Just finished rear now on front end ,its been a long year and lots off

this is it before i started it was in a very sorry state


lots of rust in the usual places




it was bad every time i stripped a bit more rust would show up.


slowly started to strip all the rear underseal off not easy ,small blow torch and scrapper i found worked best ,then angle grinder with wire brush attachment

thought the floor was the easy part

wish i never bothered now lol

rear chassis legs both sides were bad it just mounts up and up quite stressfull ..just keep plodding on though

back tomorrow got get some sleep so im fresh for the ford day at crail raceway fife scotland i think fast ford are there .....

 

looking good m8 keep up the good work and respect for working in that tiny space, get some more pics up keep the updates coming

 

Yep keep the piccys coming ,good to see another getting the treatment ,

 

thank you all its been a long year,will post some more pics up later today away to ford day at crail raceway in my mates new car

 

coming along nicely mate know what you mean about the stressful bit, its worrying when you find lots of orange flakey patches of metalwork

 

 

Are you doing all that work on your back?

 

doing it on my back was the only way bloody council garages are crap to small ,if only it had been 2 feet wider

 

here are some more pics

the rubbing down took ages



drivers side wasnt as bad still rusted though about 1/4 the way ap the arch

this is when i first started

ooh the pain

more rust ,,,

 

what a good day at crail today weather not to bad sun came out in the afternoon got lots of pics as well as a good lot of film,managed to get some film of a 700 bhp r32 skyline and a very fast focus cossie running 11.58 quarters

 

a better pic of drivers arch like sill repair i found when i took the bodykit off
did start to worry when i seen this but it was the only repair the car had thank fook

had a choice here buy new or refurb them

took the choice to refurb them ford were asking drug money for new ones well over Ł100 ,heres a taster of them now

 

i have changed the caliper to the other side after noticing i wouldnt get the handbrake cable to fit that way round lol

 

passenger side

started to go mad for it with the grinder

good thing is i can look back on all this now the rear is finished lmao

fixxed and ready to paint

surprised these werent gone

other side was the samehad to laugh

chassis legs both sides needed attention aswell

 

coming along nicely

 

fixed


usual arch work leave the final touches to the painter
after its rubbed down lol

inside repair my xr3i went the same way but 10 times worse glad i fixed this now

found another dodgie repair thought the sill was the only one had so much black sht on it didnt see it till i took the under seal off

 

this was the worst side

some filler primer on

 

Keep em coming

 

excellent updates matey, keep it up, be finished in no time

 

still cutting rust out ,was crapping my self worried the car would twist had another 2 axle stands positioned along each chassis leg
lol



new section after rust proofing, have to get nasty with the waxoil soon

inside view

another taster for all ,this is the car 2wks before it went back on its feet

 

it is finished now thk fck been stockpiling pics up untill now tks

 

keep up the good work.think al be joining you over the winter doing something like that to mines

 

its got be done its well worth it in the end

 

looking great

 

cheers again

 

got loads of pics its just taking me ages to upload

 

drivers side chassis leg before i startedattacking the rust

 

passenger side done


drivers side start repairing
sorry about pic quality


dont know why but i dont have pics of the work done inbetween when i done this chassis leg not to worry it has been well rustproofed
trial fit the brake pipes

what a mess
the floor again ready to be stripped this is when i found out i had fractured my wrist when i had been snowboarding,hadnt noticed for a good 2 mths only when i used angle grinder did i notice ooh the pain i went through lol, still getting phsio for it at hospital
stripped and all rust treated
first coat of gravi stonechip
other side getting the same

 

first coat of gray
more stonechip the guy i bought this from thought i was running my own spray shop wouldnt beleave me when i told him it was all for an rs t 23 tins in all still got the front to do so need more lol

 

Nice updates there mate Such a good feeling is'nt it seeing the how it turns out What did you paint your underside with?

 

big time adam , its painted with 2 x coats of primer the with gravi stonechip then primed x 2 then sprayed with mercury gray and laquar

 

Nice, very

 

some pics of my new stuff did buy ford nuts and bolts but couldnt get everything so had to go to local nut n bolt shop to get the proper ones


my deflex suspension and steering rack bushes


my cleaned up exhaust


got my new calipers from my local mr mechanics Ł38 each all in


repainted my tank as it was only 6mths old when i started this


more deflex bushes


suspension all cleaned and painted ,managed to get near perfect match for my avo shocks everything else black replaceing the discs soon
just need avo sticks now for shocks

some pics of the floor now all painted pipes going in


nice and shiny lol wont last long end up rubbing it all down again couple of nasty runs bloody cold weather up here
some nice nights aswell



2nd coat

before both shocks were the same just 2yrs old
after
even the things that arent seen
goes on top of shock

got some of the finished pics now



suspension all in tank pump brake lines fuel lines all connected
test fit

mmm all clean

 

cant wait to get this back on the road

 

last pic tonight
all ready to go back on its feet

 

Lovely work again mate, a credit to you Are you planning on showing the car then?

 

 

very

 

Looking great

 

chrrs mate

 

Very nice fair play

would love to do this on mine one day