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Old 18-10-2012, 08:38 PM
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hallo mate,looking rally good,i was wondering where you got the exhaust manifold?cheers
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Looks awesome with the 18" th2s. Would love some for mine but have the 17" ones for now. Good luck with the build
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hallo mate,looking rally good,i was wondering where you got the exhaust manifold?cheers
xs power... its just a cheap shitty one to get me up an running tbh and is probably worse than a std one lol, but i can use the dimensions and location of the flanges to have a proper equal length one made by my mate
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Old 19-10-2012, 09:26 PM
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right well i got a bit bored in work today so started a bit of sanding/polishing...

first i made a start on the new plenum that was covered in deep scratches and was looking a bit tatty



then i thought while ive got it apart i'd make a start polishing my inlet trumpets...
.... it proved to be a lot more hard work than i anticipated. i really need to invest in some more power tools for doing this





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Old 19-10-2012, 09:36 PM
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and you can see really see the difference after i gave the headlight a good freshen up

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Originally Posted by SaphCos4x4_Dan
managed to get a little bit more stripped and cleaned today... its hard trying to find time to get stuck in while im at work as there is.. well.. err work to be done

removed the scuttle pannel
blower moter
wiper motor



then started to clean the bulkhead up a little bit....


then a little bit more... still loads of little knooks and crannies to get at yet
Car looks very well bud, i am doing a similar job with my 4x4 Sapphire and
looking for a little advice if you could help out????
I have removed all the black underseal etc from the underside of the car and wanted to paint it white but i am unsure of what product to use....
White schutz with waxoyl, Ford diamond white then clear waxoyl, white stonechip???
Any advice would be much appreciated!!

Good luck with your resto
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Originally Posted by PHILMC1978
Car looks very well bud, i am doing a similar job with my 4x4 Sapphire and
looking for a little advice if you could help out????
I have removed all the black underseal etc from the underside of the car and wanted to paint it white but i am unsure of what product to use....
White schutz with waxoyl, Ford diamond white then clear waxoyl, white stonechip???
Any advice would be much appreciated!!

Good luck with your resto
Once the underside is cleaned back and prepped;
use a zink rich primer,
seam seal
another coat of primer
stonechip (3m or upol gravitex)
then finish with diamond white

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Old 25-10-2012, 08:09 PM
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Looking good.The wheels are mint.
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Old 26-10-2012, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Fezman1
Once the underside is cleaned back and prepped;
use a zink rich primer,
seam seal
another coat of primer
stonechip (3m or upol gravitex)
then finish with diamond white

When you say cleaned back and prepped, do you mean strip the original underseal off too?

I'm at this point as well... Mine had an aditional layer of black underseal on which I got off with a spray bottle of petrol and about 15 hours labour lol

My plan was to stone chip then paint over that

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Old 26-10-2012, 10:03 AM
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Got a bit of refurbishing done over the last couple of days...




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And finished....



Trumpets smoothed...








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This is the gripper diff I got for it....



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What did you use to clean the headlights? They ame up a treat.
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Old 26-10-2012, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Sticky.
What did you use to clean the headlights? They ame up a treat.
Gave them a coat of satin black mate
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Originally Posted by Fezman1
Once the underside is cleaned back and prepped;
use a zink rich primer,
seam seal
another coat of primer
stonechip (3m or upol gravitex)
then finish with diamond white

Thanks FEZMAN, i'll go with what you have suggested and post the results,
cheers bud!

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Originally Posted by SaphCos4x4_Dan
When you say cleaned back and prepped, do you mean strip the original underseal off too?

I'm at this point as well... Mine had an aditional layer of black underseal on which I got off with a spray bottle of petrol and about 15 hours labour lol

My plan was to stone chip then paint over that

Dan
What a pain in the aRSe stripping the black underseal!!!
2 tins of Gunk and two days of my brothers life!
I was planning to white stonechip then diamond white over also???

What colour you doing rear beam, petrol tank etc??

Phil ( near sunny Blackpool )
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Old 26-10-2012, 10:47 PM
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Nice rebuild ,remember this shell .your lucky got a nice workshop to get it sorted.neil
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Originally Posted by PHILMC1978
What a pain in the aRSe stripping the black underseal!!!
2 tins of Gunk and two days of my brothers life!
I was planning to white stonechip then diamond white over also???

What colour you doing rear beam, petrol tank etc??

Phil ( near sunny Blackpool )
I'm thinking il just do the beam black, petrol tank looks brand new

What about you?
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Originally Posted by nuttynil
Nice rebuild ,remember this shell .your lucky got a nice workshop to get it sorted.neil
Where do you know the shell from mate?

Yeah I'm pretty lucky I can do it at work for the time being... But il shortly be renting a unit with my mate where il have 24/7 access
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bit of a small update... my brakes arrived today curtecy of mad ade
330mm discs and 4 pot brembos





also bought some more parts and il add pics as they arrive
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I would love a set of them for my cossie.
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Originally Posted by Glenn_
I would love a set of them for my cossie.
you need to be quicker in the for sale section then
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