Lee's Garage - Page 161

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 17:50

you sure its not just hardened cheese?

thought you were popping up some time soon anyways mofo?

MattJ · 12-10-2008, 17:52

i still got the cheese stain of chaos and flowers around my exit pipe ffs, looks like i have reversed up a cows arse

i'm in the process of coming up

trying to get some dosh for those mofo brakes

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 17:54

i would feel guilty if it wasnt so funny

get your ass up soon though, be good to catch up

Dec. · 12-10-2008, 17:55

Good old Nova rear arches... gotta hate em!!!!

Good work Lee, I think you should go for a colour change. Rally White ;-)

LongLiveTheNova · 12-10-2008, 18:00

Rally white with orange chequers FTW

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 18:01

lol, cheers mate, seriously though, white would really show up the 'not quite' concourse shape of the metal work i think

it would need to be really lairy, as i do like the current red a lot, and the only way to beat that would be for it to stand out like a fat girl at a catwalk show, we shall see...

**Benn** · 12-10-2008, 18:06

Christ. You dont likr to mess about do you..
Good work on making the pannel, i'm guessing they just fill the arch over to sort it rather than replacing any metal. Sadly its done alot.

And how short are you rear springs...

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 18:24

wel, no point hanging about benn, a bit of filler i can understand, but like i said, i told him at the time i would pay for any metalwork needed, but he didnt tell me the arch had a whack in it, and just re bodged on my behalf, which is why i'm annoyed to be having to do it now
as for the springs, they are long enough

, 8 inch open length, its a track car, not a gravel car

**Benn** · 12-10-2008, 18:35

Yeah, alot of people will do it as it can be fast to just clag them full. good work tho.
There 8inch? they look tiny.

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 18:40

no i'm lying

yes they are 8 inch

jr@corsasport · 12-10-2008, 19:17

****ing hell lee

as i said the other week when i was there your updates do allways go like this:

"i did this, wasnt happy, so cut it off"

good work considering though, are you going to paint it orange in some type of team tango affair ?

Jack · 12-10-2008, 19:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by jr@corsasport

"i did this, wasnt happy, so cut it off"

God help him when he gets a urine infection!

I like it, beats moaning about it or getting someone else to do it! Love your Nova Lee, and I really appreciate your input on my Corsa!

STEVEI · 12-10-2008, 19:24

thats better, well done lee, your not scared are you! think how much that nasty filler weighed aswell!

ste

lee303 · 12-10-2008, 19:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by jr@corsasport

****ing hell lee

as i said the other week when i was there your updates do allways go like this:

"i did this, wasnt happy, so cut it off"

good work considering though, are you going to paint it orange in some type of team tango affair ?

well, it just has to be done

no point messing about, but no, team jaffa is not a go, yet...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack

God help him when he gets a urine infection!

I like it, beats moaning about it or getting someone else to do it! Love your Nova Lee, and I really appreciate your input on my Corsa!

no worries mate, glad you got it sorted in the end

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEVEI

thats better, well done lee, your not scared are you! think how much that nasty filler weighed aswell!

ste

cheers, no point being scared, its just metal, well it is now anyways

corsakid · 13-10-2008, 06:59

gotta love body shops! top work again lee really nice repair!

William · 13-10-2008, 07:37

good update lee, love your get on with it attitude! You have no car modifying fear :lol:

**CraigGreen** · 13-10-2008, 09:13

Great work. Can't wait to see it go with the new box though.

elgan · 13-10-2008, 09:22

put it back yellow. cant be suprised with the filler, being its an ex rallied shell

lee303 · 13-10-2008, 14:52

i would have though personally that a rally car would want less filler, as it would have been liable to cracking and is, as mentioned, quite heavy!
and anyway, regardless of what the previous owner did, as i have said already, when the guy i got to paint the shell had it, i told him that if it needed a new arch or any other metal work, i would be happy to pay to have it done, so would have hoped he would have told me, but whatever, it matters not, nearly fixed now...
oh and sorry but i'm not a big fan of yellow, so its not going back to that
craig, you and me both!

***Andy_L*** · 13-10-2008, 15:12

Grey with polka dots?

***Andy_L*** · 13-10-2008, 15:15

P.S I just don't get it. It's like you have no fear with cars, I'd have been changing my pants every 5 minutes as I took a bit more filler out.

lee303 · 13-10-2008, 15:17

lol, tbh, i do just see it as a bit of metal, and if someone else can do jobs like i want to do, then so can i, its not, as they say, rocket science, and if yo dont try, you'll never know if you can do it or not

novashed · 13-10-2008, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee303

lol, tbh, i do just see it as a bit of metal, and if someone else can do jobs like i want to do, then so can i, its not, as they say, rocket science, and if yo dont try, you'll never know if you can do it or not

exactly my moto lee! when i get asked how do you know all this stuff well just suck and see lol!

lee303 · 13-10-2008, 16:34

its the best way, i do have the advantage of having been through a very comprehensive apprenticeship with british airways in their ground fleet division, one of the last not to just be about component replacement and actually teach you how to repair stuff, but that just reinforces the spirit of have a go tbh

Noodles · 13-10-2008, 18:12

is the car ever out of the garage

its always in bits but makes for great reading / mincing