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[xr2irhys]

sounds great mate sort of thing ive love

[jonyb4]

lol

[THEHOG~]

looking good m8.
like the mirrors.
found 2 bits to the boot pop but the rest are still missing.
aii have 1 of the boxes on the tailgate and the centre console button.

[jonyb4]

ooh nice your finding pieces, but the key parts are the solenoid and the latch mechanism, lol ive actually still got the button from my si

[jonyb4]

hey all

been extreamly hard at it today, me and my dad

started with sswapping the alloys over with my steelies

a pic of the rust ont he O/S rear wing pretty bad but gladly is only this side



took them off to start the referbish in graphite grey:
got the flap disc to it

then some wet and dry

as smooth as nessessary, back to bare alloy

then all primed up


first few coats of paint



then all finished and laquered

[jonyb4]

new and old

and a close up using a macro lense, love this shot, look at that glimmer


all done for today, letting it bake in the sun for a bit

i might be having a red line around the rim, and also maybe red "BSA racing" detail

another 3 to go

by for now

[- Danny Boy -]

They look really really good mate!! Looks like a proper top job you done! Will suit the car to the ground i think! I dont think you should put a red line around the rim, leave them as they are as your car is red, will ruin the wheels i personally think, but thats my thoughts.

Should look ace when they are on!

[jonyb4]

ahh cheers mate means alot thanks

yea im mighty keen on them cant wait for the others to be done and them on the car, feeling a bit under the weather atm lol and its pissing down so will have to wait till later

[jonyb4]

ok day two of alloy referb, 1158 AM, in the garage house
lol

rubbed down no.2 and used epoxy to fill the gouge made byt he crash of the last car, on the rim of the outside, left that set for a few hours and got on witht he others int he mean time



no.3 rubbed, and in primer:



garage is all over the place



rubbed down primed and in first few coats. it needs doing as it looks scruffy from when i removed the original grill and had some white plastic showing




also redone the mesh (3rd time!) i laquered it this time though, so hopefully it can last longer


i should have rubbed the bad spots back more but i was not too fussy, cant see them parts anwyay unless you try to look for them




3 alloys now done, 2 need t-cutting to remove the orange peel effect, and one needs more paint as we run out today, and then tyre wall paint and were done with the alloys



just bumpers and handles left then

byr for now

[THEHOG~]

hey thats a sweet job on the alloys m8 top work fella.

[jonyb4]

cheers mate, will see the full effect when theyre back on

[M1K3Y_B]

Nice colour choice for the wheels, going to suit it better than the original

[jonyb4]

ok got upto a bit today too, the alloys are all done, just need to t-cut the orange peel away and i can put them back on then

got upto other stuff also

bumper is off and ready to get preped


after reading deans thread and hearign aobut his slam panel, thought id recheck mine lol, and im glad to report no accendent damage or repairs, also no rust, which is always good news, also double checked that i do infact have the loom for fog lights, also handy

meanwhile, i bought some led 382 bulbs at FiTP and when i fitted them to the brake lights, they were too dim and werent any brighter than the tail lights, so werent a good idea to keep them in, but ive always had an idea to use them as tail lights instead, but the bulbs for them are far smaller and so is the hole, so they wont fit it, but i got on with it today and made the holes larger

the led's:


and the light cluster as they were:


as you can see theyre too large:


after some piloting with the side cutters and then snapping off the sections with the long nose pliers, a larger hole, (thats what she said )


and well, now it fits

can also see my finished final alloy there




dunno if you can tell by the pics, but the left which is still a filament bulb, is rather pink in comparison and isnt as pure as a red , both are now fitted, so thats all good


i also had a problem now for a while with my boot lights, when i fitted the spoiler i forgot to seal the holes,a nd water leaked down tot he boot connector/switch,a nd shorted the lights switch which is wired to my sig lighter in the front, i have had that working for a few weeks now but no boot lights, not sure what i done really but i managed to get the power back on to the lights, and ive secured the wire connecting to the sig lighter better, i think it was loose and coming out when it was all back together so maybe thats why, anyway my lights are now working




all for now, ill get the alloys fitted tomorrow and take some pics, also ill get started on the preping of the bumper hopefully

[jonyb4]

alloys are back ont he car now, looks lush, but without the front bumper on its hard to see the true effect,






front grill is back on



and this is a pic of the damage the previous opwner done tot he O/S wing, ill be repairing this, ive already pulled it back out as it made a gap between it and the bumper

[THEHOG~]

its looking good m8 alloys are ace.
i would think about getting some second hand lowering springs if funds permit that would set it rite off hugging over thoses alloys there nice rims them m8 are they 16in or 15in m8.

[jonyb4]

cheers mate, and theyre 15" BSA racing alloys not to say theyre for racing lol thats just the make

ill put a post up about the lowering springs, cheers

[FiestaBen]

That needs lowering so badly!

Alloys look really smart though, well done

[jonyb4]

LOL i know its so apprent now aint it,but your not noticing the dip in the road, the back wheels are up on a slope, and the fronts are ont he curve of the lane so there is a massive gap under the sills, it isnt that bad honest lol, looked fine when it was back int he garage

but ive put posts out everywhere on all the forums looking for some, ill be looking regularly too so hopefuly find some cheap 2nd hand ones

cheers anyway

[jonyb4]

ok today i removed the headlights so i can gain access to the wing and also i wanted to remove the indicator lense so the orsam diadems could reveal their bluey tint



wing all masked up



in primer


painted and laquered



lights and grill back on

you cans ee the blue from the diadems here



i also started to paint the front bumper its rubbed and primed and just started to have some red, but theres loads of "crater" like flaws in it and i think im gonna need to use filler primer on it, but dont know where to buy them or how much

more tomorrow

Jon

[Ratspeed]

Lots of progress bud. But are you sure you need to laquer the wing? I've never laquered any gloss colour ive painted. Just compound, t-cut and polish.

[jonyb4]

cheers mate, but ahh well all the parts i laquered before all started to chip, and flake, mind the flaking could have something to do with the fact i didnt know how to wet and dry properly lol so probs didnt help

[Ratspeed]

None the less, tidying up nicely. i keep thinking about stripping my standard mk3 headlights and blacking em inside.

[jonyb4]

oh yea that would look mint, sort of blacken the near the glass but leave most of the chrome as it is, but i thought the mk3 lamps were a sealed unit?

[Ratspeed]

Heat gun and a stanly blade i was thinking. Should do the trick............

[jonyb4]

lol smart, should do the trick, well just give it a go, only way to find out, tehn you could try using a permy marker to darken the parts

[Ratspeed]

Nah, just spray the lot matt black!! If its legal its not cool!!!

[jonyb4]

haha, i just got an offer on a boot popper for £26 posted

something aint right there

[xr2irhys]

looking good mate keep up the work

[jonyb4]

cheers rhys

[jonyb4]

you will be glad to know i just won a set of lowering springs on ebay for £42 and will now be getting a drop of 60mm

but ont he other hand bad news is that i wont be on the road untill i can get a job, as the insuarance has hit the roof due to me being unemployed, but ive decied to blow some money on it, starting with them springs and before anyone says why not just blow that money on the insurance, its because im on the job seekers allowance,a nd it isnt enought to bay for £1200 premium, would be smarter to wait untill the premuim goes beack down a bit

[M1K3Y_B]

Jesus, thats high

So glad you ahve finally got springs and that wheel colour is definately better than before

Did you crash in to the wall?

[jonyb4]

actually yes i couldnt stop it enough, and it slowly hit it, so now my freshly painted grill has got some chips in it, but luckly its just scratched off the new paint and revealed the old red paint, so cant really tell

it isnt that high

and yea payed fr them yesterday so should have them roughly wednesday also the boot popper which ill fit, (try) AND also im gonna be on the prowl for some white later mk4 clocks non digital, and some mk5 pop out rear windows in the scrappies

[jonyb4]

ok more work on the bumpers today

finished allt he red parts, just needs some more laquer before being done


a sexy caliper shot


i decided with a mate that its best to redo the black potion of the bumper in graphite,a si have a full can and would be a nice little change


its all done, and awaiting laquer,t hent he splitter, no.plate and im thinking about insalling some fogs whiels its off, then it can all go back on the car





im not to woried abotu any lines or impurities int he bottem half as yoou cant really see them as theyre so low down

hope my splitter will be ok whne its down 60mm

i will leave the front untill i buy more laquer when i get payed during next week, ill make a start ont he rear bumper tomorrow

all for now

[FiestaBen]

Looking good

Defo go for the mk4/mk5 fogs, makes the bumper look a lot less plain in my opinion

[jonyb4]

cheers man, mk5 fogs wont fit the mk4 bumper

thing is the mk4 fogs are gettig rare and theyre expensive