Ive copied and pasted this from the Rs Owners club forum so ignore the dates.

Well after much thought last weekend i decided to start the restoration of my Series 2. I was going to leave it till after 2007 show season had ended and get it ready in time for Santa Pod 2008 but i thought that 15 months is better 7 months to plan it out and get the works under way.
Now some of you know i competed in the Post 81 Novice concours last year and done very well including winning the Gold Cup and National Day for its class which was an honour to say the least.

Anyway when i was doing the shows and when people were looking around the car, the majority of them got on there hands and knees to have a look underneath the car, which is clean and painted black but it isnt detailed in any way so this is what i will be embarking on for the next 15 months, which will also include, The whole underside will be painted red, the engine & bay detailed, suspension detailed, pipes, clips, grommets, knickers the lot.

Now this i will have to do in my spare time and on my own, and i will be taking my time so that i get it absolutly perfect so expect the updates to be few and far between but when i do abit on the car i will take pics and put them on here.

I started in my lunchtime today so took a few pics of how i got on.

Thanks for looking :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Up onto the ramps she goes


Up onto the axle stands


Rear and side few



Rear bumper off and bodykit off


When i removed the rear skirts i was greeted by this on the near side
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And this on the Off side


And this under the cills





Now as you can see the arches and cills are bad but not major. Can somebody give some ideas on how to go about fixing them.

CheeRS

Chris