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[GavStyli]

FINALLY, had the courage to let someone restore my pride and joy. took it to the garage to start on it earlier today.
just took a quick pic, as you can see its a bit pinky and faded badly
the petrol cap area is falling apart! well it looked ok until the sprayer stuck his key through it!
got a couple of parts that needed quite a bit of attention due to rust but rest of body is pretty sound. loads of those poxy door dents are finally goiong to dissappear.
it hasnt seen paint from new (apart from the orange drivers door )so i thought it was time to freshen it up ready for show season.
more pics tomorrow after ive stripped more of it.



ill be visiting regularly to take pics of the updates to post on here

[chris-fiesta]

sounds cool m8... keep us posted

[andyhardy]

wtf! How did you let it get that pink Gav! I bet your missus told you to leave it like that

[heeman10]

Wow! Nice to see Gav! Am very envious of you, mine hasn't had paint from new either, and each year shows more blemishes that make me think "This year I'll get it sprayed"...just never happens! Keep the pics coming, and make them better quality than that first one!

[MarkRS2K]

glad to see its finally geting started, you gone back to standard rims?

[sleeky]

Should be sweet when done

What bodyshop is it being done at out of interest?

Lee.

[t2rst]

man that is well pink lol time for a bit of paint then keep us posted gav



dave

[GavStyli]

sod off andy!
std rims are only on during the respray;)
Body Beat is the company doing it, in enfield, hertford road.
in the mean time, just getting these prepared to get welded so theyre ready to go on as soon as the fiestas finished
sorry about pic quality, damn camera phones

[Excursion]

Nice one Gav, sorry I didn't have more time to do this but you can probably see my project is moving slowly enough as it is

Will look forward to seeing it done, the average red Turbo looks good enough let alone one that's been freshly sprayed!

[GavStyli]

no worries mark
red rsts are best!
good luck with your one mate

[chris-fiesta]

sounds sweet gav.. work in tottenham and about north london quite a bit so will keep my eyes peeled for ya when she rolls outa the bodyshop

chris

[Xr_Dub]

looking good

[heeman10]

Single pass sweetness

[GavStyli]

sorry site, but has to be done
stripped a few bits off today...

[heeman10]

Nice intercooler Gav

[GavStyli]

thanks heeeeeeman!

[GavStyli]

rear arch now stripped ready to cut out the petrol cap section
rust on the arch wasnt as bad as i thought but still parts getting cut out and replaced.
Also took out the front and rear screens today, the front cracked (bravo pete!! ) i had a spare just incase anyway
so what a nice birthday present it was for me today to see the car looks even more f**cked up and broken window!

[heeman10]

Fook, looking nasty there Gav! Good job it's all getting seen to! Fair number of marks down the side too eh? It's gonna be lovely getting it back afterwards I have two or three upward dings in my bonnet now from hose clips and other things I see you have one or two circled too...how nice to get all the small imperfections tweaked out...you baxtered!! Would I be right to say happy birthday too?

[andyhardy]

I wouldn't worry about the front screen Gav, it's very very hard to get them out without cracking, I just see it as an opportunity to replace them with something newer/better (Pilkington etc.).

Looking good though mate, the rust on the petrol cap looks about the same as mine, it hasn't spread too much to the rear arch (although alot of people say if it's got that bad at the filler cap it's worse at the arch, it's not necessarily true in my experience).

Can't wait to see the work done and it being put back together, as I'm sure you can't either.

Andy

[Mikee_RS]

nice work gav

i remembered removing my arches, and the shock i got

lol

yous doesnt looks to bad, good that u are keeping the rs alive and you have to keep the green stripes

[ianFRST]

front screen is near on impossible to get out

[MarkRS2K]

wot a mess

You got a finish date?

[chris-fiesta]

coming along now m8, and once its all painted do not go anywhere near car parks otherwise those dents will be back before you know it... like mine

chris

[GavStyli]

yep, thanks heeeeeeman!
finish date will be 2-3weeks from now, then i have to put all the bits back on myself
im definetly staying well away from car parks or park diagonally across 2

[subarustel]

hey gav, looks like things r movin nicely.

i remember when gav bought this car, it was mint like mine. but after 8 years of ownership things look very different. i restored mine about 3 years ago. and never looked back.

go gav

and i saw the lovely black alloys tucked away not long ago.

may b us guys on here can talk gav into going aftermarket management on a later date. or go ofab and run 22 psi.

any help needed b sure 2 let me know, u know im only down the road mate.

[Ghost]

any help needed b sure 2 let me know, u know im only down the road mate.

and me mate, you know im around

looks very.....erm....pink

[Excursion]

Happy birthday geeza

[GavStyli]

thanks chaps

the sprayer Theo wants to cover the whole rear panel (behind the rear bumper) with stone chip spray whats peoples views on that? stops corrosion buts it in black and its not a smooth finish. theres no rust there anyway but worried if it ever come to selling it the buyer would think im tryed to cover somethiung up. is it worth it or leave it as it is because i prefer that anyway.


this is the biggest problem with mk3's!!
this is the part u cant see, from behind the panel





and will be replaced by i new one! will be treated so the same dont happen again in 15yrs

[subarustel]

hi gav, i kept the rear panel the same as standard on mine,

i 2 like the smooth finish

i had no rust there either, so even in the future there shouldnt b no rust there.

[NeoMagic]

Certainly coming along. Good luck my freind.

[Superal]

lots of dings...good old asda car park aye

something to keep pete busy too

[andyhardy]

I like the big brackets surrounding the 'rust'

Good to see it being done though mate - very well worth it IMO!

Andy

[heeman10]

I say stone chip it all, very solid protection, and if the next owner has any idea about cars, he'll listen to you when you say you wanted to protect it all as much as possible. Nice to see all that rot being pulled out!

[pornstar!]

some quality work goin on there!

[j_man69]

looks good qaulity work that does

i would stone chip the rear panel

for on its a lot better rust protection and secondly

it's hidden by the rear bumper anyway