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[STREET TWEAKS]

Hi all got sum time in on the mini this afternoon so started to strip her down got out back seats , all carpets , ligths , grill and so on , it's not to bad at the mo but it will need new bonnet, 2 a panels, boot floor, and may be the front floor pans . i will get sum pics up in a bit so you can tell me watt you think ?

I have not done a boot floor be for so if you can give me sum ideas on how to go a bout it ? big thanks wayne

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[STREET TWEAKS]

when't down to the car spares place by me today to get price's for the a panels x2 ,new bonnet, and boot floor £150 the lot all good i think so will order them in the week . starting work on the boot lid getting out one or two dents & getting it in to primer . i think the roof is going to need lots of work as there is big dents all over it so time to get the pin puller out and sum big tins of filler lol.

[STREET TWEAKS]

hi all just a quick date started to repair the boot last nigth ( omg ) more layers of paint on it than we have in the paint shop lol, in the end i put paint striper on it , so now i can get started on the dents but with all the work we have on it may be the weekend before i will get it finnished  22022011226.jpg   642.51K   33 downloads  22022011228.jpg   614.38K   21 downloads  22022011229.jpg   560.73K   25 downloads

[sonikk4]

Are you on about a complete boot floor or just the rear section where it sandwiches under the rear panel and rear valance?? If its the complete floor then have a look at the Project Erm link. I did one last year.

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hi mate its not a full boot floor its about half of it where it comes from the back panel now i have it iwill post a pic of it for you , it looks like a lot of work to me as the battery tray will have to come out aswell and i take it the sub frame needs to be removed to ? I have not done lots of work to minis before so not looking forward to that job , i have been havin a close look at project erm .

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after work to day got more time on the mini all the new panels have come to the boot is now in primer filler and just needs flating down with 800 wet & dry, one of the a panels is cut out to got sum small rust holes on the sill & iner wing but i think i can just fill them with a bit of weld as the steel round it good , so all being well i hope sunday i may get the new a panel welded in, it just needs a bit of triming here & there to get it fit rigth then i can start the other side  26022011233.jpg   505.74K   15 downloads  26022011230.jpg   426.02K   30 downloads  26022011231.jpg   554.16K   21 downloads  26022011232.jpg   1.01MB   11 downloads

[STREET TWEAKS]

Are you on about a complete boot floor or just the rear section where it sandwiches under the rear panel and rear valance?? If its the complete floor then have a look at the Project Erm link. I did one last year.

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test fited the 2nd new bonnet i order tonigth as the 1st one is wrong but it fits very good all but one thing on the o/s front by the ligth it sits about 10mm to low i have triyed to bend it up but good , can sum one plz give me sum ideas on how to fix it. the n/s wing has bin replaced at sum point the cars life but this side lines up great it is just the o/s front .

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After work this morning i got to spend sum more time on the mini so work hard in the time left get n/s a panel welded in and the little rust hole on the inner arch plated and welded same with the sill. so with sum time left before it went dark put on the new bonnet and got it all line up right, next weekend if the weather is iam goin to have a go at the o/s a panel .

started the car up as it has sat there for about 5 weeks now and not bin ran it was all going well went the rad broke and p$%^ed water all over the drive
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Edited by STREET TWEAKS, 06 March 2011 - 08:32 PM.

[STREET TWEAKS]

This it a trun up for books just been chating the owner of the car now the car is getting fully striped down and then its going off to be shotblasded and diped so we have a better idea of the amount of rust on the car, what do you think good or bad idea

[minimuk]

This it a trun up for books just been chating the owner of the car now the car is getting fully striped down and then its going off to be shotblasded and diped so we have a better idea of the amount of rust on the car, what do you think good or bad idea

it depends what you want at the end, you can see the innerwing holes, flitch reapairs, bad cills and rear arches. you know about the boot and possible floor-panels too, possible scuttle panel repairs,....these are typically all sympthoms from any mini resto project,...so I would forget about shotblasting and dipping, just start cutting out rust and replace, either with new panel or make your own cut-out, and work from one end to the other.

Edited by minimuk, 06 March 2011 - 10:26 PM.

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Hi m8 yes iam with you on this one had about 1 & a half hours tonight striping the rest of the inside and when i remove the rear qurt apanel cards all of the inside and on the rear floor looks mint , i think it is just the two front floor pans that may need to be changed all thow there is a little bit of rust the floor looks as if it may have been jacked up in the wrong place to me just looks bent.

All this started just over me asking him about the n/s door as the bottom of it is full of rust and i needed to know if he is willing to pay for a new door or just to repaire it but it's his money at the end of the day

[daveeeeee]

good luck chap!

[STREET TWEAKS]

good luck chap!

Thanks kida