RESTO 1995 xp800 resto

[Lee.Harrison]

Picked up this 95 800 and will be posting some updates of my progress. Will be getting a full rebuild because I got the engine in pieces.
Did a little polishing but I still have a lot to do, also put some ceramic coating on one of the graphics and it turned out fantastic.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

More pics

 

[Lothsahn]

Exciting! Good luck on your project!

 

[emspjay]

Nice! Following the build!

 

[CreekerMike]

Almost wrapped up with a similiar project. Someone recommended "Rustoleum Wipe New" for finishing the hood and other plastics. I was skeptical but it worked very well.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Did some more polishing on the top half of the ski, turned out great and shined up nicely. Stripped the inside completely, every single water line was completely filled with sand so looks like it's getting new lines as well. And the vts was bypassed which looks like the trim fix so I will be ordering a new vts setup.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Will post more pictures once i get the new oil and water lines in and when I get the pipe powder coated

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Since the bottom of the ski was repainted, I started sanding to get the original gelcoat back. This is what I got done In about an hour, lots and lots more to go. Trying to be careful and not thin the gelcoat out too bad.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Got a lot done with the bottom of the hull, just have to pull the sticker off one of the sides and then sand both of the sides more. But as you can see there is a huge exposed section of fiberglass, looks like I will be regelcoating the entire yellow half. I will be following nick jarmans guide on the today we wrench YouTube channel.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

*Little update*
It's too cold in Kansas to gelcoat so I think im going to focus on the upper half and engine. The case and head are already sandblasted so all I need is to sand blast the jugs, the cylinders are in great condition and will be hitting it with a ball hone instead of my stone hone since one of the stones broke and I have seen great stuff with the flex hone. Going to try and get the closest to oem match for the color on the engine, anyone have any recommendations?
I have an extra crank that is good, so all I need is a top end and a counter balance and all the miscellaneous gaskets.
Also will be ordering some new graphics from pwcgraphics.com

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Will post the results or the recovered seat once the vinyl comes in.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Decided to level the foam off with some flexible caulking since there was some deep ridges in the foam. Once the caulk is dry I'll be installing the vinyl tomorrow.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

I will say, taking off 20 year old hydroturf with old contact cement is a pita. Will be ordering some two tone turf soon.
Seat cover will be on tonight and pictures posted.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Also I noticed Saturday night that canary yellow was back in stock on bottompaintstore.com so I ordered that and some white to mix the right ammount

 

[WhiskeyD]

Lookin' good!

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Just finished the hump seat, I think it turned out great.

 

[emspjay]

Excellent save on the seat!! Looks awesome!! Like the work table lol, I use my pool table covered in a blanket when I do new seat covers. I think having a big work surface helps when recovering seats!

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Excellent save on the seat!! Looks awesome!! Like the work table lol, I use my pool table covered in a blanket when I do new seat covers. I think having a big work surface helps when recovering seats!

Yep and it's the perfect height too lol

 

[Lee.Harrison]

As much as it pained me to remove these decals, they were very dull and had some imperfections. I will ne ordering new reproductions from pwcgraphics.com

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Here's the progress I got done with the decals for the night, will be cut and buffing it hopefully this week.

 

[emspjay]

You will be glad you removed them when you put on the new ones.

 

[Lee.Harrison]

Just followed the todaywewrench aka @nickj718 tutorial with the 3m pad and meguiars, will start polishing tonight!

 

[Lee.Harrison]

You will be glad you removed them when you put on the new ones.
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Looks great! Jealous that you have a finished ski though lol.

 

[emspjay]

Looks great! Jealous that you have a finished ski though lol.

Just don't ask me how long it took me to finish mine

 

[Lee.Harrison]

All I have to say wow, @nickj718 you really know how to make a quality polishing video cause this little test section I just hit turned out amazing.