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[RS EDDIE]

Just been to pwdercoaters to get my last (hopefully) of the powdercoated parts!!!



As you can see theres loads of it, not inc the gear ive had done already....When i aint working every hour, ill start to post pics up of all the stuff unwrapped...then its the rebuild part before the paint!!!!!

[Dave G fsi]

Nice one mate

[FRST SILVER]

this is gonna look the nuts mate.

my phones been playing up recently mate, just give me call and you can pop over any week night or weekend to view my exhaust.

also you dont fancy taking me up on my offer do you. to do my car next, ill pay you well, as much money as needed up front etc etc for parts / paint, also your car could be locked away in a safe place next to my cozzy.. fully alarmed garage with electric shutter and electric gate outside

please help me out ( dont care how much it costs )

cant find anyone local enought to take on the job

[RS EDDIE]

Mate ill have a think for ya, and when mine is finished ill seriously av a think as to doing youres for ya....Wouldnt know how to put a price on it tho!!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Right ive just gathered up a few new bits and managed to find most of them....Heres a few pics of what ive managed to locate soo far, the rest i know is somewhere!!!!



Exploded diagram parts book and finis codes for more or less everything bar engine and ancillaries ( 60 pages)



New catch


Fuel Tank edging strip


Few of the underside clips etc


Brand new gen ford handbrake cable and new rubber mats...


Theres loads more bits and bobs but as you can see i aint doing too bad at the min!!!

Hope ya like....

[FRST SILVER]

ok nice one mate,

there would be no rush for the car, take aslong as you would need, all cash upfront,

i no its hard to give a figure of your labour costs, but please have a think as im truly stuck as to where to get it done,

obviously it wouldnt go as much in depth as yours, ie you have tonnes of new parts, but the main thing im really looking to have is the shell fully strip and treated as you have done on your spit. then ill get everything zinc / powder coated or painted etc etc as we go along like yours

[RS EDDIE]

Ive got ya number mate so when im done with mine, if ya still havent found anybody to do it then i MAY consider it depending on what ive got on...

Feel free tho to pop over and av a look whenever you want just tx me first, cheers mate... edd.

[FRST SILVER]

ok mate nice one,

ill try and pop over and have a little look next weekend if your about

[RS EDDIE]

Few more pics to follow soon of new parts etc and start of the build up!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Just a quick few of the underside with a few new clips, and how my jack came back from the coaters...Enjoy...





Jack...

[mrorange2]

Awsome loving it wish i had the spare cash to get all my bits powercoated.

Out of interest how much has it cost you to get bits coated?

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks for the comment mate....

So far mate, to get the bits shotblasted then powdercoated, and i mean everything that needs it down to gearbox brackets, fuel lines and brake lines, ( id say 80 bits) i suppose roughly £200 -250. Its all been done in du-pont which has higher chip resistance.

The company i use are really good and any problems that i get (aint had none yet) theyll always redo if required.

[nosher]

going great guns there fella.

[Meilack]

simply stunning

[rs_fiesta]

Quite cheap that,thought it would be a lot more.

[RS EDDIE]

To be honest i think its alot less now i think of it, the coating alone only came to £130.00

[mrorange2]

Can i ask the companys name take it they are close to you?

[RS EDDIE]

Been a while since my last update, and ive managed to start prepping the bay.

The reason for me doing this and not the paintshop is because i want to get it rolling with the underside complete, and not have to piss around getting the paintshop to mask around the steering components and fuel lines etc where they enter the bay!!!!

Heres a few of the underside as it is with fuel tank and a few of the brand new clips...





Some new black passivated suspension bolts etc...



Some running gear pre fitted ...



Look at theses puppies...Fully refurbed and paint coded standars springs!!!..

[RS EDDIE]

So then it was on to the bay...Heres a few of the "knocking back", firstly with 800 wet and dry, then 5 coats of primer!!

[RS EDDIE]

I started on the underside of the windscreen and behind where the rear slam panel thing sits...




Then the rest of the bay got it large!!!







Then i welded the tray in to position before seam sealing and priming...

[RS EDDIE]

As some might remeber i had that horrible rusty bit in the bay which had to go!!!



So the plate was cut from an xr2i, shaped primed and waiting for me to get around to welding it into position...



During the welding and grinding phase....


Lovely to be able to just climb into the bay on the rollover jig!!!




After grinding the welded plate back, it was KURUSTED the zinc painted to stop any rusting in future...before being filled with chemical metal. I then knocked it all back into shape and tried to get as best shape as poss before primering...

[RS EDDIE]

Heres a few when it was nearly finished...






Not bad for a first attempt at welding i think...Ill add a few more pics of the finished article in a bit...

Hope yas likes!!!!!!

[RS EDDIE]

This is how im gna leave it as im satisfied i cant get it any better and you wont see alot of it when the engine etc is back in!!!..



This part where im pointing at will be fully seam sealed in a day or two before more primer, knocking the whole bay back again in 800 wet and dry ready for masking for paint!!!



Just got to wait for the remainder of my freshly powdercoated brake lines to come back and my wishbones to be powdercoatd, then its ready to be bolted back up on the underside with original orange, blue and pink paint flicks on the nuts etc!!

[Dave G fsi]

Excellent work Eddie

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers pal!!!

[Excursion]

Fantastic work!

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks geeza!!!

[nosher]

going great guns there fella.

[Bkjames]

Looking good mate

Any more updates


Brian

[RS EDDIE]

No updates as of yet mate , things have slowed down and im in "No Rush mode" atm!!!!

+AND Im possibly buying another merc grey FRST at the weekend!!!!

[FRSJON]

awesome work

[ben17southport]

this is unreal! think it will give a lot of people confidence within themselves to have a crack at stuff like welding! love it pal.

[jayrs]

spot on mate

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks for the comments....

Been busy this week but managed to re.do a few bits that i werent happy with on the underside.
On one of the chassis rails it was dented quite badly, where i used to jack it up and a few people on here noticed it. This bugged me to a point where i thought boolloox and angle grinded the dented part of the chassis rail out, put it in a vice and made the piece totally flat again. i
I then managed to weld it back into place, grind the welds perfectly, zinc prime, and undershultz it all ready for painting again. it looks totally factory again now. Ill try and update the pics later tonight.

Thanks for the comments again!!!!

[jayrs]

i hope you waxed all inside where you welded it back on fella