Pearl white coupe revival

[ottawa coupe]

Procrastination defeated...

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the nightmare begins. I must say though that everytime i unveil a new bit of pearl from underneath the blue, my heart tugs at spending vast sums money i don't have on a pro job to redo it in pearl.....

Ug.

[ottawa coupe]

Well, i think i like procrastination and beer drinking more lol.

20241005_161718.jpg on the one hand, the blue was an excellent guide coat. On the other that was many hours to do the big areas, many hours to go for the door openings and smoothing of the 2 bad areas.

Even worse, i am now really second guessing the colour.... maybe i do a white of some sort with some colour changing flakes??? A poor man's pearl white as it were.

[ottawa coupe]

The lack of seats was beginning to bug me so i started searching for solutions that would not result in me driving 11 hours.

I have seen mention of mk3 golf seats fitting right in and wouldn't you know it, the local scrapper has a mk3.5 cabrio in the yard.

So i hopped in the car this morning and luckily the seats were still there and in decent shape. The driver's cushion is crushed but it looks like i can get new ones still.

Popped the passeger side in and yup, no fuss no muss just slides right in. It is perhaps a touch high but a tall seat is better than no seat right now.

Will order up the cushion tomorrow and pull the airbags out of the seats and i should be good to go.

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[ottawa coupe]

I must say that i dislike how parts suppliers can't seem to keep their inventory up to date in the information age. Ordered the seat cushion, paid my money and that all was well. This afternoon i get a message that nope, they are NLA. So had to hop on ebay and pay 2x as much for the last one outta latvia....

Goal for the rest of this week is to get rid of the last of the blue in the door openings. I need to get that out of the because....

I am picking up an old cnc mill this weekend. Much to learn... many late nights in my future i fear. I suppose i need to make a cover for it once i start on all the panels....

At the very least i will be making caliper adapters but the list of things i want to make is exploding....

[ottawa coupe]

At a crossroad here. I have put it up for sale in hopes i can get my space back. Losing motivation right now.

That said selling a project in its current condition is highly unlikely so sort need to keep going.

I need to get the door jambs primed so i can mount the doors and thus get the outside done easier.

The question is: how to clean up and prep the hinges properly so they take paint? But atcthe same time i'll hafta get grease in them later. I don'tcthink they come apart though?

Suggestions are appreciated.

[ottawa coupe]

So, i am cautiously optimistic i have sold the car. We shall see in a few days.

That said something that has happened only yesterday afternoon is news that there's a source for s2 front hubs for the next while. This means i can get s2 brakes on it and get out from under the cloud that is the looming saftey inspection issues. I can find the rotors easily on spareto but the calipers are suddenly unicorn tears. Of course i tossed BOTH sets of 2 poston calipers (coupe and cabrio) because they were "worthless".

Not anymore?

Anyone got a pair they wanna sell to help a brother NOT break the law???

[ottawa coupe]

Right, i have located everything i need should the car stay.

the guy who looked at it over the weekend says he'll get back to me in a day or so. Other guys expressing interest are logistically a lot less feasible (need to get the shell and all my parts halfway accross the country).

If it hasn't sold by the end of the week, i will get a temporary shelter so the it can be stored protected but outta the way. I'll then be able to slow right down, eventually get the desire back, and it'll be fine. I think what was the real killer of the enthousiasm was the whole legality thing. Now that i have found a way out it changes things dramatically.

Kinda sucks but there's a buncha more important things i need to sort out than a THIRD project car....

[ottawa coupe]

So, buddy backed out. Wants to buy a clapped out one in toronto for the same asking price who's sills are totally rotted out.... go figure.

I guess that means i press forwards....

So i should probably get the s2 hubs while available. I may need some g60 calipers if the one pair i have found locally doesn't work out, anyone have a pair they want to get rid of?

I have to do the fall cleanup (2 acres of leaves to collect ) this weekend but then i guess i suck it up and deal with this thing...

I'll try n sell for a lot more once it's done??

[5cylinderman]

I have been researching an OE looking replacement caliper for S2 G60's for a long while now. My latest findings are to try the 2 pot caliper from the Range Rover P38 (1995 - 2002, and same as Discovery 2 1999 approx). These are virtually identical to G60's. I've bought a new caliper for detailed measurements but I haven't got around to checking it as my S2 is blocked in by other project cars. These calipers also feature bigger pistons giving a small improvement over G60.
I don't have a Range Rover mounting bracket for this caliper so hub mounting bolt dimensions are unknown. It would be worth your time to visit your local scrapyard and grab a caliper with mounting bracket for a few bucks.

[5cylinderman]

On a side note, the Range Rover brake pads look close in overall dimensions to the S2 G60 according to online supplier diagrams. Even if some "adjustments" were necessary it would open up a wider choice of pads as finding pads for G60's can be a challenge.
on the pics pad 21288 is the OE S2 pad. The second one 23452 is Range Rover.

[ottawa coupe]

Thank you for the input but unfortunately for me, old range rovers are even less common than old audis around here. Such an experiment would require me to buy new. If i could find.

I do have a couple leads on g60s now which is good.

last night however i DID find that i still have a caliper for b5 288mm brakes that i pulled from the scrapyard when getting the rears and currently usingvthe rotors on the car to make it roll. If those fit, then that solves the saftey inspection question. But then i THINK that confirms the idea of the 312s as well?

If that works then i can ditch the 17z and all of the adapter bracket malarky and live my life. After that, the only thing i'll hafta find to ensure a smooth safety will be urs6 avus wheels. The reason being there will be questions about the wheel spacers needed to fit the 17s.

The hubs and bearings get here next week which means this weekend i'll prep and paint the knuckle. We will find out soon enough.

[jbrentd]

I have to say, I was a little surprised to see your ad on FB. If you can find some space to let it set, you will find the energy to come back to it. I think you would regret selling it later on down the road.

I wish I could help you with the questions about the door hinges...hopefully you got that figured out. You may not have any local AutoZone stores, but they have reman'd calipers on their website.

[ottawa coupe]

Yeah, we'll see how it goes. I am gonna get a car shelter and stuff it in there for the winter. I am going to get the filler done on the 2 spots and then put a coat of primer on the shell first though. So a small flurry of activity for the moment.

I'll see what comes from the brakes. Opened up my search criteria here and i am increasingly hopeful about the 288 thus 312 rotor option. I will probably create another thread in brakes that makes it clear in hopes it becomes a sticky for posterity.

As for the door hinges and little crap like that, i think i will get a heated ultrasonic cleaner off good ol amazon and clean them that way.

[ottawa coupe]

So, busy weekend getting things cleaned up before winter. Of cpurse it's gonna be 23⁰ later this week but whatever lol.

Garage is getting a bit of a clear out and the car is in the shelter at the moment.

Got the cabrio uprights on the bench, cleaned up and one side painted.

S2 hubs and bearings arrive at the end of the week and the brake setup next.

I'll have the car back in the shop this weekend to finally start the filler i think. Once that is done it will go back into the shelter for a good long while so i have plenty of space for all the other bits this winter.

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[Tractor Dave]

Where did you source the S2 hubs from? Has someone reproduced them?