decided to tackle some of the 205 yestrday..
I sanded back small areas where the etch wasnt good and re-etched, and turned my attention to the worst part of the car, the end section of the rear quarter..
It was full of dents like somebody had given it a very good kicking.
sanded back
then etched and a first coat of filler
couple of other dents i began to attack,
whilst my friend put new rear brake lines in aswell as some braided fleixs
long long awaited update..
I lost a lot of patience and time for the car , however today my welder james has been down to weld in the cage.. and i decided im going to hit it hard and get the inside done asap, then ill get it up to the bodyshop you blitz the outside. heres work so far.
will get cage bolted up at weekend, and hopefully make a start at removing the old seat rails and welding in some box section to accept the sparco ones. This should hopefully make for a much more solid seat and less likely to rip out the floor plan.
got the cage bolted in today, a job within itself , i need to grind a small area of weld back as its stopping me get just one of the bolts in , but other than that i think its about there.
I also need to just work on the sliders that join the front section to the back slightly but i dont think there far off.
put my slam panel on yesterday, which revealed a very slight clearance issue, i think this is most due to the fact i retrained teh standard engine mounts rather than leaning it back more like many people.. what i find is that my ran touches my inlet manifold by about 1mm.. I can space the couling out with a couple of washers which removed the problem, however as the grill locates onto the rad cowling this may cause that to sit out slightly, I will have a think how best to tackle it, i could probably grind a small amount away from the inlet however im not sure how much material there is there.
you can see the issue though to whole, however spacing it out (using my finger here sorts the problem)
clearance elsewhere with my modified slam panel is good.
Excellent work mate.. this will be a beaut when it's finished!
thanks for the comments,
little update , dave richard came down to help me with the welding,
managed to get inner seat rails welded in, just gota do the outside ones now
also whilst at it he fitted me a phase 2 rear light conversion
trying to covince him to loose his rear bumper and eghaust
Lose the rear bumper? Do you mean lose the rear spoiler?
I'd remove the spoiler and trim the exhaust back an inch.
Yours is coming along. Shame you lost the motivation halfway. Hope you get back on track.
carried on but then the welder ran outa gas.. grrr
few updates,
bolted in the seats, also attacked some rust spots under neath with por 15, will stone chip the whole boot floor and also the ares which were welded for seat mountings.
also my mate popped by and i had to get a pic as i love his e30
i assume thats the guy who is selling his e30?
i wish people would stop jumping on the dub bandwagon with the stickers.... IMHO of course
indeed it is sparkie, , its actually sold now, well swapped with cash for an s13..
im not a fan of stickers full stop , but to be fair hes been on the game for a while now with turbo civics,dirty derv corsas, and about 6 bmw locked diff sideways machines, all of which had stickers before the whole craze of 'sticker bombing' so i forgive him
speant a bit of time this weekend doing the boring tasks on the pug..
Cleaned up all the crap off the floor, going in someway to prep it for paint, then etched all shiny metal, and seamsealed all welds, i also chucked a bit of stone chip over the etched areas simple because etch is porus and still alloys rust to develop is water gets to it.
speant some more time on the car.
Ive preped the inside and if my spray gun decides to work will be painting it tomorrow possibly, also i seam sealed the ares where the new roof was welded on, also tiger sealed the floor holes in.
modified the 205 bonnet to accept rams aswell, never did like the original bonnet stays as they fall to bits.
well , one compressor died, my air reg died, and my decent paint gun died.. however...
I managed to make the inside of the car white which is the main thing!.
update, dash is now in , and a few other bits, also finally managed to get the rear of the cage bolted in once and for all aswell as painted to a finish im happy with although once the diagonal in it may be having some welding carried out to add a horizontal harness bar.
Massive respect fella looks sweet as an all done on a driveway..110% for effort fella.
Always had a spot for the pug,they is a classic..
Keep it up..
Thats come a long way since i last seen it good work mate well done
cracked on with the car some more, front of cage is now in and fitted, also i made a couple of brackets and welded them in to lower the rad, will get that all bolted up tonight and then thats the front end virtually done. The weldings not pretty but i had no gas, however lots of hitting with a hammer and they dont budge.
new bonnet lifters are great
looks awesome fella
dave richared welded me up a slightly better slam panel, solid enough to hold the bonnet down, whilst offered far more clearance.
I painted it black as it seemed no mattery how well i painted the slam panel it would get beaten by the catch hitting it.. so i opted for a quick blast over with black.. simples.
Originally Posted by djinuk
few updates,
also my mate popped by and i had to get a pic as i love his e30
did you get owners consent? oh wait, thats me!!
dave popped over today, and helped me out lining up and sorting the front end, its amazing how hard it is to put a car back together when its been apart so long.
and so.
being that ive had 3 days of work i got busy and finished off the cage aswell as bolted the seats in ...
Almost ready to send to the bodyshop and sit back awaiting its return!.
late xmas pressie
and to the bodyshop for fresh white paint.
Id just like to add i think i will be putting this car up for sale once completed, It will be strong money as its one of the few conversion done, and done right with no corners missed. With a supercharger conversion these was see 300+ horse so ripe for making somewhat mental, or sticking with the 167 standard bhp of the gti6.
Mate this is real smart
Looks sweet mate! Can't wait to see it all finished!
Great project mate how do you find the time for all these projects
I agree, R5 MX5 205 Do you have a 5 thing???your doing 3 cars better than i can do one lol
I know he makes it look so effortless really annoying lol
cheers guys, I guess its just what i enjoy doing really, I try to build each car for diffrent purposes, if im honest at the moment i have took on a little to much hence the 205 will be sold once completed. I also have the 200sx, but in comparision thats really easy to work on, as its simply a case of keeping it mechanically good and forgetting about pretty'ness etc.
I do have a 205 xs project aswell , but ill be chucking that up for sale soon to shift it, cracking motor, and a nonsunroof model aswell so hopefully will sell quite easilly.
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