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09-04-2007, 07:02 PM
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cheers Andy, shes comeing up well bless her 
so very nearly thought about popping all the rear suspension parts in a box and takeing them to powder coaters tomorrow
i find it hard to put manky bits back. But gotta be sensible , might go back and redo stuff once shes on the road 
so very nearly thought about popping all the rear suspension parts in a box and takeing them to powder coaters tomorrow
i find it hard to put manky bits back. But gotta be sensible , might go back and redo stuff once shes on the road
09-04-2007, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Lincolndanny
so very nearly thought about popping all the rear suspension parts in a box and takeing them to powder coaters tomorrow
09-04-2007, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Lincolndanny
go away Andy, your like the little bloody devil on my shoulder
09-04-2007, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevCannon
Originally Posted by Lincolndanny
go away Andy, your like the little bloody devil on my shoulder
im keeping alook out for you buddy 
09-04-2007, 09:15 PM
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yes, does the same job as t-cut but i find it easier to buff off, certainly brings the paint back nicely. Just dont forget to follow up with a polish/wax to seal the surface after the cut
12-04-2007, 10:25 PM
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Right, got 4 days off work so thought i would get the rusty front panel changed.(wondered why it came with a new one )
Popped the lights bumper etc off and was confronted by this
still, what with currently being in the middle of a mk1 restoration, im used to this sort of thing
so act quick and get it done there and then instead of leaveing it, going mardy and loseing enthusiasm.
drilled out the welds and seperated the part i needed from the new panel, and drilled out the welds and removed the remainder of the old panel, spot the difference
the fitted the new one with a combination of spot welding as original(best tool ive ever bought, very much needed for the mk1 ) and plug welding where i couldnt get into with the spot welder. 
finished result after just over 2 hours on it just needs seam sealing and then a quick paint
)Popped the lights bumper etc off and was confronted by this
still, what with currently being in the middle of a mk1 restoration, im used to this sort of thing
so act quick and get it done there and then instead of leaveing it, going mardy and loseing enthusiasm.
drilled out the welds and seperated the part i needed from the new panel, and drilled out the welds and removed the remainder of the old panel, spot the difference
the fitted the new one with a combination of spot welding as original(best tool ive ever bought, very much needed for the mk1
) and plug welding where i couldnt get into with the spot welder. finished result after just over 2 hours on it
just needs seam sealing and then a quick paint
13-04-2007, 11:41 AM
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i hate turtle wax i can never get any decent results from it, ive tryed all the origional just wax by them and ive got a brand new bottle of clear wax and think its all crap, but the clear wash by thems amazing.
i find for waxing i use autoglym resin first then meguiers polish over that and that gets the best
i find for waxing i use autoglym resin first then meguiers polish over that and that gets the best
13-04-2007, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Tonyt1t
nutta look at the shine in my sig lol u saying turtle wax is crap and my sig kinda says the opposite :P
13-04-2007, 05:22 PM
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When you guys have finished argueing about Turtle wax
Reason why the car has rusted badly on the front panel is becuase its had a tap at the front some time.
got up this morning, and thought i would spend a few hours doing the other side so its all out of the way
started with this.....
All finished, so time for some seam sealer as original(plus more where ford never put it )
Then gave the welded /seam sealed areas a quick coat of black paint to protect them untill i spray the full engine bay(Andy, you were right )
came out alright i reckon, and all the lights etc now fit tons better
going to start stripping her out next
Reason why the car has rusted badly on the front panel is becuase its had a tap at the front some time.
got up this morning, and thought i would spend a few hours doing the other side so its all out of the way
started with this.....
All finished, so time for some seam sealer as original(plus more where ford never put it
)Then gave the welded /seam sealed areas a quick coat of black paint to protect them untill i spray the full engine bay(Andy, you were right
) came out alright i reckon, and all the lights etc now fit tons better
going to start stripping her out next
13-04-2007, 09:16 PM
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So thats why I haven't heard from you in a while.
Its comming up nice cannot wait untill yours and mines on the road again.
When you have finished that mine needs that rear pannel doing!
Got it running on the second ecu yesterday just got to put the chip in now.
I saw these alloys on a Ka at donny show and thought they would look good if I went racer style.
Its comming up nice cannot wait untill yours and mines on the road again.
When you have finished that mine needs that rear pannel doing!
Got it running on the second ecu yesterday just got to put the chip in now.
I saw these alloys on a Ka at donny show and thought they would look good if I went racer style.
