Base to VR4 Swap + Complete Restoration

[Greg E]

Ill make threads about them when they are complete.

BTW if you look close, my manifolds and heat shields are ceramic coated. Ill let you know how it holds up.

[Street_Chally73]

99ishVR-4, I'm finally back in the area & managed to get some photos of the most repair repair I've done with Lab Metal. Here it is:

Stealth Front Valve Cover - Repaired with Lab Metal 002.jpg
Stealth Front Valve Cover - Repaired with Lab Metal 001.jpg

As you can see, I haven't had a chance to powder & cure them, but my previous Stealth cover I did in mirror red had an imperfection that I filled smooth with Lab Metal.

[99ishVR-4]

99ishVR-4, I'm finally back in the area & managed to get some photos of the most repair repair I've done with Lab Metal. Here it is:

Stealth Front Valve Cover - Repaired with Lab Metal 002.jpg
Stealth Front Valve Cover - Repaired with Lab Metal 001.jpg

As you can see, I haven't had a chance to powder & cure them, but my previous Stealth cover I did in mirror red had an imperfection that I filled smooth with Lab Metal.

Looks like it works well. Is it that round spot that you filled? I should probably order some to have on hand for when I come across parts that need it. Thanks for the suggestion.

[99ishVR-4]

As for an update, I am amazingly, still waiting on fasteners. Cherry hill shorted me a couple screws on my order and it took them 12 days to ship the order to me in the first place. I also purchased a lot of fasteners from a member on 3si and they somehow got "lost in the mail". So anyone who has a lot of extra fasteners, please check out this thread: http://www.3sgto.org/parts-wanted/12...uts-bolts.html . Most of the fasteners I need in that thread are either not available individually from Cherry hill, or they are ridiculously expensive.

[99ishVR-4]

Last update for a month probably. Our lease with our landlord was supposed to end December 31st because she wanted to sell the house. Well I just found out 2 days ago that someone is now closing on the house November 8th. So I will be spending the next month packing and moving and getting the car back into a trailer-able state. I am dropping off all the fasteners at the platers tomorrow even though I didn't get all of the missing bolts I needed. I will have to do a small batch for those later. After we find a new house, hopefully I can get the garage setup fairly fast and get back to work on it.

I did do all the turbo oil and water lines before I got the news though.

[Jimvr4]

Those look good! I just added them into my zinc plating order instead of painting.

[CoopKill]

Pleez fix your pic links in the beginning of the thread!

Nice coating!

[99ishVR-4]

Those look good! I just added them into my zinc plating order instead of painting.

Yeah, I was thinking about that after I coated them. I wanted them in this color, but I should have done zinc first to keep the insides of the lines protected, and then just powder coated over the outside zinc. Your zinc plated parts look great though, I considered zinc turbo lines when I saw yours but for some reason I decided a while ago that I wanted all the lines on the car to be this black chrome color.

Pleez fix your pic links in the beginning of the thread!

Nice coating!

I didn't realize I could edit my posts from that long ago, pictures fixed.

Thanks!

[99ishVR-4]

Those look good! I just added them into my zinc plating order instead of painting.

Yeah, I was thinking about that after I coated them. I wanted them in this color, but I should have done zinc first to keep the insides of the lines protected, and then just powder coated over the outside zinc. Your zinc plated parts look great though, I considered zinc turbo lines when I saw yours but for some reason I decided a while ago that I wanted all the lines on the car to be this black chrome color.

Pleez fix your pic links in the beginning of the thread!

Nice coating!

I didn't realize I could edit my posts from that long ago, pictures fixed.

Thanks!

[green-lantern]

Lol, yeah definitely keep it up if you notice me slacking again. Whats going on with your car these days?

Sitting on jack stands, trans issue. I need to just get motivated and open it up. I might be able to just swap in the old stock diff.

I didn't realize I could edit my posts from that long ago, pictures fixed.

Thanks!

This isn't 3si my friend