[misc_work] My Toys!

[AlexB 0]

might be worth looking into then lol!

[AlexB 0]

right bit more whoring today

 

went a bought these

 

 

 

and spent my day in the rear arches

cleaned and hammerited over some rust where the arches had been welded up but not painted properly after

 

 

 

plan is to get the arches all clean

then seal them and paint them in black hammerite

sublte but then they wont really look dirty as much

so easier to keep on top of like

[AlexB 0]

also curently trying to sort out collecting these

hopefully in the week i will have them

 

 

as my seats in the xs are f***ed tbh

Edited February 21, 2010 by AlexB

[AlexB 0]

got my car washed earlier by the local immigrants

so started the day like this

 

then a load of paint renovater and some of matts poor boys

 

the wheels are off to do front arches and fit some new ones for now whilst the steels get a blast and powedercoat as the tyres were illegal on the back now

 

[AlexB 0]

stupid pic post limit

 

 

 

then we did a polish with the super resin and a coat of the turtle wax

 

 

 

 

reflections arent too bad lol

 

[miamichris 9]

great job!

 

nice to see an XS getting a bit of tlc for a change, I thought I was the only one who did it!

 

Get the amber indicators back on, retro coolness ..and new driving lamps

 

EDIT: "got my car washed earlier by the local immigrants" lmao!

Edited February 23, 2010 by miamichris

[AlexB 0]

great job!

 

nice to see an XS getting a bit of tlc for a change, I thought I was the only one who did it!

 

Get the amber indicators back on, retro coolness ..and new driving lamps

 

EDIT: "got my car washed earlier by the local immigrants" lmao!

 

 

cheers man

i want the amber indicators

and some s1 106 rallye vents for the bumper

should eb funky

 

and yea the immigrants do a decent job though tbh lol

well good enough to start this off lmao!!

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

looking good mate, just need so restore the bumpers now

[AlexB 0]

gunna paint them matt black davie

 

dont want them grey tbh

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

nice xs man defo get the ambers back on it, will look spot on then

 

ot. chris can you send me a pic of you're rear quarter badges?

[AlexB 0]

Cheers lan

I'm gunna find a set of ambers when I have the cash

Edited February 24, 2010 by AlexB

[miamichris 9]

gunna paint them matt black davie

 

dont want them grey tbh

 

You can get plasticare in black too I know we go on about this stuff, but it really is that good!

 

ot. chris can you send me a pic of you're rear quarter badges?

 

Yes Lan, no problem. I'll try to get a photo at the weekend for you

[AlexB 0]

Will it turn grey ones black though?

Seems a bit ghetto

[AlexB 0]

just a quick update

 

leathers should be here this week!

win tbh

so im gonna tidy all the interior whilst im swapping them round like

should hopefully help the car in the transformation

[AlexB 0]

 

right so seats are coming out so i can start to clean the interior

as its a state as this pic shows

 

 

and when it goes back together i have this

 

 

should look tidy hopefully

[Guest sweetser]

Looks nice mate, isnt it strange how a chane of wheels changes the whole apperance of a car

 

I look forward to seeing the new interior in

 

Luke.

[AlexB 0]

It is amazing how the wheels changed it's look

but the rallye steels will be coming back I think once there refurbed

[The Arch Bishop 0]

Will it turn grey ones black though?

Seems a bit ghetto

I think there's quite a few people who have turned the bumpers from grey to black with the plasticare stuff. It's probably less ghetto than painting them and takes less time. I think I did all the plastics on mine in situ (using a bit of cardboard between the plastics and the paintwork) in about an hour. It is a pretty permanent fix! Looks a lot more natural than painting! Go on, buy some. It's worth it.

[BusEngineer 7]

It will look so much better when its back on its Rallye steelies

 

Its coming together fella, looking good

[AlexB 0]

I think there's quite a few people who have turned the bumpers from grey to black with the plasticare stuff. It's probably less ghetto than painting them and takes less time. I think I did all the plastics on mine in situ (using a bit of cardboard between the plastics and the paintwork) in about an hour. It is a pretty permanent fix! Looks a lot more natural than painting! Go on, buy some. It's worth it.

 

I might give it a go

slight issue now so no more money to make her shiny as she needs a bit of an over heating issue sorting

few weeks back had a new rad

and yesterday I replaced the thermostat as I thought it was sticking but no it's still over heating again:(

everything seems to fix it for a few days then it starts being a pain again

 

It will look so much better when its back on its Rallye steelies

 

Its coming together fella, looking good

 

cheers

hopefully it's all good when it's sorted like

need to fix the above now before I sort the wheels and stuff

[AlexB 0]

well the over heating will be sorted soon with a new head gasket

 

and whilst im there i have

 

106 xsi cylender head with cam and rockers

twin 40 dellorto DHLA carbs

 

im going to get a sandy brown inlet and weld up the injector holes in the head and then all new gasket and bolts ect so it should be sweeeeeeeet

[AlexB 0]

right so started aquiring parts but i need to be mobile asap so im fixing the car all standard and then in a few months all the xsi head ect will go on when its been 100% rebuilt carbs rebuilt and all set up with 26mm chokes in ect

so for now just the standard xs motor and solex is staying like

ah well

[AlexB 0]

right then

got the car booked in monday for the head gasket

and ive started on the inside clean up by removing even more stuff

 

 

planning to remove the head lining as the sunroof is still leaking (i know where and some silicon sealer will fix that lol!!) but it has all got behind the lining and it looks like its going a bit moudy so itll come out and get cleaned up and then refit it all again

 

once the sunroof is sorted ill be cleaning the carpet and fitting the leathers

[AlexB 0]

did a little mor cleaning under the rear seats and boot floor

then lobbed my rear bench in as its well away from where the roof is leaking so its safe lol (i just wanted to see how well the leathers matched the doorcards tbh and its very well)

 

 

still not putting the fronts in for a while though

atm i only have one front seat lol!

[AlexB 0]

few more pics of the s*it i have to clean out the carpets

20 years of crap trodden in this might be a bit harder than i thought

 

 

anyway hoover is coming out tomorrow on it all

and the headlining will be coming out so i can attempt to clean that too as its a bit s*itty off the leaky sunroof

will be sealing that up asap though

 

 

also took out the alarm sensors that werent connected to anything

 

 

and a random pic to show the seats match the doorcards quite well

 

 

 

 

 

oh an i have my xsi head here ready to clean up a lot

and i missed a delivery earlier (ill get it in the morning) which could only have been my twin 40 dellortos