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[big-jay]

Update,

After what feels like an eternity, I've finally received my 7.5" brake kit from Minisport. Here's a few pictures -







They're a gorgeous bit of kit, it's amazing how light the Calipers are, so glad I went for this kit in the end !

Anyway, I've been laying down sound deadening over the weekend, it's taken three days of laborious labour but it's came good in the end. Here's a few pictures -





It was a case of warming it up with a heat gun, then laying it down and making sure to push it into all the indentations in the floor, then once I had it all layed down I went over the seams with aluminium tape. It does look like a fairly straight forward job, or so I thought it would be, it's so hard to work with unless it's warm, and even then it's a pita. I've definitely got sore fingers now !

I've pretty much copied where it was put in the factory. I know you can go crazy with it and cover every interior surface but I don't feel it's necessary, and you'd be surprised how heavy the stuff is ! If it was good enough in the factory then it's good enough for me !

[Jared Mk3]

Looking good Jay. I really like the choice in brakes, especially the colour. I might need some now.

[MattMiniS96]

Looking good man.

[big-jay]

Looking good Jay. I really like the choice in brakes, especially the colour. I might need some now.

Looking good man.

Cheers lads.

[Steve220]

Those callipers look the business! Try and get some high temp wax on them before installation to help against the build up of brake dust :)

[big-jay]

Those callipers look the business! Try and get some high temp wax on them before installation to help against the build up of brake dust :)

Thanks mate,

I've never heard of high temp wax before, I'll be sure to take a look !

[Steve220]

I use it on callipers and the inside of my alloys then a good quality wheel wax on the outside. Makes a massive difference!

[Ben_O]

Good job with the sound proofing Jay!

 

What did you use?

 

Ben

[big-jay]

Good job with the sound proofing Jay!
 
What did you use?
 
Ben

Cheers ben,

It's called silent coat, I got it from eBay a good while back. It's 2mm thick and around £15 for a pack of 10 sheets. I bought 2 packs to do mine and still have most of the second pack left !

[Ben_O]

That's great Jay. I have seen silent coat fitted before but yours looks very different which is why i asked.

 

Probably due to how you have fitted it i think.

 

I am considering using a sound proofing by Wurth as it is over paintable but looking at yours, i am in two minds now.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[skmulvany]

Hi, would you mind putting up a link for that dynamat. Great thread by the way.

Thanks

Seán Kevin

[big-jay]

Hi, would you mind putting up a link for that dynamat. Great thread by the way.
Thanks
Seán Kevin

Hi mate,

I've had a quick search through eBay, but as I purchased this stuff around 8 months or so ago it seems the original listing of this product no longer exists. I have however found an alternative which is pretty much the same thing, here's a link -

http://m.ebay.co.uk/...1044?nav=SEARCH

You'll also probably want to use some aluminium tape to stick over the seams as well, it just tidies it all up really. Here's what I used, one roll should do the trick -

http://m.ebay.co.uk/...8498?nav=SEARCH

Hope that helps,

Jay.

Edited by big-jay, 25 November 2014 - 09:01 PM.

[skmulvany]

Cheers, time to get the visa card out!

 

Sean Kevin

[big-jay]

Update,

Git a bit more done today, I'll start with the purchased items though. Ordered a few items from Minispares and Smiffy's Bits during the week, mostly nuts and bolts needed to finish a few things off -



I also picked up this little beauty, couldn't say no really as I got it for a great price -





And a pair of window runners too -



Now, onto today's progress. I wanted to get the doors back onto the car this weekend so the first thing on the list was to sort the hinges out. I took them all down to bare metal using a wire wheel on a drill, like this -



Once I had them all like that they got a good coating of zinc primer -



And then a few coats of gloss black -



Next job was to knock the pins through the holes in the hinge, but first I sanded a small flat into each pin using a Dremel with a metal sanding wheel so the grease would have some where to sit whilst the pin is inserted. Then I heated the pins up on a gas hob until glowing red, like this -



And then dunked them in some ice cold water whilst still glowing. This will harden the steel and increase the life of the hinge.

Here's the hinges built up and ready to go back onto the doors -



Next, I partially built the doors back up. Handle cleaned, polished and refitted back to the door -



And the inner workings bolted back on -



The optional Smiffy's bling -



Same applied to the other door, no glass however, its on the 'to purchase' list.

I enlisted the help of my dad to hang the doors, please excuse the pictures as it was getting dark at this point.

Drivers door -



Passenger door -



Their not in the final positions yet, I've still got a bit more fetteling to do as it was getting difficult to see and I didn't want anything getting damaged !

Anyway that's all I managed today but I'll upload some better pictures of the doors fitted tomorrow

Edited by big-jay, 30 November 2014 - 06:22 PM.

[Jared Mk3]

Regardless of the quick fitment, those gaps are still great!