it's that time again...
i managed to get an afternoon on the car the other day while it was sunny, so i thought id crack on and have a go at removing the rear panel. it went alot better that i thought it would if im honest, i was expecting to come across alot more rot than i did which is nice!
anyway il get on with pics
i started in the boot opening area seperating the seams.
then i used my angle grinder to strip the paint off to find the seam between the lower velance and the rear quarter panels, while doing the drivers side i almost choked to death because it was thick with filler so i assumed the worse thinking thats all id find but i did eventually find the rear quarter lol and it looks like its had a little dink at some point, nothing major thankfully so im hoping i can just pop them out, i did try and picture it but it might not show to well?
and then cutting the panel out..
almost there,
done,
now you can see the panel i mentioned befour that sits behind the lower velance which is also abit rot, but it didnt turn out to be as bad as i thought it was, its mainly just along the bottom that gone so iv just chopped that out and im just replacing what i need to...
but at some point, again rather than having that part sorted properly someone had decided to do this pmsl...
and then removed.
with all that out the way i tried the new panel for size while i was having a tea break...
and then with my tea break over i started having ago at putting new metal back in, so with my trusty bit of old boiler casing lol i cut a new section out and welded it into place.
unfortunetly thats as far as i managed to go with tht befour the heavens opened up again
but that didnt dampen my spirits, it gave me chance to have a bash at sorting the new wiring loom out, once i had it all laid out it all started to make abit more sense, but there was a couple of wires that came with the loom but wasnt actually attached so when my haynes manual comes through il hopfully be able to find out what theyre for
slowly going through removing the old tape, repairing any damaged wires/connections and wrapping it back up with new tape, still need to take decent pictures of what iv done though.
and to end this update, my new doors have finally arrived
they do need a couple of repairs but theyre soo much better than what i currently have so im pretty happy, hopfully strip them down and take these doors, tailgate and front wings to be blasted so i can see whats what and if need be have them repaired by a pro.
thats all for now but im sure il have more soon