cookiemonster-jr's Sierra Build Thread

Post by **pubic** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:27 pm

awesome work lady,

my build up has been sitting in the garage for 2 months now.... bugger all progress. sorta makes me feel a little inferior. ill fix it.. .wheres the beer!

something like this, i'd like to se covered by 4wd tv.

excellent work, good to see your not out on the streets hittin on boys in ricers.

Post by **11_evl** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:20 pm

by the looks of it im too late but dont tape up those plastic lower sil pannels, rip them off, they will more than likely be full of rust.

by the way great progress and keep the pics coming

Post by **cookie monster** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:07 am

crackatinny wrote:
joeblow wrote:ahhh crap...i gotta do bearings too.
nice work tho, i wish i did something like this while i was at school. will it be finished in time?

Most of the stuff we wanted to do will be finished by the end of June(when the school project is due and when we reveal it to our friends). Not sure if we will get to the snorkal and the air compressor though in that time, probably not.
As it stands today, we have to install wiring loom for spots, finish steering wheel install and trim rear cargo area sides with ali checker plate. Going to make a fold down table for the rear tailgate, with storage pockets in the door.

cookie monster

Post by **Lil'Loki** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:00 am

Fantastic Stuff Guys!!

Great to see a young girl not afraid to get her hands dirty, a Dad who is taking time to teach and help his daughter and even Mum's lending a hand. This is a project that will not just end with a fantastic piece of machinery… It will be something that you'll all cherish for years to come.

Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:26 am

X2 Well done guys.

Steve.

Post by **cjdeane10** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:23 am

Well done - nice work. Can only hope that my little bloke will be keen to build a car with his old man when he is older.

Plus i am with 11_evl - check out my members page for what sort of rust/damage you can expect behind those sills.

http://www.izook.com/tech/samurai/body/ ... ockers.htm was handy for 'how to'.

maybe keep with the ali checkerplate theme and put some on there aswell?

Wish i had a spray booth set up at my place!

Cant wait to see how the beast turns out! Keep up the good work!

Post by **cookie monster** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:02 pm

And now for some paint !

Whole car was wiped down with wax & grease remover, then wiped over with a 'tack rag'. This removes all the dust particles from the surface of the car.

Mixing up the first colour - grey

Adding thinners @ 1.5 / 1 ratio

First light coat of grey

Finished product in grey

Now for some PINK

Hailey ready for the PINK spray gun

and on with the first PINK colour

cookie monster

Post by **raqmup** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:20 pm

Hope you don't like that white shirt being white for much longer Hailey, might turn out cammo pink as well...

Nice prep skills on the sierra, well done!

Mike

Post by **Mike_1324** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:22 pm

Oooo the suspense! Only one pic of the pink.

Cant wait to see more!

Post by **WICKED** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:45 pm

I HATE zooks! But this is great!

P.s. She know's more about painting and panel work than I do!

Post by **get it up there** » Tue May 27, 2008 2:03 pm

good work peoples!!!!

hehe, i hope my kids turn out like Hailey!! Bugga teaching them to get the wood in.. more like "can you make some 37's fit to my 4x4 out there please mate?" Oh, and some lockers and a new paint job too.. please

Post by **cjdeane10** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:28 pm

WICKED wrote:
P.s. She know's more about painting and panel work than I do!

x 2...

or maybe it is because you guys care more about your zook than i do mine!

Post by **Lil'Loki** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:02 pm

You should get an A+ for this school project

If your teacher doesn't come to the party and give you one

Can't wait for more pics!

Post by **cookie monster** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:56 pm

Mike_1324 wrote: Oooo the suspense! Only one pic of the pink.

Cant wait to see more!

Thats all your seeing for the minute

You will all have to wait till the 28th June !

But to keep you interested, i have some more build pics coming.

cookie monster

Post by **cookie monster** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:15 pm

The original seets were in prity good nick, but we had seen some SAAS bucket seats on special at Autobarn, so thought Hailey might like them for an xmas pressi.

Here's how we fitted them:

First up was to make some adaptor plates to mate the original rails with the new seats.

Trial fitting the rails to the seats

Once we were happy with the fit, the adaptors were painted and refitted to the seats

The seats were then installed into the zook-perfect fit.

cookie monster

Post by **CHEFZOOK** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:13 pm

looks good got pic of the out side

Post by **WICKED** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:18 pm

chef of slam wrote:looks good got pic of the out side

x2

Post by **tOiletduck** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:22 pm

Looking awesome.

Post by **spamwell** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:40 pm

all that body work and your havn't touched the sills

rusty rusty hidey hide

Post by **grimbo** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:53 pm

well done to the whole family for getting involved.

This has finally given me the perfect reason to give my wife why I need another Sierra. A project to do with my son. Never mind he is 18 months old or probably has more tech skills than me

Post by **ofr57** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:23 pm

i wanna get a hat top now to teach the GF

maybe not pink through .... maybe tow tone purple and dark blue

Post by **want33s** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:03 pm

ofr57 wrote:i wanna get a hat top now to teach the GF maybe not pink through .... maybe tow tone purple and dark blue

Why not get her the whole hat?

Post by **ofr57** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:24 pm

want33s wrote:
ofr57 wrote:i wanna get a hat top now to teach the GF maybe not pink through .... maybe tow tone purple and dark blue
Why not get her the whole hat?

she doesn't like pink

Post by **cookie monster** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:04 am

The GREEN has finally gone

15 x 7 F100 rims

Home made bullbar(on vehicle when bought)

cookie monster

Post by **Brendan-s** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:53 am

cookie monster wrote:trim rear cargo area sides with ali checker plate.

Can I put a suggestion forward... I've had chequer plate panels in cars before and they make it bloody cold (well colder than normal). Marine ply is HEAPS cheaper than ali chequer plate, the money saved by buying some 6mm ply would cover a cheap jigsaw from bunnings, a couple of square meters of marine carpet and some spray adhesive.

Post by **cjdeane10** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:24 am

4130warrior wrote:
cookie monster wrote:trim rear cargo area sides with ali checker plate.
Can I put a suggestion forward... I've had chequer plate panels in cars before and they make it bloody cold (well colder than normal). Marine ply is HEAPS cheaper than ali chequer plate, the money saved by buying some 6mm ply would cover a cheap jigsaw from bunnings, a couple of square meters of marine carpet and some spray adhesive.

But Ali is bling! will look great if you carry the ali theme throughout (door panels, rear panels, sills, rear quarter guards, etc)

But i went the wooden option in mine and it has turned out alright... dont know about the temperature tho - i just found it easier to work with...

Zooks are cold - wear a jumper

some nice wood stain, and roberts your fathers brother:

What offset are the F100 rims? they look familiar...

Post by **MUD-PIGSIERRA** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:41 am

4130warrior wrote:
cookie monster wrote:trim rear cargo area sides with ali checker plate.
Can I put a suggestion forward... I've had chequer plate panels in cars before and they make it bloody cold (well colder than normal). Marine ply is HEAPS cheaper than ali chequer plate, the money saved by buying some 6mm ply would cover a cheap jigsaw from bunnings, a couple of square meters of marine carpet and some spray adhesive.

Or if you do decide chequer plate put down a strip of rubber between it or some silicone because no matter what you always end up with a rattle or rubbing noise of some sort. That and that area is a good spot for mounting up some 6x9's its a lot easier to cut the ply up, and if you want to ditch the marine carpet hit up Spotlight for any colour material you like......... Even pink fur to go with the paint job.........

Post by **cookie monster** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:48 pm

cjdeane10

Thays exactly what we will be doing to the rear, but in ali checker plate.
Got the plate for $30 from a fabricator mate.

Was planning on triming the edges to stop rattles and give a bit of waterproofing.

We also have some ali checker plate corners for the rear panels, that we picked up cheap from a mechanic friend. Hence the ali for inside. The door pannels are in good nick, so will keep them on.

cookie monster

Post by **cookie monster** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:58 pm

Before we started the paintwork, we went through the engine bay and gave it all a good service. Here's Hailey getting stuck into it.

Oil Change:

Undoing the sump plug

Out comes the old stuff

Off comes the filter

On goes the filter, after applying oil to the seal

Putting the fresh stuff in

Checking the level

Cleaning up

Old V New !!

cookie monster

Post by **TheOtherLeft** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:37 pm

cookie monster snr & jnr.

That's some top work you 2 are doing.

Here's a thought. Since you've taken so many pics why not make a girl's guide to basic DIY car maintenance - oil/filter/tyre change, rust touch up etc.

A pic-based book is heaps better then a words-based book like most of the other manuals out there.

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