ok guys a long over due update,had saturday off work this week so spent most of the day on the car,job for the day was to stone chip the underside a job i wasnt really looking forward to.
apart from running out of stone chip and not getting the whole underside finished everything went well,let me know what you think.

 

Looks really good that Jeff

 

perfect! keep going! long way to go! :-D

 

great work jeff

 

Squeeky clean under there Jeff, I know it's been a hard slog getting the underside as it is now but looking at those photos makes it all worthwhile i reckon.

 

Just browsed through whole the thread, top work mate

 

thanks for the comments lads,ive come to a decision that i wont be painting the underside in moonstone.i want to be able to use the car and not worry about the underside looking shitty in a couple of years.
couple of pics i forgot of the inner wings and sills.



also had to repair the body kit on the front.

 

It's looking very well that jeff can't wait to see it finished it's gana be amazing

 

you'll have to pop round with your dad when he drops me scaffold off you can have look around it.

 

what colours the underside going then ? shame if not been painted after that great work sorting it

 

Will do was gana cum round the other night but a was busy al defo come next time tho

 

well with great deliberation with friends ive changed my plans,the reasons for not painting it was cost and the effort to do the job,but after pricing up the materials to do the job its a no brainer but to paint it.
ive never painted anything of this size before ive always used rattle cans so will have to see how it goes,ill update once i get started.
couple of pics of what i bought today.

 

No not gonna bother m8, its gonna stay standard, will have to wait afew more years until I start spending money on a car again with the kid coming and all that.

lol glad you got that aerial hole sorted out, used to wind me up big time when I had the car

 

all the best with it mate im a spray painter if you need to know anything i may be able to help

 

looking good mate

 

no updates jeff?

 

keep going! moore updates!

 

well its been a while since ive updated but i have been doing little jobs,due to the shit weather recently ive not done much work on the car,done a bit prep work under the bonnet




its going to be next year now when i get a chance to get any 2k primer on it,chopped down the battery tray ready for rs500 manifold


also got round to removing this little lot.

also cleaned up the gearbox ready for painting and also fitted my centre push bearing

 

Hi mate just wondering where you got your bolts cleaned up mate looks really good are they zinc plated?

Keep up the good work mate its coming along nice

 

looking spot on as usual mate

 

yes mate zinc coated,i cleaned them all up with a wire wheel then took them to a place in hebburn to have them coated,heres a link.
http://www.electroplaters.org.uk/site_map.htm

 

Excellent mate thanks very much.
I'm taking my car to hebburn to get painted so will have a look then.

Cheers Bram

 

whos painting your car bram?

 

Sorry mate just noticed you asked.

Its a lad called Mick (Mp auto-spray) he has a place just behind the hebburn fire station.
He painted my nova for me years ago and done a good job so i trust him to do another good job on my sierra.

Have you got anymore updates yet?

 

Nice work

 

i know where you mean mate my uncle had a garage on that estate,ive used MB motorsport there also.

little update nothing major,spent a few hours cleaning up the diff ready for painting.


needs a little more work before paint this is as far as i got before i started to loose the light.

 

looking good mate were did the fittings come from?

 

http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAct...Results=&ssm=1
check here mate,there not cheap though in stainless steel

 

cheers pal

 

 

another small update diffs all painted up now.


then turned my attention to the brake servo,gave it a clean and then a lick of paint.




also took delivery of a clutch fluid resevoir and a christmas prezzy from mt motorsport


compared to standard discs


next job strip and clean driveshafts ready for powder coat.

 

The diff etc look brand new AP brakes too

 

thats the idea mate
todays work:driveshaft looked like this.


started stripping

all stripped cleaned and ready for powder coat

 

Haven't been on here in ages good work jeff that diff looks Mint going to be superb when finished this

 

alrite mate hows it going?did you end up buying the golf then?

 

ok guys,ive been waiting for a warm day to paint the underside of the car,turned out well considering ive never even picked up a spray gun before,heres some pics.

 

wow well done mate.So you have never used a spray gun before.Its a good job if you ask me.

 

You've made a great job of it for your first time, it looks excellent! Cracking day for it too!

 

cheers glenn wasted as a bricklayer i think.

thanks ben,was really nervous when i started but really enjoyed doing it by the end.

 

Nice one jeff, coming along nicely, I've been painting mine today also after a long break