And lastly for today, the bodywork update. This is the stuff I've been working hardest on lately! Now when I got the 7 it was pretty straight and clean, but the original clear coat was peeling here and there and it had some damage on the nose. It wasn't great but shined up it was presentable and looked great on the track. Then some jerk truck driver decided to back into it!
Before:
After:
Notice that the skin is pinched up and over the a-pillar. I was furious! (Still am honestly). I found a door locally but it was the wrong color and has about 8 layers of paint on it. I pulled the trim and got to sanding. Luckily it's rust free though it does have some bondo or sandable primer in it.
I found a crack in the metal at the a-pillar joint which was not good! I decided that the door was nice enough to save so I had the crack welded up to bring some structural rigidity back in. I'll finish it off with a skim coat of Gold Bondo.
Finally after the welding, sanding, and priming:
I have enough primer to do the whole car, plus some Gold Bondo, sandpaper, etc. Basically I can finish all of the bodywork in the garage up until actually spraying the paint. I plan on primering the whole car after sanding off the defective and peeling clearcoat. I'm still up in the air on the final "look", but it will still be a form of Red Metallic. I kind of want to paint the roof black ala new ZR1 Vette, but I also kind of want to paint the whole thing red and do a white center strip ala Ferrari 360 Stradale or 430 Scuderia. All of the black bumper car trim is coming off. Also the #'s won't be permanent anymore, I ordered magnetic meatballs.
Here it is just a few days ago:
More coming later this week
