Im in the process of doing mine just wanted peoples opinions on how easy/hard parts are to come by, or what parts people found hard to remove etc. What colours are people doing fuel tanks, tank straps, rear arms etc. Have people put new poly bushes in or new standard bushes ??

 

i found most things easy to come by this site and ebay helped

im doing a mk4 cabby in gray and had all the arms and hubs done sliver and black
aint got a fuel tank yet and i fitted poly bushes



ive also binned the tie bars in this pic aswell ive got adjustable ones now

 

i did mine car. I painted the underside red and all the parts black, but the fueltank silver and the koni's stayed yellow. I did alot with hamerite and normal spraycans, but if i could do it over i would poudercoat alot parts. I had some things with fuel and laying on the ground andso they damage. not much, but if you look at the costs of all the spraycans it both costs alot

 

Have a look on my resto thread

 

I shall be having a good look at your thread twins, saw it in the mag and i must say a well deserved feature, the car is a credit to you

 

Any pics of the underside ? Im unsure to go with all parts black or silver and black

 

I like the silver rear arms, my rear ARB has been painted black, just deciding on what colour to paint the parts all black or silver and black

 

That's all i got for u atm

 

The best thing on my opinion is to keep the colours standard.
Tank-silver
suspension-black
fuel pipes-green e.c.t.
Also polybush every thing.Then you never need worry and it looks good

Here's mine.

 

Have to say, impressive amount of work gone into the cars in this thread. They all look spot on!

 

Not as nice/concourse as the others here, just wanted mine to look tidy.

Fuel pump hanger will more than likely be rotton beyond repair, I'd polybush and replace all the bolts.

I kept standard colours but a touch of colour for the tie bars.

 

few pics of whats been thrown back on mine already, just black stonechipped underside, then black powdercoated arms/tie bars/hubs etc, and all new genuine ford nuts bolts and washers

 

Cheers for all the replys people

 

Mine had new chassis legs last year - the guy who did them swore he'd never do any ever again lol




my fuel tank needs some attention now it's been disturbed though

 

Ive been taking some pics of mine, alot of time and effort has gone into some of the cars shown in this thread and id be a happy man if mine looked half as good as the ones shown.

 

really good thread this with some very solid looking rsts
i'll be doing mine this year hopefully- i'll be very happy if it looks anywhere near as good as most of these!

 

Does anyone know how to remove the fuel pipe from the filler neck ??

 

if i understand you correct you mean the fuel pipe from the chassis? if so there is a screw in it

If you mean the fillerneck from the fuel tank it is just pushed in you can pull it out

and i you don't mean both of these i look stupid and i need to work on my english then

 

Red_bull ive undone the bolt on the chassis, its the part of the filler neck where you put the nozzle in to fill the car up. But mine looks like its rotten (could be the underseal cracking) around the pipe, but the outside of the filler neck (petrol cap side) has no rust or rot !!

 

the area you fill it up at there is a screw there

this is how mine when

 

anodised ive undone the screw next to the cap, no rust, around the cap, im hoping its just the sealent cracking around the filler neck (inside the arch where the pipes come down)

 

oh right cant think what mine had behind it some rubber type foam stuff i think

but im going to weld a plate over mine and fit the filler in the boot

 

what paint did you use mate?

 

think i remember from his resto thread that he used the mega expensive 3M bag type stonechip underseal stuff, that comes in the dark grey, very close to mercury grey

its 1 of the nicest underside restos iv seen on a car that wasnt spending its life in a carcoon, subtle and clean as fook

 

heres my series one.my rear arms etc will be coming up for sale.all poly bushed ect as im gettin m.e.f rear arms

 

As RSANDY said.(Kind words)I used the 3m bag sealer then painted it with HAMMERTITE HAMMERED GREY.The closest to mercury grey.

Bag sealer = £110
Hammerite = £15.
Poly bushes = £210
Powder coated suspension = £250
All new bolts,nuts and washers = £45

It,s not cheap doing an underbody resto,but do it right and it will last a good 10 years.
Well worth it for the way it looks and peace of mind.
No more crossing your fingers come m.o.t time.

 

Steven that is stunning in white

 

mercury grey minter did you powder coat your tank or spray it ?

 

I sprayed it.The powder coating company couldn't do the tank for saftey reasons.
2 coats of primer
3 coats of silver
2 coats of laquer

 

mercury grey minter that looks very good, my tanks ready for paint, what did you use to clean the tank before painting ??

 

applies to prepping anything before paint...

flat using suitable grade wet n dry, wipe with panel degreaser, tackrag, then paint

on a tank though, especially if u say its ready for paint, id ignore the wet n dry n give it a quick rub with red scotch, then degreser and tack rag

 

Thanks Andy, tank has had old paint,sealant etc removed so its like fresh metal, just needs degreasing before paint

 

I used a wire wheel on a grinder.Took it all back to bare metal then
1.etch primed.
2.normal primer.
3.paint.
4.laquer.

 

yeah as above, if its bare metal, grind or red scotch it perfectly clean (depending how much surface rust has managed to form), and then etch primer it, so it has a well bonded primer base

when you said ready for paint, i assumed it was already in primer, my mistake

 

that's also what i did with my petrol tank.

but for the underside i used also a sealend for the places where they also sprayed it as factory, because not the whole underside has been sprayed in the factory. Just the chassisrails and wheelarches and besides the skirts a little bit. That's whats done on my car and all the rest is just painted. Factory was only primer, but i wasn't happy with that so i did everyting with red.

 

all these painted undersides, did you remove all the factory sealant?

 

Yes ,wire wheel on a grinder.Took 2 days(about 10 hours) to get it all back to bare metal.
Pig of a job.

 

cool hammerd grey it is then lol

 

How/what did people use to clean up the brake bias valves (that sit above the fuel pump), and did people powder coat/spray/ paint with a brush ??

 

I cleaned mine up with a wire brush,then primer and hammerited silver.