yup found that out


was enough adjustment on the latch to cure the problem anyway

new flocked dashboard has arrived

 

If you replace your door hinge bolts for one's without the shoulders you may get a little adjustment on the back . Do the hinges one at a time and you won't loose the height alignment

 

its all sorted

moved the front door latch outwards, and then adjusted the door seal so it sits a little further outwards, job sorted !

i also know what is catching the rear wheels so thats next on the list

 

Good news then Mick..

 

right ohh just downloaded the next batch of pics from the mobile, the weather is having a bit of a effect on progress as you can imagine, so things have slowed down a tad

first up, wtf

ohh well here is a picture of my mams dog wearing its "hoodie" pmsl





now back to the car

the fuel flap area was attacked with some expanding foam and was trimmed back when dry, this still needs more work, but i ran out of foam.



the underside of the rear arches are taking a battering at the moment with all the salt on the roads so some temporary sealant was put on to help protect them until they get finished off



tried adding some fibreglass to the join between the arch and new rear 1/4 panel and found that it was taking HOURS to dry in the weather, so i sacked this idea off for a while until it warms up, or i can be bothered to stop back one night and do it inside the wash with the space heater on.




added some more foam to the fuel flap area today and used a taped up circle of thin card to make sure the fuel cap can still come off




the 5mm spacers on the rear have really sorted the back out a treat and is sitting pretty nice now IMO





car sits sweet



fuel flap area 1 hour later, foam still trying its best to harden in the cold




flocked dashboard is fitted




need to get a decent steering wheel at some point, this one is knackered!

 

Who flocked the dash and how much did it cost you, if you don't mind me asking?

Is it hard to remove and refit?

 

alyn at "as performance" sorted the dash out

iirc it was 150quid

 

Is that in reference to the Hummer H2 in the background , nice work

 

the hummer has 2 large monitors and 2 linked up xbox 360`s in the boot

its grainger games new demo


i hate driving it, big left hand drive barge, on massive wheels = crap

 

You sure your still going to be able to get a petrol pump nozzle into the filler cap?

Don't want to suddenly realise you can't get the nozzle in next time you run out of gas

 

dont be silly
i filled it up before hand just incase


foam has all been trimmed back, will get some photos tomorrow

 

forgot about the fuel flap photos

Small update


Sealing up inner arches

this is a doddle

1st mask up the outer arch with masking tape



then start painting the stuff on, its like a black tar based rubber coating, covers well and willseal up and protect the "arch shinanigans"



remove the tape and let it dry



then repeat with the other side

running out of "easy" jobs to do and will have to attack the "blending" soon me thinks

 

looking good...

can you not get a filler surround from a breaker and fit with a short extension?

Simon

 

i did not want to start messing with the fuel filler neck to be honest!

 

Looking good Micky.

Don't think I'm bave enough to cut up mine. Although I may gave a go at the front wings - what's your opinion on just fitting these, do they look okay by themselves?

Keep up the good work.

 

leave original as is.. remove cap.. fit pipe and new outer and screw cap into it??

Simon

 

do luck fronts look ok by themselves if you have the wheels to fill them,

22b fronts are a bit fatter and would be a bit to much IMHO

 

updates

time to start blending


attack the car with 80 gritt paper then start applying p40 fibreglass



same along the top edge, give the join a good old splodging and force the fibreglass into the joins




once this is hard sand it flat with 80gritt and a orbital sander then apply "fine surface filler" over the top to help blend the join



top edge needs some more work with the grinder to help keep the boot shut lines correct, so attack these with a grinding disc



FSF is dry so sand that back and keep applying the FSF to any parts that are not smooth, building up the layers until you get it flat



its getting dark now, so apply some white high build primer and start packing up the tools for another day




needs a bit more work but i would say its 75% done





still need to do around by the rear light cluster!

 

Be careful when applying filler over paintwork...it has a tendency to shrink back after it is painted, and show the join/sanding marks...

 

its not getting painted until spring, everything will be rock hard by then

i fell into that trap the 1st time i painted the car when i tapped out a damaged back 1/4 panel

 

Not to be funny but are you really serious about this project???? Nice 1 for trying but to be honest you really are making a mess and you should just take it into a field and burn it before you show yourself up any more, as there is a lot of excellent projects on here and yours is not 1 of these, sorry for this hard words but it had to be said before you continue with this.







Sorry for the verbal outlash but i hope iam doing you a favour.

 

'Not to be funny but are you really serious about this project???? Nice 1 for trying but to be honest you really are making a mess and you should just take it into a field and burn it before you show yourself up any more, as there is a lot of excellent projects on here and yours is not 1 of these, sorry for this hard words but it had to be said before you continue with this.

Sorry for the verbal outlash but i hope iam doing you a favour.'

1st post and you come out with this sh17 what have you got then mr specialist

 

What is the point of that comment from 'havin a laugh'?

Let's keep this great thread on topic please?

Graham.

 

Dont understand why andyt has recieved an infraction ?

he was only quoting the previous poster (who now seems to have been vaped) some people clearly cant read posts or just seem to like to infract for the strangest of things

 

i`m confused, what happend here then??

 

Andyt1981 quoted some numpties 1st post that has now been vaped.

 

I had the fun of vaping him!

 

If Andy had quoted him properly maybe he wouldn't of been infracted

 

thanks for that!!!

i will keep my gob shut next time!!!

 

Don't copy and paste, if thats what you did

Sure it'll be reversed if you ask.

Looking good Micky