Project WDE Talon

[Alex3000gt]

Do you also need 3/S hubs or do the rotors and calipers fit with no modification?

[BigTyla]

No mods necessary. The 3S n/a rotors are direct bolt-on mods for the fronts.

[Blackmount]

No mods necessary. The 3S n/a rotors are direct bolt-on mods for the fronts.

This I can confirm. have the setup on my Talon.

[BigTyla]

I'm trying to think of the best approach for taking off these stickers on and above the sideskirts. I'm thinking my heat gun would be my best bet. I can just sand down the stuff on the rear bumper.

I know going with 80 grit is very aggressive but I know parts of this car have had multiple coats of paint. I'm block sanding the entire car so I have a lot of control over the amount of pressure I'm applying in certain areas. The driver's door was red originally from what I can tell. I am taking small portions of the car to bare metal. I'm pretty sure my driver's front fender is a lost cause because it looks like it was hit with a tack welder to fill up some holes it might have had before. I'm not sure that's something that body filler will be able to take care of. After I'm done with the 80 grit I'll go over everything again with 300. Then I'll clean, prime, and definitely seal it given the aggressive 80 grit I decided to start out with.

I'll be out of town this weekend so I won't be able to work on the car, but I'm going to try to get those calipers cleaned up and painted during the week. I also need to crack open that ISC again and inspect it in more detail. I also need to pick up some union tees and compression fittings to hook up the brake lines I hacked to get the ABS out. I might also try to track down a non-cruise control throttle cable. By the time I'm done with those two things the engine bay should look pretty tidy.

Oh, and I need to design a ground wire kit for this car!

[VR4Rob]

Progress!! I really didn't think it idled that badly... with a new ISC it should be good to go. Let me know when you're ready to get those brakes on.

[BigTyla]

Progress!! I really didn't think it idled that badly... with a new ISC it should be good to go. Let me know when you're ready to get those brakes on.

Shouldn't be too far down the road. I already have some stuff to clean the calipers so painting them should be straightforward. I need to get the rotors turned/balanced for sure and a set of new pads. O'Reilly can do that for me.

I'll probably get my ISC from someone on here. I'm not sure I have the credentials to post on dsmtalk or dsmtuners classifieds.

Hooking up a ghetto paint booth in that garage should be interesting. I'm probably going to take your advice and buy a second paint gun just for primer.

[Blackmount]

use a glass scraper. if you do it right, it won't dig into the paint or scratch it up. also look into Acetone (cuation may damage paint depending on what kind it is) and Goo-Gone. (paint safe) I also know windex Works great for window tint removal to get all the nasty glue off...maybe it will work on the stickers.

[BigTyla]

I have some goo-gone I can use. I'm wary of using acetone because I've seen what it can do to plexiglass and I'm not sure how different fiberglass will be!

Don't care about damaging the paint. I'm repainting everything anyway.

[terrets]

You can use Windex with a soft cloth and rub hard and it will work pretty good. Just dont use paper towel, itll tear the paper towel up..wont get far lol

Razors work to get the vinyl initially up, but be careful, you can cut into the paint .

I dont think acetone is bad for fiberglass.....If you dont go through the paint itll be fine. I think all acetone will take paint off Blackmount doesnt matter what "brand or kind". Cause acetone is acetone.

Depending on how old the stickers are, a heat gun with help you a bit. If its old, itll just break and rip so it kind of sucks trying to get off. Try and grab as big of piece and take your time, it may come off in one piece

And why are you buying a different paint gun for primer? A professional I know never used different ones..

[BigTyla]

And why are you buying a different paint gun for primer? A professional I know never used different ones..

Because the guns are cheap. Harbor Freight!

But you bring up another point. I need to test this gun before I spray with it to make sure it will be good enough. But I've heard a lot of good things about this gun even though I paid $10 for it.