strip down and re-build number 2

[_SBD16v]

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RePaint Coach Enamel I recommended is available from Halfords and similar in finish - maybe a bit tougher - to Smoothrite, but it is a 'safe' compatible product. Only downside is it takes longer to dry. It can be sprayed in an electric sprayer or similar if thinned.

thanks mate but its going into the body shop now to have everything done properly

[DarrenH]

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did mine with hammerite "garden shades" applied with a brush.

[Heathercdi]

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MAD......always pays to do the job properly like you say though. Keep the pics updated on your progress Rob

[_SBD16v]

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well i dont some work on it yesterday morning could only spend the morning on it but got lots done

stripped the dash and electrics out



thought i would give a patch of the inner arch a clean to show its still good underneath



and then for odders

[_SBD16v]

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and one of the front end


and one of the steering rack mount has this had a plate under it ???

[Brett]

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looks like someones been in there strengthening that area mate, they all go there as Im sure you know.. both my GTE 16v shells have rot there!

[_SBD16v]

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yea i know but this is ythe only gte i have looked at in a long time and could not remember if that was standard and just welded or has a plate

[_SBD16v]

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well its time for a update

one of the things i was never happy with was the cage so while i wanted rear coilovers fitted thought it was time to do something about it so my dad is fabricating a new cage for it was we speak and seeing as he just sent me some pics i thought it was time for a update

[Harvey]

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Looking good. What's happening with the floor pan where the rear seats are normally located, are you putting a different fuel tank in there?

[Brett]

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turreting the rear's then? I like the way your harness bar is a strut brace too clever stuff!

[_SBD16v]

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Looking good. What's happening with the floor pan where the rear seats are normally located, are you putting a different fuel tank in there?

if you look past the cage you will see a red box that is the lower part of my fuel cell it used to live on the flat section where the spare wheel used to be but because it was past the rear beam it whats called pendulm (SP) weight and this is bad it needs to be infront f the rear beam so i decided to move it to where the seats used to be but thought about it and decided that we could cut a hole throw the floor and mount it down in the floor to move down the center of gravity

[_SBD16v]

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turreting the rear's then? I like the way your harness bar is a strut brace too clever stuff!

sort of turreting it but not were are not putting in turrets like most ppl do i have deceided that just making more room then plating back up like it was origanly will be fine as all the weight is taken on a weld in cage

oh p.s brett the strut brace is only a strut bace the harrness bars are the indivdual ones on each side of the cage

[DarrenH]

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good idea that, on the turreting. perhaps some steel half pipe so it blends in with the arches more ? as opposed to square mk2 escort style turrets.

[_SBD16v]

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good idea that, on the turreting. perhaps some steel half pipe so it blends in with the arches more ? as opposed to square mk2 escort style turrets.

from what i gather he is going to use a flat peice of steel and panle beat it to shape so it looks the same as an original arch just with some weld marks and wider

[storming]

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what are the trurruts for