reecegsi
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Registered: 16th Mar 11
Location: birmingham
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Man that was rusty thank god i dont have to do that as i wouldnt no where to start lol looking good thoe
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Its new to me my workmate is making it look easy though
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Dr.Corsa
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Registered: 19th Jan 12
Location: Germany
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Hi bro!
Nice allyos. My 5th (spare wheel) winteralloy is the same .
Greething,
Micha
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Not sure what you mean
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Dr.Corsa
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Registered: 19th Jan 12
Location: Germany
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Hi!
I mean your Alloy wheel in your luggage space.
Greeting,
Micha
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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That was a road wheel just had a puncture when i bought it the last owner had it resealed at two diffrent garages and both missed the nail in it the spare is a steel now ive repaired the puncture
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Filler neck out
Another patch on osr done was use as a earth
Some panels made for osr boot floor
Nsr boot floor nearly complete just need to box it in arch side
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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More plating today
Nsr back of arch
Osr back of arch
Osr for coilovers
And behind rear bumper
Welding still needs finishing and one more plate on rear spring upper mount but its nearly there
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Sorry, but that plating is horrible
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gav93
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Registered: 27th Nov 10
Location: Bexleyheath Kent
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your welding aint good bro, you would of been better of fibreglassin imo lol
best to read properly on youtube the net etc on how to 'let in' repair panels and how important weld penentration is !
practice does make perfect though so practice on a saxo or summat french and roten lol ,someones gonna be in for a lovely surprise in 15 years time pmsl
[Edited on 14-12-2012 by gav93]
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
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My workmate will finished it off first welding ive done tbh never get good without practise and appearencene of the platrs i couldnt car as ill be the last owner of this car
[Edited on 14-12-2012 by craig55]
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
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Have to agree with the others, as you said practise makes perfect but only if your doing it right in the first place. This is some I done the other day, I've not had that much welding experience its just something I've always enjoyed.
Some I done the other day:
As gav said good prep is key, you would be surprised at how much better your welding will be from welding on clean panels.
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
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Like i said its not finished its just my attempt all surfaces were clean i wouldnt have attempted it if it was chassis related as its just vehicle body i thought id give it a go and its only got to last a couple of years and then will probly be stripped and scrapped as its a bit of a shed im not repairing it to make a profit its just for a run around
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Made it to pvs and home with no issues what so ever
Was good to meet every one
Also sun burnt face
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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fitted boot look surround to chars corsa need to do another clutch in it soon and have dents and paint sorted
And the gsi currently done 2000 miles in it no major issues other than abs light on and a oil leak from oil pump bolt that needs a helicoil
Also ended up being used as a wedding car yesterday for groom and best man as there arranged transport broke down
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Latest purchases for my xe
also went to trax earlier this month
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Nothing better than some penatration
And also burnt the C20XE
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Fair play doing all the welding, makes me feel better about mine needing just the wheel well and chassis legs doing
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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This is my arden blue one a freind is doing all the strenthening plates bulkhead mod for power cap
My gsi was just me having a go my self but finished correctly by someone else
Also the factory sealer hides rust very well so worth giving it a tap
[Edited on 05-10-2013 by craig55]
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Gave the plates a quick paint to prevent rusting
Next things to sort
And from my first crash
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
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Progress is still happening but slowly as been busy with the birth of my son
But got somthing more sensible for a dailey car
That I'm not going to modify
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Grill swap today
[Edited on 01-03-2014 by craig55]
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
Location: Bristol
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Not kept this up to date so still have my xe project in bits but doing a few things to my sri
New exhaust
Fixed some leaks will remove serve plate at later date as not happy it won't come back
Got reversed into so had repaired and had bonnet and wing done at the same time
Bits awaiting to go on
Also my bargin steering wheel
And new front seats which bring us upto date
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LukesCorsaSXi
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Registered: 2nd Jan 11
Location: Sheffield
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Daily looks good mate. Hows the GSi? I'm very jealous of it, I'd love a Carabic Blue one, easily the best colour!
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craig55
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Registered: 12th Jun 10
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Gsi is scrapped wasn't good enough to put any more time and effort into and not good enough for a family car although I regret getting rid of it
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