ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Finally got round to re-doing a few bits of bodywork on the Corsa... All the pictures are located in my garage, though I will be posting a few as I go along.
Here's how it looks at the minute:
There are various little cracks and things in the bodywork like these:
As well as that nothing seemed to fit right:
Also a certain bodyshop left it's mark on the car by bodging a lot of things on it:
So yesterday I wheeled her into my brand new workshop (Thanks Dad!) to get set working on the problems...
I shortly found out later that all the bodywork had far, far too much easy sand filler on it, but underneath everything was properly bonded and fibreglassed. So instead on completely re-doing everthing I made the decision to remove all the filler and re-skim the work using far, far less filler. This will hopefully not crack as easily, but only time will tell...
Once I was done sanding everything I fibreglassed over (with real chopped strand fibreglass and resin) the holes and low spots on the metal and fibreglass, trying not to get anything on the plastic arches. I managed to do that in most places apart from the end of the sideskirt. However I did put in four self tapping screws into the end of the sideskirt to prevent movement and cracks.
I'm just waiting for the resin to dry now so I can sand off the excess and get skimming, sanding, priming and saning again. I sould hopefully have this side done by today...
More images located here:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/garage.php?action=usergarage&owner=ed&carid=4022
[Edited on 05-05-2010 by ed]
[Edited on 05-06-2010 by ed]
[Edited on 05-06-2010 by ed]
[Edited on 08-12-2011 by ed]
|
Nic Barnes
Member
Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
User status: Offline
|
good work
wish i knew the first thing about car body work
|
Adge
Member
Registered: 28th Aug 04
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
cool mate, any chances planned? or just repairs
|
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
|
Cool. Like seeing people giving things a go themselves 
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Adge
cool mate, any chances planned? or just repairs
Repairs mainly, and a bit of a smoothing mission too. Loosing the door handles. Oh and possibly a slight bad boy on the boot.
|
Adge
Member
Registered: 28th Aug 04
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
nice! cant wait see it all dun!
|
Jake
Member
Registered: 24th Jan 05
User status: Offline
|
bet its nice working inside somewhere like that.
|
a_j_mair
Member
Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
looking good mate. seeing this makes me want to do something to my car but it hasnt been on the road since its had a full respray  going to start work on a project fiesta once my engine is sorted 
looks like you are making a good tidy job
|
Jamie Walby
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 04
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Cool. Like seeing people giving things a go themselves
We do all our own work on cars, so you 'like' me
Seriously though, ed, looks good, will you be painting it yourself or will that be handed over to a bodyshop?
nice car BTW
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Yea, it's great working in a lovely light workshop. It's soon to have a painted flor, extractor fan, 50 litre compressor and work bench fitted in...
I'm off to go sand the resin down on the fibreglass and to get skimming the work in a min, will hopefuly have a few more pictures of it all later on today.
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
Cool. Like seeing people giving things a go themselves
We do all our own work on cars, so you 'like' me
Seriously though, ed, looks good, will you be painting it yourself or will that be handed over to a bodyshop?
nice car BTW
A friend of mine is going to be painting the car for me, but I'm going to get him to teach me how to spray so I can give the interior plastics and other things a go later on next year...
I will hopefully have the exterior fininshed by Max Power 2006
I want this car completely fininshed for PVS...
|
MatthewR
Member
Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
User status: Offline
|
fair play to you mate
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
really, really cool.
|
Sidesport
Member
Registered: 25th Nov 03
Location: Bath
User status: Offline
|
Nice little workshop mate, good luck with it all!
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
got a bit done after i left then
nice one dude.. bet you were dead cold
|
CorsaSRi16v
Premium Member
Registered: 2nd Nov 01
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Honda Accord Type-R
User status: Offline
|
Who did the work before?
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
Midas styling
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
or (un)styling as the case may be
|
SteveW
Member
Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by willay
Midas styling
that name sends a cold shudder down lots of peoples spines
|
willay
Moderator
Organiser: South East, National Events
Premium Member
Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
User status: Offline
|
yesh we need Ian to make corsasport flash thunder and lightening everytime the name is mentioned.
|
John G
Member
Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
User status: Offline
|
i wish i had balls to do sumit like this to my car good on ya fella, the closest of got to playin with fibreglass in watchin my mate make a tv screen holder an repairin bumpers,
think the old doorcard pods are on the cards as im dyin to give it a go
|
BeArDy
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
|
i think Midas was pot look on what day as work on my car was mint.
BUT we just got the Nova Pickup in for all its work and thats the worst workmanship i have ever seen, i am cutting into 3" of fiberglass in some places rather want make it out of matel and skim with FB and Filler they where making the car out of Fiberglass
will get some pics so you can all have a laught 
|
richysport
Member
Registered: 15th Apr 05
Location: Flintshire, north wales
User status: Offline
|
like the home made body shop cant wait to see it when it's finished
|
CorsaSRi16v
Premium Member
Registered: 2nd Nov 01
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Honda Accord Type-R
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by BeArDy
will get some pics so you can all have a laught
Cool
|
antscorsa
Member
Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: london
User status: Offline
|
well done for avina go defo worth doing it urself if u can.
this shocks me tho form wot the last bodyshop did
|
