After blasting we can see any weak areas as you can see there is a rust hole in the sill.
This is showing some holes in the floor area. when the car came in these holes were not visable.
Rust holes in the chassis
The inner wing needs some love.
It looks like billy got a mig welder for christmas.
The near side rear closing plate needs replacing.
Here is the near side floor cut out and zinga is painted in the chassis rails Zinga is pure zinc it was designed to stop ships rusting.
The repairs have been done to the inner wings
This is the repairs to the nearside inner wing.
Front panel replaced and welded in place.
Showing repairs to ns inner wing
Repairs to the o s inner wing
Left floor welded in
Righ floor cut out ready for some zinga and new floor.
Here it is finished
one of the turrets in a bad way
here it is all better
These were a bit of a fiddle
This side was very bent before we started the donor car had been bashed on this side
The rear panel fitted on first time
The chassis needed a bit of cutting out and replacing.
New part welded in.
The inner sills was a bit of a mess so we have cut out the bad bits and made some.
After the welding is finished the repair is coated with a good coat of zinga.
The inner wheel arch has been replaced but the outer will need a new arch.
All welded in
The near side was very rotten so we copied the other side and made the parts we needed.
All welded in and a good coat of zinga applied.
new Outer sills welded on
We have cut out a section of the roof to make it easier to work on the roll cage.
On the mk 4 we have to cut a section out of the A post so the cage fits snug to the post.
This is the tube that attaches to the roll cage inside, it will have another one coming from the dash bar to triangulate the cage to the front turets.
The wiper motor, heater and fuse box have been fitted
The dash has been cut and fitted this dash bar won't be seen once the dash is in.
We have braced the cage to the diff pick up point.
We have taken the roof and the pillers because someone has done a roof change on this car before
This is how it should be done.
We have made a template out of fibreglass so that the joints are all good.
Here it is re-blasted
This is the etch prime going on it is a wash etch and is very thin.
Here is the cage we have painted the tops of the bars white.
We have made it so you can fit the strut brace tops either way.
Like this
Or like this
Here are some after re-blast.
Here are some of the panels in paint
If we fill a wheel arch we put fibreglass in first to stop any cracking.
Here is the car in spray filler we use this to get the lines sharp and a good start for the priming
We have even spray filled the engine bay
This is the guide coat when we rub down the coat any imperfections stay black so we can deal with then one at a time and get the body work as close as we can
Because we are fitting a body kit we prime and top coat where the kit goes so even behind the kit is painted
Then the kit is bonded on
After the bonding has cured we seam seal the kit
After the engine bay is rubbed down we then apply 3 coats of primer
And prime the car including the kit
Then we mask off the car and seam seal the underside
Then stone guard
Then re-prime ready for topcoat
Every seam is sealed inside and out
After we have seam sealed the inside any holes that we think are not used we ali tape them if we have ali taped a hole you need it is easy to poke a hole in it
Once the primer goes on the car looks great you can see what you will end up with and this car has transformed it looks the bits
Shiney stuff going on
Inside engine bay and underneath all painted looks great
Then we mask off the inside underneath and engine bay and start on the outside
More guide coat and then rubbed down by hand
After rubbing down we deal with any pin holes ETC then spot prime any breakthroughs
Then some more shiney stuff and a good bake we will leave the car over the weekend and then flat and polish it.
