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[fishboy]

How come you changed cars then? Trouble with the mandarin one? Or accident? I assume as u mentioned earlier that you are selling it in bits earlier in the thread. Not been on here much recently so may have missed something. Vx in black is definatley the best colour imho. I am jealous. Project is looking good so far should keep you busy for while p.s keep the sub its not that heavy

[mandarinvx]

Yep, big crash I prob will keep the sub - may even try and make a smaller version and put some 6x9" in

[fishboy]

Just found your thread about it. Glad your ok and the insurance went through fine. Fair play buying another vx. Did you have protected no claims? Or are you waiting to see how much the insurance goes up for the claim at renewal? i assume you are gonna sprayed the silver parts on your light casing, black. I need to do this soon, and re seal as mine has a bit of water getting in.

[mandarinvx]

Yeah had protected no claims thankfully! I've sprayed them black now and put them back together - I'll get some pics up soon

[mandarinvx]

Lights Part 2

So... after removing the lenses I rubbed down the outer sealing edge, then fully masked them up,

Then a quick spray of plastic primer:



Then onto the matt black



Removed all the masking tape



Then applied a line of Tigerseal - this stuff really is incredible!!!





If you think this is a lot of clamps, you should have seen what the rear lights looked like



All finished



Must admit I'm very pleased with the results

[The Batman]

very very nice! dont you love it when you do stuff like that yourself!!

[mandarinvx]

very very nice!

dont you love it when you do stuff like that yourself!!

They took fcuking ages, and it's really messy



But yeah, it does feel good

[techieboy]

Nice job, they look really well done.

[The Batman]

the worse bit is masking taping it up!! takes hours to make sure you dont spray the lenses

[rsg]

nicely done

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

i'll have to invite for a free meal you can do mine and i'll collect them

the car is looking good btw

Edited by crazyfrog, 19 February 2009 - 08:35 PM.

[The Batman]

i'll have to invite for a free meal

i have never heard you mention the word free before

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

i'll have to invite for a free meal

i have never heard you mention the word free before

free for two ............


thats for you joe

[The Batman]

you are random Crazy

[mandarinvx]

With the seats out I thought I'd give them a good clean,

There were signs of corrosion on the subframes, so took them off, wire brushed, and painted with Hammerite





I used white spirit to fully cleaned them, then regreased the runners with some silicon grease



Re-assembled and gave the seats a good clean, some fairly major wear on the drivers bolster, but this will be replaced when the harness holes are put in Conditioned the seats to make removing the covers less complex at a future date

[The Batman]

[JG]

wanted to say something Joe?

[The Batman]

*&^$% SEATS $%&$%^ WONT &$%^$%^$ COME $%&^$ OUT $%^$%

[Jameshs]

*&^$% SEATS $%&$%^ WONT &$%^$%^$ COME $%&^$ OUT $%^$%

mine do

[Whippet]

Top job.... you ought to set up a light reconditioning service once you're done with your bits...