Stu's Sunflower Ph1 172.

[Stu.]

 

[Djw John]

Getting good at photoshop big stuff

 

[Paul172sport]

Bloody hell mate 2 years...

Good to see the projects still going. Keep updates coming

 

[Stu.]

Yeah i've sure kicked the arse clean out this 🤣
Started building the subframe tonight, took a few chunks out the powdercoat with a hammer though 🙄 black series bushes are a bloody nightmare!

 

[neil a]

Fair play Stu that look amazing, can deffenetly say in this case you never "ruined that wee car "

 

[Stu.]

Fair play Stu that look amazing, can deffenetly say in this case you never "ruined that wee car "

Still time yet

 

[Stu.]

Picked up some suspention for it tonight, Were looking a bit grubby but cleaned up as new! Another peice of the puzzle 😎

 

[Stu.]

More bits starting to go on. Just over 100 quids worth of bolts later 😳...But i can sleep better knowing i've got all the oem captive nuts/bolts holding the beam and subframe on 👍😂

 

[cat171]

Yeah man!! I love this sort of stuff with mad attention to detail!

 

[David Stuart]

Very nice stu. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.


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[Martin.]

Insane

 

[mossyv6]

Proper job - absolutely awesome - full respect!

 

[cpaterson76]

That yellow DULUX I gave u matched really well.... Ud never know 😂😂😂

 

[Martin_172]

Awesome mate!! Looking forward to seeing this done. Wish I had powdercoated my subframe now

 

[Mickb]

Looking good. Nice too see you've got it all one colour 😂

 

[DomP182]

More bits starting to go on. Just over 100 quids worth of bolts later 😳...But i can sleep better knowing i've got all the oem captive nuts/bolts holding the beam and subframe on 👍😂View attachment 1439745View attachment 1439747View attachment 1439746View attachment 1439743View attachment 1439742View attachment 1439744

Totally mind boggling attention to detail! I want to take my beam off to remove some bubbling around the mounting points to the shell, why the hell did Renault use round headed captive bolts?! Hope the rust hasn't crept under the mounts too much

 

[Paul172sport]

Hi stu have you got the part numbers for the rear beam bolts. Mines going to be coming out soon too
Cheers

 

[Stu.]

Totally mind boggling attention to detail! I want to take my beam off to remove some bubbling around the mounting points to the shell, why the hell did Renault use round headed captive bolts?! Hope the rust hasn't crept under the mounts too much

Yeah I can only assume it seemed a good idea at the time! 😂 underneath mine wasnt too bad, the 'pockets' behind them where the chassis legs are were a bit of a mess. Hope it lasts a while 😂

Hi stu have you got the part numbers for the rear beam bolts. Mines going to be coming out soon too
Cheers

Heres the numbers for rear studs and nuts.

 

[Ant1]

Can’t wait for this to be in my garage 😆😆😆

 

[Tomotek]

Looks great!.. my sort of build!

 

[Stu.]

Not posted much in here for a while! Had some issies with the bodysbop...but its nearly done now 🙃

Heres a few other bits i've been working on during lockdown 🤟

 

[DomP182]

Cracking work there mate, going to be super fresh when this is finished.

 

[Paul172sport]

Looks like your going to the next level on this. Can't wait to see more updates

 

[David Stuart]

Looks amazing mate. You passive plating the bolts yourself or sending them out?


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[Nafoff]

Not sure which car I have been buying parts from all this time....
Just gone through the thread.... didn't realised the journey was so long.

Have subscribed so I don't miss next years upload

 

[Michaelfoz]

awesome stu!
kitty litter will soon do its worst haha

 

[Stu.]

Looks amazing mate. You passive plating the bolts yourself or sending them out?


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Place in Livingston has been doing them for me. Able Platers

 

[Stu.]

Not much of an update, Stillllllll waiting on it being painted 🤦‍♂️

But anyway, Gearbox is done minus the end cap. Had the casing vapour blaster and ceramic coated, All bolts plated and now has a quaiffe diff! Power steering lines refurbished... Just need to try get the protective heatsheild stuff for the high pressure line.

A few pics just to add to the thread. And yes the cam on my phone is s**t. 😂

 

[Stu.]

Me again, Might as well try squeeze one last post in for 2020 as I've been putting this off.
So, Good news and a lot pretty bad news. I mean, Every good long drawn out project always gets shafted at the last hurdle by a totally incompetent arsehole of a painter, Right?

So I lied, There's not really any good news!
Got the car back from the painter on the 14th of October. best part of 11 months after it went to the first place...and then spent around 4/5 months at the place that finally painted it.
I haven't got a massive amount of pics as its made me sick to my stomach the nick its came back in. the entire car has been contaminated with something silicone
like by the look of the paint. The wing repairs are certainly questionable! can see pin holes from all the catty in lower quarters, door shuts etc are all 'dry' and not shiny, Door edges/bonnet edges next to no paint. The overspray on the underside of the car from primer and paint on all the powder coated bits would bring a tear to a glass eye.
And to rub salt in the wounds he's had the side skirt clips off then re drilled new holes right next to the old ones to re attach them.

I'll upload a selection of photos, Although the photos almost make it look good. I was borderline ready to send it off to the crusher but for the meantime its away into storage for the foreseeable future. All going well it might get into another painters start/mid next year to likely be bare metaled and started again.

 

[Stu.]

 

[Stu.]

Some nice shots of it up on the ramp of the underside though that look good! Off into the trailer and into secure storage...out of site out of mind!

 

[Crayola]

f**king hell fire

Even Ray Charles' pissing labrador does better work than that!!

 

[deanoE30M3]

That’s such a shame, they’ve truly butchered that.. I hope you are going for money back or you’ve not paid them!

at least the underneath is ok, you can still save the build doing the best take a step back try again next year. How can they think letting that go was expectable

 

[dave120]

Seeing those pics just about makes me greet Stu! What an absolutely terrible state of affairs.
Are there any painters courses starting at the local College in the New Year? You may as well enrol and paint the bloody thing yourself.

On the plus side, surely this means you have room for a certain blue Clio in the unit now ? Ha ha.

 

[Martin_172]

f**king hell stu sorry to see that! i need some paint done on the van and ive put it off for so long for the same issues, finding someone decent is a nightmare! The place i used to use has went down hill in the last few years

 

[Djw John]

f**king hell stu sorry to see that! i need some paint done on the van and ive put it off for so long for the same issues, finding someone decent is a nightmare! The place i used to use has went down hill in the last few years

Tell him what place before he puts it into them as well!

Having seen it in person it's astonishing that anyone would let it out the door to a normal person never mind someone who they know is restoring it.

 

[Martin_172]

Tell him what place before he puts it into them as well!

Having seen it in person it's astonishing that anyone would let it out the door to a normal person never mind someone who they know is restoring it.

5 minutes outside Falkirk is all ill say lol I still get on well with the boy just seen a few poor jobs! @aldo_87 got a full side of his M140 painted at FOZ when it was a few months old and the job was flawless! Seen some serious good work from that place Gally works too

 

[David Stuart]

I seen the pictures from Dave Joyce a few months back.

Absolutely gutted for you. Your right the photos don’t look that bad but the closeups are terrible.

If and when you get it back out give me a shout. My mate gets a lot of cars painted to a very high standard.

He has a very good eye for a good paint job and have 3 or 4 body shops in the Edinburgh area he would recommend.


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[Paul172sport]

Gutted for you mate. Don't loose faith it's such a special car.
It will be worth it in the end.

Alternatively crush it... Make mine worth more and sell me some the nice bits you've had done...

But really regroup in new year and find a new painter and all be good.

 

[Stu.]

Seeing those pics just about makes me greet Stu! What an absolutely terrible state of affairs.
Are there any painters courses starting at the local College in the New Year? You may as well enrol and paint the bloody thing yourself.

On the plus side, surely this means you have room for a certain blue Clio in the unit now ? Ha ha.

Aye here's me getting all raging again just looking at them I did look into buying a booth and doing it myself. But just don't have the time. Or the funds!

f**king hell stu sorry to see that! i need some paint done on the van and ive put it off for so long for the same issues, finding someone decent is a nightmare! The place i used to use has went down hill in the last few years

5 minutes outside Falkirk is all ill say lol I still get on well with the boy just seen a few poor jobs! @aldo_87 got a full side of his M140 painted at FOZ when it was a few months old and the job was flawless! Seen some serious good work from that place Gally works too

Aye its been a constant dread since I started this project of finding someone decent to paint it! and all my fears have came even worse than id thought! Its actually FOZ that's hopefully taking it in next year.