**Newbie to this site**

[Dan Gliballs]

Here's my Astra :) The last picture was taken yesterday after the fabrication of the first side had been completed. Believe it or not, this car WILL be ready for Santa Pod on the 30th (ie. 9 days time) :eek:

When the bodywork is done, I'll be fitting my Cortenay/Bilstein kit, VMAX EVO 2 chip, SFS blue inlet hose, set of Toyo Proxe T1-S's, a few new shiny bits and a pair of front seats. Then a polish, some lazer alignment and an oil change. Busy boy.

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[Dan Gliballs]

Yesterday :-

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[REMUS]

Looking good man, welcome to the forums! Nice garage too.

Ahh a let conversion, whats your current spec?

[Dan Gliballs]

Looking good man, welcome to the forums! Nice garage too.

Ahh a let conversion, whats your current spec?

Cheers REMUS ;)

Not my garage I'm afraid mate, these pictures were taken at the bodyshop (my garage at home is a perfect size to fit the Astra in but nothing else).

*LET conversion by V-Tuning
*6-speed F28 gearbox
*VMAX EVO 2 chip (245bhp)
*Quaife LSD
*Bailey dump-valve
*JR induction kit
*Powerflow stainless system
*Turbo Dynamics actuator
*TIM boost gauge
*V-Tuning polished heatshield
*Polished bonnet lifters
*Momo Millenium steering wheel
*Momo gearknob
*288mm Vectra V6 brakes
*Clear repeaters
*Electric sunroof conversion with eyeball lights
*Courtenay/Bilstein supension kit (to be fitted next week)
*15" Wolfrace Voodoos
*Brand new Toyo Prxe T1-S's (to be fitted next week)
*Polished sill trims with 'Astra GTE Turbo' logo (To be fitted next week)
*Polished battery and brake fluid reservoir covers (to be fitted next week)
*SFS blue inlet hose (to be fitted next week)

Cheers.

[caul pope]

Nice one Dan! You will be busy. Please get more pics up when you can especially at Santa Pod. Is the interior usually stripped?

[Dan Gliballs]

Nice one Dan! You will be busy. Please get more pics up when you can especially at Santa Pod. Is the interior usually stripped?

Cheers Paul ;)

Definitely more pictures to follow mate.

I only bought the car in mid December and it's been over at the bodyshop for far longer than I ever had it at home (I only drove it for a week or two).

I stripped the interior out because I wasn't too keen on the light coloured dash/seats/plastics. I am breaking a H plate GTE 16v with the chap who owns the bodyshop (see Parts For Sale section), and luckily it has a dark interior. For Santa Pod, the light dashboard and two front seats are all that will be in the car. After that's out of the way I will be swapping the dash/fitting a brand new black carpet that came with the car/brand new gearstick gaitor/all the black plastic trims and door seals/dark rear seats etc., there's also a set of leather front Conolly's I've got my eye on.

The car will be a complete sleeper with no Turbo badging, no tacky spoilers (apart from maybe a VR6 front splitter) and will be resprayed in the original Mistral Grey.

Future plans will include a polished half cage, FMIC and a nice head unit.

Thanks for reading peeps :)

[traffman]

looks like the work going in to mine , well done .

[Dan Gliballs]

looks like the work going in to mine , well done .

Cheers mate ;) Are you embarking on a similar project?

[traffman]

aye ,well in conjuction with rob @ rsc its on the restorations an work diary .

have a wee lookie.

[Dan Gliballs]

aye ,well in conjuction with rob @ rsc its on the restorations an work diary .

have a wee lookie.

Bloody hell mate that was one rotten Astra :eek:

What happenned to the diary after mid December mate?

Interesting to see the different methods of fabricating/fitting the strengthening plates at the rear between the inner and outer sills.

What stage is your car at now?

Cheers,

Paul.

[astramike]

cool get pics up when done mate.

[traffman]

still getting there, nearly, ho hum.

[Dan Gliballs]

The car is turned around and the tin worm starts to be removed from the passenger side. The new wings have arrived too :)

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[Kris]

welcome to the boards. its looking good ,loads of work going on in a short space of time .When did you start work on it ?.

[Dan Gliballs]

welcome to the boards. its looking good ,loads of work going on in a short space of time .When did you start work on it ?.

Thanks mate :)

I pulled the interior out a couple of weeks ago and then Norman and Robin ('The Skin Mechanic ', Sussex) started on the bodywork last week. I sense some late evenings coming on :eek:

[Kris]

So 7 days you say ,hmmmm i wish you alot of luck and i hope it all goes smoothly

[Gander]

Thats some serious restoration there, hope it all gets finished ready for the Pod.
There's quite a few Mistral Grey GTE's appearing on here now, the more I see them the more I love the colour. If ounly my numbers came up I'd have a fleet of Mk2's in all the nice colours!

[GRAK]

It's nice to see another Astra being restored, it'll look good when the bodyworks done. welcome to the site :)

[Dan Gliballs]

Thanks again everybody :)

I like this site - very friendly.

[REMUS]

omg dan I hate you and you smell real bad!!! j/k :p

[Dan Gliballs]

omg dan I hate you and you smell real bad!!! j/k :p

A-ha!!........we have an in house comic ;) :)

[DarrenH]

man that first pic looked scary !!

[Dan Gliballs]

man that first pic looked scary !!

LOL........scary mate??

[REMUS]

Maybe all that red lead paint stuff ?

[Dan Gliballs]

Pictures taken lastnight.

Passenger side metalwork is almost done now (this morning).

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[REMUS]

looking good matey, how long left till she has to be rdy because you don't want to make mistakes with welding because your rushing!

[Dan Gliballs]

looking good matey, how long left till she has to be rdy because you don't want to make mistakes with welding because your rushing!

It's going into the spray shop tonight - I need it ready to drive up to Santa Pod on Saturday afternoon :eek:

[caul pope]

Good luck Dan, you certainly haven't been hanging about! I'm liking the fact your keeping it standard sleeper style. Should sh!t a few people up when you boot it

[Dan Gliballs]

Good luck Dan, you certainly haven't been hanging about! I'm liking the fact your keeping it standard sleeper style. Should sh!t a few people up when you boot it

Sleeper style rules mate :)

I had a Nova along similar lines - a basic and completely standard F plate car with a 165 bhp XE in it - it was even badged as a 1.2L LOL!!

Both these cars wind up Subarus and BMW's no end ;)

If you're only in Surrey, pop down for a ride in this one when its finished mate.

Cheers.

[caul pope]

Nice one Dan i'd love to. I think it would blow my mind as I've had my pap 1.4 Starmist for so bloody long!

[REMUS]

get yourself a gte man, i was really suprised that it only cost £1.5k for me to insure myself on tpft on a 2.0 8v gte hell even a cali 16v only costs me £2k which is significantly less than my last £2.8k quote!

They can be had for silly money too, £500ish for a really nice 8 valver.

[caul pope]

One day the right one will come along Remus, then I can be in your gang.

[REMUS]

if your lucky you might get an early 1.8 gte/kadett gsi like mine, they make the same power as the 2.0 8v gte's but rev more freely if they have the 18E head. They are less than the 2.0 to insure and do 0-60 in 8sec standard ;)

[Dan Gliballs]

Nice one Dan i'd love to. I think it would blow my mind as I've had my pap 1.4 Starmist for so bloody long!

I'll be looking for any excuse to drive it once it's finished (ie. next week onwards) - choose a dry day and come for a spin :) I'm just south of Gatwick mate.

Paul.

[Ian T]

Any pics yet Paul?

I'm practically falling off the edge of my seat here... ;)

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

Any pics yet Paul?

I'm practically falling off the edge of my seat here... ;)

Ian.

Within the next half hour Ian :)

[Dan Gliballs]

Well, the Astra finally went into the sprayshop last night - I took these pictures between 6:30pm and 8:00pm.

One very dusty car :)

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[Dan Gliballs]

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[Dan Gliballs]

An acrylic primer/filler was then applied and left to go off overnight - the sprayshop heaters were left on all through the night.

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The colour is going on as I'm typing this. More pictures tonight ;)

Cheers for looking :)

Paul.

[Ian T]

Nice...

You probably guessed I'm still trying to work out how to do mine, I like the way they solve the overspray problem though, I'll have to get inventive, got some groundsheet somewhere.

Looks like they are going to put a blend line in below the rear windows, but where will the blend be on the back corner? The paint looked much nicer on yours before the work anyway, so I guess I'll be spraying right up to the roof on mine. Aha... that's for the primer coat...

Looking very encouraging there now Paul. That workshop simply is to die for too.

Cheers, Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

Nice...

You probably guessed I'm still trying to work out how to do mine, I like the way they solve the overspray problem though, I'll have to get inventive, got some groundsheet somewhere.

Looks like they are going to put a blend line in below the rear windows, but where will the blend be on the back corner? The paint looked much nicer on yours before the work anyway, so I guess I'll be spraying right up to the roof on mine. Aha... that's for the primer coat...

Looking very encouraging there now Paul. That workshop simply is to die for too.

Cheers, Ian.

Yeah, its going to be sprayed right up to the foof-rail gutter thingies this time. It will be going back in the summer to have the roof, bonnet, bumpers and tailgate perfected/sprayed too.

Definitely a good workshop with all the heaters/extractor fans/compressors etc. It's concrete floor is even built on a slight slope with a gutter system so the dust can simply be washed out with a water hose.

I used to do bits of bodywork myself and swap wings and things, but these days I'd rather just tag a bit on the mortgage and get somebody else to do it - family time is sacred ;)

Paul.

[caul pope]

Looking awesome Paul. Love seeig stuff built up like this especially i such a short space of time! I live in Banstead, I've managed to get to Gatwick in 14 min once (running a bit lat for a flight) so I'll have to pop down and check it out.

[Dan Gliballs]

Looking awesome Paul. Love seeig stuff built up like this especially i such a short space of time! I live in Banstead, I've managed to get to Gatwick in 14 min once (running a bit lat for a flight) so I'll have to pop down and check it out.

Only half an hour to Southwater then mate - RH13 ;)

[Dan Gliballs]

The first few coats of colour are now on :) It will be laquered tomorrow.

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[Dan Gliballs]

My new chips.

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A couple of other cars that Robin has just sprayed - I locked myself in that Porker and made brum-brum noises for ages yesterday :bust:

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[Tom]

Top project dude ! looks like its going to be sweet when your finshed.:)

And a LET to, great stuff ! :D

[Dan Gliballs]

Cheers Tom :)

It's nearly there now.

[REMUS]

see if you can get some one to video you running at santa pod m8

[Dan Gliballs]

see if you can get some one to video you running at santa pod m8

The car's not ready unfortunately mate :( Needs another couple of days worth of work doing.

I'll be up at the Pod at the next available opportunity though :)

[REMUS]

oh man that sucks :( gutted for ya as well dude, what else needs doing to it?

[Ian T]

Oh how gutting!

Such a shame when you were so set on a deadline. Sounded tight when you were saying the topcoat was going on, but depended on what they could do today.

Not to worry, maybe I'll get to see it before the engine goes pop on the strip. ;)

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

oh man that sucks :( gutted for ya as well dude, what else needs doing to it?

The main problem was that Courtenays hadn't sent any metal bushes for the rear shocks - the pistons are stronger but slimmer than the original Vauxhall ones and would rattle about without the correct bushes (these are coming on Tuesday).

It will take a while to clean out all that bloody dust.

I need to have all four new Toyo's fitted and the car laser aligned.

I also want to give it an oil and filter change, refit the seats/SFS induction hose/chips/front seats/new fogs/sill protectors etc etc.....

I should be blasting about in it midweek hopefully mate :)

[REMUS]

Oh well, i think it's for the best. The car will have been properly serviced and alot happier when thrashed no doubt!

What suspension did you go for, I am thinking about bilstein for mine with a 30mm drop.

EDIT: *Slaps face* Sorry you mentioned you were getting a bilstein kit at the start!

[Dan Gliballs]

Oh well, i think it's for the best. The car will have been properly serviced and alot happier when thrashed no doubt!

What suspension did you go for, I am thinking about bilstein for mine with a 30mm drop.

Yeah, good things come to those who wait I suppose :)

This is the suspension kit - Proper Bilsteins with Courtenay springs (especially developed for a MK2 with an LET conversion).

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[REMUS]

nice, the set i'm getting is no where near as fancy but still good quality I hope from http://www.tuning.co.uk/vauxshop drops the ride height by 40mm, only £189.95 which is nice ;)


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[Dan Gliballs]

nice, the set i'm getting is no where near as fancy but still good quality I hope from http://www.tuning.co.uk/vauxshop drops the ride height by 40mm, only £189.95 which is nice ;)


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All Bilsteins are good mate ;)

Z Spider on Cavweb has just fitted the same Bilstein 'black' kit you are getting to his MK3 Cavalier - he reckons it's superb :)

[REMUS]

if they are good I will get another set for my cali, but with 18" alloys on it I don't think I will be able to drop the ride height!

The anoyying thing is the avez c's I am buying are 10" wide on the back! So I will need to get a wide arch kit for the rear which is going to cost another £400ish :( but I should have it ready for the early summer then I can spend money on the mk2 :D

[Ian T]

if they are good I will get another set for my cali, but with 18" alloys on it I don't think I will be able to drop the ride height!


Have I missed something here? It's the springs that set the ride height isn't it? If you're running 18s on a Cally the profile must be 35 or something to make up for it. Larger rim diameter, smaller profile. How do you mean?

Got 17s on the Merc, but the overall diameter makes the sidewall height of a 45 profile 235 tyre plenty to avoid knocks and bangs.

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

Have I missed something here? It's the springs that set the ride height isn't it? If you're running 18s on a Cally the profile must be 35 or something to make up for it. Larger rim diameter, smaller profile. How do you mean?

Got 17s on the Merc, but the overall diameter makes the sidewall height of a 45 profile 235 tyre plenty to avoid knocks and bangs.

Ian.

I didn't know you had a Merc mate? Which one is it? :)

[Ian T]

Ahem... E220 CDI Avantgarde.

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

Ahem... E220 CDI Avantgarde.

Ian.

Very,very nice :)

LOL!! - and there's you with the Astra, fannying about scrimping/saving/doing it yourself etc :D

Or is it a company car mate?

Paul

[Ian T]

LOL!! - and there's you with the Astra, fannying about scrimping/saving/doing it yourself etc :D

LOL... no, it's all a hobby. No company cars, so I search them out with a few miles under them before I buy them.

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

LOL... no, it's all a hobby. No company cars, so I search them out with a few miles under them before I buy them.

Ian.

Very shrewd my friend ;)

Buying and selling carefully and cleverly can definitely compensate for a less than huge salary :)

[REMUS]

Have I missed something here? It's the springs that set the ride height isn't it? If you're running 18s on a Cally the profile must be 35 or something to make up for it. Larger rim diameter, smaller profile. How do you mean?

Got 17s on the Merc, but the overall diameter makes the sidewall height of a 45 profile 235 tyre plenty to avoid knocks and bangs.

Ian.

shush! :p it was late and i've got a cold :o

[Littleman]

Hiya paul.

Its Jon I'm the one that showed you the way forward at the grasshopper a year or so back. (showed you just how quick a mk2 astra turbo is :) )

See you finally gone out and brought one!!

Jon

[Dan Gliballs]

Hiya paul.

Its Jon I'm the one that showed you the way forward at the grasshopper a year or so back. (showed you just how quick a mk2 astra turbo is :) )

See you finally gone out and brought one!!

Jon

Hi Jon :)

LOL, yes indeed, it is you who I have to blame for all this expense and effort. Fookin quick cars mate :eek: - even before it was chipped a Scooby couldn't escape on the A24, now it's chipped......................bye bye Scooby :D

Dave reckons he has a FMIC for sale soon - have you seen it yet?

Cheers mate,

Paul.

[tomstickland]

I love the bodyshop pictures.
If you're going to keep it stealth then please don't fit a polished roll cage though!

[Ian T]

I love the bodyshop pictures.
If you're going to keep it stealth then please don't fit a polished roll cage though!

Got to agree...

The roll cage would be a great invitation to every wannabe to do battle at every set of lights, every roundabout... I know you'll be able to waste the lot of them, but the quiet subtle look of that car will have more fun in the surprise factor.

Ian.

[Dan Gliballs]

Got to agree...

The roll cage would be a great invitation to every wannabe to do battle at every set of lights, every roundabout... I know you'll be able to waste the lot of them, but the quiet subtle look of that car will have more fun in the surprise factor.

Ian.

I agree, but this is purely from a safety aspect.

Steve B who built and owned the beautiful MK2 LET Champion that Phat SR is now selling, had a very very serious crash in a high powered MK2 Astra and the cage was the only thing that saved his life.

I figure that if I HAVE to have a cage, I might aswell have a nice shiny one ;)

Paul.

[Ian T]

Fair one, no arguing with that.

Ian.

[REMUS]

what cage do you have fitted then?

[Dan Gliballs]

what cage do you have fitted then?

Haven't got a cage yet mate - its on my 'To Do'/'Save Up For' list at the moment.

I'll have to dig out my Total Vauxhall collection to find the article about a company who custom makes cages for specific cars. I will be re-fitting the darker rear seats and the rest of the interior at some point so I would need plenty of clearance - no tight fitting competition jobbies.

[Dan Gliballs]

A few pictures taken yesterday and today.

The VMAX chips I fitted, and the spraying now finished (the paintwork will be flatted and polished in a couple of days).

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[REMUS]

that looks like a top quality paint job, how much did the work set you back?

[Dan Gliballs]

that looks like a top quality paint job, how much did the work set you back?

£1600 including all panels/paint/consumables/fitting/welding etc :)

[Jon S]

crikey, didnt notice you had a LET lurking in there .
nice paint.

[REMUS]

that's a fairly large sum! did he charge more for the rush?

[caul pope]

Well done mate! Your really getting there now, can't wait to see more pics once exterior is completed, and then seeing it in the flesh.
Chips are mad, haven't much knowledge of them, but was it just a straight unplug/plugin swap?

[tomstickland]

I agree, but this is purely from a safety aspect.
OK, but please not shiney. They look totally chav.

[Dan Gliballs]

OK, but please not shiney. They look totally chav.

How about black then, or the same Mistral Grey as the car perhaps? :)

[Dan Gliballs]

that's a fairly large sum! did he charge more for the rush?

That is what you must pay for a quality job I'm afraid mate.

From what I've seen, you definitely get what you pay for. The work involved over the last few weeks has been phenominal - it has included the skills of three craftsmen and their attention to detail has been fantastic. This car is now stronger and better sealed up than when it rolled off the production line 14 years ago..........................................it should be good for another 14 now :)

[_Steven_]

Does look very nice... :)

[Dan Gliballs]

Well done mate! Your really getting there now, can't wait to see more pics once exterior is completed, and then seeing it in the flesh.
Chips are mad, haven't much knowledge of them, but was it just a straight unplug/plugin swap?

Yeah, straight swap but its very fiddly separating the two circuit boards. I was probably THE most nervous person in Britain when I actually came to fit the chips on Sunday night LOL - 28 very fragile pins on each chip :eek:

[caul pope]

.....and does it work?

[Dan Gliballs]

.....and does it work?

I plugged the ECU back in and it at least starts LOL!! Can't wait to get it onto the open road though - I just need a few minor details like doors/wings/bumpers/seats etc :)

[REMUS]

best finish everything now rather than leaveing loose ends, since such a detailed job has been done on the rest of the car.

I find fixing all the little things can infact be the most time consumeing aspect of a car, mainly because its not as much fun + finishing a job is the hardest part, because you always want to move on to bigger and better things.

[caul pope]

best finish everything now rather than leaveing loose ends, since such a detailed job has been done on the rest of the car.

I find fixing all the little things can infact be the most time consumeing aspect of a car, mainly because its not as much fun + finishing a job is the hardest part, because you always want to move on to bigger and better things.

Totaly agree mate, I get so impatient with fiddly little things and often end up c0cking them up.

[Dan Gliballs]

The doors went back on yesterday - the coulour matches perfectly too.

I also removed the remains of the interior and any unnecessary ICE wiring that the last owner had installed.

The engine runs with the new chips in but won't climb above 2200 rpm :(
I'll try the standard chips back in just to make sure that the ECU itself is fine before I go and get Dave Franczak too involved :lmao:

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[tomstickland]

How about black then, or the same Mistral Grey as the car perhaps?
Yep, that's fine. Sorry, just a personal thing, as soon as polished roll cages are mentioned I think of boyed up Novas with massive speakers in the back.

[Dan Gliballs]

Starting to look like a car again now :)

We got the bumpers wings and bonnet struts on today, replaced the broken foglight and headlamp spray unit.

On Monday the whole car will be flatted and polished - we'll also be fitting the rest of the suspension kit.

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[Dan Gliballs]

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[Dan Gliballs]

The Courtenay/Bilstein kit is now fitted with the correct rear bushes.

The insides of the rear wheel arches have been treated to a wire brush attachment session and a dam good spraying of rubberised underseal.

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[Dan Gliballs]

The long task of preparing the sills to accept the sideskirts begins. Robin has made a special one-off jig tool to line the clips up.

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The sumptuous interior :lmao:

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[caul pope]

That rubberised underseal stuff looks like really good stuff. I take it, it protects and can be cleaned easily?

[Dan Gliballs]

That rubberised underseal stuff looks like really good stuff. I take it, it protects and can be cleaned easily?

Yep, excellent stuff mate - the stones will just bounce off, easy to clean with a pressure washer too :) (I had it done to my last Nova project).

[Kris]

Yep, excellent stuff mate - the stones will just bounce off, easy to clean with a pressure washer too :) (I had it done to my last Nova project).


What make is it ?

[Dan Gliballs]

What make is it ?

Can't remember - I'll check when I go up the workshop tomorrow mate :)

[Kris]

Can't remember - I'll check when I go up the workshop tomorrow mate :)

Cheers mate :D

[Dan Gliballs]

Cheers mate :D

It is a 'stonechip guard' of the Wurth variety. Apparently ICI etc do an equivalent ;)

[Dan Gliballs]

My car was delivered back home at 4:30pm today after being away for over 2 months :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0568.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0570.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0571.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0569.jpg

[Kris]

It is a 'stonechip guard' of the Wurth variety. Apparently ICI etc do an equivalent ;)

Marvelous ,is it the gun attachment type cans ,and how many do you rekon it would take to do the entire underside of my car ?.

[Dan Gliballs]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0572.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/dangly/IMG_0574.jpg

[Kris]

Is that a smooth scuttle in the first pic ?

[Dan Gliballs]

Is that a smooth scuttle in the first pic ?

Nah, its just the angle mate :)

[Dan Gliballs]

Marvelous ,is it the gun attachment type cans ,and how many do you rekon it would take to do the entire underside of my car ?.

Yep its a gun attachment. Two or three cans should see the underside done ;)

[Kris]

Yep its a gun attachment. Two or three cans should see the underside done ;)


Now i need space and the fun begins .

[runs off to clear the garage]