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Cheers mate! You kno I was think the other day if I chose the right colour but then again it was looking sorry for its self all dirty 🥲😂
Cheers for that mate👍🏻
Got booked on for eve at snetterton tomoz swapped wheels over to some old ad08r’s so dug her out gave it a quick bath and ready to go 🤩
Little bros sunflower undergoing a 1.8t swap
Cheers for reading 👍🏻
Got a bit more done last week got all the back half back together made cupra nickel (can’t remember what it’s called) and rebuilt calipers just waiting on my bits to come back from coaters should be any time now as I wanted to get front to rear lines on but I sent my flexi mount to be blasted...
Got some more done the other day got tank on cleaned up lines and got the Shields on, looks a bit tidier now
Then I moved onto giving the shocks a tidy up, it recently had a set of cup shocks but they had gone a little tatty so stripped them all down and good wire wheel and gave them a hit...
Never heard of it being called a drag link before 😅🫣kwik fit jobsworth 😂looks like it’s Probly wants a inner tie rod joint or maby try a different test station
So next I got the shell under sealed look nice and fresh looking forward now to start putting it together
Then afterwards I had to do some paint on a customers car what happend to be a pretty close shade of blue and as the car is all ready a few shades i did the spoiler and petrol cap area...
Finally an update!!
Been bit of time due to giving my vrs a light resto 🤢
But here we are so.. I stripped all the rusty areas underneath the car so inner sills rear spring areas areas ect I had to do some welding in the center part of drivers sill rear chassis rail and i had to repair front...
So did cadwell Wednesday eve was really good night weather was beautiful and no crashes this time 😂😂
Cleaned and loaded ready to go
Then home all cleaned in one peice and my turinis back on 😍
Cheers for reading 👍🏻
So got the EPA’s in didn’t realise it was such a strip but my dad did a nice install giving it its own big fuse in the fuse box I also puts a horn button on the dash as it was always tempremental on the wheel and I also got a new fresh Ali express no plate light 😅
All ready for cadwell eve on...
Soo.. update/revival
Car has been been stormed since I did cadwell last November, my first time at cadwell I loved it was a mega day out!! My bother on the other hand would disagree as he sent “wiggly” into the barrier at gooseneck lucky the only thing hurt was his ego car survived just bumper...
Nice progress I have gaz on my 182 they don’t need a refurb but are scabby as f and I want to tidy them up bad!!! and I have to say I can’t fault them on track.. little gross on English roads tho 😂😂
Also cleaned my gearbox best I could was pretty grim just gotta paint the end cover and also got my cup panel in primer don’t look half bad 😅
That’s it for now 👍🏻
Little update slow progress but works been manic 😅 I have got my engine all built up victor rinze head set with all new seals and genuine cambelt kit and dephaser looking good also got all my bits back from powdercoaters😍 think I’m gunner 2k paint front subframe just need to pull my finger out...
Cheers mate I have been slack as I’m only just dropping bit off to powdercoaters 😅 although head is now been skimmed and tested just goto get all the engine bits cleaned 🥵
And as for the beam..
I have done a few and have been successful with every go!!
so firstly wire brush on a drill lots...
Cheers mate I have been slack as I’m only just dropping bit off to powdercoaters 😅 although head is now been skimmed and tested just goto get all the engine bits cleaned 🥵
And as for the beam..
I have done a few and have been successful with every go!!
so firstly wire brush on a drill lots...
Little update got All my new valves lapped in nicely so head will now be going for a light skim leak testing and a good clean along with other engine parts..
Also cleaned the block right up with a needle gun treated and gave a lick of hammerd black looks nice tbf
Next I tripped all the back...
Thread bump if helps anyone out but Had this on my kangoo turned out to have a ph1 subframe fitted so track was narrower swapped to ph2 and sorted it as said it was shaft bottoming out on ns 👍🏻
bit more done got pushed out side and fully washed the under side and engine bay with TFR all cleaned up really well next I’ll pull rear beam and tank of for powder coating and treating and under sealing..
few other bits fabricated cup panel and front subframe captives completed it m8...
Cheers yer mate it’s a 10 footer doors and quarters let the car down but as far as rust go it’s really good!
Yer mate unit makes its nice 😅
As said it’s clean I’m gunner put a pair of quarters on it when weather warms up as that would mint it up
So after mechanically restoring my dads flamer I really had the itch for a ph1.. and after bit of time the one piped up that was lurking online with overheating issues and on 200k miles but was was fair he was asking so had to have a look as wasn’t far from me and yer was impressed.
I thought I...