My 95 S2 Avant Project. LZ5T Coolness

[quattrostyle]

Top notch

[geryS2]

nice work irish

[irishs2]

Thanks

Its a mini cabinet, smallest you can get I think.

Measurement: 62x49x53cm

Working area: 57x42cm

[AndyP]

Nice work on saving the slam panels, they look like new now

What size blast cabinet do you have?

[irishs2]

I hope everyone had a good weekend, I took advantage of the one day of sunshine we got.
So I have a little update. More odds and ends .





My slam panels were very very rusty.



All panels were taken back to bare metal.


Almost back to bare metal. A lot of this was done in my tiny blasting cabinet.
The panel was too large for the cabinet, but it was the only way I could get the scaley rust removed.


High build primer


Primer



Base coat.




Then a few coats of clear coat.




Spring catch was removed and powder coated.


Fuel pump access panel, was very grimy


Blasted


Coated.



More stuff coated.

Last week I went on a spending spree.


The drip tray was missing from the sunroof panel. Luckly Audi Tradition had one.
You can see the remains of my old drip tray below the new one.


This part is gone NLA from the dealers. Its available from Audi Tradition.


I also picked up these at the same time.

I also took a trip to the nearby Audi Dealer.

My cruise control during the test drive wasnt holding vacuum, got two of these.


I also picked up some rear bumper brackets, these were cheaper that for what I have bought s/h ones.


The seal over the headlights ,that are attached to the bonnet. These are expensive


Some various plastic bits. Sill clips and rear window c pillar cover clips

So that's that. I am making a little progress on getting the car painted. More on that soon hopefully.

[irishs2]

Sample powder coat test worked out well. Looks like door pulls will look ok.



Please excuse my greasy finger print on the refreshed part.

[hunker7]

I like powder coat but on suspension parts that can hit with stones, its difficult to treat if you get a chip. Its not impossible buy you have to catch it before water travels in and starts rusting your part . With that in mind, I prefer 2-3 coats of POR15 paint for suspension parts as it has rust inhibitor, and is extremely tough, more than powder coat. POR15 is not really a paint as a paintable two part epoxy. I have not sprayed POR15 as is quite dangerous in sprayable form.
Thats my feeling anyway.

Thanks. I won't be refurbishing the whole chassis at this point, just bits that can be seen through wheels, and will just treat the rest of the stuff to refurbish later. Thanks again, I will look into that POR15 definitely.

[irishs2]

I like powder coat but on suspension parts that can hit with stones, its difficult to treat if you get a chip. Its not impossible buy you have to catch it before water travels in and starts rusting your part . With that in mind, I prefer 2-3 coats of POR15 paint for suspension parts as it has rust inhibitor, and is extremely tough, more than powder coat. POR15 is not really a paint as a paintable two part epoxy. I have not sprayed POR15 as is quite dangerous in sprayable form.
Thats my feeling anyway.

[hunker7]

I hear about all sorts of cool stuff here, first it was "electrolysis" thing, which I will be using for everything that has rust on it ...and now about home powder coating machine, which I am too very tempted in getting.

But as you have used both, paint and PC, is it worth the investment? I want to refurb some rear suspension parts, I guess it would be better to powder coat them as it is more durable, at first I thought just get all the rust off, and then spray them black.

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

How is your S2 replica project going?

It's still on but dont want to corrupt this thread so if you ask in my project thread i will answer there nimms.

[irishs2]

Sounds like you need a filtered extraction fan on your blast cabinet
sure you can rig something up with a bathroom extractor and some foam

That sounds like a great idea.
Definitely gona try it out.



As for offering powder coating services. It sounds nice , and I would be happy to do it but I aint no pro, having just picked up the gun 2 weeks ago also I fear the shipping costs might be too prohibitive. Maybe that could be dealt with parcel motel or something similar.

[Error404]

Sounds like you need a filtered extraction fan on your blast cabinet
sure you can rig something up with a bathroom extractor and some foam

Irish - maybe you could offer the powder coating service to forum members? Make a bit of extra cash that you can put into your project. I'm sure a lot would be interested. A mail and return service

Anyway all laughing aside......With your level of detail have you thought about doing your own nickle platting of nuts and bolts etc?

How is your S2 replica project going?

[irishs2]

Funny that, I did think about it, but most of the visible fasteners in the engine bay will be stainless, and I was unsure about the effects of plating suspension bolts etc. So for the moment I have held off.
Most of my other existing nuts/bolts etc are all pitted and eaten away so there is not much point in derusting and plating them in any case.

I might think about going completely OCD if I ever do an RS2