jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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after work i decided that because my new spare wheel will be arriving soon i would take the false floor out and get it ready to cut a hole in it for the spare.
i also removed the rear panels and the rear door cards
i decided what the hell as i had a spare can of satin black paint spare so decided to see if it was possible to spray a fabric door car. it came out ok but it needs another coat as its abit patchy in places
i got abit carried away with the dismantling (sp) and decided to remove the seats aswell so that i could remove the old pretensioners from the subframes.
and then i got even more carried away and decided to see what it was like under the carpet so out that came aswell as the sound deadening. it was wet under there also so it all came out. i also decided that with no carpet in the front i wouldn't be right havin the false floor so i abandoned cutting it up and took it totally out inc the framework.
what do people think so far? i dont think im going to strip it anymore altho the door cards will all go black and the rest of the interior plastics will be flocked.
next step is to keep calling around for insurance (cheepest ive found is £1125 tpft with flux as a provisional quote) and also get it running propperly again. then i will start cleaning up the rear end and respray the rear end where its all scratched
cheers for reading the essay
james
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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loving it
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mike16v
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: sheffield, yorkshire
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id give the whole inside a nice fresh coat of paint mate, will look tons better
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Jonny P
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Registered: 11th Dec 04
Location: Merseyside Drives: Civic Type R EP3
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loooks great mate 
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TIMBO1
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Registered: 24th Aug 05
Location: Haslington, Cheshire
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looks good , like the idea for the door cards lol
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loo_goblin
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Registered: 14th Jul 04
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
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y u removing pretensioners?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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as i have harnesses i have no need for them
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loo_goblin
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oh ok fair enough, ermm wat do they do?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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noidea but there bloody expencive from scrappies. all i no is that they do summit with the seatbelt in a crash
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Ajones_17
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Registered: 20th Jun 02
Location: Sunny Wigan Drives: BLACK 03 VTS
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quote:
Originally posted by loo_goblin
oh ok fair enough, ermm wat do they do?
The pretensioner is a small explosive device the detonates when you crash, it explodes and pulls the seatbelt in which pulls you back into the seat iirc
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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its a big spring pre-loaded
when the seat belt is jolted in a accident is spring's back pulling the seatbelt tight
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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you learn somethin new everyday. my spare wheel arrived today so that is nicely settled in the wheel well. going to wait untill this weekend tho untill i do more i think, that way i can get longer amount of time on it and get more done. anytips on testing wires?
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