CraigRX8

Original Thread Here

I had a change of plans, tax was up end of this month. So I am leaving it untaxed. My plan is to get it ready for MOT by Feb. Taxed for 12 months. As if i leave it to march the new tax rates come in to my car and i have to pay double. Then carry on working on the car until its ready for Late april .early may which gives me plenty of time for mapping etc before a planned trip to the ring in july.

Well i can only do so much at a time. First is the arches area. Ive coilovers coming but are on back area. Same for brake discs. So ill tidy up the brake dust guards first.

To do this i treated them with Krubb, sprayed with hammerite rust sealent and then the final step will be black satin paint.

In the meantime ive removed the rear badges and sprayed them black.

Ive also started on stripping the dash out to carbon layer the centre console, paint some bits and wire the guages.

Pics:











during the process



New clutch and sway bar (rear) finished after being painted





My last bit of fun



update today

update:

Wired in guage today, just awaiting the wideband controller for it.



video:



Got all disks off today, they look terrible from sitting a couple of days. hate the way rust builds up on them like that



carried on with removing rust and tidying it up a bit....

Update:

Bumpers are now off. Nothing wrong with front section of car. But back is rusted. So rubbing it down, removing some of the welds and welding it up again. I will paint it with hammerite probably just to be on the safe side.





Sometimes im surprised that the car is only 4 years old:









Still a good bit of work to do before i car start trying to fit the kit.

PS> since posting this on uk rx8oc, everyone has recommended sending these photos to mazda. as the amount of rust for an 04 car is terrible

lepichichi

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interesting!

CraigRX8

updated topic one.

Ross_Dawg

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subscribing...

SideOfBacon

subscribed.

bruce_van

Looks like a right hand drive car. What country are you in?

sun16v

UK, Craig I thought you were selling up?
rx8oc member

CraigRX8

yeah uk

wasnt worth my while so now im converting it :D

CraigRX8

UPDATE:

rust no more, front and rear bumper supports are done.



Where the rx8 badge come off. there was loose paint etc so ive sanded it down with 180 and it will get painted when the kit is painted.



Next i tried to fit the rear sway bar. Not so good. tried pentration lubricant spray, oil, wd40. before even attempting to loosen the bolts. First swing with the span and the nut on the drop link just dissolved. great, Grinder out. Anyway long story short. its off

new and old



the brackets and bolts that were holding it on are now off and soaking in a rust removing solution.



Finally got the front new way bar primed

m3pkrobert

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nice! keep posting

swivL

wow 4 years will do that?

Fortunate Few

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not taking proper care of a car will do that.


nice pics, keep up the good work and pictures.

RXallan

what can you do to prevent rust like that ??

do you have to hose down the insides of your bumpers every week ?

swoope

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really,

there is an issue here. that car looks like it was in a salt water flood.. i am not saying it was, but it sure looks like it..

beers

perks11

very nice work, subscribing as well.

r0tor

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japanese cars are always rust buckets unfortunately

CraigRX8

Dont know where you get this idea. I wash the car twice a weak.

It is always waxed with either collinite or dodo juice supernatural. I do car detailing as a side business and am anual about the car being clean.

Salt is used on our roads alot.

For rust prevention i am undercoating with a rust sealer, then priming and repeating with multiple coats.

bse50

I wash it every 3 or 4 months and my car has no rust

Silver_Mazda09

thanks for sharing, good luck....Will be waiting more pictures of your project.

CraigRX8

Thanks for all the great response.

I havent had alot of time this weekend. but front and rear bumper supports are now finished and rubbed down.



I coated the back with por15 and did the front bumper the same before applying the primer on top.









I left the halogen lights on it to keep the area dry. as its a kinda damp and moist.

there are still another coat of primer to go on first. and the front bumper hasnt fully been primed yet.

neXib

Holy crap. Just imported my car this summer, and looking at the rust on yours is scary. We salt the roads like a bitch (5 minutes on the freeway and the front and sides is grey). I'm taking the car to some antirust treatment asap.

CraigRX8

progress is now slow cause on monday night i came off my bike. did something to tendants in knee, road rash up leg, tore 3 ligaments in my hand and shatter the front of the socket holding my thumb...



on the upside this came today



pheonix gold etlite ti12d :D three voice coil 1200watt monster :D oh yeah

anyway with the help of ian the bumper supports are primed and ready to be rubbed down.





and a sneaky one ian took of my practising wetsanding before i try it for real on my car

onefatsurfer

wow, that's a lotta rust... 4 years old?
we salt the roads here too, i hope mine doesn't get that bad

I'm gonna have to take the bumpers off and check, huh?

CraigRX8

seems to be just welds that are rusting to be honest.

CraigRX8

Small update:

Flattened primer with 800 and 1200 grit, applied base coat (nb don't trust halfods to mix paint, look at the difference between front and rear bumper supports)

Once base coat was on I laquered with a rattle can, I definately won't do that again, I will mix my own laquer.

Paint still needs flattened but no rust

P.S. I went for satin black