Wee update.

The car is now at the bodyshop all stripped down & ready for a bit of much needed tlc.

Will get some pics up over the weekend as i forgot to take my camera with me the night we got stuck in .

Heres a couple of pics i took on saturday on route to the bodyshop.

 

looks good . i see the rusty arch demon has found you . like it has found me

 

Looks good my V5 STI type R had small patches of rust forming when I bought her (over the front screen and rear arches), still cost me a fair few hundred quid to fix, not as bad as yours though, be prepared for the worst case scenario from the body shop but hope they can sort it without having to replace metal , and if they do a good job, they may hammerite the arch lip then spray over that after they clean it down (have you seen what is beneath the rear bumper?), but its pretty common on type R's (and P1's) for rust on the rear arches.

Did she cost you much to buy?

Tony

 

I only paid 2k for the car Tony .

Took the rear bumper off last week Or should i say was starting to take the bumper off when it just fell off as the rear bumper bar was rotten through.

The rear arches are not that bad to be honnet they just look worst in the pics as i picked the bubbling paint off before it went to the bodyshop.

Im having a full respray done & having the whole underside & arches wax oiled too. The painting isnt costing me a penny as its a mate thats doing it.

 

Heres some pics of my sad looking car now.

 

Will look fantastic when all finished

 

any idea why so rusty?? bit of an open ended question i know

lived on the coast?? plenty of english weather??

 

I havent got a clue mate , im just putting it down to it not being looked after very well & our lovely weather in Scotland as the car was brought to Scotland brand new back in 1999 & has always been in Scotland.

I got a real shock when we stripped it down but im sure she'll be put right in no time.

 

sure you did!!! least it's only surface stuff really, not often you see a respray go beneath the bumpers

 

I was thinkin black wheels then you did it, great work

 

Wee up date on this as a few of you have been asking how its going.

Well as it stands the now the car has had the under side,wheel arches & in behind the front & rear bumpers stripped & fully under sealed & wax oiled, all rust taken care of & any dents or dings taken out , and she's now fully primed ready for painting.

So hopefully she should be ready in the next few weeks.

Been gathering a few more goodies for her in the mean time.



Defi controller, boost , oil temp & pressure gauges , triple dash pod,




Eibach P1 lowering springs,



Samco hoses,



OMP wrc steering wheel & boss kit,



Ive also ordered a set of these bad boys from the USA.

Rota formula mesh.




Just cant wait to get her back on the road as ive missed so much this year.

 

Look promising, you must really itching to get it back on the road

 

gonna look sweet when finished especially with the formula mesh , still dont know why they are not produced anymore over here tbh

 

Great mods

 

I sure am as ive only done about 70mile in her since i got her back in march & havent even had a chance to see if i like driving a classic yet or no as ive only ever had newage scoobs.

 

I it took me ages to find a supplier & then i found out they were discontinued over her by Rota.

But i had set my heart on a set of these by then, so i thought what the heck i'll just order form the US. Ordered them through Wheeldude.com

 

Thanks mate, just cant wait till shes back on the road, then its off to get the geo done & a remap.

 

New wheels came today so just had to try them on.

 

Very nice

The bodywork is looking good too

 

looking good Barry, have you went with the 22B kit?

Ricey

 

you running spacers ?

 

Ya its a 22b kit Ricey, well all apart from the front bumper as i like the look of the V5/V6 bumper & grill better. Thought it was the best way around the rusty rear arches as you have to cut away the rear arches before bonding on the new rear quarters so this got rid of all the rust.

Anyone thinking these kits an easy fit can think again.

My mate has had knightmares fitting it but he's making a 1st class job & is going the extra mile for me to get it looking spot on, so im not rushing him & this is why its been so long at the bodyshop..

Few more pics of the build now yous know the score.

Arches were cut then seem welded, then primed & sealed & then covered with fiber glass, then both rear quarters were primed and sealed to provent any futher rusting prior to bonding on the rear quarters.







Trial fit.





Rear quarters bonded on after feathering all the edges so there wouldnt be any steps between the panels & then all the edges were fiber filled & then skimmed over, applied some more filler over the whole quarters then sanded, blocked & smoothed before priming.

 

Im running with 25mm Eibach hubcentric spacers for now mags.

 

Very nice, i'm on the same idea for a wide arch kit on the bugeye, but just not sure what route to go yet, just getting everything together first!

Looking forward to seeing it finished.

Ricey

 

cool cool looks the biz

 

Wee update.

Well last weekend was the first real chance of getting the car into booth to get painted.

Saturday went fine as we flatted all the primier & got it ready for paint only to find some wee pin holes in the fiber glass panels! so we got them all filled & sorted out & got another coat of primier onto her.

Then on sunday morning the car was removed from the booth & flatted once again & all cleaned down and ready for paint But as i started the car to put her back in the booth my mate spotted fuel leaking form underneath the car.Turns out that a fuel pipe has split & the ended my chances of getting it painted as we couldnt take the chance of baking her after painting with all the petrol fumes.

Replaced all the fuel lines on tues night ready for painting today & finally got some paint on the type r today.

pics are a bit small as they were took with a phone.









Just the doors, bonnet, boot lid & bumpers to go then i'll be able to put her back together again.

 

I was down this afternoon to see it getting wet sanded & buffed/polished & im more than happy with the finish on the paint.

Couple of bigger pics from today.





Think the colour works well with the wide body kit.

Just cant wait to see her all built up.

 

Looks mint mate, hopefully getting mine done in the new year

 

looks good bud . get it finished lol

 

Looks stunning so far mate, can't wait to see it finished.