're still with us.

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Thats pretty scary, glad you're still alive!

Slow progress on the car is better than no progress!

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Thanks guys glad to still be here eventhough it was hell in the hospital basically it would have been sad to leave the earth with a unfinished car that would go to waste

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glad your alive man