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[liam-ds]

must be a similar colour looking at it only painted it that colour because we had nearly half a litre spare in the garage lol wasnt so sure at first but its grown on me

liam

Edited by liam-ds, 06 September 2010 - 07:17 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi all
have been in garage again made a bit of progress managed to get the dent in the driver side door sorted and then had a fiddle with the passenger side door trying to gt it to fit right not quite there yet does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the back corner and the bottom to line up with the step s as it should

only took 2 pics today because the battries in my camera were dead

the car as it looks now



the door gap you may just be able to see it in the pic



oppinions welcome thanks liam

[monster_mini]

looks awesome:)

can i ask how you painted your engine and get it all to such a good finish? and also the bell housing ect how you got it sooooooo niceeee:P? im building an engine up atm and if i could get it looking anything like yours i would be happy:P

thanks

nick

[mk3cortina]

do you know why people dont run the lines inside the car? mainly the fuel one in particular, there has been recent discussion about this, but if you are in an accident and the fuel line gets damaged, you now have fuel pouring inside the car where you and passengers coud be trapped/unconscious.
so one source of a spark and your toast. run everything except the fuel line in the car.

[sonikk4]

Is the door fully latched (double click) if so trying adjusting the catch on the door frame, loosen the screws and try and move the catch into the car. You may find that there is a putty like seal under the catch so you will need to make sure this is not preventing you from adjusting it.

What are your gaps like front and back are they even, if not you can put shims under the hinge to move the door rewards if required.

Gapping doors is a pain in the backside and i have had to add metal to the door edges to get even gaps. I will also be adding a section to the window frame as well to straighten it up and raise it as well.

[liam-ds]

looks awesome:)

can i ask how you painted your engine and get it all to such a good finish? and also the bell housing ect how you got it sooooooo niceeee:P? im building an engine up atm and if i could get it looking anything like yours i would be happy:P

thanks

nick

hi nick don't just painted the engine like you would with a car first a good clean down and the primered in zinc primer to try and kill the rust and then the top coat a nice a thick coat of orange mango. thanks for the comment and the bell housing is just wire brushed down and then brush painted with silver havvetite and a soft brush to reduce the brush stokes.

Is the door fully latched (double click) if so trying adjusting the catch on the door frame, loosen the screws and try and move the catch into the car. You may find that there is a putty like seal under the catch so you will need to make sure this is not preventing you from adjusting it.

What are your gaps like front and back are they even, if not you can put shims under the hinge to move the door rewards if required.

Gapping doors is a pain in the backside and i have had to add metal to the door edges to get even gaps. I will also be adding a section to the window frame as well to straighten it up and raise it as well.

hi the door is double latched and the gaps around the door are ok it was just the back corner of the door was sticking out past the rear wing but noe i think i have cured the problem i have managed to bend the door so now fits ok (the only heratige pannel i have fitted to the car is the passanger side door skin and it has gave me the most headackes in the entire rebuild up to now.)

do you know why people dont run the lines inside the car? mainly the fuel one in particular, there has been recent discussion about this, but if you are in an accident and the fuel line gets damaged, you now have fuel pouring inside the car where you and passengers coud be trapped/unconscious.
so one source of a spark and your toast. run everything except the fuel line in the car.

hi do you have a link to this discussion because i will have a read through and then decide if i will run only the brake pipe in side the car thanks Liam

any way have been in the garage again and i think i have now got the passenger to to fit apart from it rubbing on a panel lip that sticks out a little will have to grind it down tommorow could you please tell me wether this door is fitting ok because it is the best i can get it to fit. i will just have to put another skim of filler in the back wing to bulid it up

pics taken form my phone so not best quality











opinions welcome thanks Liam

Edited by liam-ds, 08 September 2010 - 06:32 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi all managed to get some work done on car finally i have got the doors to fit properly. Aka put some more filler in the back wings and bent the doors. Today i started by finishing off the driver side back wing and the moved onto the start of the stone chipping on sills and rear valance.

ill let the pics do the rest of the talking.
















Stone chip on






opinions welcome thanks Liam

Edited by liam-ds, 08 October 2010 - 04:01 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi all been in the garage again after buying the mot expensive stone chip ever just over £57,000 luckly it cancelled so i paid the right amount. Also my carbon fibre has arrived so tomorrow i will be starting my mirror backs. ill let the pics do the rest of the talking

my carbon fibre







all the inside stone chipped













was a box of 12 now only 4 left any ive got under the bonnet passanger side door /sill and front vallance to do lol



bin full of empty stone chip tins lol



my mirrors all stripped for my carbon fibre



all oppinions welcome thanks liam

[xBR4DLEY]

Just letting you know the outer sills you put on are actually over-sills , these unlike original ones are much bigger and are not vented to let out the moisture , thus it just gets trapped inside and rusts itself from the inside out. Very good though - take a look at my project thread , mine will be in your kind of condition in about a years time LOL. Good luck mate.

[minimaff]

Lots of stone chip liam,

cant wait to see how your carbon woks out. Hope it goes ok for you

Having a night mare with my wiring lol, no power from new battery, hopefully sort it out tomo

[liam-ds]

Just letting you know the outer sills you put on are actually over-sills , these unlike original ones are much bigger and are not vented to let out the moisture , thus it just gets trapped inside and rusts itself from the inside out. Very good though - take a look at my project thread , mine will be in your kind of condition in about a years time LOL. Good luck mate.

hi yes i know that these sills are over sills but under these are new inner sills and lolts of waxoil so hopefully no more rust but i'm goin to drill a few drain holes . good luck on killin the rust on your project

Lots of stone chip liam,

cant wait to see how your carbon woks out. Hope it goes ok for you

Having a night mare with my wiring lol, no power from new battery, hopefully sort it out tomo

hi the carbon was a bit of a swine today i wasted nearly half a meter but ive coated one of my mirror back's its not perfect but it looks ok. have you tried putting power stright to the starter switch on the drivers side inner wing if you put poer to one side the engine will wurl over and if you put power to the other side you can wirl the engine over with the key thats how i get mine running at the mo but ive forgot which side is which lol

also im hoping that the stone chip will act like the original tar but might now have the same weight lol

anyway as i said ive been in the garage today i have been working on my mirror backs well 1 of them it took 3 attempts to get the carbon to look ok so ive wasted nearly half a meter of carbon fibre but im happy with how this one looks now just have to apply the final cots of resin tommorow any ill let the pics do the talking now

under coat of resin ready for laying the carbon fibre



the 1st of 2 sheets of carbon i layed only to be ripped of and a new sheet layed but it worked 3rd time lucky lol



the 3rd sheet of carbon not perfect but not bad for my first time using it lol




as it looks now





all opinions welcome Liam

[sazal]

Looks like a nice little project and not far off completion

[liam-ds]

Looks like a nice little project and not far off completion

thanks its getting there now after 3 year hard work lol

i have been in the garage again and applied what i hope will be the final coat of resin to the carbon fibre

pics

the first layer of resin today



after the second coat of resin



i think they look a lot better than a plain black mirror back



the weave



the rear of the car with the boot just placed on



does any one know any where were i can buy air duct pipe so i can feed air from just behind the grill stright into the air filter



all opinions welcome Liam

Edited by liam-ds, 17 October 2010 - 05:14 PM.

[minimaff]

Wing mirror looks good mate, where did you buy carbon from?? how much was it ??

[liam-ds]

i got the carbon off ebay from a place called carbon mods and with the postage it came to just over £50 what i though was not bad but i have now realised why carbon fibre parts are so expensive. its because it takes loads of time and patience to do 1 part this has took 2 days now and i might even have to apply another coat of resin tomorrow