Flip~ Flip~ Away~

After the slight incident (click here) a few weeks ago~ a 95feet long skid mark (ja~ i went and measured it~ XD) had created two flat spot @ the front tyre~ And mango was galloping like a pony since then~ (>_<)

So i finally took mango and went to transfer the front tyre to the rear rim (can't swap it for the rims is 7jj offset +8 in front and 7.5jj +12 rear~) 

Since mango had all his 4 legs off the ground~ i might as well do a little inspections to the suspension and breaking systems~

The front strut did looks like it had took a lot of thrashing from 3 year+ of driving and track events~

The new brake-pad still had a good 50% left~ so, no worries there~

The rear disc looks like it had slight rust residue on it, shown that the caliper clamping power wasn't strong enough. After much research after the incident, i found out that there's a proportionate valve in front of the chassis which limited the brake fluid's flow to the rear caliper. Will had it removed later when send to McGuyver for tunings.

And there's the galloping pony true face. Not showing well on the picture. But it's a 3mm thinner than the rubber around it~ (^o^) actually a bit heart-aching seeing it like that~ 

FIrst layer of black painted on~ >_<~

Was closing shop early today~ 60% (6 out of 10) worker of mine didn't turn out today, so i give a suprise visits to mango~ and guess what,Mango is getting his first layer of rotton color.

hohoho~ black

Already putting on the basic later which give him the black look will add more later and eventually it would turn to 'dead' black color but with smooth surface.below is some more shot~

the photo was taken using ah heng's new nikon flash SB600 on my GH1~ >_<
can't wait till mango paint job was done~ yeah!

Mouth full of drool~

Was with Fujiwara 83 few days back go visit mango, and show him something he do really want to have on his ke as well~ ^^ fufufufu~
he was drooling at the front fander, why?

arch wide enough to stuff in some 8JJ+ rims~ hohoho~

Finally at the paint-job shop~

Show some first~ ^^
side mirror on already~
a bit of mango's butt~ really look like AE86~ :P
side by side with No-2~

Mango-2 is undergoing his paint job~

Door taken out~ hoots off, and all the available panal is going to taken out as well, mango 2 is ready for his in-out-through body paint with one layer of foundation/anti-rust layer and then will be painted with matt-black~ (my own absorber paint :P)
taking out the door to fit to mango 1, cause it's in better condition. Since mango-2 is only for 'play-ing' purposes, he will get give all the better parts to mango-1, which i will be making a road friendly model.
Ah Heng is cleanning up the rust which form in the years under the canvas which the previous owner had left it to be.
While cleaning the rust on the rear pillar, i saw something i had never seen before~ the original welding (IN COPPER~!) of the roof to the chassis's pillar.
Working hard to take out the side window which i will keep it as a spare for mango-1 and later will replace with acrylic panel, ^_^ if can find polycarbonate it's better~ fufufu~~~ more to come next week when i took mango back from Ah Lai's place~
keep the pants on firmly yo~

Rust~!!!!!!

It's clearly what 29 years of exposure of malaysia's weather cam do to a car's chassis, even though it's made by one of the company who made car's that just wouldn't wan to die "topgear-killing a Toyota Hilux" (click to see the video)
Floor panal almost broke off...
undercarriage totally 'eaten'
more rust even after a re-paneling work done couple years ago by previous owner...
hole here and ther~ (mind, it's the small rusted one, the big hole was there for the wiring :P)
and places we dun really see it all the time ~ *_* mango's sure takes on the harsh weather silently without complain... T-T poor thing~