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[fezza89]

Looking good edd, where are you taking that detailing course?its something id be interested in sometime.

[RS EDDIE]

Its in sittingbourne mate. I found out the details through a mate, and on detailing world.com

[Excursion]

Hmm wooden 'conquering device'

[DanFraser]

Hmm wooden 'conquering device'

I thought you and Eddie would nit pick each others cars like crazy

[RS EDDIE]

Hahaha, nah hes cars is alot better than mine mate, so much more ability and engineering expertise gone into his. not only that ive met Mark a few times and hes helped me out and is a gen nice fella.

Right now ive asslicked enough........

[Excursion]

Hahaha, nah hes cars is alot better than mine mate, so much more ability and engineering expertise gone into his. not only that ive met Mark a few times and hes helped me out and is a gen nice fella.

Right now ive asslicked enough........

I disagree mate. Different animals Mine is a crossbreed and yours is a purebred

Looking awesome already, looks new!

[RS EDDIE]

Yeah good description mate!!!! Haha, thanks Geeza.

Whens ures gna be finally done?? Im looking to get mine finally driving before the end of the year 100% for FITP.

[RS EDDIE]

Started to remove the engine bay fixings, hoovered out the dust from the top side, servo brake lines and most of the other brake parts out ready to crane the front up and remove the metal work AGAIN!!!!!!!

[Fraggle]

Your Mental

She do look nice though

[jayrs]

you love it though mate

[RS EDDIE]

Jay, i went right off the gloss black powdercoated gear.

I had a bit done in standard spec satin and its 100% better, so.........all the black stuff is coming off and im getting it redone, to standard spec, more original....

[jayrs]

i im sure you told me a while back, hence i changed my reply, but yeah, satin would look better than gloss

[MircoJ]

You're really nuts Eddie. In a very positive way!

[Michael!]

you are mad.

brilliant though

[RS EDDIE]

Ha ha, got to get it how i want it as im a little bit fussy!!!!

Powdercoaters is gna do his thing in 3 weeks time so ive got a bit of time to unbolt and clean!!!!! Dust...Anybody??...Dust!!!!

[Dave5300]

ed your a legend, love it

[RS EDDIE]

Had a few spare hours today so rang the powdercoater and he said that the bits can be taken down on wednesday. Thought id start on the front of the car as its more grief than the rest.

Ive decided to do it in three visits, 1) front off-coated then put back on. 2) Rear off-coated and put back, then the rest of the other fixings coated ready to go on again in the final bulid up stage!!

To be fair im sure i didnt do all the bolts up tight for some unknown reason, but its the only time ive taken gear off a car without getting dirty hands!!

Good job it came off again because look at the DUST!!!!!









Would have been a mare cleaning all this off the car after it was at the painters!!!

Anyway, thats it for now....bit boring really!!!

[Dave G fsi]

Nice one Eddie

Will all be worth it! Cant wait to see the finished article

[Excursion]

Nice one Ed. I notice there's a 'conquering device' theme in the updates

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers fellas ....

Yea mark there is a sense of that, outlining my immaturity and boredom hahaha!!!!

[Rs Adz]

wow wow wow wow wow just read this from the start fantastic work

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks alot mate ....Its nearing the final stages of fiddling around!!

Glad ya like her.

[RS EDDIE]

Ok manged to do a few bits since last time...

Disassembled the whole of the front end running gear again, to be sent to the coaters to be redone in satin style o.e.
Hes been very busy and its sat there for a month or so but got a call today to collect!!! Again hes done a great job, and tells me that hes doing it as a pj for me so the cost is even cheaper!!!

He tells me that all my gear went in with stuff from the Army so if it ever rusts it aint gna just be on his back!!

This is the first batch to be fitted then i can raise the rear and do the same to the rear end...Christmas pressies early!!!



Sump...



Jack



As you can see the satin is much better than the gloss. For some reason the gloss just attracted dust alot??..

Im thinking of redoing the front inner arches again as im not very happy with the texture of them so thats next on the list for me aswell as the rear obviously!!. Also im taking all the brake lines out again as i managed to get mint front end ones and the green ive used is too bright so theyre gonna go darker.

Finally got brand new ones of these...



Just got one more rear passenger side lamp to get brand new and thats all the light crisp for the final build up.

Me being me ive managed to find a nice Rolls Royce valleting kit, inc carnauba wax for showtime so i thought id buy a polishin bag to take to shows!!!



Any comments welcome including shhit ones as these will help me better my OCD!!!

[Michael!]

if anyone has a shi tty comment about this ill brick them

absofuckinlutely outstanding ONCE AGAIN.

[- Danny Boy -]

Very nice indeed! I think the satin finish will look a lot better than the gloss for sure

[RS EDDIE]

Hahaha!!! Thanks fellas. You know what some people are like, they nitpick on bits and bobs, but thats what makes me more keen to do things better...

Its slowly getting there!!!

Thanks again!!!

[Fraggle]

Goota say mate the satin is lovely..im feeling it for mine tbh(one day )..........

And now i know who it is who bids on all the s**t i do on ebay, u baxted i wanted them fog lights

Doing a sterling job Eddie, hope your proud of her thus far

[Dave5300]

superb collection of bits there ed, satin is definatly the right choice

[SEG1]

love it!
major ocd
but love it!

[Excursion]

Excellent. The satin suits a concourse build much better

[jamesmb2]

All you have to do now Ed is put it all back together! Having said that I don't know why I'm sounding so smug as I've got to start taking mine apart before it is even a patch on yours!

[RS EDDIE]

Once again. Appreciate the comments fellas!!!

James, its only a few nuts and bolts!!!

[RS EDDIE]

Been busy this week. Done quite a bit in the cold...But with the ol space heater the garage was at 55' in no time!!!!

Anyway. Decided to fit the wiper moter etc, wiper grommets into the bulkhead and the rear bulkhead panels. All the clips were a little grubby so i washed them with a degreaser.

Fed the loom into its correct place, added some new stickers, then OCD got the better of me so i took the spongy/rubber seating washers out and washed them aswell as the plastic wire housings as they did look very grubby!!











Then took out the remainder of the green engine brake lines in order to rub them down ready for the correct colour paint, as the green i used was a bit lairy!!!...

Fired up the compressor and re-shultzd the inner front arches, as id already sanded them back again ready for it. That went off in no time, so decided to hit them with merc grey and then laquer them...Job done pics to follow...

Still on one, i took the springs down the the powder coaters with some other suspension parts ready to be satin finished. The shocks didnt go as ive bought a brand new set to go with them when done.

Whilst beavering around in the garage, my servo was winking at me, so upon further inspection, i knew that it needed a repaint!! Managed to buy some really good satin industrial paint from toolstation, so half hour later and that was rubbed down ready for a lick of the black stuff.

When finished the satin was a bit dull for a servo as they are normally a semi orangepeeley gloss finish, so i hand polished it with Faracla and supercut, then final polished it with 3m to bring to a nice even shine!!!

Built it back up, added a new servo sticker and the new master cylinder and pot....What ya think?? Im well chuffed!!!





After this i added some new stickers to the newly painted satin jack and wrench as i needed something to do!!!!



Took another load of already zincd items back down to the platers today including a few boxes of m4-m12 flange nuts in case.
Thats it for the min, come to a bit of a standstill as i dont wanna upset the front of the car as its on stands, jacking the rear up. The only bit ive got to get done is the poxy front hubs and knuckles. They have brand new bearings in them which will melt when coated so ive gotta re-do them all again!!!

Regards...Edd

[Excursion]

That looks amazing Ed

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks Mark, Appreciate it!!