Bubba's More Door Stealthshed

[Bubba]

well thought id start a project thread since im starting to do some work on the shed.

This is what it was like when i first picked it up. with the -60mm springs i shoved in there

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00244-1.jpg

Then she was treated to her first set of shoes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00328.jpg

Then a nice new gte front bumper

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00235-1.jpg

4branch and full stainless went on shortly after

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00126.jpg

Then after a small incident with some maskingtape and my bonnet lacqure dissapearing i had to fix it. Along with 2 new front wings

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00470.jpg

Some quadlight i picked up for £30 with the novadose grill

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00094.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00097.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00096.jpg

after a long time of sanding and spraying this is the end result

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00232-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00234-1.jpg

[Bubba]

The this weekend i started tackling the rust
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00490.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00493.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00496.jpg

and the ol arch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00491.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00492.jpg

and finally, another set of shoes (seat cordoba turbines)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00499.jpg


I have this thurs till following monday after off work so ill be finishing the matt black off.

Picking up an XE soon as well, which im still deciding what to do to it before i put it in. Also i need 2 new lenses for my quads (5 /34" H4s ;) )

[7ova]

nice work on the head lights mate :thumb:

[Bubba]

im chuffed to bits with them, id say they took a good 14-15 hours to get rebuilt and sanded down

[novalovingned]

Agree, lights look good. Not keen on the aftermarket grill but each to there own. Nice to see a c reg though :)

[Bubba]

44k on the clock, im the 2nd owner, fvsh til 2006, underneath is solid not a spot of rust, arches need doing and very small patches on the boot floor.

oh also i have stripped the back out and stuck in 3point harnesses

[Rickyb]

looks realy well that il keep my eye on this

[Bubba]

well i got somehwere to spray it next weekend, doing it my warehouse at work :D ansum job

[Benn]

Jacking it up on the sill like that is really really bad for it..

Is it staying matt black? Gonna say i like the front with the old school grille and normal headlights with gte bumper..

[Bubba]

all going matt black. hopefully it should be done this weekend

[Benn]

Please dont.

[Rysee]

all going matt black. hopefully it should be done this weekend
Its an awesome retro colour, more retro and stealth than bum boy matt black!!!!!

[Tim-SR]

dont go matt black! gloss would look good but not matt imo!

good work on it though bud, i ended up doing the same on my rear arches they just fell off when i went to rub them back to repaint them lol

[Bubba]

already ordered the paint. i might laqure it in the future if im not too keen on it, but hey £40 for a cockup aint exactly a bank breaker

[brainsnova]

has the front bumper been smoothed or is it a copy of a gte.

[Bubba]

errrmm, i got it off Matt (fat hobbit) i cant remember if i smoothed out a bit of it haha i think i might have done

[Bubba]

well, today could not have gone worse if i had tried...after grinding the rear arch...i was left with this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00502-1.jpg

so, out came the steel and the welder and with me being a total bodge artist i ended up with this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00504-1.jpg

then followed by this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00509.jpg

ive decided when i put the XE in im going to put new arches on so these are just temp fixes for now

oh and i sprayed the grill because my paint finally arrived :D woohoo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00507-1.jpg


tomorrow i prep her for spraying saturday

[Bubba]

well today i have sanded it down, also painted the rear bumper :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00514.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00516.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00517.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00521.jpg

rear bumper

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00522.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00523.jpg

[Bubba]

here she is...after 9 hours of masking, taking apart spraying and rebuilding...the stealthshed is born...sorry about the crappy pictures

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00538.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00540.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00539.jpg

and before anything is noticed...no the bonnet has not been sprayed because i have something i need to do to it first

[Bubba]

no comments? good or bad??:(

[SRimon]

I hate matt rattle can jobs, so its not for me.

Wheels probably work better than the 17s tho.

[stevie-p]

I liked it as it was before venoms and in standard colour

[Bubba]

never had venoms :/ not on it anyway

[Tim-SR]

i have to agree with SRimon the wheels look better but the colour is not for me.

[stevie-p]

sorry my bad...this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/DSC00235-1.jpg
i liked it better like that

[Bubba]

it might go gloss black when my new engine goes in

[Bubba]

the 17s did look good but since its my daily and ANY bumps in the road caused insane amounts of scrubbing i needed smaller :(

[Hobbit]

has the front bumper been smoothed or is it a copy of a gte.

Thats how I got it, it has lots of layers of paint so hard to tell if its been Filled. They felt bloody solid though.

I miss the sound of that exhaust set up :(

I like the matt black but I think I prefered the original colour

edit, I saw this car in the flesh, and the bodywork was a bit tatty so the rattle can spray job is a good cheap fix :thumb:

[Bubba]

that exhaust and manifold got me a £30 fine ;)

and the arches got really bad as did the bottoms of the doors.

the main reason it went black was the bonnet lacqure came off after a memorial cruise for my mate and i had a maskingtape thing all over the front end see pic ;)

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs066.snc3/13337_296486150261_640645261_9385261_3988274_n.jpg
and then the wings that i bought were matt anyway so i though id fix the rust and just put it all black for now

[brake-dust]

car looked great in green and them big wheels, propper old skol

[Hobbit]

that exhaust and manifold got me a £30 fine ;)


Its not that loud, you must've been doing something silly lol

[LEWI007]

The mate black isnt for me either, paint the wheels white and i bet it will look good though.

[Bubba]

Its not that loud, you must've been doing something silly lol

92db on tickover 96 @ 4500rpm

limit is 85db

[Bubba]

well after getting the shed back from mr draper, work has begun on the build...or deconstruction, and rust spotting...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010051.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010076.jpg

front chassis leg bit thing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010074.jpg

rear chassis legs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010072.jpg

spring cups
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010071.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010070.jpg

engine bay
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010066.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010065.jpg

cross member

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010064.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010063.jpg

boot join
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010062.jpg

battery tray
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010057.jpg

boot lock thing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010055.jpg

[Bubba]

boot floor
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010054.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010053.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/Dark_Yoda/29072010052.jpg

all the rear trim and carpet is out. tomorrow the seats will be taken out so i can get the carpet out, mmmmm brownness, and might get the shelf and part of the dash out too.

this is why i wanted it back. all in all shes pretty rot free, minus the rear arches, they need replacing. but that is it tbh.

[nova16vxe]

Glad you got it back, Even if it was a while lol

Good luck with the rest of it!

[Bubba]

exhaust is now off, next challenge is the manifold but i think i need a ratchet spanner to get it off :(

hopefully tomorrow the interior will be coming out so will have a nice set of brown carpets for selling.

[MattBrown]

92db on tickover 96 @ 4500rpm

limit is 85db


O RLY?

Im pretty sure thats not right, as a ferrari 355 standard is 102 or something huge lol

I think you have upset them, and they have done you over fk all.

[Bubba]

i been stripping for all of 2 hours after work :D

ooo nice brown shelf ;)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs280.snc4/40321_458546667844_717137844_6440466_3547690_n.jpg

no rust ANYWHERE!!!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs089.ash2/37808_458546777844_717137844_6440474_4939906_n.jpg

brown carpet spoiler ;)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs280.snc4/40321_458546697844_717137844_6440472_3447388_n.jpg

tomorrow i tackle the dash :/

[Bubba]

dash removed :D and im not that confused about all the wiring either :D

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs144.ash2/40541_459552402844_717137844_6470086_3571092_n.jpg


however...the dash may have taken a slight bit of damage upon removal :(

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs114.ash2/39044_459552377844_717137844_6470085_7520726_n.jpg


oh well :p guess that means ill have to have a stainless bar and some pods...what a shame.

also removed was all the heater matrix, and blower (for sale ;) ) all the switches (also for sale) all that is left now is the engine, suspension, tank, rear beam....then it will all come to a grinding halt when i run out of pennies lol

[robertdevlin69]

good progress,is that a monza i spy beside her?

[Bubba]

that is a 3.0 GSE auto monza yes...just sat there :( slowly rotting away. its a shame. guy collects them for spares apparantly. i did have a nose at the mot cert on the seat...epic error on the milage...one of the old hand written ones with it say 1173317 LMAO

[Bubba]

new update..

ATE calipers all stripped down, pistons out etc ready for cleaning and painting. im thinking black calipers. never been a fan of the red or yellow and silver means cleaning haha. also have a rear set i might strip and clean too...

£10 to go and i can get my engine stand ;)

no pics as my phone battery died...shame as i got stuck on a small mound of mud in the audi

[Bubba]

Lifters stripped down and cleaned in engine degreaser and put back together

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs149.ash2/40766_464634437844_717137844_6603104_6728475_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40766_464634452844_717137844_6603105_5175293_n.jpg

32 lifters...16 genuine ones....16 slightly dodgy lookin.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs133.ash2/39979_464634407844_717137844_6603103_5977901_n.jpg

oopsy

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40766_464634467844_717137844_6603109_4897857_n.jpg

all interior is now out http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs147.ash2/40708_464632457844_717137844_6603015_972956_n.jpg

oops i snapped the dash

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs114.ash2/39044_459552377844_717137844_6470085_7520726_n.jpg

all stripped out bar that black soundproofing stuff

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs193.ash2/45601_464634012844_717137844_6603091_4246615_n.jpg

[scottyy]

good to see a nother 5 door =] o btw you seem to have a part of a engin in the foot well

[dj_wudgey]

nice to know you finally got her back lol

[Bubba]

more strippage since its not been raining. also finally got hold of a breaker bar since mine was in the nova when it got nicked and it didnt come back, those pesky kids :p

so...shafts came out, rad, fan, header tank, washer bottle. Hopefully at the weekend the engine and box will be out. so just the tank, rear beam, front struts to come out and its pretty much a shell...then the problems start since ill have no pennies to do anything lmao (so buy my bits in the forsale sec ;) )

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs629.snc4/58909_469872412844_717137844_6737660_2520136_n.jpg

couldnt find the drain hole for the box (if it has one) so just loosened the diff cover :) oh the smell of gearbox oil brought back alot of memories from my cav days :( they were good times
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs609.snc4/58909_469872422844_717137844_6737662_7689029_n.jpg


http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs404.snc4/46703_469872292844_717137844_6737652_7664435_n.jpg

oh looks...a splash guard :d
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs309.ash2/58909_469872382844_717137844_6737654_6794889_n.jpg

another solid section...and another splash guard :d

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs609.snc4/58909_469872397844_717137844_6737657_7383206_n.jpg

i found some rust though :(

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs309.ash2/58909_469872387844_717137844_6737655_6274373_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs309.ash2/58909_469872417844_717137844_6737661_4007098_n.jpg

and here she is as of tonight
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs302.ash2/58251_469872492844_717137844_6737663_5762401_n.jpg

[svlet]

the wheels are diffrent and intresting i like them alot

[Bubba]

Seat Cordoba twisty things

http://images.clickedit.co.uk/5548/AETV64916257_1.jpg

[brainsnova]

today my breaker bar was every socket extension bar i could find all fitted together lol

[dj_wudgey]

wheels look good matey!