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good progress ben, nice to see someone has a 'to do' list longer than mine, makes me feel a bit better
out of interest what company did the door cards?
carbon craft in wallington m8
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mini-valver
Looking awesome now fella. Those seats almost put the 'bodies to shame 
Fancy swapping for a K4M now they're both out? Lol!
Fancy swapping for a K4M now they're both out? Lol!
Nice one Ben, reading this thread with interest. Should go fairly well round the Ring, would be aiming for under 8mins btg - though perhaps not on your first lap!
Though not sure you want to go to Nuremburg, not much has gone on there for 60 odd years
LOL Some sage turned up at the ring last year with a Nuremburg trip 2007 sun strip, pmsl, "oh I didn't realise theyw ere still sentancing war criminals to death.
If you want a proper pilot, ignore tall boy here and give me a bell, he couldn't drive miss daisy fast enough.
FN2 Type R +MK6 Golf
for the pikeys out there..
there is two locked and bolted garages before you get to this one, which has CCTV, 4 padlocks, window bars, intruder alarm, which i pay a good premium for it to be linked to the police, and a boxer dog who will kill you
oh i forgot the cctv on the house and 4 gates to get past too
I didnt realise bellmarsh had beefed up security...lol
Lol! Never saw this pic the first time round. Made me giggle.
Looks like jonny vegas!
Good progress, pics and description doesnt seem to be as in depth anymore. Cant wait to see it done.
looks a bit like wide (mat) off here! (sorry mate!)
OK will upload pictures later but last night my cousin (has a franchise of Revive Smart repair) came round to pick up the manta. We went into the garage to discuss getting the bodywork sorted and to book a time to spray the interior..
He is on holiday for two weeks as from Saturday morning so the only time we could spray the inside would be on Thursday!! Which means I have to get the whole interior ready for Wednesday night!
On my list to do was to...
1. Remove the bonding agent on the rear of the roof
2. Remove the maaahoosive tar panel on the roof (front part)
3. Remove all the plastic plugs left on from the door cars etc
4. Remove the areal lead
5. Finish off cut & welding the seat sub frames in
6. Finish off welding the mounting plates for the cage
7. Mask up the windscreen, side windows, front windows etc
8. Remove the cage again
9. Remove the dash support
10. Clean up all the glue from the removed tar pads on the floor, roof, wings etc
11. Hover the whole thing out and panel wipe down
12. Two coats of primer
The best news is that I only have from 9pm onwards tonight and from 6pm onwards tomorrow night eeekk no sleep for me
He is on holiday for two weeks as from Saturday morning so the only time we could spray the inside would be on Thursday!! Which means I have to get the whole interior ready for Wednesday night!
On my list to do was to...
1. Remove the bonding agent on the rear of the roof
2. Remove the maaahoosive tar panel on the roof (front part)
3. Remove all the plastic plugs left on from the door cars etc
4. Remove the areal lead
5. Finish off cut & welding the seat sub frames in
6. Finish off welding the mounting plates for the cage
7. Mask up the windscreen, side windows, front windows etc
8. Remove the cage again
9. Remove the dash support
10. Clean up all the glue from the removed tar pads on the floor, roof, wings etc
11. Hover the whole thing out and panel wipe down
12. Two coats of primer
The best news is that I only have from 9pm onwards tonight and from 6pm onwards tomorrow night eeekk no sleep for me
LOL, as its soo cold i close the garage door, the fumes being released from the stuff are killing me ... my parents said they had concerns that i have been taking drugs in the garage when they spied my dribbling into there much loved home made lasagne at the dinner table LOL
lol Ive got the scars on my thumb from de-tarring the turbo! Who knew heat guns would be so hot?!
I'd be interested but a petrol injectors hum seems wrong by miles.
Fit ABS or use the 172 Phase 1 box speedo output since its the same speedo signal?
Ok sooo I got all the bits and bobs sorted ready to weld the roll cage in..
Basically I had to ..
Remove the bonding agent on the rear of the roof
Remove the maaahoosive tar panel on the roof (front part)
Remove all the plastic plugs left on from the door cars etc
emove the areal lead
Finish off cut & welding the seat sub frames in
Finish off welding the mounting plates for the cage
Mask up the windscreen, side windows, front windows etc
Remove the cage again
Remove the dash support
Clean up all the glue from the removed tar pads on the floor, roof, wings etc
Hover the whole thing out and panel wipe down
Two coats of primer
With the help of Sambo I removed the rest of the cage so we would begin work.
So started with removing all the lugs fixings etc, these were quite a b**ch as I didn’t want to scratch the fook out of the paint and if you just rip them out then the bloody cheese steel pulls and bends! So basically I hooked up the air drill and took the centre out of each lug and then with care... took the rest out with pliers etc. Put all the lugs to one side and then removed all the old bolts & fixings from the seat belts etc, then came off the plastic blanking blocks and then using the grinder removed any stray bolts, mountings etc.... put it all in a bag.. 2.6 kgs! It all helps J
Then next on the list was to tackle the huge tar pad on the roof...after trying many methods I had to resort to the heat gun and scraper but I had to be extra careful as if the roof skin got too hot the paint would burn and I didn’t want to mark or put rises in the skin with the scraper... so removing this took forever as it was so thick it needed loads of heat to get to the glue! So I basically had to just warm the whole pad up slowly then pick it off! Once I had removed all this I waked it all back in a bag and weighed it all in....2.1kgs! it was huge tbf!
Areal lead was a easy one... just a 8mm deep socket and the lead just fell off
On the Wednesday I had picked up some more 5mm by 40mm steel, 0.8mm wire and co2/argon mix gas to finish off the seat frames... as the passenger seat was GT width for fat b*****ds I took to the bench and extended the jig and then cleaned off the paint on the base frame, tacked the supports in place and tested the seat to check fitment! Spot on! So finished the full welds... trimmed off the ends....job done!
Whilst I had the welder out I finished off welding the roll cage mounts ready for Sunday, there was only a few bits needed so that didn’t take too long J
Next up was to remove the modified dash support that I had made as this would get in the way with spraying! Again this didn’t take too long just 8 16mm bolts.. I had support the steering column from the bulkhead as the joint was making it sit on the floor pan!
Next I stole mothers Dyson hover and spent about 2 hours hovering all the glass and shrapnel from inside the car, then I got the air gun and hooked up the compressor and blew all the dust, bits of glass etc out the wings, holes, nooks and cranny’s!
The next day I had picked up 5 litres of panel wipe and a spray gun from halfrauds!
Filled the gun and gave all the old glue and tar patches a good soaking with panel wipe... left it for around 1 hour and returned with Tesco value tea towels and after a good hour or so I managed to remove all but most of the glue and remaining tar from the panels, roof panel, boot floor etc!
from this...
to this
Quick hover and air gun again......
Then with the panel wipe and blue roll and wiped down all the interior panels twice!
Then I had picked up 70 meters of brown paper and 4 rolls of thick masking tape, so I masked up the.....
Door jams
Door Panels
Windscreen
Side Windows
Boot opening
Sides of the doors
Gear knob
Handbrake
Rear view mirror
So the car was now fully prepped and ready for the two coats of prime!
I had bough 1.5 litres of prime and mixed this down 50/50 with thinners.... hooked up the gun and gave the car two good thick coats left to dry over night
Basically I had to ..
Remove the bonding agent on the rear of the roof
Remove the maaahoosive tar panel on the roof (front part)
Remove all the plastic plugs left on from the door cars etc
emove the areal lead
Finish off cut & welding the seat sub frames in
Finish off welding the mounting plates for the cage
Mask up the windscreen, side windows, front windows etc
Remove the cage again
Remove the dash support
Clean up all the glue from the removed tar pads on the floor, roof, wings etc
Hover the whole thing out and panel wipe down
Two coats of primer
With the help of Sambo I removed the rest of the cage so we would begin work.
So started with removing all the lugs fixings etc, these were quite a b**ch as I didn’t want to scratch the fook out of the paint and if you just rip them out then the bloody cheese steel pulls and bends! So basically I hooked up the air drill and took the centre out of each lug and then with care... took the rest out with pliers etc. Put all the lugs to one side and then removed all the old bolts & fixings from the seat belts etc, then came off the plastic blanking blocks and then using the grinder removed any stray bolts, mountings etc.... put it all in a bag.. 2.6 kgs! It all helps J
Then next on the list was to tackle the huge tar pad on the roof...after trying many methods I had to resort to the heat gun and scraper but I had to be extra careful as if the roof skin got too hot the paint would burn and I didn’t want to mark or put rises in the skin with the scraper... so removing this took forever as it was so thick it needed loads of heat to get to the glue! So I basically had to just warm the whole pad up slowly then pick it off! Once I had removed all this I waked it all back in a bag and weighed it all in....2.1kgs! it was huge tbf!
Areal lead was a easy one... just a 8mm deep socket and the lead just fell off
On the Wednesday I had picked up some more 5mm by 40mm steel, 0.8mm wire and co2/argon mix gas to finish off the seat frames... as the passenger seat was GT width for fat b*****ds I took to the bench and extended the jig and then cleaned off the paint on the base frame, tacked the supports in place and tested the seat to check fitment! Spot on! So finished the full welds... trimmed off the ends....job done!
Whilst I had the welder out I finished off welding the roll cage mounts ready for Sunday, there was only a few bits needed so that didn’t take too long J
Next up was to remove the modified dash support that I had made as this would get in the way with spraying! Again this didn’t take too long just 8 16mm bolts.. I had support the steering column from the bulkhead as the joint was making it sit on the floor pan!
Next I stole mothers Dyson hover and spent about 2 hours hovering all the glass and shrapnel from inside the car, then I got the air gun and hooked up the compressor and blew all the dust, bits of glass etc out the wings, holes, nooks and cranny’s!
The next day I had picked up 5 litres of panel wipe and a spray gun from halfrauds!
Filled the gun and gave all the old glue and tar patches a good soaking with panel wipe... left it for around 1 hour and returned with Tesco value tea towels and after a good hour or so I managed to remove all but most of the glue and remaining tar from the panels, roof panel, boot floor etc!
from this...
to this
Quick hover and air gun again......
Then with the panel wipe and blue roll and wiped down all the interior panels twice!
Then I had picked up 70 meters of brown paper and 4 rolls of thick masking tape, so I masked up the.....
Door jams
Door Panels
Windscreen
Side Windows
Boot opening
Sides of the doors
Gear knob
Handbrake
Rear view mirror
So the car was now fully prepped and ready for the two coats of prime!
I had bough 1.5 litres of prime and mixed this down 50/50 with thinners.... hooked up the gun and gave the car two good thick coats left to dry over night
i know, i found a stash of the stuff between the bulkhead on thursday.. heatgun and scraper... 3.7kgs lighter
it was a huge patch and you cant see it when the scuttle pannel is fitted! so didnt have to clean the glue off.
it was a differnt colour too which was strange..
