MK4_RS_VAN

cheers glenn its nice to see your still keeping an eye on the thread.

MK4_RS_VAN

gonna do a aquick update for you all

MK4_RS_VAN

sooooooo bit of an update




bit of protection on it





grinded down the welds on the underneath, ready for fiberglass etc





and protected

MK4_RS_VAN

rear underside, behind wheel arch





and here it is welded up





bit on the front welded up

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after some fibreglass and filler work, and a quick etch prime

MK4_RS_VAN

any feedback would be appreciated peeps, good or bad

thanks max and merv

bigbhu

good work so far mate, just keep it up. will be worth it when its finished.

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS bigbhu, I apprieciate it. hopefully it wont be to long now haha

MK4_RS_VAN

got another little prezzie for the van



just got to get the cossie calipers

Garga

Impressive work! Keep it up!

MK4_RS_VAN

thank you garga, its great to hear that others apprieciate the work we are putting in to her.

sridgett

Lookin good can't wait to see some more pics

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS sridgett hopefully have a couple tomorrow night bud

sridgett

Looking forward to it.

MK4_RS_VAN

sorry theres no updates yet. fingers crossed to get some work done today

H7 CYA

iTrader: (3)

Looking good buddy keep up the updates ��

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Anymore progress yet??

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS h7 cya, and yes glen gonna do a quick update now

sridgett

Cant wait to see some nore pics.

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

MK4_RS_VAN

so, weather wasn't bad today so I decided to grab some bits out the shed.
I got the rear beam out ready to stip down, prep and paint, also we will be doing an axle flip

if anyone knows of a how to or any help and info on doing the axle flip it will be truly apprieciated thanks

so anyway here's the rear beam after removing the hubs and drum backing plate etc

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and all ready for paint prep and flip

MK4_RS_VAN

there was some welding that had previously been done which I wasn't to happy with, so we chopped it out and re-done,

heres it is after merv re-done it

sridgett

Wow mate you ve done well geting the shell sorted.

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

MK4_RS_VAN

this was the bit on the front we welded, this was once it had been fibre glassed and etch primed

MK4_RS_VAN

now today was a good day, im sooooooo happy and pleased to say that all the rot underneath is GONE and all welding is DONE, it feels sooo good,

now just have plenty of grinding, fibre glassing, rubbing down and prep work etc to do

looking good

MK4_RS_VAN

and this is the last pic tonight folks

MK4_RS_VAN

cheers bud, glad your enjoying it

sridgett

The underneath look mint mate. Its gonna be one well sorted van.

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

MK4_RS_VAN

cheeRS buddy really appreciate it, will be looking good once its all fibreglassed prepped primed and painted

sridgett

What colour are you going for mate a rs turbo colour or a mk4 van colour???

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

MK4_RS_VAN

its going mercury grey bud,

Lee Grout

Nice one for getting passed the rot. Now the fun bit where it all starts slowly coming together. Nice choice of colour too.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Looking good matey.

MK4_RS_VAN

thank you, the majority of the welding underneath has now been fibreglassed, and just needs rubbing down, once that's done we will get some pics up, will be a while though so you will have to bare with us

thanks max and merv

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

So what are you fibreglassing then.

MK4_RS_VAN

hi glenn, we fibre glassed the welds once they had been grinded down, just to smooth it out slightly, so that once it has been sprayed it will look more original rather then seeing welds/patches etc

MK4_RS_VAN

hope that answer you question glenn??

and im glad you are still following this resto

thanks

MK4_RS_VAN

hi all, will hopefully be getting another update in soon

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

No bother matey can you not use body filler instead of the fibre glass.

slammedorion

Just use seam sealer... Start fibre glassing the underside and mot inspectors are gonna question repairs imo...
Keep up the good work...