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Polyester Primer and Trans Hump (July 15, 2008)
This update is of the car getting a coat of polyester primer. Most of this primer will be sanded off in the process of blocking out the panels. The polyester primer that I used is called Slick Sand by Evercoat. I upgraded my gun to a 2.0 tip to spray this stuff and still had trouble getting the hang of spraying it. Overall it had a few drips, but that is not a problem, since I will be sanding most of it off. I also have a few pictures from the process of installing the manual transmission shifter hump to the floor. This involved cutting a hole in the floor and welding the hump on.Status photos as of 06/26/2008:
| These shots are of the car taped up and ready for primer. To prepare for this stage, I removed the bumpers and spoiler, scuffed up all the epoxy primer, cleaned the car off and taped up all areas to not be painted. | |
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| The following photos show the car covered with the Slick Sand. | |
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| Here is where I marked the area in the floor to be cut for the transmission hump. | Here is the hole that I cut into the floor. |
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| I then attached the hump to the floor using sheet metal screws to hold it in place for welding. | I then welded the hump to the floor using plug welds around the perimeter |
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| I then coated everything top and bottom with ZeroRust | |
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