Mickas 
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Keep Buffin beach  Show me the glossy bits
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maxrs
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Originally posted by Mickas
Keep Buffin beach
Show me the glossy bits
Haha, no problem. This is the fun part after the past year of pain. I would love to buy new RS screen seals and spend some decent money on it. RS headlight surrounds and Rear bumper ends are next on the list of things to get.
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Looking good Mark!! Finally the light at the end of the tunnel is shining bright[%]
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Mickas
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Yeh I must admit, I love buffing after the blood and sweat of prep work and painting .....
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Hi Mark
Been following your build for some time , credit to you for the work so far , it will be well worth the effort in the end
Craig
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dont make it too shiny you might crash it.
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dont make it too shiny you might crash it.
I am just glad i crashed it on the track and didn't wipe out on the street being silly. My father would not of been as helpful as he has been if i did.
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looking good....did you end up welding the c pillars if so how do you protect it from the back as in for rust.
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hey maxrs hows this thing going?? you should have settled into you new home by now
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looking good....did you end up welding the c pillars if so how do you protect it from the back as in for rust.
Any water that goes into the side vents, will get half way down the pillar, and pools. Cut some drain holes along the horizontal rust line, so water can pass down to the wheel wells and rust that out as well. It's a very common problem with Four door MK2's. Fish oil will stop the tin worm coming back.
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hey maxrs hows this thing going?? you should have settled into you new home by now
All settled in, busy time with everyone wanting something done before Xmas. I have a big new years planned in the valley. I have to pay for the $20 plus cover charges some how. I can see me getting a couple rego's paid before i spend any more money on the p.o.s. Got to buy some new tyres for the Rod, if I'm am going to run it out Willowbank this February. It gets complicated running more than one car.
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lol to late hey rust is already attacked thinking of welding it up like you did..
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lol to late hey rust is already attacked thinking of welding it up like you did..
Worth while doing, i tried quick fixing the rear 1/4 a few times. Rust just started growing again. Fiberglass worked well filling the vent holes when it was Metallic Red. The rear 1/4's on my RS have been plated this time. The guy doing it made little peep doors to access and weld the inside of the pillars.
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Did you remove that bit of foam strip that holds the water in the C pillar? I'll be welding my C pillars up over the next couple of weeks so show be able to post some pics.
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I did remove the foam in the C pillars before the roof was removed. They stop road and exhaust noise coming into the cab from the boot area. so i put them back in. no water problem of water logged foam inside the rear 1/4's now. I can't wait to run it without any interior in it this time. I want to run a 1.11 lap around Lakeside without powering up the engine yet.   The paint was extra cut here, just the doors and around the nose cone needed polishing in the pic's. Time to put some better breaks in it. I wish to run circuit in Group N so i can not go silly with the anchors.
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