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[jonyb4]

ahh fantastic mate, looking like a professional job

bet your chuffed with it now, the car is gonan be back on the road in no time

[AW3K]

todays progress, done nearly all this part, gotta move ont the sill next





Andy

[jonyb4]

excillent work mate, once painted up no one would be the wiser!

spot on

wanna do my floor?

[AW3K]

here is my update for the day after using up my wire





and since been in garage my car has started to peel



Andy

[AW3K]

update for today

drivers side done, needs another coat of underseal before it goes back together







pass side arch , quite proud of this plate , the welds look neat





now the pass side sill lol . what a state







Andy

[jonyb4]

looking good mate, them welds are looking neat, better than i can do with my little mig

the welds look neat

only way to practice is to keep doing it

oh my i know what you mean by the sill now

if in doubt weld a bigger plate

keep it up man

[RS rob]

wow seeing this has cheered me up about the condition of mine now underneath
good on you for keeping at it

[AW3K]

wow seeing this has cheered me up about the condition of mine now underneath
good on you for keeping at it

dont want to loose her/it/pain in the ass lol so decided to have a bash, dont think ive done too bad , could be better but its a learning curve lol

pass side next then i can get on with upgrading bits

Andy

[AW3K]

its back to normal



finally goit round to fitting these

[jonyb4]

o nice like i said, you'd get roudn the corner quicker now lol

you should replace that header tank mate its stinking!, i have a clean one

[AW3K]

bit of an update, not done much on car it self, just sat in living room scraping paint stripper off the calipers




ready for paint but not sure wether to go red, black or silver



Andy

[jonyb4]

bloody hell, top job getting all that off, i couldnt be bothered with thatm i just slapped paint straight on lol

ive done one coat on one caliper and carrier myself, will do rest of the coat and other caliper tomorrow

did you decide on a colour, or are you sticking to orange?

[niracka]

Nice one andy, I'm back online now as I'v just moved into my new house. Starting to save for a fez soon

[knuckles]

nice work on the sills and floor andy

wish i had the space and time to learn to weld

[jonyb4]

bah thats not an excuse mate, buy a 75quid mig off ebay and find some metal and get practicing, try welding on a corner, lapping the metal and metal cutting to make the right shapes

you can do it in your back yard or on your drive, make sure you get a mask or hand held UV shield

[AW3K]

thank you guys

my welder cost £300 takes full size gas bottles .

practice if you can clarke

painted one coat on calipers



pass side plated




welding creates deadly fumes so make sure the door is open , unlike me lol



more progress laters

[jonyb4]

my welder cost £300 takes full size gas bottles .

well i meant that if you just want to learn basics, you can just buy a cheap second hand one to practice with

lol you dont learn to drive in ferrari do you

[knuckles]

bah thats not an excuse mate, buy a 75quid mig off ebay and find some metal and get practicing, try welding on a corner, lapping the metal and metal cutting to make the right shapes

you can do it in your back yard or on your drive, make sure you get a mask or hand held UV shield

what do i do if i have no drive , no back yard and no metal to practice with

[jonyb4]

haha

try the local play ground, plenty of metal there

just alert the kids so they aint all suffering from arc eye by the end lol

[niracka]

Funny welding story from the RAF - My mate took the leather off the end of his work boots during a days training and proceeded to weld the steel toe cap to his welding table thus allowing him to lean back on his stool and go to sleep without falling off. Unluckily for him our seargent walked into his bay and caught him sleeping on the job haha.

Ohnestly knuckles welding isn't that hard especially mig. As said just get a cheap plant n have a go.

Andy what plant do u use??? R u using mig or tig???

Ollie

[AW3K]

rust sealed




bigger discs



need bigger and slightly longer bolts to hold calipers on

[knuckles]

nice repair job andy

[AW3K]

nice repair job andy

thank you taking time but i dun wanna loose it to tin worm

[niracka]

good on ya mate like the fact your sticking with this car n keeping the spirit alive!!!

full respray on the cards soon???

Ollie

[jonyb4]

lol what you trying to say?

[AW3K]

maybe respray maybe not not sure yet

ANdy

[AW3K]

cleaned these up and started painting lol





needs another coat but hay , no rush , need a cable and make some spacers for cable


Andy

[jonyb4]

Enter jony

[niracka]

maybe respray maybe not not sure yet

ANdy

Well if you do all the prep work yourself shouldn;t set you back too much. My mate got his car done for £600 and its a real good job.

Ollie

[AW3K]

maybe respray maybe not not sure yet

ANdy

Well if you do all the prep work yourself shouldn;t set you back too much. My mate got his car done for £600 and its a real good job.

Ollie

maybe yeah

olie do you know how to adjust these focus calipers to make the pison move further away to fit new pads in?

as it looks like it rotates but not sure how lol

Andy

[Sphinx]

Why did you feel the need to take this picture through your letter box?

[niracka]

Well I have drums on the rears mate and the fronts I just pushed them back like normal with the top off the resevoir n the new pads went streight in.

Hope you get em sortad mate.

Ollie

[jonyb4]

Why did you feel the need to take this picture through your letter box?

LOL

he was hiding from sam

[AW3K]

lol i have no idea whats happened there

, olie the calipers look like they rotate as they appear to be sring loaded, unsure really

Andy

[niracka]

just the rears????