Final Detail Assembly: Frame Paint in Front and Side Pipes
The cobra has lots of paint damage on the frame from assembly, brake fluids, painting, etc. Rust was creeping in fast so I decided to give the frame a good cleaning and scraping. I focused on the front 1/3 of the car and will work my way back.
Next I took on putting the side pipes back on. Earlier in this blog, you can read about how hard it was to install these pipes. With the lift, that all changed. I did it by myself and it took about 15 minutes each! Did I say that I love my lift? I DO! Anyway, I took some copper gasket making material and coated the inside of the slip joints for the exhaust as I noticed a few exhaust leaks. I cleaned out the inside and mating surface, put on a generous amount and it worked great. No more leaks that I can tell but will see with time.
The saga with the aluminum is still going on. I am going to try the mother's power ball with aluminum polish. The scotchbright helped some but now it looks like a 30 year old car. Painting really beat up the car. I also got RUST spots on my crome aircleaner and valve covers as well. Lame:
For next time, I will cover one big mistake I discovered....the hood scoop was put on crooked! I had to remove it to take it back to the paint shop to center it and repaint... The silver lining is that without the hood, I have better access to the aluminum pannels and I can also do some touch up paint on some rusty spots. Oh...and I am going to paint my steering shaft (total rust case now), hood prop and hood hinges with POR.
The cobra has lots of paint damage on the frame from assembly, brake fluids, painting, etc. Rust was creeping in fast so I decided to give the frame a good cleaning and scraping. I focused on the front 1/3 of the car and will work my way back.
Next I took on putting the side pipes back on. Earlier in this blog, you can read about how hard it was to install these pipes. With the lift, that all changed. I did it by myself and it took about 15 minutes each! Did I say that I love my lift? I DO! Anyway, I took some copper gasket making material and coated the inside of the slip joints for the exhaust as I noticed a few exhaust leaks. I cleaned out the inside and mating surface, put on a generous amount and it worked great. No more leaks that I can tell but will see with time.
The saga with the aluminum is still going on. I am going to try the mother's power ball with aluminum polish. The scotchbright helped some but now it looks like a 30 year old car. Painting really beat up the car. I also got RUST spots on my crome aircleaner and valve covers as well. Lame:
For next time, I will cover one big mistake I discovered....the hood scoop was put on crooked! I had to remove it to take it back to the paint shop to center it and repaint... The silver lining is that without the hood, I have better access to the aluminum pannels and I can also do some touch up paint on some rusty spots. Oh...and I am going to paint my steering shaft (total rust case now), hood prop and hood hinges with POR.
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