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16-02-2008, 18:53
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| projekt anti-dub let me start by saying:
a heads up, all pics are taken with my n73 so pics arnt very clear
now onto business...i got monkey as a bday pressie when i turned 18  so it was really hard for me to sell it as it was pretty sentimental from my mum  wasnt the mintest of golfs but i was mainly looking at insurance prices and this was fairly cheaper than even a corsa B 1.2  so i bought it with 18s (will get pics of them soon) and soonish got 15s fitted instead and refurbed them in satin black  (see wheel refurb thread)...after i got the 15s i started getting trouble with the car during the MOT, the front shocks were dead, as were the topmounts, clutch slipped for a while then died as the spring inside snapped  was funny actually as i was taking the car round the back to change it, so i had to push it to the garage for about 10 feet  ...then i decided i want to sort the body work out so my mate started with the arches, but im gonna cut them off and weld on new arches just to get some fresh metal back on
smoothed the wiper off as it packed in, but i wanted to keep the badge as i dont like debadging that much
then got some sills
this is why i got some new sills
removed the arch and the door came off soon after  needs a clean
marking up where to make the cut...door is off as you can see and it has been blocked off with a wet bed sheet and a door skin to prevent sparks going in, and to protect the inside when welding
omg its gone
mate is hard at work
mmmmm chunky weldage (soon got ground smooth and primered)
thats half the body work completed, now i need to have the other side sill done and the care resprayed and caged up
the car soon got pulled of the road in december as i started to get engine trouble, so got the volvo as a run around and work horse
so today i moved the car onto my dads driveway (waiting to finish off garage build)...so now that its on private property i send of a v14 to claim back on 5 months tax (£80)  (about a weeks worth of petrol for the volvo  )
now today i got the engine running  cleaned out the TB as it was pretty gunked up, and its running now but its still alittle rough, need to change the relay and hall sensor now for it to run mint
took off TB housing, TB is black
note the fule lines  all i can say is i have cursed the previous owner alot
before the clean up, split the TB in 2...was pretty manky....forgot to take pics of the TB after i cleaned it
proof that it is running  what was happening before is, when you lift your foot of the accelerator pedal it would just die and it failed to stay alive, but if i did manage to keep it running it would run very very rough...so all it cured bar the tiny tiny missfire
more next week 
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18-02-2008, 21:46
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| Thats some nice welding, You're doing a good job there.
I'd have gone lower on the rear bit tho, would have been easyer to hide, less filling.
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18-02-2008, 21:51
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn Thats some nice welding, You're doing a good job there.
I'd have gone lower on the rear bit tho, would have been easyer to hide, less filling. | cheers mate  its my mate doing all the welding and body work...hes a legend and hes only 21  im learning how to weld aswell though, but not confident to weld such a big job on the car yet
when you say lower on the rear, do you mean suspension drop??? or do you mean the cut on the sill? if you mean suspension its going on coilovers soon  if you mean the sill then we didnt want to cut up the replacement sill, so we though its best to make the cut on the bodywork...well when i say we i mean my mate, he knows his stuff and has been welding before he became a teenager
and many thanks to you aswell  always giving tech advice over msn  |
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18-02-2008, 21:53
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| next bloody week.... More tomorrow please.
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18-02-2008, 21:56
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Originally Posted by Steve! next bloody week.... More tomorrow please. | i only get a chance to work on it on saturday
and look whos talking, get on with that v8  |
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18-02-2008, 21:58
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18-02-2008, 22:02
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| will be building my garage next week (well i should be, depends if my old man still has that cough and if hes brave enough to face a 5mph wind  )
so might not have pics of monkey, but might have some of the garage |
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18-02-2008, 22:02
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| Sorry
Yeah i ment cutting the sill/rear arch bit lower. |
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18-02-2008, 22:08
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Originally Posted by Benn Sorry
Yeah i ment cutting the sill/rear arch bit lower. | oh right...my mate did consider that, but then he said it will be easier for him to get the line right, so i said meh lol...and as for the filler, the back arch isnt fully finished yet, need to sand it back properly, but i might get new metal on there soon...depends how i feel about filler lol...oh, and i just remembered, the reason why he didnt cut the sill down is because when we were cutting the sill off, we found that there was a pretty big dent that had been patched up with a kilo of filler  so we bashed the dent out as much as we could and then half of it got cut out anyway  |
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18-02-2008, 22:09
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| Awesome work! I love projects like this. 
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18-02-2008, 22:10
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| Sounds good dude. |
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18-02-2008, 22:13
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18-02-2008, 22:25
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| Nah dont want you. |
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18-02-2008, 22:34
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19-02-2008, 08:17
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| Thats what i mean, we dont want you with us. |
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19-02-2008, 11:05
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Originally Posted by Benn Thats what i mean, we dont want you with us. | just for that im gonna join...then im gonna come and gate crash your meets  |
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19-02-2008, 18:51
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| Yeah yeah... |
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16-11-2008, 14:28
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| Re: projekt anti-dub yay i has an update  many thanks for Lee for changing the title of my thread, now i can do an update
anywho, ive been waiting for my dad to finish renovating the garage behind the house, nice big space, roof above my head but nooooo, hes taking his sweet time and i need the car on the road by the start of december to get the insurance/mot/tax sorted out and i need to get some welding done, so i got fed up and started stripping the car down in his driveway...wish i could have taken a picture of his face as he wasnt very pleased  but i though, if awesome people like spanishfly could make his nova without a garage, why should i wait?!
so here goes...
headlights and grill gone
arches off, lookin manky  but i dont want to add more paint as paint adds weight
the reason why i wanted this car to go into my garage so desperatly...i needed somewhere to store the car while its in bits so i can paint it...and now its gotten worse and i think the rot has come back
and bumper off, waiting to do my paint job on the arches and doors and rear quarters, should have one side done this week
then im gonna make loads of speed holes in the bumpers  also made a start on the interior, by next weekend i should have all the interior off and most of the sound deadening crap off...then all thats left for me to order is a harness and a bolt in cage (both FIA approved), then a new engine  then i will do all the brake pipes inside and get a fuel cell with a battery box
edit - the reason i have a drill there is because i had to drill oles around the bolts that hold the bumper on as the bolts were gone and spun round  but im a tight git so im gonna just put a washer there instead and it should be all dandy  |
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16-11-2008, 17:20
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| Re: projekt anti-dub Rust on the bottom of the pillar isnt that bad. |
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16-11-2008, 22:37
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| Re: projekt anti-dub wow just got home after getting abit tipsy, 9 shots of famous and still being able to walk in a straight line is something else
anywho its on the end of the sill  and possably behind the sill  but gonna rub it down possably tomorrow and spray it up with zinc primer (which i must remember to get) |
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18-11-2008, 00:45
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| Re: projekt anti-dub |
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18-11-2008, 02:13
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| Re: projekt anti-dub need to get some sealer on them welds if its gonna be in the elements a lot (grey stripe FTW), easier to just wire wheel sealer off than to get rid of the cancer that is rust.
as for grinding the welds back, try peening them in and filling over, should be fine, we used to do it a lot to minimise the loss in strenth grinding them down causes. |
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18-11-2008, 10:39
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| Re: projekt anti-dub ive got some zinc primer...will that help ot anything??? and TBH, im not al too concerned about the weld as i was thinking that they are going to be behind the arch, only i look there so its not a problem for me
about the sealer again, where can i pick some up?? i dont know of any paint shops near me  |
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18-11-2008, 11:51
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| Re: projekt anti-dub That's only surface rust. Nip it in the bud ASAP, sand it down to beautiful steel and get some primer and paint on it.  |
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18-11-2008, 11:53
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| Re: projekt anti-dub it then  its been primered in zinc primer jack...got a day off work tomorrow so i can finish painting t |
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