what are those harris?

BMC is like a massive air filter Andy haha.

Ahh I get you, well I now have a welder :-) and a large sheet of mild steel to get some practice on. After my exam at uni today and Wednesday I will be cracking on with the car. I will get the bay welded up and finish the smoothing, I have everything I need now, and I will be dropping off a load of bay bits to the powder coater's. Also go a new drill, so I can drill some new loom holes in the bay wall ect and fit my new vice to help with flaring the new brake lines. Literally all I will be doing is working on the car and training for my next fight in February in Leicester on the 22nd ha

New drill

New MIG welder

Comon man, Get this thing back built up. Show season starts soon!

Ha ha I know, exams over now :-) hurt my hand though in sparring on Tuesday night, fricking pain !

This welding business is tough , any tips ?

Auto darkening helmet?

Practise on scraps and offcuts?

City and Guilds MIG level 1 welding course - approx £400 for 10 weeks of evening classes.

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/wiki/Courses.

Ha ha I know, exams over now :-) hurt my hand though in sparring on Tuesday night, fricking pain !

Though with your cage fighting you might want "MMA" level 1 welding.

From my taekwondo I know keeping your fists tight while punching is best way to prevent injury - but once you've cracked a knuckle - and it's healed again - you can use less force for same destructive effect. That's from punching through boards not people. We wear dipped foam mitts for sparring. But -as Bruce Lee says "boards don't hit back".

Lol as i came over with a over hand right anthony stuck his elbow out in a weird way and it struck above the thumb joint, its feeling better , but not 100 per cent

Some more progress:

Bay back wall

Fuse box area

Old battery tray

Under seal in place

A couple of small holes left to weld, then flatting back, fine filler and paint ect

Edited 10 February, 201412 yr by dart_strife

Uugghh the smoothing process, welding done, final fine filler in progress. Then the paint :-)

Looking good mate, Comon tho GTI fest is soon!

Looks good man, top work!

So this is how I left it last, fine filler in areas which needed it.

Cheers guys, been in there today getting some more bits done, literally the smoothness of the battery tray is left then paint :-) . All the fine filler is rubbed down and smooth, but the battery tray is in such an awkward place. Was a fuck about grinding away the fire wall there ect, all that effort and the tray wont even house the battery no more lol.

Big update ! Progress ha

Bay prepped and being primed

Then final prime after previous 2 coats applied and rubbed down

Colour and lacquer to go :-)

More progress.

Powder coated front cross members

Powder coated bits, wiper arms, steering rack items, piper cross back plate, ARB washers, bonnet catch, gear linkage, horn bracket

Cleaned up and sprayed head lights, steering rack, with new rubber boots.

Cleaned up and sprayed head light surrounds

Head lights assembled

Cleaned up and sprayed wiper arm motor

Brake servo cleaned up, sprayed. And 22.2. mm master cylinder attached with cleaned up reservoir.

Vauxhall 256 mm brake calipers all assembled with new pistons and seals.

Nice work dude, should look great!

Awesome man! Jealous of freshness

Haha freshness, cheers guys. Its easier getting this stuff done while off uni for easter. More progress today, bay is sprayed satin black and lacquered. Compounded it all off, and it now looks fresh, started putting some bits back in the bay.

Horn and aerial bracket cleaned up and sprayed.

Engine bay pic

Chassis leg left

Chassis leg right

Battery tray

Fuse box tray

Heater blower pan

Slam panel

Front cross members on the car

Bonnet catch and horn now on

Steering rack on

More to go though

Gonna look like batman should drive it!

Love it!

One day, maybe soon. The polo will be ready ....

Hey man that looks awesome, I'm in Hull also and would love to come have a look at some point :P Good luck!

Bro my numbers at the top of the build thread, send me a text.

More progress. Strut brace is on.

I have been finishing the wiring, so time consuming, but nearly there.

Wiring hidden in the front cross member.

Wiring lengthened and shortened to fit with no excess on lights ect.

Light loom wiring hidden in the wing.

Car back on wheels, suspension in.

Started routing new brake lines.

I think I may try to heat wrap the lines, just a thought, could look good.

I have raised up the rear of the car and removed the wheels, the drum brakes are off and the rear cross member is nearly off.

I will be sending the rear cross member, the rear wiper, hand brake bracket and drum brakes are all off to the powder coaters.

And have ordered :

rear brake flexis

rear cross member bushes

hand brake cables

rear brake master cylinders

rear wheel bearings

All from Euro for £66 bargain

A reply to my message would be nice.

Keep it up.

I have not seen the message bud. Will look now.

So a bit more progress, had to stop for a mo as I am up to my ears in uni work. I have stripped the back end so I can under seal it all up, eg the arches and under the rear beam. Powder coating the rear beam, all new brake cables and bushes, home the bike fuel pump back under the car and new brake lines.

Mucky rear arches

I removed my rear brake cable brackets, they were so fkt, I had to grind them off. I luckily found a guy on Ebay who made 2x new ones in stainless for £17 posted

I was going to put on rear discs, but I cannot be arsed with the mess around and cost for next to know improvements. I will strip these and powder coat them, add new cylinders ect.

Rusty brake cable commentators, off to powder coaters.

Rear beam is off to powder coaters, what a mess it is ha, new bushes ect.

Edited 29 April, 201412 yr by dart_strife