Britludes NSX story

[Senninha]

Interesting choice for the centres Jonathan ... probably need to dress the tyres to help show them off once you've sorted those tired looking brakes (a job I've just completed too!)

[britlude]

as is typical i treated the tyres after looking at the pics! in reality the wheels are black with a hint of not black about them on the highlights

[britlude]

i got the little pot of heat resistant paint today,

2013-04-20-2572 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

heat resistant to 600 degrees centigrade and in brush on, as the aerosol sprays would have been too messy....

so here's the before...
2013-04-20-2560 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

obviously no ideal behind the shiny refurbished wheels.... so the wheel was taken off and work could begin!

first up the raw disc! you can't even tell it's vented in the pic!
2013-04-20-2564 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

this was wire brushed off to get rid of the loose stuff and clean it ready for paint...
2013-04-20-2565 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

looking better already! also the discs have the grooves cast into them... not sure if that makes them cheap or expensive as all the other discs i've seen have the grooves machined in afterwards!

[britlude]

so a single coat of black was applied to the edge and the centre hat...
2013-04-20-2566 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

the disc grooves were given a thinned 'wash' of paint to colour them up and provide a little protection to stop the rusting returning... obviously the braking faces were carefully cleaned of paint!! i only painted the edge of the hat, rather than make issues with the hub face having paint on it!

anyway, they look alot better....
2013-04-20-2568 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

so that was the fronts sorted! while the wheels were off the suspension arms got a wipe down with some Gibbs brand oil, ideal for protecting bare metals.

[Senninha]

.....while the wheels were off the suspension arms got a wipe down with some Gibbs brand oil, ideal for protecting bare metals.....

Do you simply wipe this over the suspension components Jonathan? As its also a penetrating oil, does it not harm any of the non metal components in the suspension?

I've finished cleaning mine and currently just treated it to a good coating of bodywork wax.

regards, Paul

[britlude]

the same was done to the rears, again the raw untouched disc...
2013-04-20-2555 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

wirebrushed off to prep for paint....
2013-04-20-2556 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

and some paint applied...
2013-04-20-2557 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

and with the wheel back on...
2013-04-20-2558 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

alot better! the paint air dries but is cured by heat ( it's designed for chimneys/ barbequeues/ exhausts and other hot stuff!) so once it was all basically dry, i took the car around the block, getting some heat into the discs and paint!

when back home, all was well, the paint cured to a nice satin black, and far far better than the rusty mess that was there before!

another job jobbed! hurrah!

[britlude]

Do you simply wipe this over the suspension components Jonathan? As its also a penetrating oil, does it not harm any of the non metal components in the suspension?

I've finished cleaning mine and currently just treated it to a good coating of bodywork wax.

regards, Paul

yup, i just gave the aluminium a spray and wipe over as the aluminium was dirty and/or a bit dry! it gets used too much to be immaculate!!!!

it'll get a simple green treatment later!

[Senninha]

Thanx ... overall effect looks good ... so whats next on the agenda? My widget perhaps ;o)

[britlude]

next on the 'get it ready for Japfest' was the interior, so the floormats were taken out and given a damn good pressure wash! the carpets hoovered and the seats given a glyptone clean and condition. the centre console was taken out and given a quick respray to sort the scratches from useage!

while i was there i decided to do something about the sill trim bits.. (the hockey stick shaped bits of plastic that finish the carpet edge)

quite scuffed when the plastic was given a panel-wipe clean
2013-04-27-2584 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


so they were given a couple of coats of plasti-dip that i had left from doing the wheels....
2013-04-27-2585 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

[britlude]

then it was a case of letting it dry....
2013-04-27-2586 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

came out nice

so before and after....
2013-04-27-2582 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

2013-04-27-2587 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


and when they scuff up again it's just a case of peeling off the rubberised coating and re-applying!


.... one thing i have noticed with this plasti-dip is that the colour coverage is appalling! when i first tested it i thought they had sent me a can of 'smoke' coloured instead of 'black', the colour bulk was just not there... you'd think the wood i sprayed them on would have been a little blacker with the overspray!