Finally got the engine bay painted and would you believe my neighbour looked over after i,d painted it and asked what colour i was having it :headvswal:headvswal:headvswal

I,ve deseamed the front section of the innerwings and modded the O/S to take a different P.S pot .

Gonna try and get the engine and box back in next weekend !!

loving the de-seamed inner arches chap :cool2: but cant believe you painted it red ffs!

wow!!

 

fantastic job, very tidy:cool:

 

first time i've seen this thread.

any up dates?

 

Well the lumps in i,m just trying to connect it all up and keep it tidy at the same time , got a bit to go before firing her up , once i know it runs ok i,ll get back to doing the bodywork :scared:

Do I spy an Earth strap on that first pic?:clown:

Do I spy an Earth strap on that first pic?:clown:

 

There,s no flys on you bud :thumbup:

Hello buddy, to smooth out the wings did you knock in the bumps and fill? And what did you do to get rid of those horrible crappy welds along the edges?

 

Ayup Nick , i ended up replacing alot of it cos of the old tin worm and all the seams were seam welded any of the lumps were planished down smoothed and filled .

Looking really nice mate. Oh and it was nice to meet you at JAE over the weekend. :thumbup:

Looking really nice mate. Oh and it was nice to meet you at JAE over the weekend. :thumbup:

 

Good to meet you as well bud , thanks for the comment .:blush:

loving the de-seamed inner arches chap :cool2: but cant believe you painted it red ffs!

 

You been smoking illegal substances again Joely ? lol :tongue_smilie::tongue_smilie:

Stunning paint job there matey, just stunning and i wouldn't care if that color came from a lada, nice choice, I'm yet to see a skoda with it on around here, so cant be too common

Stunning paint job there matey, just stunning and i wouldn't care if that color came from a lada, nice choice, I'm yet to see a skoda with it on around here, so cant be too common

 

It,s used on the Octavia VRS and a few others :thumbup::thumbup:

Impressive job :bow:

Awesome work there Buddy. Well done!!

 

Andy

fantastic work there mate.

 

the later pics look all too familiar to me at the moment. altough i did not have to do the rust repairs you have had to ive needed to replace the pannel under the battery tray as acid must have ate its way through and ive replaced the passanger headlamp tray bit. luckily i have a breaker to hack up for spare bits.

 

im just filling and sanding the front inner arches. it seems to take forever to get all the little curves around the strut tops and along the edges correct.

 

your finished pics are very usefull to me to look at to see which brackets i can cut off and which holes i can weld up although i have just realised i have welded up a hole for the n/s brake line clip just before where it goes though the wing. doh

 

any close up pics of the strut op areas and tips on how to get the profiles correct. im a bit stuck on the corner where the strut tower/inner arch and side rail meet

Top work fella. Looking mightily impressive. Well played you and all your obvious hard work. Daffy.