Audi CQ Rally Build
Posted by dalspaugh
Vittorio Bares Super Moderator Location: Londonderry, NH Join Date: 04/10/2007 Age: Ancient Posts: 413 Rally Car: Audi 4k (3b conversion) |
A.J. Johnson Super Moderator Location: Pendleton OR Join Date: 01/07/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,381 Rally Car: 88 Audi 80 |
Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
15 minutes? Luxury. I'll be bobbing the top of my 016. I expect that it won't be the last one in the car  Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2015 08:41PM by Pete. |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
bobbing the top? Blog about my history with the rally car written for non-automotive folk: davescq.wordpress.com |
Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
Vittorio Bares Super Moderator Location: Londonderry, NH Join Date: 04/10/2007 Age: Ancient Posts: 413 Rally Car: Audi 4k (3b conversion) |
Pete Remner Elite Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Andrew Steere Super Moderator Location: South Central Nude Hamster Join Date: 12/29/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 2,008 Rally Car: too rich for my blood, share a LeMons car |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
Took the day off yesterday to get something accomplished while it's still warm enough to paint. And wow, 8 hours of chipping, grinding and cleaning was a killer... whoa but progress was made!
After lots of chipping: 
Then after lots of grinding (angle grinder with a steel bristle attachment): 
And then finally, after two coats of primer: 
The process was like, chip for an hour, vacuum, repeat 3 times, grind for an hour, vacuum, repeat, want to die, then clean with simple green, then vacuum, then wipe down again, then wait for it to dry, then paint. It's so easy to eat up a day in just paint prep... yikes. All the vibration material forward of the rear seats has now been removed. That's as far as I'm going for now, remember, drawing a line, trying to actually focus on getting the car going. Also got my nifty label maker and labels in. I'm not doing the fancy in-line heat-shrink labels because I don't want to spend another season just breaking connectors and making labels. These are already fancy enough: 
Going to get the paint coat on tomorrow. Then it's time to start building and stop painting things!  Blog about my history with the rally car written for non-automotive folk: davescq.wordpress.com |
John Vanlandingham Super Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
David Alspaugh Super Moderator Location: Boston, MA Join Date: 04/30/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 66 Rally Car: '91 Audi Coupe Quattro |
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