I have been 2 pack priming everything and so far it seems as long as you get the ratios right, its no harder to spray than acrylic, infact i find it easier to control. The same goes for top coats, they have turned out great straight off the gun. Just gota make sure you wear the right protection, and this isnt cheap!

Seeing as how i managed to do such a great job of removing the craptastic flares from the passenger side, i decided to give the drivers side a go.










Early type mk1 diff had to part company with the car, never to return if all goes to plan. This was free, courtesy of Simon Piper. Remember that Simon, yeah it was ages ago!

So after a fair while of making big holes in the car, i felt a need to fill in some of these. I had some .8 mild steel cut up into 300x2400 sections to make things easier. I spent a fair while massaging the inner arch to get a nice arc, then self tappered the tub into place.
It was clear that the body outer skin was trimmed too much, although this trim line was necessary to remove the bad job that the previous owner did in trying to fit the fibreglass flares.
I then stiched along the seam. Not sure if stitching was the right way to go here, but the tub was strong enough to hang off, so i think its ok! Once welded in i removed the self tappers and welded those holes.










Once in i trimmed the excess leaving about 10-15mm
I will use this to fold an edge.

Yet more distraction from the BMW as i made up some coilovers for it. Total waste of time and money, but eh, did it anyway.[:x)]








I also got on with cleaning/priming/painting bits in 2pack.

First real go at 2pack top coat here. Impressed myself with how well it went on. The blue bits are acrylic that i did last year, not sure how they will stand up to the heat? May have to re-do in 2k.

[:x)]Sic Nigel The Beamer looks a treat with the new wheels.

Thanks Mark, its meant to be the daily driver that doesnt get modified, i must have missed that bit[(#)]

Disc brake setup on the hilux uses r31 calipers and maxima rotors. This was chosen as i can retain the toyota/facon 5 stud pattern with an off the shelf rotor.







I have also made some progress on the rear wheel tubs. I folded the edge of the tub to meet the body, then welded along the seam.

With the drivers side arch fully closed out, i needed the car on the other side of the garage to work on the passenger side. I lowered the chassis onto the engine crane base and pushed it across.
Placed some wheels under it again for more inspiration[:p]

With some working room on the pasenger side, i got stuck into the second wheel tub.