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rallyreturn
Is It Finished Yet ??
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Sean did tell me you bought a cage when I picked up the sump guard on Tuesday, looking forward to the progress, Merry Christmas Neil.
Happy New Year to anyone watching my progress. 
Not much happening at the moment, just slowly stripping all the paint off the shell.
Roll cage not going to get fitted until February. Getting it done by a friend who is a pro, but he is very busy at the moment doing cages in BMW Compacts, Minis and Fiestas! They are all ahead in the cue as are needed for this season!
But it will be worth the wait to have it done properly. Although I've done everything else on the shell, just not confident enough to do the cage.
The one time you find out if it's been done right, is the time you need it!
I'll post more pictures when I get the shell stripped off.
Not much happening at the moment, just slowly stripping all the paint off the shell.
Roll cage not going to get fitted until February. Getting it done by a friend who is a pro, but he is very busy at the moment doing cages in BMW Compacts, Minis and Fiestas! They are all ahead in the cue as are needed for this season!
But it will be worth the wait to have it done properly. Although I've done everything else on the shell, just not confident enough to do the cage.
The one time you find out if it's been done right, is the time you need it!
I'll post more pictures when I get the shell stripped off.
Not making as much progress as I hoped at the moment, as I'm still waiting to get the cage fitted. I'm almost to the top of my friends list of jobs, so hopefully it will happen soon, as long as a young Aiden Moffatt manages to keep his BTCC Chevy Cruze on the track and in one piece!
Have spent time stripping all the paint off the shell and tidying up any bits I wasn't happy with, or I'd missed. Also marked out and cut holes for brake lines, fuel pipes, dry sump pipes and wiring loom.
As I removed all the paint, I gave the panels a wipe over with Gibbs Brand Lubricant which was recommended by someone on the forum, and although expensive, it's very good and does the job of keeping the surface rust at bay, whilst containing NO silicon.
Have spent time stripping all the paint off the shell and tidying up any bits I wasn't happy with, or I'd missed. Also marked out and cut holes for brake lines, fuel pipes, dry sump pipes and wiring loom.
As I removed all the paint, I gave the panels a wipe over with Gibbs Brand Lubricant which was recommended by someone on the forum, and although expensive, it's very good and does the job of keeping the surface rust at bay, whilst containing NO silicon.
Done with chemical paint stripper and a lot of elbow grease! It's certainly not something I'd want to take up as a hobby.
Started off with old formula Nitromors, then when I ran out of that, tried some B&Q stripper which just took too long to react and then didn't make much impression on some layers of paint. Then came across this :-
http://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/product.php?tid=&products_id=7193
which, although still not as good as old Nitro, did the job. Used lots of cheap stainless steel pan scourers to remove the stripper and paint.
Need to use good quality Chemical resistant gloves ,vapour quality face masks (http://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/product.php?tid=100&products_id=5656) and goggles.
Started off with old formula Nitromors, then when I ran out of that, tried some B&Q stripper which just took too long to react and then didn't make much impression on some layers of paint. Then came across this :-
http://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/product.php?tid=&products_id=7193
which, although still not as good as old Nitro, did the job. Used lots of cheap stainless steel pan scourers to remove the stripper and paint.
Need to use good quality Chemical resistant gloves ,vapour quality face masks (http://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/product.php?tid=100&products_id=5656) and goggles.
mr migwire
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where abouts in fife are you neebs??? nice work by the way, love MK2's
octo0072000
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do i spy a wooden sledge above the garage door look like one i had years ago
rallyreturn
Is It Finished Yet ??
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Nice job Neil. Put mine on hold, funding my Daughter through uni for a few years!!
grantandlianne
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nice work very inspiring coming from another mk2 owner
