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[xr2irhys]

yeah £50 for a dash is a bit much tbh

[EUFez]

I always thought scrappy's where expensive. £50 Is alot tbh, i'd sell it at around... £30.

[jonyb4]

thanks guys if i decied to buy it ill haggle it down

[EUFez]

[jonyb4]

lolol

how the wheels coming along then mate? got them all painted?

[EUFez]

Nope, run out of paint. Only got two wheels done, just need to do other ones now.

Just keeping them red for now, dunno what colour to do centres.

[jonyb4]

black would look lush

[EUFez]

Black centres? Hmmm... we will see!

[jonyb4]

you know it makes sence

[jonyb4]

heres some pics of my lights inside the car...

the speedo led's were put into the car today but the rest have been in for a while

dashboard:


their red LED's



my interior light:


its a white LED festoon bulb

and my cd player sony xploid(with some deff leppard - hysterior playing):


and soon ill have some red cathodes int he boot as a boot light, in the post

[jonyb4]

ok lil update


done my boot light i had to wire on up since my car is lowest spec model and doesnt have the wiring, ive done a little guide for wiring one up if you also dont have the wiring

anyway piccies





its a bit dim, i may buy another set or i may change the colour, maybe white, i want to keep a red and black theme, since there aint a black light and would be little point in having one since i wouldnt see anything, white is the only colour is the only one thats impartial

[jonyb4]

i had the carpets up to tuck the speaker wires under then since the seats out, and i found some real bad rust, accually a hole in the floor, so instead of scrapping the car im gonna have a go at fixing it, its helpful that im a qualified welder eh?
got my mates welder so first i gotta treat the rust...

ok update on the *grrrr* rust ill let the pics do the talking:

started by cleaning up the area with an angle grinder, and since i accendly pushed the floor pan up by jacking the car where it was weakest a while back the floor was distorted, so i used a sledge to bat it back down, you can see where the hole is and the ground beneth it



then it was time for it to be chemically reacted, with some hamemrite kurust:


and then applied it and let it do its work!:




and then after 3 hours of some PAIN for the dasterly rust it waws time for an over coat in some smooth red hammerite , some stuff i sued to do my discs and calipers in:




will be doing some welding tomorrow XD

[Ram]

how come you painted it if your gonna weld it in a day lol

[jonyb4]

[ERRR] im gonna be welding it from underneath , i may do some filler in the car side though

[jayrs]

that rust is fairly bad mate.
but as above, whats the point in painting it? dont matter if you weld it inside or out, the paints gunna burn off and need doing again.

and tbh, that kill rust you put on is nothing more than a token gesture, the rust is going to keep on going, cut the rust out, thats the best and only way to srt it fully, and if i was you, forget the filler, plate it inside and out, fully weld it on the outside, but if you must and dont want to fully weld it on the inside, do half inch tac's around the inside plate.
yeah this is over kill, but filler is just not really a option is it

[FiestaBen]

That rust is pretty bad! Also the holes by beside the door on the floor are going to need to be done properly as that's an MOT fail as it's towards the bottom seat belt bracket!

I'd do what Jay said personally, it will stop the rust coming back and save you having to go through the same process again

[jonyb4]

ive been haerd at it allday and the welding is done ill add the update in a bit, ben the rust isnt nowhere near the seatbelt lol dont know where that come from, all this is in front of where the seat goes, and the kurust will have to do now as i dont have money to replace the floor opan atm, it should be good for a good few years now anyway

[jayrs]

you dont need to replace the floor, get some steel and cut it to size, side of a old filing cabnet or something.

when he had said its close to seat belt, i think he means its a within the distance they state for a mot.

[jonyb4]

i seriously doubt it...

[jonyb4]

ok ehres that update

ok after a day of slaving bloody sweat and other bodily fluids the drivers side is done!

after yesterday curing the rust, today was all about welding and painting!


i started today by preping the metal plates by grinding them back to their pure form (free of any dirt sh!t and muck) this gives the weld a good grip on things and also prevents any future rust forming that was already on the plate, i cut the sizes and made any cutlines that were needed for the shape of the inner sill:



a pic of me wearing some P.P.E, safety first eh? (must admit i dont look to happy do i?)



i then started to weld the first two plates in, one on the lower/closer to me, and one away from me, the mig was a swine to get used to, was different to what im used to :roll:



a pic of me looking like that deadspace guy lol, i think i look cool int hat pic



then the third plate was in, underneath the vin no. plate, which is irrelivent now since you can bearly make out the figures on it,



forgot to take one of the forth plate going in but got some of it completed:




i used silicone to mask the welds and fill in any gaps the plating missed so the MOT guy cant see daylight from underneath, also to prevent any water coming up, and maybe causing futher rust, then after the silicone dryed i hammerited the whole area to seal it, underneath the car is a similar story, silicone to fill any gaps that would be suspisious to inspection that it isint road worthy, and hammerited over the whole welding area, i also hammerited any naked rust areas to try and prevent them getting worse, i also done the previous welds that someone was too lazy to paint over, some ppl eh?


i will be finishing the job off tomorrow by treating the rust on the passengers side, which gladly aint as bad, theres no holes showing the floor there but same bad surface rust which will need some attention, i will then use up the alst of my hammerite to lock the rust out and im done, no more driving the car round tot he lane with no drivers seat WOOP, nightmare trying to park trust me

well i hope if anyone finds rust this will inspire them to have a crack at solving it themselves to avoid forking out the triple figures on a professional, im just glad i have the right friends who can lend me the tools for it, pays to have good company eh?

oh yea my red tinting spray come today so if i get 5 mins tomorrow ill start doing my rears

and then later in the week ill buy some Yellow hammerite and a new top mount suspension bush since mines fooked, the car jumps a bit round a bend :shock: , and ill take my back axle off and give its some paint and do the bush at the same time

all thats left after that is to get a new drivers side track rod end and a new set of rear brake shoes since one of my cylinders has leaked and the brakes are contaminated, and since you cant only get one pair of shoes ill have to get the set , but i wont do the drivers side since they are almost new, only about 4 months into theyre life, adjust them up and i got my full braking power back WOO, lol and my back end should finally lock up like it should be able to, cant wait now gonna be fun doign all this god i love my cars!

Jon

[jonyb4]

oh yea i dont mind grinding off the paint where the welds need to be, i knew i was gonna have to anyway, i was just following the guidelines on the kurust bottle lol, at the end of the day i respect and take in your advice, but im doing this my ownway, and if it works for me, thats how ill do it, but please dont think im trying to spite you guys or something, i am grateful for your replies

[FiestaBen]

when he had said its close to seat belt, i think he means its a within the distance they state for a mot.

Aye, because yours is a 3dr car you'll have the seat belt bar thing that the bottom of the seat belt attaches to and any major rust/holes in that will fail your car so don't go cutting any corners

On the bright side, good work on the welding

[jayrs]

i seriously doubt it...

i dont.

anyway, looks like you have done a good job with the welding so wont be any probs

[Ratspeed]

I thought you said you was a qualified welder?

[jonyb4]

thank you thank you

umm another little update

got these form one of the local scrappies today:

what i got to start with (that gaitor is a out of my mk3)



this is what was underneathe yuk!



then i cut back the carpet and lacated the two holes and screwed in the bracket




this is the finished result a centre console from a mk4 ghia x


then i....


this is how it looked too begin with:



after some unscrewing i come up with this:



and then: i started with this:




and finished with this :





woot it was raining most of today so welding was postponed, but hopefully tomorrow i can continue

more updates soon...

[jonyb4]

woot i finnally got a pair of FT stickers after a long wait (that nomad and me thing didnt help lol)




got on with some more welding today:

this is part fo the area that will be done:


and the other:


will upload more pics once its complete i ran out of wire today so im gonna have to wait till i have more, probs sunday


also i euro'd my passenger side light, not done the drivers yet

only prob is that the reverse lioght is pink now so im a little blank what to do... a new lgiht cluster? use thinners to strip the tint?, or try a brighter white led bulb?

what you reckon?





Jon

[jayrs]

a reverse light doesnt come into a MOT, so you could well leave it if you want

[dontpannic]

Just wire it up as an additional foglight

[EUFez]

Looking good, liking the red rears. Just spray the other one now!

That rust is bad... but im sure you'll sort it out.

[jonyb4]

ok i done the passenger sides track rod now so im all good in that department

also done my other light:

before


after


reflector strip:


and fitted:


some shots of the car...






ill get cracking with the mirror maybe tonight and tomorrow, waiting on the parts from brynes to arrive and they'll be going in, and im gonan respray stuff under the bonnet since i messed stuff up the other week

[Nisi]

really needs lowering now lol

[jonyb4]

lol well thanks for the comment..

yea it does but i cant afford springs atm

[jonyb4]

thanks all for the good comments im happy with that ive done with the welding and yea ive heard else where that it aint part of the mot so i might just leave it lol, nice idea nick

I thought you said you was a qualified welder?

lol rat, well im not qualified so to speak but i got a level 1 qualification in welding

i wouldnt mind getting into welding though its a very handy trade to have under your belt and its sure proved useful and cost effective to me this past fortnight

cheers again guys

[jonyb4]

ok update


finnally got round to doing my mirror





and once its done:


and fitted:




i also done this... (brynes bulbs in here )


tinted the lense...








and back on the car ( i also resprayed the grill since it gets stone chips in the paint)




and heres the indicators on:


their supprisingly bright considering how much paint is on the lense, the sun didnt even shine through as well as the bulbs


Jon

[jonyb4]

ok this is just as a reminder: