| Re: Exhaust |
Subject: Re: Exhaust by corvetteronw on 2014/6/20 18:41:03 Well, I got the left side ok but the right side is about an inch off. Gonna sneak down some back roads (don't have a current plate)and take it to a local mechanic who says he can heat the muffler's curved inlet pipe while his helper pushes on it to straighten it out. While under the car I found a coolant leak at one of the clamps for the oil cooler. Just got back from NAPA with a new hose. I have the nose, gills, rocker panels, headlight buckets, license plate cover off and prepped to paint. Looks like I am ordering base/clearcoat from TCP Global Restoration shop. It is priced reasonable and covers well according to a painter friend. $500 shipped to Michigan for primer, base, clear and all the required reducer/hardner. Those rocker panels are interesting to take off. I have never done this on a C4 before. 4 stainless screws at the top, 2 screws at each end and 7 bolts on the lower side. It is difficult to see them with the car on the ground but they have quite a bit of road tar on them. Lots of dirt jammed in behind them too. Good thing I took them off. I am only going to rear cap loose and pull the marker and tail lights when I paint. Eastwood has a nice "how to paint" series for anyone contemplating doing this. |
