Gutted My hatch and Playing with New Camera

[rousie13]

Well I got sick of not being able to adjust my coilovers with the trim pieces in the hatch, so I ripped them out. I then got paint to match the trim, so it looked purdy.







I have to put another coat of paint on, but I think it looks good right now. :ylsuper And the camera takes pretty good pictures for $140 shipped with tax.

[MustangManV6]

Looks nice and clean

[khilgers]

lookin' good dude

[EnzoRWD]

did you take out the lights, wiring, etc or mask? im going to be painting mine soon...thanks-Enzo

[silkk]

wow that's clean! nice job

[rousie13]

did you take out the lights, wiring, etc or mask? im going to be painting mine soon...thanks-Enzo

Nope, I probably should have though. I did it with a brush, not sprayed on. I have some spots to sand down and such before the next coat, but it looks good enough for the hatch area.

[driftaholic]

that looks like it might just be my next project. did you just gut the hatch area? how is the noise compared to before?

[rousie13]

I don't think it's really that much louder than before. My next project is taking out the back seat and painting that too. Then make sure theres no stock color showing through. It cost me about $10 to do this and I think it looks good.

[240Knightrider]

Nice job. Looks good.

[rousie13]

thanks....today after work I think I might take out the backseat and finish painting everything. I'll post pics of that too.

[240 Trainee]

Very Nice, I ripped out my hatch interior becasue the hatch leaked, and the pervious owner never cleaned it up, and it smelled. Now I now a cheap way to actually make it look good!!

[rousie13]

Very Nice, I ripped out my hatch interior becasue the hatch leaked, and the pervious owner never cleaned it up, and it smelled. Now I now a cheap way to actually make it look good!!

Glad you think what I did looks good and gave you an idea for your car.

[IlIkEmYz]

thanks for the great idea, another project to add on the never ending list

[rousie13]

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm in the process of painting where the rear seats used to be and putting another coat on the whole thing. I'm thinking about making everything smooth in these areas(with bondo or something). Should I make everything smooth, or keep it the way it is??

[Hellion240sx]

bondo, sand it down, and paint it! looks really really good!!! hey how do you find a leak in your hatch, i have one but dont know where to look???. i have taken everything out not panels ...well some but spkrs ad such, back seat is gone b/c im getting a roll bar out in!!! so i will definately will do this!!! but i want to know what did you use??? and my spare tire area is rusted how can i get it cleaned???

[EnzoRWD]

wire brush on a hand drill. thats what i did/ am doing. i have the trunk done, im moving on to the rear seat area now in my koop.-Enzo

[IlIkEmYz]

wouldn't bondo make the car heavier??

[nlzmo400r]

I did the same thing to my hatch, except it looks ****tier than that becuase i had to bondo all hte holes in the spare tire well and i couldnt even out hte bondo enough. But i didnt paint it, i linex'd it, hte paint scratches off and gets on people pants (when/if people have to ride back there). Looks good thouug, better than mine, i notice hte only thing really louder, is the wheel well's are almost totally exposed and makes noise over rocks and such

[marshun]

not to shabby. but if you take out the rubber insulation/tar crap then it'll get louder. my hatch is fully gutted. well i put the carpet back infor a little comfort :P.

[[Zero-S]]

wouldn't bondo make the car heavier??

Minimally...but would you prefer bondo, or paint peel?

[rousie13]

I noticed that the paint peels if you hit it. So I might have to go back and figure out something for the floors of the area I painted. The sides are fine the way they are. I have the back seats out and I dont' really notice anymore road noise than before.

[rousie13]

bondo, sand it down, and paint it! looks really really good!!! hey how do you find a leak in your hatch, i have one but dont know where to look???. i have taken everything out not panels ...well some but spkrs ad such, back seat is gone b/c im getting a roll bar out in!!! so i will definately will do this!!! but i want to know what did you use??? and my spare tire area is rusted how can i get it cleaned???

I just know my seal is shot because it's ripped and has a huge tear in the one corner. I cleaned any small rust spots out with a grinding wheel on my dremel. It made quick work of the rust spots.

[Hellion240sx]

for those of you that hear road noise...turn up the radio thats what i do

[Hellion240sx]

do you have a pic of the torn seal???

[whiterps13]

it looks good..

[Hellion240sx]

and where did you get a camera so cheap???

[rousie13]

I'll take a pic tomorrow of the tears in my seal. I got it from profeel.com....if you live outside of NY, you can get it even cheaper

[Hellion240sx]

imma check it out in a min or two

[Hellion240sx]

oh btw what camera did you get??? went to the site and its a shat loadthanks

[wangless]

looks nice