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#46 rich_959

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Posted 14 August 2019 - 12:23 PM

:gimme: Sooo nice!  :gimme:

 

Hey Ben R, what would you give for an MPI shell of that quality as a starting point? Makes ours look like lost causes!



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Posted 14 August 2019 - 01:20 PM

Amazing Ben...is it going back to the std colour or something else?

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Posted 14 August 2019 - 01:55 PM

 

:gimme: Sooo nice!  :gimme:

 

Hey Ben R, what would you give for an MPI shell of that quality as a starting point? Makes ours look like lost causes!

 

Hi Rich, I agree it looks so clean!  Amazing what the power of water has.  It is acting as motivation to get mine done though. 



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Posted 14 August 2019 - 01:59 PM

Amazing Ben...is it going back to the std colour or something else?

Cheers.

It is going to be a different colour but I might keep that under my hat for now.

 

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Posted 14 August 2019 - 02:01 PM

 

 

:gimme: Sooo nice!  :gimme:

 

Hey Ben R, what would you give for an MPI shell of that quality as a starting point? Makes ours look like lost causes!

 

Hi Rich, I agree it looks so clean!  Amazing what the power of water has.  It is acting as motivation to get mine done though. 

 

It is clear to see working on this one how they rusted so badly with all the bare metal areas etc.

I scotchbrited the bottom of the door frame this afternoon and with a very light scuff, the top coat came away leaving primer and bare metal beneath...



#51 Ben_O

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Posted 15 August 2019 - 02:09 PM

On with the prep work of the doors and boot today.

I had a few minor repairs to carry out first and here are the completed panels hung in the booth

 

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And then on with the Epoxy

 

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Cheers

Ben



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Posted 16 August 2019 - 05:44 PM

You dont paint the hinges seperatly..?



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Posted 16 August 2019 - 07:50 PM

They will be painted separately.

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Posted 19 August 2019 - 03:56 PM

Bonnet prepped

 

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And then the last few bits primed

 

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Cheers

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Posted 19 August 2019 - 08:51 PM

Great stuff as usual Ben! Looks great



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Posted 21 August 2019 - 03:39 PM

On with the underside prep, seal and stonechip today.

 

I started off by thoroughly scotchbriting the primer

 

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And then sealed up all of the seams with PU sealant 

 

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And then sheeted it up ready for stonechip

 

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And then a coat of Upol Gravitex

 

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And that's that done. Much neater than the factory applied stuff.

 

Cheers

Ben



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Posted 21 August 2019 - 04:50 PM

Ben, the best work {as always}. What did you do to remedy the floors where they'd been jacked up in the wrong place? I assume the floorpan was bent and it needed sorting.

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Posted 21 August 2019 - 05:46 PM

Ben, the best work {as always}. What did you do to remedy the floors where they'd been jacked up in the wrong place? I assume the floorpan was bent and it needed sorting.

DC.


I knocked the floor back using a block of wood and a club hammer and then after removing the bitumen from the area, dressed the floor straight with a hammer and dolly.
Once epoxy primed, I applied replacement bitumen and new steel blanking plugs to complete. I have some pictures on my camera I think so I'll check tomorrow.
Cheers for the kind words
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Posted 21 August 2019 - 08:29 PM

My car looks like it has been jacked from all four points at some point so was also curious how you sorted that.

 

By the way, love reading your threads. Impressive quality of work and level of detail



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Posted 22 August 2019 - 06:05 AM

Its always motivating reading your threads Ben! 






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