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[jinjrich]

Excellent thread mate, i imagine its very helpfull for those who havent replaced front wings before!

[lawrence]

So then, an extremely late update, ive had a problem with my laptop so havent been able to update this since last time.
Thankyou jinrich, its nice to see another person make a comment well im trying to help people as i know how much other people projects have helped me!
heres a few days work then,
how it started on the front panel, needed filling along the seams and a bit of welding/blending between the wing and front panel and a few holes filled too

little hole from an arch bolt filled, a weld where there was a crack ages ago finnaly ground back and my blending patch tacked in

fully welded and ground down, its looking good

filler slopped on

and rubbed back so now looking all smooth

moved tother side, blending panel tacked in

welded and ground down

filler applied and left to set

passengers side all rubbed down and looking smooth

front end fully primed and pretty much ready to paint

moving onto the bonnet for the front
sectioned in a few places to shrink the sides to improve the fit

fiberglassing on the back to put the strength back in

fillered and smoothed off the sectioning

carbon fibre wrapped the bonnet and test fitted, its looking good

the actual reality, ran out of wrap stuff and it kept on breaking

ive decided to paint the car in satin white with a carbon wrapped bonnet and hopefully roof if i can afford it, this is on suggestion from my little cousin

hope you like this rather lagging update
possibly will do some more work today but its getting a bit chilly in the garage
comments are nice
Lawrence

[lawrence]

so then,
managed to get in the garage today! armed with a hat scarf and heater
ive tested out the paint im using (volvo satin white) and i think its come out quite nicely, the wing has got a bit of shine to it. Think this will go nicely with the carbon wraped bonnet and roof


im now making my way round at the moment making her ready for painting:
rubbed down and filled slightly the passengers side doorstep

primed it all up

sealed along the a panel once i had bent the lip round

put a layer of filler down to cover the marks up from the mole grips

went to start sanding the a panel but my seam sealer inst drying in the cold so just primed the dorstep in white

i then decided i wanted to put a few bits back on as this wing is now done and to see what the finished product will be haha
shes got an eye back now and an indicator


thats all for today folks, more tommorow when the the sealer is hopefully dry
hope you like todays work
feel free to comment
Lawrence

[Bash Master]

Looking good

[lawrence]

A little more work was done today, ive got some more satin white paint on order that should be here on tuesday so untill then its more prep im afraid, bit boring i know!

so then,
ive resprayed the bonnet in satin black till i get the carbon wrap quote, it goes well with the white

and ive fininshed filling the a panel, had to use filler 3 times, what a chore , nice and smooth now tho

primed it and the doorstep. They are now both ready for top coat.

fitted my 3rd hi level brake light (for safety) while i was waiting for paint to dry, looks pretty cool too

and ive ground down the welds and painted most of the sill in white rustoloum


hope you like todays update, its getting a bit chilly now so im done for the day!

Jobs for tommorow are:

>Finish off the passengers side sill/heelboard end as there is some welding and grinding and painting there that needs doing
>Finish undersealing the rear boot floor
>Finish repairing the rear subframe as i cannot afford to get a new one yet may do some smoothing on it etc like ive seem other people do. Then its getting a nice coat of rustoloum white
>then i think ill make a list of all the little bits and pieces i need to rebuild the rear subframe

comment are welcome

Lawrence

Edited by lawrence, 09 December 2011 - 08:38 PM.

[minimuk]

nice progress, not stopping by the looks of it, carry on,......when will you be on the road?

[lawrence]

nahh theres no reason to stop minimuk haha accept hitting a wall of lack of money! Im thinking just after christmas but theres no set date as yet, im not rushing

todays update, been a bit of a rubbish day really went surfing with a mate and then come to the garage 4 ish
went to repair my rear suvbframe but its had it completely

so i cleaned up the poly bushes, glad there all ok, and ive started to clean up the mounts, got to keep an eye out for a new subframe or a good second hand one now
cleaned bushes

and ive given the passengers side rear quarter a trim ready for the new panels ill be getting after christmas sometime

moving tother side getting that ready for the new panels i realized i cant do any cutting without putting the waist rail in as im cutting a whole 1/4 panel so dont want the shell to collapse after all this haha. so thats me done for the day pretty much as ive not got a waist rail for this side , bit of a rubbish update i know

ill be ordering all the panel i need soon so untill then there will probably be a break from big bits of work and ill just be doing boring paint prep etc
Lawrence

[Risky]

The front end definitely looks good now!

[lawrence]

Thankyou there risky i agree shes starting to take shape now at least!
So then, there havent been any updates in a few days, mainly because on saturday i decided to go surfing and my board smashed into my hand bruising it leaving me with only one hands use for a few days its getting better now so im back out in the garage, with many layers of clothes on haha.
Well today i got my last spot light through from ebay so i can make my spotlight bar now , the lights

and ive been shopping for a few cans more of paint haha

work today will be to finish off the front end with its coat of satin white but apart from that im not really sure haha
front end all prepped

front end with a nice layer of paint, you can just about see the shine on the pic but the flash hides it somewhat

front end partly rebuilt

i still need a new pair of side repeaters and a new headlight bowl and some new bonnet pins and a new windscreen and new pressed numberplates............................... the list goes on haha
thats all for today folks as the hand is killing me again , feel free to comment!
Lawrence

[alex-95]

Looking good

[Mini 360]

Looking good but for the love of god don't wrap your bonnet in CF effect film! Looks cheap, and when you can buy a CF bonnet for just over £100 and sell your old one for £30-40 its better just to get the real deal!

[Risky]

Hmm I like the looks!

[lawrence]

Thanks for the comments guys, i think with the light bar and spots its going to look quite beasty haha

In regard to your comment mini 360 i would love a full carbon bonnet but the problem ill have is i had to do work to get this fiberglass one to fit nicely but i wont be able to do that with the carbon one half as easily or keep it looking so good.

In regard to the rest of my project ill be popping to the scrap yard later today to try and fit a suitable fog light that i can recess in the rear valance so i can finnaly finish the rear off, currently thinking the new mini one or a peugeut 206 one
Lawrence

[lawrence]

So then people, its been a while to say the least and not alot of works been done!
i ran out of money again and due to getting paid short this month along with christmas absorbing money and having to pay car tax i only had about £40 to spend on mini
So armed with very little money i cleaned up the old front windscreen, its covered with marks and blobs from welding but cleaned up better than i hoped! itll get replaced when i can afford it.
I then got myself the parts i needed to finish off the front end

fitted new headlamp bowl

and new side indicators as the others were broken

i also decided to do something a bit different for the visible side seams untill i can afford new seam strips, its the doorstep to sill rubber trim stuff, looks pretty good against the white.


i then decided to do work that wouldnt cost me money so ive profiled down my throttle disk

decided i had to improve the flow on the inlet manifold

as you can see i can remove alot of material

took me a while as i only had access to a file, some sandpaper and a grinder but i got there in the end, a big improvement in the flow of the manifold

wanted to improve the look of the manifold so masked up

painted

bit more painting, think it looks pretty good

i then dismantled the carb, cleaned it and partly rebuilt it with a rebild kit ive had for years

and popped it all together for a picture, need to clean up the engine bay more now tho!


and lastly took apart my other door as it was starting to rust along the bottom

skin separated

panel made to be welded in

but i then spotted these cracks under the hinges



so now im on the lookout for a pair of doors in the norfolk/suffolk area, send a message if youv some for sale

thats all for the moment people, pretty rubbishy update i know but lack of money is killing the progress , there may be a small update sometime next week and i should be getting some more panels ordered soon as my bithdays coming up and mini panels are my main present :)

hope you like the project, feel free to comment
Lawrence

[lawrence]

so then people, think its time for another update, today i had another look at my finances and decided i cannot really afford to find another set of doors anywhere so i will repair these instead! :)
starting on the passengers side:

due to all the rubbish screws holding the hinges to the door rounding off i too a grinder to the problem :) ill weld a new nut onto the door at a later time to make up for the damage
threaded area ground away so the hinges can be removed

rusty treats waiting under one of the hinges


new panel made for the area and tacked in, along with the corner piece to the left

ground down as far as i dared and then krusted along the flange

tacked on my repair panel i made the other day

starting to look more like a door now with all the panels tacked in, also ground down and krusted up the left flange

fully welded the bottom panel in

and fully welded the hinge repair panel in, i will need to drill holes for the hinge at a later time, should be fun! also finished of the corner shown in this picture

then ive ground down the bottom repair panel and zinc primered it

and ive tidyed up the rest of the door and zinc primed all the lip

the more observent people will see the flange the skin goes over is a bit roughfly cut, this is because i had nothing to refer to doing my repair so ive left it oversized so it can be trimmed back

and moving onto the other door
all the hinge bolts sheared to again they were ground to oblivion

it needed a repair to one flange, a nice and easy flat repair :)
rust cut out

hole on the frame that needed filling

repair patch made

welded

hole welded up too,


thats all up to date so far folks, they need griding still, im going to be ordering some panels in the next few days, gunna get a door frame repair panel for this door to make a better job of it
panels to be ordered are:
>lower door repair panel
>both doorskins
>both rear 1/4 panels
>passengers side rear waist rail

then all i need to complete the project will be a rear subframe and little misc pieces (brake pipes etc)

hope you like this update, think i can see light at the end of the tunnel now! :)
Lawrence