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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:32 pm
by 74rsman
Tell you what's not fun. Getting grey por15 in your hair and having to pull your dwindling fringe line out knowing it ain't coming back! That bloody por15!

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:15 pm
by jtparr
74rsman wrote:Tell you what's not fun. Getting grey por15 in your hair and having to pull your dwindling fringe line out knowing it ain't coming back! That bloody por15!

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Takes me back to my resto...yup POR-15 in the hair..mind you that's because I was painting the underside of the car in it..keep the pictures coming..
Jonathan

Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 4:48 am
by mrg3.6
Steve.

The POR-15 is not for drinking, sniffing or bathing in, despite being readily available in Warrington without a perscription :wink:

Martin

Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:32 pm
by 74rsman
Hey Martin.
Good advice mate, its an absolute bugger to get off! Normally you don't believe a products reputation but this stuff is impervious to everything. I think it has a half life. Did you find those rusty old arches you wanted to offload yet ;)

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:03 pm
by mrg3.6
74rsman wrote: Did you find those rusty old arches you wanted to offload yet ;)
They're still in the cupboard waiting mate :wink:

Martin

Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:13 pm
by 74rsman
Waiting for the tulip mania to end.. They are wasted in that cupboard, how about I put the fronts to good use?

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:24 pm
by 74rsman
Well. I have to say I'm feeling pretty proud to have tackled this inner myself.
I have the weld burns as marks of honour. I'm only posting now I've seam sealed and covered my welds of shame.. Its good n solid all the same
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Next stop.. Rear qtr panel.. Then front screen out, scuttle tidy, roof n paint. Easy.. Roll on summer

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:10 pm
by 74rsman
Ffs pride comes before a....

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:06 pm
by 74rsman
Before a front screen scuttle strip..

You guessed it, tiny blister on edge of screen.. Reveals..

Yikes..

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To be honest I expected as much. Its common to these cars.

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:22 pm
by 74rsman
Taking another look today, the temptation was to fabricate up some nice new patches and cut out the bad and skilfully (?!) Weld in the new sections..

Having made a patch for the ns I test cut with my dremel to find just under the surface it is significantly solid and quite thick metal.

Think I'll just fix the seal eam on the ns.
The OS is a bit worse, deserves a small patch I think.



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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:38 pm
by 74rsman
Skimmed the surface and cut out a bit of the edge. Had another practice welding a week tab o metal in place then grinding it back. Cleaned the car inside and out.

Tried one of my alloy to check the offset. Looks about right to me.

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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:50 pm
by sladey
74rsman wrote:Taking another look today, the temptation was to fabricate up some nice new patches and cut out the bad and skilfully (?!) Weld in the new sections..

Having made a patch for the ns I test cut with my dremel to find just under the surface it is significantly solid and quite thick metal.

Think I'll just fix the seal eam on the ns.
The OS is a bit worse, deserves a small patch I think.



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You can get a repair section for these bits if it makes it easier

Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:22 pm
by 74rsman
Hi. Yeah I think the drivers side definitely needs it. Gonna put a repair panel in there. Should be fun.. The ns is good.



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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:11 pm
by 74rsman
Not the easiest bit to do. Probably easier to do a full panel than fanny about like I did. The dansk panel was miles out too.
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Re: 3.0 RS underway

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:58 pm
by 911hillclimber
"Dansk panel was miles -out"

Seems they all are.
Patch looks good!

Love DIY projects and people giving it a good go like you, 10/10!