for anyone who is interested here are a few snaps of where im up to on my restoration/customisation. ive mainly focused on the engine bay as that is what im doing at the moment

 

engine bay was taken back to bare metal, this is just about the last of it

 

 

pas pot has been moved to here

 

 

to here, hicas has been removed, inner wing deseamed/smoothed. all holes have been welded up (except a few that i still need)

 

 

same goes for this area too, there will be nothing here except the brake servo/clutch master cylinder

 

 

Alot of work has gone on in this area, the battery tray has been removed which revealed a few holes where the battery had leaked, the upper suspension mounting had also had a bit of a bash at some time and had distorted the reinforced panel. i cut out the whole panel in this area and replaced it with one cut out of my breaker. all spot welds drilled out etc and welded back to look factory-also checked to correct chassis dims. you can see which panel i mean as its red (weld through etch primer)

 

 

same goes for the passanger side, i have replaced the headlamp pod aswell, it had been repaired to a good standard but i was not happy, it would appear my breaker had a bad bump (bent the chassis rail) but they had replaced the headlamp pod with a new nissan item so this was grafted onto my car aswell. all looks perfect now. the fusebox will go under the nose panel on the inside of the chassis leg opposite the pas pot

 

 

 

both chassis rails have been given the smooth treatment too

 

 

fuel filter has been moved down here where all the aiv stuff used to live, the stock fuel lines have been tweaked to pop up under the chassis rail where you can just see the little notch. the fuel lines will then go up through the panel above (where battery used to be). ill use a jic bulkhead fitting here so in the engine bay i will have aeroquip type braided hoses with propper connectors in stealth black onto an adapted fuel pipe.

 

 

tomorrow i will spray the bay in a final coat of etch, then seam seal a few bits. might even get on to giving it a coat of 2k high build. Colour will be pure gloss black. im going for a very stripped out look in the bay, no wires showing and nothing but the engine to see. colour scheme will be stricktly black and silver/chrome/pollished aluminium.

 

hope you enjoy.

I'm going to start watching it

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its been ages since i updated here.

 

guess i should get downloading some pics off my camera to get you all up to speed

 

ill try tonight

no you will do it tonight :biggrin:

Nice one Pete. Can't wait.

 

Did you see the Supra engine bay posted here the other day? All sundries hidden/relocated. And engine polished/plated to the max. Was right up your street mate. An engine bay with literally just an engine in. Looked awesome.

looked very nice mate, very well done and lots of attention to detail. im hoping to get to about that std but without so much gold

 

ive just spent ages loading up all my pics so here we go

 

Nice one Pete. Can't wait.

 

Did you see the Supra engine bay posted here the other day? All sundries hidden/relocated. And engine polished/plated to the max. Was right up your street mate. An engine bay with literally just an engine in. Looked awesome.

well to start up i thought id share a few pis of the car before all this started

 

 

trying 99 spec for size

 

refurbed wheel

 

 

diy 99 spec rears

 

 

late spec jdm recaros

 

new sill for drivers side

 

only repair needed to rear sill

 

 

 

 

rear panel (behind bumper) removed, shot blasted, dents removed, rust repaired and welded back on

 

 

 

small repair to the inner arch in the usual area

 

 

and here

 

passanger side chassis leg has suffered due to poor jacking and subsiquent rust

 

 

 

luckily i have a spares car which was in perfect shape in this area

 

 

not got any pics but the chassis rail is now back on and as good as new

 

for those wondering about the funny camera angles this might explain

 

 

 

 

 

it allows great access and makes cleaning up the underside far more pleasent

 

 

small areas of ruct being treated with deox gel

 

 

cleaned up rear chassis rail

 

a few shinny pics to brake up the rust

 

i stripped the bonnet catch apart then polished it and had it chromed. photo dosent really show but it looks superb against the black

 

 

 

also made up a battery cable with heat sheath, this runs to a junction box (std 6 cylinder e36 bmw) which will then run to the boot where the battery will live

 

 

and a comparison to std disc

 

 

new plated bolts ready to go

 

 

wheel installed checking what spacers ill need (9" front 10" rear)

 

 

new rad and ceramic coated manifold

 

 

and im not sure if ive shown it before but i dont care as they are so damm sexy. 355mm discs (std fitment to a production car but its a secret) and brand new brembos as fitted to the mg sv, rims are 17" by the way

 

THe rebuild pics are amazing,great work,i love threads like this :gunsmilie:

now onto the latest work

 

ive spent the last month or so working on the passanger side, i had a week of work and i thought id have it all sorted in that time. how wrong i was, its a good demonstration of how well these cars can rust without any real indicators fron the outside. bear in mind this car was a low mileage import which has been in this country about 10 years.

 

this was the only sign after a good prod with a screwdriver

 

 

someone had already attempted a repair to the rear arch

 

 

after cutting back to good metal this is what was left

 

 

and this was what was on the floor

 

 

front was nearly as bad

 

 

 

and this is the area behind the arch

 

 

and as on the other side the rear panel had to be removed to fix damage/rust

 

on a more positive note the rebuild begins

 

new inner sills are available but expensive and alot of work to fit, where possible i have made my own repairs.

 

this is the outer inner sill and is import to get right as a lot of the strength of the car is in this area, i have made it in two parts

 

 

both layers at the front have been replaced, this was quite a tricky part to get correct. i am aiming to do seamless repairs where possible and it should look oem once painted up

 

 

i also had to make to inner skin, i used 1.5mm plate here as opposed to the 1mm used everywhere else

 

 

 

same goes for the rear inner skin, notice the embossed holes, these were a bitch to make

 

 

 

 

 

 

all welded up and painted, ive not removed the excess weld here as its a pain to get to and i dont want to fill the body full of metal grindings.

 

 

not got much further than this, tomorrow ill make up a plate for the rear sill reinforcer and then a new outer skin, i could have cut this area back less but the swage line gives a good amount of stiffness to the area so the there will be minimal distortion when welding, it was also dented so i wont have that to worry about.

 

last bits to go on will be the sill and reinforcer, these are new oem ones and aint cheap but are well worth it if you want the car to be done right.

 

THe rebuild pics are amazing,great work,i love threads like this :gunsmilie:

 

Thanks for the kind words jimmer, maybe one day i will grace it with one of your amazing rebuilds.

 

thats it for the moment folks

 

future plans are to have the underside painted before it gets too cold, suspension/new brake lines and maybe engine in over the winter.

 

most of the body work is painted (all removable bits) so its just the shell to paint in the spring and finish rebuilding for next years jae.

 

oh i have forgotten to take photos of the retrim. maybe ill save those.

 

going to bed now anyways

in awe! :bow::bow::bow:

Awesome work and a brilliant thread. Keep it up bud, going to be epic when done. Hats off to you.

thanks guys, kind words indeed

Awesome work Dougal thanks for putting all the pic's up and cant beleve thats a low mileage import but keep them comming mate:thumbup1:

Yay, great update bud glad to see it's coming along. I wish I had the patience to do such a comprehensive build....loving the plated bolts! everywhere

Absolutely amazed fella, Fair play to you cant wait to see the finished product, Wish I had the skills to do such a complete job. Might have to send you my shorty for you to do next :)

Amazing work buddy, puts up bodgers to shame :bow: :bow: :bow:

thanks guys, your encouragement goes a long way to keeping the motivation up.

 

off for a swim now, triathlon in 3 days ahhhhhhhhhhh

I love this thread, great work.

Awesome build you have going there, keep with the updates. And all the best with the Triathlon.

bloody hell, now this is what i am talking about. some one doing a proper job and oh my god u r doing just that mate. fantastic build mate. i really would like to see that car finished. u make my build look shit. lol