looks challenging that, your doin well, those 4 spokes are ace
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looks challenging that, your doin well, those 4 spokes are ace
hi mate
good progress. i noticed you had some problems with the splash guards. When i was sorting mine i found the splash guards to be corroded which led to water leading into the interior and causing a few holes. I basicaly had the interior holes welded up along with the splash guard. The reason im saying is because your doing alot of work to the car and if you check under the carpet and the drivers side inner panel youll see corrosion and its probably best to sort this just now. btw its a pain in the backside to sort! good luck.
cheers
craig
cheers matey - had checked and the inner walls are fine (unlike my other Nova project - had to get new splash guards made!)
Friday 11/07/2008.
Didnt get too much done today due to viewing a new house (which was stunning) but mamaged to get a couple of hours in tonight.
Spend most of the evening adjusting the inner arch to fit the outer one.
Started by cutting the outer skin to the right size. I left a little extra just incase and offered it up for sizing. It's a really good fit -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSCF00011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSCF00021.jpg
I then had to modify the lower corners. As you know I used another outer skin for the inner skin so to make them fit I needed to cut some material away from one of the edges, push it back a bit and weld it up. now it fits perfectly.
The next task was to run a line around the outer panel to get a perfect fit line-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSCF00031.jpg
I can now grind away the excess metal from the body to get a perfect fit onto the existing panel.
Unfortunately by this time it was 9pm so a tad late to start grinding.
So I decided to finish off one of my front wings. One of them is brand new so has no inner protection except for the black factory primer. I'd applied a coat of chassis black to the whole of the inside earlier in the day and finished by applying a nice thick layer of shutz. the other wing already had a generous amount of shutz applied.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSCF00051.jpg
Got this off ebay (3 for £7) its designed to be sprayed but can be painted easily enough. I actually bought some proper applkicator nozzels to use with my spray gun but couldnt bloody find them!
10 mins later and the wing was fully protected! You cant really see it from the pic though...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSCF00061.jpg
Saturdays game is to get up early (he says!), finish the engine bay/wing area and then start the rear arch. If that one goes well I'll start the other side - after I;ve patched up the holes in the boot area...
Ade
Your cracking on with it mate
Once its done we'll need to get another meet organised :)
I agree - hoping to have both arches and rear sorted by this weekend...
Nice one mate
Mine could go with new arches as well, no point just now really - Just had the both rear 1/4 panels painted
looks good mate, you've got a fair amount done recentley too hey, looks like good work.
Top skills Ade.
Its getting there :)
How come the thread title says "1.2sr" ? Lol
Saturday 13/07/2008
Spent most of today skinning the outside of the rear arch.
Started by etch priming the inner arch and then once that weas dry I gave it a nice thick smear of seam sealant.
I then tack welded the outer arch in place.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/DSC0001.jpg
I welded it in small sections and moved about the length of the arch to stop it warping-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../DSc0003-1.jpg
Once this was done the grinder was put to work -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/DSC0009.jpg
I used a welding joint called "butt welding" where you basically just butt one bit of metal up against another and run a weld down the middle, however my welding skills are still basic and my grinding skills although cautious need to be adjusted slightly to compensate for my welding. I had a couple of thin patches that needed further welding and I spent a fair amount of time shining a torch down the back looking for gaps and cracks.
The hardest part was the filler area - grinders can be brutal in difficult places-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/DSC0010.jpg
I needed to cut away the extra metal in the middle-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/DSC0011.jpg
This was then joined to the inner arch.
Later I etch primed the outside and left it to cure overnight ready for a skim of filler. no matter how hard I tried I did get a little but of warping - thankfully though it actually caused the new section to bow inwards just slightly meaning I have a perfect line to the arch lip ready to receive a nice flat skim of filler!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/DSC0020.jpg
continued...