Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/6/7 14:02:04
Don, sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. I'm good on the brake drum for now. Mine seems to be working well enough.
Not a lot happening on my end. It's been very busy with life and family emergencies. So I'll update you with some work that I've done previously but haven't reported on.
I removed the rear bumper to clean it up. The inside of the bumper was covered in rust, and the lower part of the outside was really bad also. The chrome had peeled off the bumper from the lower edge up to the center. One portion was much more than that.
I also removed the bumper supports/mounts and cleaned them up. Removed all the rust, then primed and painted them. Cleaned up all the mounting bolts as well.
I wire wheeled all the rust off the bumper itself. It was a messy job. I then cleaned up and painted the inside of the bumper with black paint.
The outside of the bumper was more of an issue. Eventually the whole thing needs to be re-chromed, but that's crazy expensive right now and way down on the priority list. So instead I elected to just spray paint now chrome-less areas with silver spray paint, then clearcoat over the top. This will get me by for a bit. Bot great, but it looks way better than the rust that was on there before.
Remounted everything and now the rear of the car is complete again. Not perfect, but an improvement.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Bumper before.jpg (77.01 KB)
Bumper before 2.jpg (83.47 KB)
Bumper removed.jpg (124.25 KB)
Rusted bumper.jpg (127.35 KB)
Rust on the lower edge of the bumper.jpg (110.17 KB)
Ugly.jpg (91.02 KB)
Rusted bumper supports.jpg (130.98 KB)
Ready for cleaning.jpg (210.31 KB)
Rust removed inside the bumper.jpg (140.04 KB)
Inside of bumper painted black.jpg (103.66 KB)
Rear bumper supports back on.jpg (60.10 KB)
Rear bumper reinstalled.jpg (106.48 KB)
Not a lot happening on my end. It's been very busy with life and family emergencies. So I'll update you with some work that I've done previously but haven't reported on.
I removed the rear bumper to clean it up. The inside of the bumper was covered in rust, and the lower part of the outside was really bad also. The chrome had peeled off the bumper from the lower edge up to the center. One portion was much more than that.
I also removed the bumper supports/mounts and cleaned them up. Removed all the rust, then primed and painted them. Cleaned up all the mounting bolts as well.
I wire wheeled all the rust off the bumper itself. It was a messy job. I then cleaned up and painted the inside of the bumper with black paint.
The outside of the bumper was more of an issue. Eventually the whole thing needs to be re-chromed, but that's crazy expensive right now and way down on the priority list. So instead I elected to just spray paint now chrome-less areas with silver spray paint, then clearcoat over the top. This will get me by for a bit. Bot great, but it looks way better than the rust that was on there before.
Remounted everything and now the rear of the car is complete again. Not perfect, but an improvement.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Bumper before.jpg (77.01 KB)
Bumper before 2.jpg (83.47 KB)
Bumper removed.jpg (124.25 KB)
Rusted bumper.jpg (127.35 KB)
Rust on the lower edge of the bumper.jpg (110.17 KB) Ugly.jpg (91.02 KB)
Rusted bumper supports.jpg (130.98 KB)
Ready for cleaning.jpg (210.31 KB) Rust removed inside the bumper.jpg (140.04 KB) Inside of bumper painted black.jpg (103.66 KB) Rear bumper supports back on.jpg (60.10 KB)
Rear bumper reinstalled.jpg (106.48 KB)
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