Turbo 360: More potential shell ruining lol

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by Hell Driver » 15 Feb 2012 12:15 am

Maybe humidity causing paint problems? Condensation on the metal?. Those gas heaters can send out quite a bit of moisture and the metal will be cold even if the heaters been on.
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 15 Feb 2012 12:18 am

Yeah it was still cold, but definitley not damp with condensation. Actually, I don't think I did have the fire on as I was moving around everywhere. Thinking about it, I never had it on for this reason (condensation). Was definitley a mild day, and the cans were warm, clearly not warm enough. Live and learn!
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 15 Feb 2012 03:25 am

how thickk are you doing your coats or etch primer mate? and how long you leaving between coats? are you getting to that stage were you cba to do shit? lol, i got to that months ago lol, will be getting warmer soon and we will all be getting into it proper, keep up the good work

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 12:06 am

Only had one coat on mate. 20-25cm away as usual. Makes no sense. :lol:

Nah, I'm not feeling like that. I can't wait to see it come together, and there's only way to make that happen... Get workin on yours. Summer is for enjoying cars, not building them!
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by Speedy88 » 16 Feb 2012 12:11 am

Yeah if the metal is too cold the paint is going to change temperature pretty quickly. Perhaps test a small section, heat the metal with a gun/blow torch?
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 12:56 am

May have to wait until the weather warms a bit, but this causes me all kinds of issues. Hmmm. Cheers for the suggestions everyone.

Oh yeah, talked it through with my dad, and we've worked out how to make the turrets.

Cheers to Nikdev for the info too. 8)
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 16 Feb 2012 01:23 am

try a few really thin coats, i just put a dust coat on with etch and leave it a few mins then a thin coat, what make is it? the stuff i use is what we used to use in the shop, its granville, it aint cheap but good stuff,
yea gonna get on it now so i can be out in it in the summer

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 01:32 am

Cheers mate. It's Etchweld from Rally Design. Supposed to be great stuff. Tempted to try some Upol Acid Etch #8 or wtf it's called instead.

Plans sound good. See you at the track! :D
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 16 Feb 2012 01:37 am

rally design is great they sell everything lol, need to order bits for my hydro, yea gonna get as much track time as possible this year :D

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 01:39 am

I missed the courier with my hydro today lol. Every fun car needs one!

Plans sound similar to mine mate. 8)
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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 16 Feb 2012 01:52 am

ahh shitter trip to the post office, did you order it off rally design by any chance? what size cylinder did you go for? i aint sure what size to go for because i have one mate with a mx5 saying his is the better size and one in a s14 that says his is the size to go for but there both diffrent

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2012 02:07 am

Was some random courier mate. Rebooked them to return tomorrow, hopefully. This is from eBay, it's an OBP type from the OBP eBay shop. The m/c is a 700, just the standard they supply. It can be changed later on I guess, but can't see it makin a massive difference tbh.

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 16 Feb 2012 02:22 am

ahh i was going to go for a 700 anyway, mates got a .65 in his mx5 and .75 in a s14, they both lock up great even at the start and end of a drift day so my thought was go in the middle, ive only drove the mx5 with the .65 and it seems to lock up better

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by wiganer31 » 16 Feb 2012 02:23 am

ahh i was going to go for a 700 anyway, mates got a .65 in his mx5 and .75 in a s14, they both lock up great even at the start and end of a drift day so my thought was go in the middle, ive only drove the mx5 with the .65 and it seems to lock up better

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Re: Turbo 360: Turret questions

Post by L14MNP » 17 Feb 2012 01:41 am

Pete came over again tonight and worked his magic on the doors, finished the bottom of the passenger door and done the top and bottom on the drivers side, then repaired the mess I made on the scuttle corner. 8)

Passenger door finished
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Drivers door
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Wasn't bad at all luckily. Much better all round than the other door. You will notice (or Matt will anyway lol) that the mirror holes have been plugged once more. Fender mirrors FTW (IMO).


The scuttle panel corner ended up needing three patches, thanks to what initially just appeared to be paint blisters. Beware people!
I had already let in the new metal on the downward section, next to the gutter, but I made a mess of it and thinned it out in places when I dressed the welds as I got carried away with the Powerfile :lol: (pics earlier in thread - when it looked decent). Thankfully, Pete was able to save this, which not only saved time, but also meant we stopped around 11pm.

How I left it
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Pete FTW
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I don't have any houses right next to the garage, so I don't think I will have upset anyone, but you never know!

It only needed a bit of weld adding here and there to bring it back up to scratch. Same deal for the patch on the front, he just had to repair it a little and tidy it up. He let in a new section on top of the scuttle, dressed it, bent back and rewelded the gutter and was done!

Top marks to the bloke. I am very happy with the outcome.

The postman brought me some more pressies today too. I have been getting cool parcels every other day, can't beat it lol.


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Rear arch extensions (wider than the set I have for the front.)
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These were supposed to be black. :evil: :lol:
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I also got a card from RM saying I have a parcel to collect that has fallen 22p short of the postage price, so add a quid for 'handling' and I can find out what it is. :chin
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