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[pete l]

Neil, will you be using 2k clear coat ? if so, how do you go about protecting yourself from the dangerous vapeurs ?

[sonikk4]

Neil, will you be using 2k clear coat ? if so, how do you go about protecting yourself from the dangerous vapeurs ?

I will be using 2k but not clear coat. I will be wearing full PPE, so air fed mask, extraction, and of course a disposable spraying overall, gloves etc.

[Marco1972]

Looking very tidy Neil

Is that the end of the welding ?

Mark

[sonikk4]

Looking very tidy Neil
Is that the end of the welding ?
Mark

Nope not quite yet, I have the fuel tank mount to fit and the rear seat pan stiffener strip plus some final tweaking here and there.

[Jared Mk3]

Are you going to be refitting the rear wiper motor?

[sonikk4]

Are you going to be refitting the rear wiper motor?

Yes I will be. Keeping it the way he looked before I ripped him apart.

[sonikk4]

Final tweaking of the boot lid done so it was onto the fuel tank support bracket

Marked out

Plug weld holes drilled then the underside painted

And a bit of paint splashed on the boot floor ready for action

 

It would have been welded in but a guest arrived for some tweaking before the track day at Brands this weekend

 

It did give me the chance to knock back the welds on the bonnet that i widened but no pictures at the mo.

[sonikk4]

I think my workshop was colder than the inside of a freezer today. 5.5KW's of heating barely took the edge off.

 

Anyway finished off the fuel tank mount so happy with that.

 

and i scored these bad boys off my mate. Brand spanking new OE indicator lenses including the seals. Happy days

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[rich2]

Yessss! I got some brand new old stock lenses too :) Lucky eBay find at the time. Shame the backing plates I have aren't in quite such good condition.

My car does not have that fuel tank fixing bracket. I hope its not essential and the tank strap is enough to secure it!

[slidehammer]

Nice touch!

[sonikk4]

Yessss! I got some brand new old stock lenses too :) Lucky eBay find at the time. Shame the backing plates I have aren't in quite such good condition.
My car does not have that fuel tank fixing bracket. I hope its not essential and the tank strap is enough to secure it!

Depends on the age of your car Rich and fuel tank size.

[Ben_O]

I think i may have a few sets of NOS lenses at work...

[Jared Mk3]

Effort in the cold - nice!

 

I think i may have a few sets of NOS lenses at work...

 

I wouldn't mind a pair or two 

[sonikk4]

5 hrs of taping ready for seam sealer and i ended up with this

 

So thats the start of the body prep. I will weld in the seat pan reinforcement strip once the Bini is out of the workshop.

[wingnut]

Very very neat impressive work