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[James_eaton_thewholething]

Not much going on with car at the moment taken a massive break from it. Have had a change of plan for over the colder months which are to strip front subframe and paint it. Strip trailing arms and paint. Get the shell rolling and pull the engine and gear box apart. When temps get warmer again I shall reprint the front end and finish the rest of the doors and everything else. Aim really is to have everything but the front end back together. Need the shell rolling so it's easier to put engine back in and so I can move the car out to paint bits and pieces.

All for now

[JonnyAlpha]

Sounds like a pragmatic approach. Keep at it. My 6 year resto is finally on the road but still have cosmetics to finish. Too cold at the mo. Luckily I managed to get the last of the painting finished before the weather became too bad.

Get it rolling and you will have reached an important milestone 😁

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Just read the entire thread. WHAT A BUILD! 

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Sounds like a pragmatic approach. Keep at it. My 6 year resto is finally on the road but still have cosmetics to finish. Too cold at the mo. Luckily I managed to get the last of the painting finished before the weather became too bad.

Get it rolling and you will have reached an important milestone 😁

It's such an annoying thing but won't take me long at all to do once the weather gets better again. I now just need to take a bit of time and actually get the rear suspension fitted that will be a big mile stone

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Just read the entire thread. WHAT A BUILD! 

Cheers mate will be finished some time soon. Definitely for next summer at the latest hopefully

[MINI-TURBO]

looks good mates, I'm painting mine this week and will be more than happy if i get the finish you have got.

[Cookiez]

Keep at it James, Looking too good to rush things now

[James_eaton_thewholething]

So for a change I am updating this because I have actually done something.



Last weekend I looked at striping my old rear subframe. During this I was looking over my trailing arms to see if they needed a rebuild. Well they did and the pins were really bad.



This morning that box arrived.



So because I'm lazy and want to just get in with things I decided to order some reconditioned ones.





After cutting off the cup, I know everyone will hate me now lol, it's necessary to do this with the rear beam otherwise they don't even go level.

Had to alter part of the beam so it will fit onto the car. Also parts of the powder coat had chipped so decided to paint it in stonechip.



While all the paint was drying on the arms and beam I set about doing something now that will make things easier later on.





I undersealed the entire boot floor. Put it all on with a brush and then went over it with a roller so it has an even texture. Really love how it looks. Leaving it to dry out about overnight and will then fit the beam arms and coilovers on tomorrow. Going to buy new back plates when I get paid along with new bearings for the rear hubs that I just need to clean up of rust and paint.

[GT Jimmy]

Good to see you back on it James

 

Out of interest, how much were the recon arms? I'm sure mine will be knackered when I strip my subframe

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Good to see you back on it James
 
Out of interest, how much were the recon arms? I'm sure mine will be knackered when I strip my subframe

£150. £100 for the arms and a £50 surcharge. Should send my old ones back and get some money back

[JonnyAlpha]

Keep going James - looking forward to seeing you and the car next year

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Managed to get trailing arms, beam, and rear coilovers on over the past couple of days







Tomorrow I'm going to steam clean the dirt off of my front subframe before starting to look at dismantling it and painting it before getting it back onto the car

All for now

[GT Jimmy]

Nice work mate. You can clean my front subby as well, many thanks haha

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Nice work mate. You can clean my front subby as well, many thanks haha

Il let you decide that when I've finished mine currently started to degrease and clean up the steering rack

[James_eaton_thewholething]

So I dealt with the cold today and the dark today and stripped the front subframe.



Now just to de rust do a bit of strength welding and paint it