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#81 fishboy

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 11:42 PM

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 thumbsup p.s keep the sub its not that heavy B)

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 09:49 AM

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

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 03:12 PM

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.

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 05:33 PM

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

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:18 PM

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:

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Then onto the matt black

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Removed all the masking tape :)

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

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

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All finished

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Must admit I'm very pleased with the results :)

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:20 PM

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

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:21 PM

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 :)

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:21 PM

Nice job, they look really well done. thumbsup

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:22 PM

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

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:26 PM

Imnotworthy thumbsup nicely done

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:34 PM

:)


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

the car is looking good btw ;)

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


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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:35 PM

i'll have to invite for a free meal


i have never heard you mention the word free before :lol:

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:42 PM

i'll have to invite for a free meal


i have never heard you mention the word free before :lol:


free for two :wub: :wub: ............


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Posted 19 February 2009 - 08:44 PM

you are random Crazy :lol:

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 12:17 AM

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

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

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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

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:23 AM

:angry2: :9mm: :flame:

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:26 AM

wanted to say something Joe? :lol: :P

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:31 AM

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

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:35 AM

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



:P mine do :P

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:55 AM

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




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