operation redo engine bay

[dsmDolney]

So after getting this 2g and looking at the bay and seeing the paint coming off and the padding on the fire wall that is ugly i decided to pull the motor and repaint and fix the strut tower since i picked up my daily driver this past saturday so i can finally get started on it.

[b00sted_spyder]

In my opinion, I think the engine bay color should be the same as the exterior color. That strut tower looks very scary and should be fixed asap.

[dsmDolney]

I am thinking about it going red also it would look better and thats the number one priority right now pull the motor and fix the strut tower any easy but good ways to fix them does anyone know ?? Or do i just have to cut it out and weld metal back in

[TkrPerformance]

With it looking that bad I would look for a good non rusty tower and replace the full thing.

[mark4g63t]

Ive got a red one

[dsmreck]

It really does depend on how bad it is, and that looks pretty bad. The thing about it is there are two layers of metal so u will need to start grinding the top and bottom to see how far it goes and cut out all the rust. Than you would want a sealer and paint inbetween and all around everything that's left after cutting and grinding. Step five would be to fab up a top and bottom layer to be welded into place. One at a time so you can use the sealer inbetween. Than bondo and paint. Ask dark2g questions if you need further help or explainations on rust and how to treat it, he is the man at body work.

[Dark2g]

That is pretty bad on the tower. I would get a spot weld cutter and find a new tower if u want it to be structurally sound. The rust will be everywhere between the layers of steel. Strut tower rust and rear quarter rust on these cars is pretty normal cause mitsu sucked at sealing the wheel wells

[dsmDolney]

Just doing an update got home early from work today so started taking suspention stuff off the front to go and get powdercoated from my neighbor also been just taking simple stuff off to get ready to pull the engine hopefully have that pulled saturday (if its nice enough out)
Also found a good place for my parts (in my room) :bengals:

[evotuner]

I put spare parts in my spare bedroom as well, if they are clean lol

[dsmDolney]

Its a good place for them not to get beat up and no one to touch them but soon i wont have anywhere to walk in my room lol