whoppa
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4 door mk 2 project
so ive decided 2 take my little weapon off the road its currently 2.2L pinto with head work race pistons 45mill webbers nice paint sterio etc etc ive pulled everything out everything off ive just swapped my carbies for full sierra injection stripped the engine bay dwn cut off my heater bubble and welded up the hole quiet nicely ive grinded out all the spot welds and filling them up so my whole engine bay will be smooth,trust me its quiet an effort haha also might be mini tubbing the arse end if its not 2 much effort theres are the photos of wat she use 2 look like Download Attachment: 66666.jpg65.54 KB Download Attachment: Image025.jpg180.93 KB Download Attachment: Image026.jpg189.79 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1529.JPG198.39 KB Download Attachment: interior2.jpg119.19 KB
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/02 22:13:49
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this is how far ive gotten so far.. Download Attachment: 565665.jpg117.86 KB Download Attachment: welding.jpg154.27 KB Download Attachment: boggin.jpg126.75 KB need more sanding and my fingers are starting to hurt but im gettin there... im thinking of painting the engine bay silver and keeping the rest of the car the same colour as it is.
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/16 15:30:40
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heater bubble is all finished and so are my vents.. ive had 2 get rid of the vents becuase i didn't weld up the heater hole on the inside of the car.. so i cut out the grills and welded a plate in and bogged it smooth engine bay and front end are in primer... still waiting for the guy to flare my rear guards.. he keeps screwin me around saying he'll come ova but he said deffently be there 2 morro arvo so ill c what happins..has any one gotten rid of the grills... if so could u show me some fotos ive neva seen it b4.. hers some fotos of how it stands.. Download Attachment: IMGP1697.JPG195.19 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1703.JPG196.06 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1704.JPG187.13 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1705.JPG188.61 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1706.JPG199.97 KB and im not a panel beater or spray painter.. ive never done anything like this b4 its all trial and error... mostly error lol..
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/16 18:28:23
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looks good mate, just out of curiousity why did you decide to get rid of the heater bubble? keep up the good work mate.
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/16 19:03:16
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[its all trial and error... mostly error lol..
I know what that's like [88] Looks nice and smooth now!
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whoppa
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/17 09:23:54
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kizza... it was all rusty and looked kinda crap lol and i didn't want 2 put a fibreglass one on there so i just covered it... i hadent seen it done b4 so i was just hoping it was going 2 look good.. it doesnt look 2 bad lol...
im not going 2 have it ready 4 that cruz in april..so im kinda sad lol.. thinking of painting it a purple colour not sure.. so hard 2 make up my mind..
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/17 12:13:37
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dont ya have a demister for rego ? [xo], but if they dont know it dont hurt em ey  ..gonna fog up in winter tho, no fan to blow warm air around[:-(]
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/17 15:59:18
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just put the window down lol.. i drive with the window down 24/7 it just kills me when its up even in the rain lol
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/17 21:21:06
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started on the guards 2 day.. gotten rid of the lip and rolled the guards so it wont scrub etc... now they dont have that square lip its all round and looks better i recon. ive gained about a 3/4 of an inch or an inch of room on the inner guards.. heres some fotos.. but haven't bogged or shapped it yet... got hungry for dinner lol so let me know wat u think Download Attachment: IMGP1684.JPG200.96 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1708.JPG142.9 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1709.JPG128.17 KB
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 00:25:40
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did you just bash the lip up then "Flatten" it out?
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 10:26:38
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escort1600.. i just bashed it from the inside and hit the lip on the outside and it just ended up flat, had 2 go over it a fue times so i could make it smooth enough but someone has tryed 2 repar it b4 and has just used heeeepsof bog so i grinded it all out and ill be re bogging it this arvo..
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 13:39:01
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coolies can you take a pic please......as both my archs have dents on them from what looks like someone scraping against something....and at this stage i dont have time to weld in new archs so might do what you did.
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 17:34:11
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have a look at the fotos i posted b4 there the only good ones that came out Download Attachment: IMGP1711.JPG157.44 KB Download Attachment: IMGP1712.JPG170.46 KB just went out and took these then.. dunno if there any better help 2 you.. it was fairly east and wen i was there i just roled the guards 2
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 17:58:16
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Looks like you did a neat job in the engine bay. I've seen them remove the heater bubble a few times in the UK for better engine clearance, but that's all I can think of.
If you've just bashed the inner lip of the arch in make sure thats clean and you bog that over too, or it could turn into quite the rust trap.
Oh and please say you've removed and destroyed that wing that was on there in the before pictures.
Kind Regards,
Mitch.
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RE: 4 door mk 2 project
2008/03/18 20:07:22
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mitch, haha nop that wings staying i like it hey it looks different..
as for the guards ive made it so water will not get trapped in where ive rolled the guards and will b boggin it so it looks sweet
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