Hi guys,

 

Was bored at work so I thought I'd make a thread from start to finish of how I bought my zed shell from Sussex stu till now.

I know I have a couple of threads with photos of respray and another with the build but thought I'd put all the pictures so to try and see how it came along...

 

I still aint finished so I will just update it has I go along...

 

This is how it looked when I 1st got it

 

The engine bay

 

I took it back to metal etch primed then seam sealer then 2k primer

 

 

 

 

 

Then some 2k white

 

 

Great to see a thread to keep progress! Good work! I am Sub'd!

 

Can't wait for the finish, then hopefully I can look back and see what I did...

just hope its worth it lol...

Great to see a thread to keep progress! Good work! I am Sub'd!

 

Can't wait for the finish, then hopefully I can look back and see what I did...

just hope its worth it lol...

just hope its worth it lol...

 

Ofcourse it will be you plum, it looks the nuts!

 

Those throttle bodies came up really nice.

just hope its worth it lol...

 

Ofcourse it will be you plum, it looks the nuts!

 

Those throttle bodies came up really nice.

Ofcourse it will be you plum, it looks the nuts!

 

Those throttle bodies came up really nice.

 

Lol...cheers, there a lot better then they were.

I didn't get all the casting marks out them but there shiney.

Ofcourse it will be you plum, it looks the nuts!

 

Those throttle bodies came up really nice.

 

Lol...cheers, there a lot better then they were.

I didn't get all the casting marks out them but there shiney.

Lol...cheers, there a lot better then they were.

I didn't get all the casting marks out them but there shiney.

 

lol getting the casting marks out makes a little difference, getting them clean and shiney is the big difference id say, again terry good work :winkiss:

Lol...cheers, there a lot better then they were.

I didn't get all the casting marks out them but there shiney.

 

lol getting the casting marks out makes a little difference, getting them clean and shiney is the big difference id say, again terry good work :winkiss:

Took some more bits to work today, not very interesting bits...

 

I've removed the aircon, I never use it and in the summer when its really hot I take the roof off,

And its made loads of room, the mount where the compressor bolts to had a big bulky bit sticking out so I cut the mount down, going to sand blast it and then paint it...

 

I am doing the water bypass so this pipe had other pipes welded to it I cut them off and painted it satin black

 

 

I primered the throttle cover its being painted 2k gloss black...

 

The little heat sheilds cleaned up and painted silver/grey colour and yes I know its sad but used some coloured bolts lol...

 

I covered the tops of my doors in carbon wrap tonight to match the trim I done...

 

 

This is to keep funkysi happy lol...when I was welding my engine bay up on last shell I thought I splattered the windows in grinding sparks but they came off so I have uk glass...

And I sat in the car tonight so thought id take a pic of my dodgy clocks,

 

The rings round the speedo/rpm are from a mk4 astra there the same size

 

 

It does say its only got 1853 miles I turned them back to 0 so I know how many miles I have driven the car, its gonna have a fully rebuilt engine and nearly everything is new anyhow so who cares about mileage lol and when I bought the shell there was no clocks to tell anyway.

Gonna turn it back to 0 again once the new engine is in so i can tell exactly how many miles it has done.

UK glass FTW! :bow:

 

Look at the blue-glow! So much nicer than the fag-stain look of bronze tint! ;) You know you wanna do THE LOT! ;)

 

UK glass FTW! :bow:

 

Look at the blue-glow! So much nicer than the fag-stain look of bronze tint! ;) You know you wanna do THE LOT! ;)

 

 

I will have front screen and both doors, but rear and quarters im going to tint black...

But your right it looks more modern on your car...

You'll need the T-tops too as UK and sapphire blue / late spec JDM cars had blue t-top glass. :)

 

My car has a UK rear screen, UK passenger window, JDM quarter windows and drivers window and a brand new screen! LOL. I basically looked around for the very best condition I could find. Lots of UK cars and higher mileage cars have nasty scoring marks on the door glass.

You'll need the T-tops too as UK and sapphire blue / late spec JDM cars had blue t-top glass. :)

 

My car has a UK rear screen, UK passenger window, JDM quarter windows and drivers window and a brand new screen! LOL. I basically looked around for the very best condition I could find. Lots of UK cars and higher mileage cars have nasty scoring marks on the door glass.

 

So was your drivers window new (jdm) mine has slight scratches but not has bad has the jap spec glass I have...

Nope, but it was from a low mileage JDM breaker. It is as near as damn immaculate. Even better than the passenger side which is also reasonably good. The first set of glass bits I bought had a lot of witness scratches on them. At first it didn't bother me, but the drivers' side was so bad, I threw it in the trash. I replaced all the nylon rollers on them too.

Generally I find, UK door glass isn't all that great. Because of the condition of the roads/salt/grit and the fact that most cars are left outside, debris, shit and grit get caught in the seals and that's the start of window damage. Make sure your seals are clean and grit free and try not to wind the window up and down if you're driving it in the winter or wet. Shit gets flicked up by other cars etc. As you know, mine lives in the garage all winter, overnight and when it's raining, so it rarely gets any debris on it. Few flies on the front end and the odd bird crap and that's about it!

 

The glass I took out of mine, the original bronze tint was also very very clean and scratch free. I sold it on to TonyB actually along with my old rear screen and t-top glass.

Another couple of boring bits done...

 

I used some vht black on the air regulator and Idle valve, They looked a bit rough on the shiney plenum but think they look better now

 

 

and I started on my exhaust system, I used autosol on the boxes and vht black on the pipes

 

Before

 

after

 

Very nice Terry,

Thanks paul the bloody thing is getting there lol...

Top work Terry.

Exhaust in the Kitchen..........Love it! :cool3:

I see your cat on the end of the exhaust :biggrin:

Get it finished Bert! :)

I see your cat on the end of the exhaust :biggrin:

 

Haha!