Door Hinges

Peter — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:27:14 +0000

Before the front wings can be mounted finally the door hinges must be placed. These hinges are the connection between the front wings and the dashboard strengthener.

Parts needed for the left and right door hinges

The last parts to be sprayed

Peter — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:27:48 +0000

Until now I was able to sand-glass blast everything myself. For the parts that where to big for the cabin I did it with wire brushes (with or without the help of a drilling machine). But the steel doors are very difficult to clean from the inside and sand blasting seems the only easy solution. I’ve always been very reserved with sand blasting parts by specialized companies because I am afraid that the parts will be damaged in some way.

Parts brought to the sand blaster

Parts returned from the sand blaster together with all other parts sandblasted by myself

After inspecting I found out that the surface of all parts where made very rough and before I could start painting it had to be sanded very well. I also had to straighten out some sheet metal parts because they very distorted. The right door also show some kind of dent and will need to be repaired.
The same hold for the left door because the lower part of the door has been replace completely

After the sand blasting I also found two parts which show holes through the metal which are in need to be welded before they can be painted.

All parts are, as mentioned before, sanded and painted in 2K Epoxy primer, before they are painted in the correct color;

High gloss black (TH de beer 2K)
Parts below the dash and for spare wheel tray cover (not on the pictures)
Pearl grey (TH de beer 2K Special made)
Parts which are visible
Red brown (Sikkens 2K, ACC colormap 408H5 50% gloss)
Parts which are not visible directly
Light green (Sikkens 2K, ACC colormap 436F1 70% gloss)
Front seat frames

The last items which are still in need of some fresh layer epoxy primer are;

The left and right doors (inside and outside)
The left side of the roof
The left rear side

Doors

Door Hinges

The last parts to be sprayed