S13 restore and respray (Garage style)

[IHeartS13]

What wheels are those? you've probly mentioned it somewhere but I can't find it

[Bradmancanfly]

Looks sick man. So glad I'm not doing my painting. The white on blue looks hectic with the right amunt of poke too
how does the sub sound with your setup in the corner?

[vehicel tune]

Just a few more clearer pics.
I'm so happy with these rims. It's completely changed the stance of the car and made me fall back in love with this thing.
And i'm now loving the white too.

These tires look right dangerous. but maybe stretched tires that Arent propperly on the rim is your thing. ill change this post, according to what I read in the later pages of the building ..

[Technikhaus]

Massive improvement!

[villain]

In the spirit of painting, i started repainting my wheels white.
I only got through one before i ran out of masking tape but hopefully i'll get 'em done by the end of the day.
Before:

After:

A little side by side action

[4tune]

love the blue , suits it well!

[KillerBunnys122]

The blue looks mad dude. Good job!

[villain]

Yeah, i was going to paint them but paint on its own just wouldn't provide enough protection.
Heat wrap is pretty unstealthy but i was thinking if i got black heat wrap, it would just blend in with the engine bay and the grim and shit on the bottom of my engine bay. Kind of like how painting the intercooler black instantly makes it disappear.

[MrSheep]

Black wrap might be an option, although painting the headers black might be better.
Kind of unsure how stealthy heat wrap itself would be, you know?

[villain]

Thanks dude, the colour was a lot better than i had expected, to be honest.
As for the heat wrap, i've had it since i've had the S15 engine.
Time for some new wrap though, mine has definitely seen better days.
Might buy some black wrap next time, keep everything a little bit more stealthy.

[MrSheep]

S13 restore and respray (Garage style)

Since when have you had heat wrap on the headers?
Looks good though man. The blue really suits the rocker cover.

[villain]

Had a productive day today, got some carby cleaner into my throttle body just to make sure it's nice and clean.
Also finally got around to doing something i've been thinking about for ages

[villain]

Thanks dude, i used 1200 grit sandpaper to get rid of all the orange peel and get it looking flat/dull and then just used some cutting compound and a buffer/hand for the hard to reach spots, to buff it out.

[kingtube69]

I love this build man! You're doing great work!

What did you use on the roof to get all the orange peel off and shine it up?

[villain]

Bought a new starter motor, car worked great 'cept it turned off on idle and hesitated a bit when i would accelerate.
took the throttle body and intake plenum off/apart and cleaned it out as much as possible and it's now returned to it's former responsive self.
Here's the outside of the throttle body after a nice ol' clean

And the inside before:

After:


Check out the different between the outside half and inside:



Also tried another wire tuck. A bit better than what it was but no where near as good as the pros.