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Category Archives: Camaro
POR-15 Trunk
Completed the inside of the trunk. The POR-15 that I had used in the driver’s toe area has held up for 2 years so far, so I decided to use it again on the trunk.
So this is what I started with. There were a couple small er than pencil size holes and some pitted metal, but for the most part, was in pretty good shape:
I got the por-15 Floor & Trunk kit along with por-patch and por-15 OEM bedliner. After scuffing the metal and using wax & grease remover to clean, I used the por-15 degreaser by spraying it on keeping it wet for 15 minutes then rinsing with a sponge and bucket of water. I then used the por-15 metal prep doing the same thing. I then waited overnight. I also ensured I had 3 nylon brushes which were discarded after each coat. I used por-15 Silver for the 1st coat:
Then por-15 Black for the 2nd coat:
Then back to por-15 Silver for the 3rd coat:
At this point, I used the por-patch to fill in the few small remaining holes using an acid brush to smooth it out.
POR-15 OEM Bedliner 1st coat (rolled on)
POR-15 OEM Bedliner 2nd coat (rolled on)
Next morning:
Now I realize there are 2 different looking paint I used, but I plan on having a trunk mat in there, so the por-15 will be covered anyways.
DOH! There was a hole I had forgotten about and missed which should have been covered with the por-15 before the bedliner.
I ended up using the por-patch along with some of the mesh which came with the kit and pusing into the por-patch before applying more por-patch over it,
Final application (still wet)
I could have used the same paint over top of the por-15 instead of the bedliner, but the bedliner will be much stronger. Next will be the street side of the floor: epoxy, filler, and u-pol Raptor bedliner. I am already behind schedule of where I wanted to be at this point in the summer.
06-28-2017 Update
Been busy in between rain storms and finally downloaded the pics to my computer…
Painted some misc subframe parts along with the steering shaft pieces:
Went back over a few spots on the inner roof with some Epoxy:
Cleaned and scuffed the 12-bolt which was epoxied back when it was media blasted:
Primed, painted and drying:
Cleaned the trunk insides:
Sanded and scuffed – mainly focusing on the inside quarters and tail panel:
I am using some trunk spatter paint which has some clear. I was struggling with what to put under it and finally settled on Zero-Rust since I had plenty on hand. They suggest self etching primer, but I wasn’t going to strip everything to bare metal. I used Black Zero-Rust then went over it in another coat with Gray Zero-Rust:
Several coats of the Gray and Black Spatter Paint:
Another pic of the 12-bolt dried
Some close-ups after some coats of clear:
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I will be using POR-15 on the main inside floor and then POR-OEM bedliner inside the trunk. I won’t use it on the sides as I have heard it doesn’t work well on vertical bases. Once the trunk is done, will focus on the floor (epoxy, seam seal, and Raptor bed-liner) then on to stripping and painting the firewall. Hopefully the weather will hold out and I can get it done before fall!
06-17-2017 Update
Off and on storms have made it difficult to stay on track for what I want to get done before the cold weather is here. Pretty frustrated as I may not know what I am doing until the day is here. I have made a little progress:
Got the trans hump and some other spots on the shell sprayed in 3 coats of Epoxy primer – still a couple other spots I need to get to:
Also used my Harbor Freight blast cabinet to strip the steering shaft and misc sub-frame parts. I was having issues with the gun hose popping off which is now fixed. Also need the floor plug for when I hopefully do the floor in July:
There was one spot I needed to go over with a grinder to get clean:
Cleaned and ready for paint:
6-7-2017 – Steering Shaft Rebuild
The last couple of evenings have been spent rebuilding the steering shaft – there are some build threads, so I will just clarify a few parts where I struggled – first let me clarify I will be installing a tilt steering column for a 73 Camaro and it needs a specific shaft which differs from a non-tilt. For reference – the main source of information is: http://nastyz28.com/threads/steering-shaft-rebuild-process.92926/
This is what I started with:
Notice the 2 clips on the housing to the right – once you straighten them out, there is a washer the unit has to slide over to come off. I needed a little persuasion to get it to come off, but managed to do it without any damage:
Now the early style has a pin to remove, this is not that style – I placed it in a vice and used a socket wrench extension to hammer out the smaller part: note the spring inside came out towards the cabinet – make sure the extension is as long or longer than the larger piece it is going in:
Separated:
A reference pic for when I re-assemble it:
Note the spring that came off is completely a circle – the NOS replacement I have is not, but some trial fitting shows it should be ok:
Grease removed:
Now to blast them with some remaining pieces from the subframe – then paint and re-assemble:
6-4-2017 – POR-Patch
Not a whole lot to report for this weekend. I did apply some POR-Patch to some screw-sized holes in the floor pan after prepping the metal with Metal-Ready. I really didn’t want to take the time to attempt to weld these up. I will be using U-Pol Raptor bedliner on the floor anyhow, so this will be covered up.
eBay 5-30-2017
You know you buy a lot of car parts on eBay when they invite you to their concierge club! Who even knew they had one?!?
5-28-2017 – 12-bolt
Not too much to report. Did some cleaning and scuffing inside the shell and around the patching I did yesterday for the 4-speed trans hump. There were a couple of spots inside the shell I want to go over again with some more epoxy.
I also pulled out the 12-bolt to clean it for the first time since having it blasted and epoxied. Glad I did because I discovered a couple of spots I want to re-do in epoxy before paining it:
Sprayed the inside with brake cleaner
There is also another spot like this on the other side.
5-27-2017 – 4-speed shifter hump
Spent some time in the garage today. Bonding the patch and 4-speed shifter hump.
I spent as much time preparing as I did working on these. The patch took about an hour and the shifter hump about 30 minutes. Some of the rivet holes needed a drill touch-up to widen, Hopefully back at it tomorrow! The 3M bonding says you have a 90-120 minute window to work with it and about a 24 hour cure time. I will still go over it with some seam sealer on both sides although it says you don’t need to – better safe than sorry!
5-14-2017 – 4 speed shifter hump
So this past week I was at a conference in Orlando, FL. I did spend a little time in the garage yesterday with the nice weather and was hoping to get to bonding it today, but other things came up and now I hope to get to it next week. So all I got done, was stripping the areas where I will be using the 3M bonding adhesive down to bare metal and cleaning with wax & grease remover. I used a marker as a guide for where to strip to:
Hopefully this next week I can get the pieces bonded together.