Mats LS

[Mat]

Ok boys long awaited

This is my project its not finshed yet i need to put the alarm on, windows tinted, alloys and respray oh and the bumper!

The work ive done to it so far:

1, Stripped all the body work off to wax oil behind everything

2, Repaired the broken ariel

3, Cleaned out the throttle body

4, Changed the Drive belt

5, Cleaned the Engine as you can see by the pictures

6, replace nearly all the plastic covers in the Engine bay

7, Stripped out the boot its now been grit blasted and respray

8, repaired the auto changer and housing

9, cleaned all carpets seats and trims - this involved removing everyone and taking them home to be cleaned

10, Realigned all the doors, boot lid, and bonnet as they were out of sink

11, Repaired the dash as it didnt work - £1.00 well spent

12, stripped the dash so i could clean and repair bits

13, Repaired roof trim as it was falling down

14, Installed Amp for new sub

15, Repaired all side skirts front bumper and rear

16, sanded down all rust spots ready for respray

17, of course debadged

18, Tinted rear and side lights

19, cleaned up exusts using Autosol

20, Full Service

[GoldfingerLS]

Good Lord. Thats what I call a thorough job.

Keep up the good work and keep the pics comming.

[Mat]

Thanks its been very timly: this was what i did last weekend

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...22/CAM_0759.jpg

I fitted sport bushes and of course lowered the car.

When i picked up the car it was a mess, this was the state of the engine when i picked it up

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...teofengine1.jpg

After a small clean this was the result:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...ngineclean2.jpg

This is the most recent as now al the plastic body parts have been replaced.

Again same with the seats:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...22/DSCN0606.jpg

A little clean:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...22/DSCN0620.jpg

Slowly getting there

Mat

[GoldfingerLS]

I'm impressed with the results on the seat. What did you use to get it that clean ?

[jemram]

Ok boys long awaited

This is my project its not finshed yet i need to put the alarm on, windows tinted, alloys and respray oh and the bumper!

The work ive done to it so far:

1, Stripped all the body work off to wax oil behind everything

2, Repaired the broken ariel

3, Cleaned out the throttle body

4, Changed the Drive belt

5, Cleaned the Engine as you can see by the pictures

6, replace nearly all the plastic covers in the Engine bay

7, Stripped out the boot its now been grit blasted and respray

8, repaired the auto changer and housing

9, cleaned all carpets seats and trims - this involved removing everyone and taking them home to be cleaned

10, Realigned all the doors, boot lid, and bonnet as they were out of sink

11, Repaired the dash as it didnt work - £1.00 well spent

12, stripped the dash so i could clean and repair bits

13, Repaired roof trim as it was falling down

14, Installed Amp for new sub

15, Repaired all side skirts front bumper and rear

16, sanded down all rust spots ready for respray

17, of course debadged

18, Tinted rear and side lights

19, cleaned up exusts using Autosol

20, Full Service

I applaud your hard work, :)

Edited March 12, 2007 by Bazza

[Alex JB]

did the poly bushes take mutch fitting? did you need a press or anything?

[simontaylor]

now you can watch TV in real comfort too.

Luxury

[Mat]

Hey fellas thanks for all your comments, its always good that people look at it and appreciate the hard work, our lass is pretty fed up with me talking none stop about it haha!!!

The seats were cleaned with jif to start off with but then i found that if i applied it directly then the jif would show as splash mark - if that makes sense so i ended up using a green pad. i was really careful about doing this and i dont want to recommend it really as I was really nervous about damaging the leather, so once id scrubbed it I applied 3 coated of leather wax !

Hi Alex – the poly bushes were ok to fit, my dad is a good mechanic in his spare time and he took one look at them and said they are going to be a pig to fit – but they weren’t that bad. I fitted the front springs and front bushes in a day. The hardest part of the job was getting the old bushes out! See the picture!!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/Lin...22/CAM_0755.jpg

One they were out I used a vice to squeeze them into position took me a minute!!! But you must use a vice mate!!

Thanks again mat

[Y2Kanjar]

man thats what i call a mission... i thought you was joking at 1st.

Good luck with it and keep up the good work

keeps us posted with the progress

[ontheroad1]

that's not just any sort of work ( that's passion ) as these cars deserve

[Alex JB]

That's a flaming good job on the bushes ;)

You doing the anti roll bar bushes too? How do your lower control arms look?

I ask as I think mine are on the way out and I'm dreading the job and the cost!

[Mat]

Hi mate

On this i only did the upper control arm bushes - just because there are so many other things that i need to buy or replace - the joys of buying a car which poeple didnt look after!

when the cars on the road i will replace the lower conrol arm bushes and i also want to replace the anti roll bar bushes as well as some point. I found the lower control arm bushes on eBay and they were 40 pounds which i what i paid for the upppers. looking at it i think the lowers seem a touch easier to do, but with out doing it im not sure.

Hope this helps mat