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![]() Hi Jon,
I noticed your mop in one of the images and just wondered what sponge you use on the disc? It appears to have a dimpled surface, never seen that one before, I have only ever used the white or blue ones. Cheap silverline variety!
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Its always nice finding a donar with all the bits as well is it ![]() Quote:
I always use the white ones and yes this one is dimpled. Not sure where this one came from to be honest but its a good pad and its suits me. I normally use Farecla products although my current polisher is a silverline ![]() A bit of an update on the car. The stone chips are numerous on the bonnet so I will get it resprayed at some point in the future. I have just removed the door mirrors to take to the body shop and I am currently prepping the skirts.
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![]() Finally finished the paint correction this weekend.
The bonnet will need a respray to be perfect as the stone chips were too deep for my skills but it looks ok and better than it did ![]() After the full correction and final polish:- The bonnet ![]() The front ![]() Drivers side ![]() The roof ![]() Passenger side ![]() Bootlid, spoiler and rear bumper ![]() I also fitted Mk3 focus windscreen spray nozzles (heated). I forgot to take any pictures of the how too. sorry ![]() ![]() and removed the mirror caps which had really badly degraded paint. These will be getting sprayed the same time as the skirts ![]() Next up the engine undertray needs a bit of fettling ![]() Also the body bits will be going to the body shop ![]()
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![]() Amazing thread! Really have enjoyed reading this and seeing the transformation!
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![]() Just noticed the alloys Jon
You something planned for them? ![]()
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The before and after at the end will be the telling picture set. I'm not a fan of doing body work it drives me mad ![]() Oh yes mate ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() I have been doing stuff in the background but not posting pictures so I thought I should post some so interested parties can catch up
![]() Anyway the next job was the undertray ![]() ![]() I did find a split in the glass fibre so decided to reair it whilst I was giving this the once over ![]() Firstly I stripped of the acoustic cladding and pad by drilling the rivets of and gave the undertray and pads a clean. You can see once stripped down the fibre glass undertray is exactly the same for the V6 and the diesel ![]() ![]() Next up I did a fibre glass repair to the split.I drilled the end of the split to stop it tracking and gouged it out as a double V to allow me to get some new material along the split. I then applied the GRP, allowed it to dry and rubbed it down. The green is the new GRP material ![]() ![]() then the repair was prepped for spraying ![]() Some other minor repairs were conducted in the same way and the whole thing was degreased, rubbed down to key the surface and primed with a GRP primer ![]() The repaired split came up quite good ![]() and then a filler primer which was rubbed down and then sprayed. I used Satin black for this ![]() and once dried ![]() ![]() Im just waiting on some 5mm stainless flat washers so I can rivet the pads back on ![]() Next up I ordered some rear bumper spats to go with the OEM side skirts I have. Unfortunately these were made of GRP and shaped for a facelift bumper so they needed some fettering to fit correctly ![]() In this picture the top spat is the original shape and the lower one has had GRP layed up to match the pre facelift bumper ![]() and both re worked so they fit the pre facelift rear bumper ![]() I then primed these ready for the bodyshop. I also repaired some broken tabs on the OEM skirts and its all ready for the body shop ![]() (pictures to follow) ![]()
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![]() Next up brakes refurb starting with the calipers
![]() Im refurbing the calipers from the car I broke last Summer and at some point I will sell the Calipers fitted to mine (or maybe refurb them and fit them to the wifes car ![]() Anyway the front 190 calipers as removed. You will notice a previous owner of the scrapped car had stuck Brembo stickers on the calipers ![]() ![]() ![]() and the rears ![]() ![]() First thing was to strip them down. ![]() ![]() To pop the pistons I have a rig made up which uses LP air from my compressor to pop them, BE WARNED if you do this use the lowest pressure needed to push the piston ![]() ![]() Next up all the cast units were stripped of old paint and rust and cleaned up. At this stage I give the bores a very good clean as dirt is a killer in a hydraulic system ![]() Next up to decide whether I go for powder coating or painting ![]() I want to go for a dark metal grey as the finished colour. None of this bright yellow or red and definitely no Brembo stickers ![]()
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