Ste its 1640mm wide, the wheels are 7inch wide on a 45 ET iirc.
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Ste its 1640mm wide, the wheels are 7inch wide on a 45 ET iirc.
As per usual cracking progress. Excellent :)
I don't know why but I keep getting the urge to sit on your rear quarters with a fishing rod lol
BMW M-sport used to leave engine blocks outside to rust before using them, figure it can't help to try it :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
Pics or it never happened! lol
Evening peeps! Here are this weekends efforts and fook me was it warm rubbing down - i had a dust mask on and the elastic straps have left a un tanned mark on my neck lol
Again as there is a lot of dust involved and not much progress of any real interest other than the various stages of rubbing down there isn't that many pics to speak of, but after another two days of sanding i feel i'm getting somewere with it now.
Here is the N/S after a rub down to see what areas still needed some attention, fortunately there were that many thanks funk
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller056.jpg
And here is the O/S after quite an amount of fettling - in the pictures below i have just applied the first guide coat so most of the filler work has been done and the shape of th arch is coming together
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller057.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller058.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller059.jpg
I could now rub the guide coat back gently to find any high or low spots in the filler and get the line across the arch correct
Please excuse the next pics the sun was out and i couldn't get a decent shot - after the guide coat and a little more filler added/removed from certain areas.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller060.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller061.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller062.jpg
And one from behind - the arches are pretty much level
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller063.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller065.jpg
Once i was reasonably happy with the shape of the O/S i masked everything up and hit both sides with some proper out of the gun high build primer (not the yellow Halfords w@nk) giving them a couple of coats and it looks ok
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller066.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller067.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...hfiller068.jpg
Then while that was drying i cracked on with rubbing all the hard to get at areas down around the car, so only a small amount of finishing is needed before paint then the proper rebuild can begin WOOP WOOP!
And that means its nearly time to start bringing out the shiney things :D :thumb:
This is going to look mean when finished :) What front bumper are you having?
Damn wide mate. Good skills.
The original one piece front bumper i think - but i'm open to suggestions?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay
I have complete respect for how painful filling and rubbing an area that large is! Good work bud.
Is it gonna be at Billing? Be good to have a beer and rest it on the arch! lol
combat kit from a corsa fitted with self tappers! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot