V1 Ghostknife's #383 Track SS/SC

[Ghostknife]

Big day today!

 

[Mahkoi]

Nice! Have fun!

 

[Ghostknife]

Nice! Have fun!

Cant wait to get home from work so i can start unboxing. Goal is to get it to powdercoat by the end of the week.

 

[Rttoys]

Awesome.

 

[Ghostknife]

So plans never workout the way you want and I was wanting to get everything to powder this week. Didn’t happen. Next Friday it is.
As of right now I have this stuff set aside for coating, is there anything else that you guys recommend get coated at the same time that I might be missing?

-Frame
-subframe
-A-Arms
-windshield support
-floor brace
-toe lockout bar
-tunnel caps
-wing mounts
-floor panels/firewall
-suspension uprights
-passenger kick plate

 

[Sluggonaut]

I had the overflow tank mount, motor/trans mounts, BCM kickplate, valve cover, and my intake pipe/W2A intercooler coated also.

I did the intake stuff in wrinkle black and everything else my frame color. I did all the sheet metal in matte black.

 

[r3drckt]

I’d skip the floor brace because it’s under the car and never visible. If you got the solid trans mounts I’d paint though.

 

[Sluggonaut]

I’d skip the floor brace because it’s under the car and never visible. If you got the solid trans mounts I’d paint though.

You'd still want it painted or coated though, probably the worst place on the car to have bare steel.

 

[r3drckt]

Definitely, but I’d rattle can it instead of a $50-100 powder. Then when it gets scratched or gouged (not if, but when) then you can just remove it and rattle it again to keep it from being bare.

 

[Ghostknife]

Thanks for the ideas!

 

[Ghostknife]

Big day today I took parts and pieces with the frame to the powder coating shop. I immediately drove to the secretary of state and got all my stuff turned in. The build clock starts now! I have 8 weeks

 

[JBINTX]

Big day today I took parts and pieces with the frame to the powder coating shop. I immediately drove to the secretary of state and got all my stuff turned in. The build clock starts now! I have 8 weeks
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One fine aluminum trailer there!

 

[Ghostknife]

Thanks it’s only a few months old. I upgraded from a 10-year-old steel 7x12 to this aluminum 7x14. If I move it up on the hitch I should be able to drive the Goblin right on it which would be great for trailering it to tracks

 

[Matt C]

Another fellow Michigander build!

 

[SmsDetroit]

Another fellow Michigander build!

Where are you located

 

[Matt C]

Where are you located

Downriver in Trenton

 

[Ghostknife]

Havent been on in a bit, having to find a new daily driver which has been taking up my free time. I am still waiting on the frame to get done but I did have good news show up the other day in the mail.

 

[Ghostknife]

hey everyone hope all is well it’s been a minute since I’ve updated this thread. My daily driver quit on me so I was looking for a new beater car to get me around and ended up with something a little more fun than I had before. I picked up my chassis and colored parts from the powder coater today and he should have my pieces that I’m doing in black done in a day or two. Something that is kind of crazy, the state inspector already called me to inspect the car lol So much for the Secretary of State telling me 8 to 10 weeks

 

[Ghostknife]

Also I tried to find it in the forums but does anyone remember what size thread chasers I need?

 

[Lndshrk Steve]

Look at the post in Assembly Discussions "Chasing Threads"