My name is Matt Pratt and i love cars. I do all my own work at home. Watch me build cars week to week. Im new to youtube subscribe and help support my passion. Thanks and enjoy
Personal projects: 17 Ford Raptor, 00 Honda civic hatchback, 97 s14 Nissan 240, 93 Toyota Supra, 70 Camaro RS, 03 Jeep wrangler, and 84 Suzuki samurai
The most aggressive grit to use would be 180.... But usually I would use 220 or 320 grit as the finest. And it's best to stick with those finer grits because you don't want your primer to shrink into aggressive sand scratches. Because they will show up later down the road.
Man this car is amazing any update on it? I’m watching the whole build up for the third time. Love to know more about its current state. Unless you’re over it and want someone to take it off your hands lol
I have so many videos coming to update you. During COVID I had to make a career move. I took a few years off of all my cars to focus on my shop and the new shop is insane now. I can't wait to get these updated videos out to you guys and show you guys the new shop and explain how it's doing
I'm so invested mam. How did you end up finding this car??? It is my dream to find one in terrible condition and make it myself. I just need to know how to find these 👌🥲 reach out surely
I have spider cracks on my bumpers n was planning on dremmelling out the cracks n then bondoing them but worried it won't be flush n I am wrapping over it after priming. Even when I can't feel highs n lows they slightly show through on very certain angles. Luckily I am wrapping it white but still
Oh yea I don't sell cars....I'm back and kicking ass with it. So very soon! Had a lot going on, all good stuff so I will make sure everyone is caught up so soon!
I am working on it! About the time that I got to this point of the car COVID hit and My job at the time slowed down like crazy. So I actually took my home shop where I built this car and made a business out of it. Now I have a way bigger shop that is doing pretty well I can't wait to show everyone. But lately I've been back to work on this thing and filming every second of it. So soon!
@@mattFNpratt thanks for the reply. Great to hear you're doing well. I recently saw episode of the show Car SOS with mkIV Supra and remembered your videos. I'm looking forward to the video update! Cheers
Keep grinding- love the videos. I tried my first fiberglass repair today on my trailer fender after watching your other video on this car. Thanks for the inspiration!
Not to sound like a 'purist' or an ass but he's a "Bimmer" boy. "Beamers" are BMW motorcycles, "Bimmers" are BMW cars. Not something the average person would know, but a car guy nerd, yeah. 😂👍
@@mattFNpratt You definitely did that e46 justice! It needed someone like yourself that actually cared about it. So what's the next plans for it?? CSL carbon airbox? Would be cool. I built one before out of some 2x2 6oz CF, with internal velocity stacks and it came out pretty good. I get all my composite supplies from Fiberglast. No affiliation, but they sell everything you'd need for composite supplies. The E46 has always had kind of a 'raspy' sounding OEM exhaust, and really most of the aftermarket systems/ catbacks do too. Bimmerworld or TMS make race proven stainless mandrel parts that make them sound SOOOO much better. Hard to explain the odd way the s54 sounds but it's such a badass engine, it deserves to be done justice. Hard to complain about a motorsport designed powerplant with ITB's! Great work man as always, and I can't wait for the next one. 👍😎
Dude that sounds pretty awesome. I know them airboxes can be pretty expensive....but they look and sound badass. I think I will look into that I want to do that for a few cars. Thanks for the input I'm really gonna look into that!....next on the list when it's finished in stock form, is just suspension and wheels....thanks!
@@mattFNpratt Yeah dude they sound awesome. There is just nothing like ITB's at WOT! You just need an Alpha-N tune to run a plenum. Any idea what you're doing for wheels and suspension??
Ive had my HKS kit sitting next to my supra for like 2 months. Ive watched your videos numerous times. I need to take the leap and just try to install it. haha
That paint scraper on the sawzall is a great idea! I'm getting ready to paint Raptor bed liner in my Jeep. I tried just a scraper but most of that sound deadener won't come up. Then I remembered your video, so I bought a cheap sawzall and paint scraper to get that stuff off. Thanks for the idea! I'll let you know how it went for me.
I tried the sawzall, and the paint scraper kept popping out. I ended up using a wire wheel to get the sound deadening off below the back seat. It was such a pain that I didn't bother doing it in the front. I'll just sand it flat.
@@WilsonZoneOK That is a bummer. Depending on the temperature outside depends on how easy it comes up.... Now some people go to the grocery store and grab a bag of dry ice and harden that stuff up using the dry ice and then it chips away pretty easy. But it's just bed liner just hammer on a heavy coat over top of it and you won't even notice it
What year firebird? Sometimes their fenders can be a type of plastic. 3M has plastic repair materials that will work best for the f body style firebirds. Keep me posted!
