Djs second R5 Tungy Jplate

[djinuk]

Here is my new r5, no mot/tax at the min, some folks may remmber it belonging to username paddyswag (somthing along them lines)

Hope you like, opinions welcome

Its been stood a while etc and needs a good clean over.. told you i havnt given up with the r5's.

Car also came with heaps of spares including spare engine, new chrome scuttle, just to mention a few bits






.

I did an insurance check and i can insure it for £16 for the week, so i decided id go for it to get it moted.

First job was to remove the interior, and throw in a red carpet as the grey orignal just didnt work.
Whilst at it i took a look at the floor pan which was in good condition with just a bung to reseal.




I also want to take some time to remove any unused brackets and tidy up the engine bay.

I attempted to sort out an earth problem which took ages on the rear back lights

Pic of the garden complete with full r5 interior and the mrs chilling

[Blick]

is that as close as the mrs is gonna get 2 drivin your new 5 dj???

[Gttnutter]

Are you keeping the grey capert in situ or going for red ?

[djinuk]

haha, probably mate.. she loves her old cars but the r5s have a funny clutch compared to an r5 im told :P

Going red mate.. cant have a french 80's hatch with a grey boring carpet.

Its now in my old r5 and i gota say it looks pretty smart in there but still not my thing.

[djinuk]

mot aborted...

I found a problem..

2 new full sills im thinking ..


Ah well, best find the best place to get them and get my welder on the case hey.











Best get busy hey

[Blick]

ahh balls!!!! u dont wanna be seein that do ya mate

[djinuk]

bit of an update, ive got the sills, just waiting to get them welded up, and ive robbed the garage for the week so decided to strip down the cooling system etc , have a mouch to see if everything is in order and also stumbled across a few things

found this mocal plate, presume its to monitor the oil temp, its in the oil return from the turbo

not 100% sure if this BMS pipe is the full on 2.5inch

and the mint n solid front subframe

[djinuk]

cheers rob.. small update..

Diffrent carb top, removed some of the perc fan wiring, and brackets (unneeded) Started fitting some of the chrome scuttle panel.. poser i know... and fitted a braided inline oil filter on the turbo oil feed.

[djinuk]

well as the F reg r5 has now gone it frees up some time to tackle the J plate..

one thing is that sections of the bodykit need paint attention and i wish to remove the rear exhaust cut out and smooth out the recess.

I also purchased a carbon fibre bonnet.




I began the rear bumper tonight.

Im no expert but this is how i tackled it.

First i removed the black strip and used a flap wheel on the grind to key up the inside of the recess and also the very close surrounding area, i also used some 80 grade paper to help do this around the edges.



I then masked up the surrounding area to not get p40/fibreglass bridging filler where it wasnt needed.


I then filled the recess making sure to not bring it 100% flush with the surface and instead leave about 1mm to fill


then once this had gone off i used 80 grade paper to remove any bits of p40 that came above the recess and also to key up the flat area that i would be filling. I also gave it a clean up with panel wipe to make sure the p38/filler adheres well.


I then filled the full area making sure to filler outside of the recess aswell whilst keeping waste minimal


next i will guide coat this and use a large block and 120 grade to get it down to around the correct level.

[dangerous dave]

very nice.... i have a j plate too, i call him Jayzeeeee our j platers are uber rare and each one was hand built by the renault f1 team..

[car.crash]

very nice.... i have a j plate too, i call him Jayzeeeee our j platers are uber rare and each one was hand built by the renault f1 team..

such a cock sucker

[djinuk]

Well , ive taken the r5 to the bodyshop , now its just a case of waiting for it to come back with a pair of fresh sills

man its horrible when one of your cars is taken away.


also made a start on the front bumper

[philg]

looking good


phil

[djinuk]

after many hours sanding i got the filler back to 400 grade and flat, got it mostly right on the second fill so all good.. blasted it up with high build and a guide coat and begain wet flatting with 800.

[djinuk]

a few pics here..

Cars at bodyshop, the sills have been welded on, now hes just sorting out getting them blended smart and completed..

He phoned me to come and inspect the welding before the seam sealed etc, and to be honest the work looked very good, he didnt go right to the front of the car however he showed me why and it was completly solid there.

[Kenobi]

How much is that work? I want exactly that doing.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

How much is that work? I want exactly that doing.

Your sills gone on the Monaco Kenobi?

[Kenobi]

Your sills gone on the Monaco Kenobi?

They aint bad, but i want them doing.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

They aint bad, but i want them doing.

So there not rotten or just alittle bit?

[djinuk]

well ive spoke to him about doing a lot of work for the rtoc lads, and he said he can look at fitting a pair of sills , and sorting any small areas of inner for around the £250 mark providing you provide the sills.

This price blew every other bodyshop out of the water, hes always done a few other bits for me free of charge (just under the petrol cap etc).

Prices may vary a bit but thats just an idea, if you come down with me we can sort somthing though

[5alldaway]

price for a blowover for my 205 please, or can i have his number, thanx babe x

[Kenobi]

So there not rotten or just alittle bit?

no both solid apart from on the passenger side I have about 1cm of rust on the seam.

[dangerous dave]

that looks a tidy bit of work, should come back looking the shizzle

[gtmatt]

getting there mate , i plated my sills as i did not want to cut the old ones out ,depends on how big the mot mans hammer is lol

[djinuk]

TYM Refinishers, 07812 540730

Tell him dj with the renault 5 sent you.. :d

[Wallace]

Looks like a good job from the pictures

And that sort of money seems very resonable too...........

One of those things really, pain in the arse to spend out on, but once done you'll have peace of mind for years to come...........

Looking good mate

[r5gt1986]

Good luck man, it is better to dismantle any part before the color work
Just as you can.

[djinuk]

she comes home tonight

I was down there last nite and took a couple of pics.. This is basically at the stage where hes painted up to the character line, and has jst wet flatted it into the existing paint to around 3000 grit also along the sill hence its dull, it will be buffed up before i collect tomorrow.

[philg]

good job

[phase i 16 v turbo]

Looking good! That's another one some nto be back on the road!

[Kenobi]

Looks wicked mate.

[Wallace]

Happy Days

[5alldaway]

seen your badself waiting in the traffic before turning into walton/drakelow and i beeped at you!

sorry i didnt make pod mate, no way on Gods earth would i be getting up at 6 lol!

[djinuk]

well i tackled a few of the jobs for the day, first being fitting of the front mount intercooler, and side exit exhaust system, also removed the remains of the bits of standard side sticker that was still on the car.

We also fitted the carbon bonnet although this requires more adjustment to get sitting better.

Few pics



the dolmon at work

[djinuk]

just been working away on repairing the preping the bodykit for paint.

one of the front arches had some very bad damage to the arch as through the car had a blow out and ripped a very large chunk out, I cut a section out of an old arch, fibreglass this in , and then filled the arch, there is also a few more cracks etc ive had to repair.. the photos are not great but give an idea.






Also i took on what so far has been a nightmare of a job. I will be running a side exit and therefore didnt want to see the crappy hole for the rear exit exhaust, so therefore i cut up another rear bumper, qbonded the section in , fibreglass matted it from behind and began filling the arches to blend the 2 sections together as close as possible.. Just to point out this really has not been easy but its getting close now.

[djinuk]

i finished all the repairs on my r5 bodykit over the last week (there was quite a few).

I high built them yesterday using maxmeyer high build at a 5:1 ratio, I decided to try somthing and rigged up my 2 pretty small compressors to give myself some mroe air pressure... the result was excellent, 2 motors about 70 or so litres of air , and my 29psi hvlp gun didnt have any problems, this made it so much easier, and the high build is going to be much easier to flat down.

[dickiegtt]

Real nice work there matey tungy j is comin' on sweeeet!

[Kenobi]

Ive got a unit now DJ if ya ever need it for working on car in rain etc.

Good to see your motor coming on nicely.

[dangerous dave]

looks ace, that guy sorting your sills did a job to be proud of, so many people take strong money and give a cowboy job.. that looks like the work of someone whose treated it like there own

its really coming along now, our J platers have a rep to live up too, i'll have to get mine up to scratch..

[djinuk]

cheers for the kind words, yea im really happy with the job he did on the sills, hes actually really interested in doing more work on the r5's i think he finds them quite fun.

Only update really is many hours ive speant wet flatting the kit down with a block, its all came out really well though so expect paint on very soon, and all being well ill still be on target to get the car done in time for nats day.

I also restudded the arches where needed using the same stuff trixandflix used so thats all good, just hope it all lines up

[djinuk]

well today i set up my gazebo and compressors and set about doing my first basecoat/clear coat paint... to say i was a little nervous as i was doing my first metalic ever aswell, and the weather was hit and miss etc etc..

Had great help my my mrs in setting up..

arches , skirts and grill all paint, 3 coats of base, 3 coats of lacquer..

And im very happy with the end results ..

only 2 drips and these were caused by over filling the gun and when painting one of the arches it came out the top .

This is how the bits came out the gun..

Plans are to flat with 1500, then polish up with g3 followed by super resin..

the arch that had the drip im going to flat out and then relacquer when i do my bumpers, however im not sure if i just 1500 the whole arch and then apply a fresh coat of lacquer.. any guideance much appreciated.

[djinuk]

busy one today.. more painting, really beginning to enjoy it now.

First coat of base



2 more coats of base



first coat of lacquer



then more and more you get the idea







began fitting the kit, sorted out timing cover, fitted new clocks and did a few other bits.

[djinuk]

finished off final jobs

fuel filter,

interior refit,

fitted the front bumper with some new clips and screws but not happy with it so going to renault to get brand new fixings i think.+

Also fitted the skirts, i bolted the bottom and bonded the top however im not 100% kene on it, think at a later date im going to take them off and measure up exactly where the fixings need to be and do it propelly








Also i found this bit bit of rust in the inner arch, ? common, looks like it may be a major job to sort.

[dangerous dave]

there are loads on classic rot places on a gtt.. sills, windscreen surrounds, behind the headlights next to the bumber mount, inner boot well behind the plastic trims as mud sits on a bracket behind the filler neck, rear quarter windows go under the rubbers, etc etc etc.. so many places..

you doing well tho, thats looking mint

if you look in my pics you can see some of the rot on mine.. the sill is rotting inside to out as the underseal was spot on, yet after i wire wheeled it off theres loads of holes and you can see the metal behinds shot to sh1t.. do be shy getting into these places if your putting all this effort in.. i want 99.9% of the rot gone on mine so i'm going mad man..

[djinuk]

well tonight im going to be giving the car a final check over, bolted the bumpers up, and insuring it..

Then tomorrow is the day of rekoning MOT TIME... first time the cars been on the road in many many years.

[djinuk]

good news it passed mot..

Drove it today, and i bloody love it.. !!!!

[dangerous dave]

good news it passed mot..

Drove it today, and i bloody love it.. !!!!

a job well done

[IANMM]

well done mate....good quality home grown workmanship

[djinuk]

Thanks for the kind words folks, Ive purchased a set of genuine wings as these have some slight dents, also purchased 2 x doors, that ill get straight and painted ready to drop on.

[philr5t]

nice job mate good to see someone putting in lots of effort and time in to keeping another 5 on the road saw the car at mallory you have done a good job on the paint work mate keep up the good work