My cheap(ish) 172 Cup

[Mr Underhill]

The one on the subframe

Corrected myself. Having a blonde moment.

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Parts cannon fired…..

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

The small thingy on top of the Jack is a plastic welding kit I’ll try. Apparently you pour the resin in place and use the UV light to cure it. It’s to repair the spoiler brake light which is cracked on the edge. Not sure how good it will be.

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

So the week after next I have a few jobs to do. In no particular order:

Refurb fog surrounds
Remove, repair and refit front bumper (still not sure if I should try a repaint or not!)
Repaint wiper arms
Fit an undertray
Repair air inlet pipe (the felt type one)
Repair drivers seat (it doesn't move well and some yellow bits came of the underneath!)
Remove dash top and stop all rattles (yeah, right!) and repair a broken vent
Fit new wheel nuts (I may have the wheels refurbed in the correct colour)
Clean the underside of the engine
Replace radio remote control thingy
Fit new number plates
Refit repaired splitter
Clean out scuttle drains
Fit missing headlight bolt after straightening a bent bracket (previous crash, I think)
Polish some marks on the headlights
Full buff and polish (better than the last one I did)
Remove side skirts and repair jackng points
Underseal the car where it's needed
Clean out drain holes for rear quarters and spray protective stuff inside (have to remove inside panels to do this)
Rear bumper off and clean and check for rust
Have a go at doing the engine mounts if I have time (although Birchdown can do this when it goes in for the rear brakes and MOT being done)

Just ordered a hand riveter and rivets to do the skirts. Hopefully there's no horror show I'll find to do with the usual rust areas and it'll be a clean, protect and refit job. I'm unsure about two things which are whether i'll need heat or not to straighten the front jacking points, and also how far I go with the bumpers regarding painting. I may only have time to repair damage and give the front one a quick spray over the repaired area. I may be best just leaving the repaint to the body shop as mentioned in previous posts. For me to spray the repair i'll have to look up rattle canning it and then using my polisher to blend it in etc.

 

[Matt Cup]

Just get your bro’s gaff to do the paintwork. 👍

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Just get your bro’s gaff to do the paintwork. 👍

I’ve asked if they can do it next week when the bumper is off because originally they wanted to do everything on the car which I was not happy about. If they can’t do it next week I will do the repair myself and spray just around where the repair is done. It’ll better than it is now and I’ll have it sprayed at a later date. The rear has a couple of scuffs too, but they are nothing horrendous. It adds character to the car lol.

 

[Poopensharten]

I would steer you away from rattle canning it, it will look f**king dreadful😂

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

I agree. It would only be to cover the repair. I’m not going to attempt the whole lot.

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Well, they want the bumper with the car to match up the paint. This means that I’ll repair it and just spray the area repaired. I’ve ordered some direct gloss D43 to do it as it’ll be a few weeks before it can go in. They’ll do the marks on the rear bumper, too.