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16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 17:56

Right, after a lot of heatgun, tar remover, paint stripper action and a SHITLOAD of sanding

the rear is stripped and ready for paint

The spare wheel well was rusty around the drainage holes so I rubbed it down and brushed some hamerite rust protecting/preventing/treating paint over the spare wheel well floor as this is going to be covered by the spare steelie. If I can find a GSi wheel on ebay I'll have that as a spare when I get some cash

some work in progress pics, enjoy:

Cheers

[Edited on 03-04-2008 by 16V_1600]

[Edited on 03-04-2008 by 16V_1600]

[Edited on 03-04-2008 by 16V_1600]

Adam-D

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1st Apr 08 at 18:45

how long did it take to do? and what did you use to get it all off?

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 18:48

quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
how long did it take to do? and what did you use to get it all off?

Takes about half hour with a heat gun, then the hard part is the glue

Started with tar remover from autoglym which helped but didn't do a great deal, then paint stripper. was a bit messy but it did the job. Sanding took about 3 hours. to get it to the finish you see in the pics. Started with a course paper then finished on fine.

gavin18787

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1st Apr 08 at 18:51

I thought you was going with rear seats for practicality or has there been a change of plan?

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 18:52

Looking really good mate.. it is graft but looks spot on when its done. Get a 5th cav wheel like me

Took me ages but worth it i think

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 18:54

quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
I thought you was going with rear seats for practicality or has there been a change of plan?

I was but I decided to go for a stripped rear harnesses and buckets instead, swift 180I know

Saved quite a bit of weight out of the back.

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 18:55

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Looking really good mate.. it is graft but looks spot on when its done. Get a 5th cav wheel like me

Took me ages but worth it i think

Cheers mate

That was the pic that inspired me to do it! Looks awesome and an alround sorted LET corsa

Did you trim the carpet back on yours that covers the bench?

cheers

[Edited on 01-04-2008 by 16V_1600]

EarlofBarnet

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1st Apr 08 at 18:56

Looks like it was a bit of effort. I did mine in 15 mins and it was easy. Really clean finish afterwards too. Bit of tar remover to clean up and job was done.

I was suprised how much the sound deadening weighs though, I had a carrier bag full that much have been 5-7.5kg's.

[Edited on 01-04-2008 by EarlofBarnet]

tom_simes

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1st Apr 08 at 18:57

quote:
Originally posted by EarlofBarnet
Looks like it was a bit of effort. I did mine in 15 mins and it was easy. Really clean finish afterwards too. Bit of tar remover to clean up and job was done.

I was suprised how much the sound deadening weighs though, I had a carrier bag full that much have been 5-7.5kg's.

[Edited on 01-04-2008 by EarlofBarnet]

How did you do it so quick?

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 18:59

quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Looking really good mate.. it is graft but looks spot on when its done. Get a 5th cav wheel like me

Took me ages but worth it i think

That was the pic that inspired me to do it! Looks awesome and an alround sorted LET corsa

Did you trim the carpet back on yours that covers the bench?

cheers

yeah mate... just trimmed it were it drops down to the tunel straight across the car. then put rear mats in to make it look tidy so you can just see the cut over the tunel

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 19:03

quote:
Originally posted by EarlofBarnet
Looks like it was a bit of effort. I did mine in 15 mins and it was easy. Really clean finish afterwards too. Bit of tar remover to clean up and job was done.

I was suprised how much the sound deadening weighs though, I had a carrier bag full that much have been 5-7.5kg's.

[Edited on 01-04-2008 by EarlofBarnet]

I was suprised how much it weighed tbh, must have been 5Kgs like you say!

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 19:05

quote:
Originally posted by Col004

quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Looking really good mate.. it is graft but looks spot on when its done. Get a 5th cav wheel like me

Took me ages but worth it i think

That was the pic that inspired me to do it! Looks awesome and an alround sorted LET corsa

Did you trim the carpet back on yours that covers the bench?

cheers

yeah mate... just trimmed it were it drops down to the tunel straight across the car. then put rear mats in to make it look tidy so you can just see the cut over the tunel

Nice one, I'll do that then. Looks a bit shit, just folded back on itself

[Edited on 01-04-2008 by 16V_1600]

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 19:13

there you go mate... you can just see in the cornor. its abit neater than that now though.. i nicked it abit first time

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 19:14

Also if you can.. lose the seat fixings.. looks smoother

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 19:19

That looks awesome! Haven't got the tools to remove the seat fixings

That looks like a real pro compressor job mate, mine will be done with rattle cans which I'm pretty good with

although will not look as good as a compressor.

Need to find another cavvy gsi wheel now

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 19:27

Yeah i did all the stripping and then had the shell painted inside and out.

i done my engine bay with a spit can though.. it will still look spot on mate

16V_1600

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1st Apr 08 at 19:29

quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Yeah i did all the stripping and then had the shell painted inside and out.

i done my engine bay with a spit can though.. it will still look spot on mate

Cheers fella

I will up date this thread with painted pics. Doing the spraying on thursday. Gloss black

Added you to MSN

Col004

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1st Apr 08 at 19:32

no probs mate... look forward to seeing it

k e l

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1st Apr 08 at 21:35

doing mine too this weekend gloss black once my cage gets here. i used a can of silicon remover to get rid of the glue. just wiped streight off

N90ATH

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1st Apr 08 at 23:42

i did mine in matt black lol

but since that pic inside of boot has been sprayed as well lol

16V_1600

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2nd Apr 08 at 06:35

quote:
Originally posted by k e l
doing mine too this weekend gloss black once my cage gets here. i used a can of silicon remover to get rid of the glue. just wiped streight off

wish it was that easy with mine

16V_1600

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2nd Apr 08 at 06:36

nice work N90ATH

Superlite Ltd.

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2nd Apr 08 at 08:16

I did abit of this in my old one, but never bothered getting the sound matting out

Ricky352

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2nd Apr 08 at 09:38

Is there not a lot of wires left hanging about though under the seats, boot carpet?

Have been thinking of doing this for a while, started doing it in my other corsa but never got too far, due to buying this one lol.

16V_1600

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2nd Apr 08 at 12:15

quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
Is there not a lot of wires left hanging about though under the seats, boot carpet?

Have been thinking of doing this for a while, started doing it in my other corsa but never got too far, due to buying this one lol.

What you see in the pics is what is under the boot floor/rear bench obviously with the sound deadening removed.

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