robrado974

hi mate i wont know until spray guys fit windows back in ,just to clarify the ones i may need are runnin up the door pillas not along door edge with the furry stuff on :)

cheers chris yep happy as larry :clap:

nice work mate ,when i took my interior out the soundproofin stuff was soaked aswell ,the matrix has been done so not that must have been rotten pillas or somthin lettin water in. the thing that got me was there was no smell atall, untill you take out the carpet ! took forever to dry out n jesus did it humm it was rank!.

thanks for all replys ,realy pleased with what they have done to the vr hope to get finished pics friday or saturday, goin to be very loud drivin it back ,no soundproofin ,door cards, nothin cept a drivers seat n thats it!!!.then its back to mine to fit the interior ....oh yea i forgot dashboard comin out first to do red l.e.d's !theres the new headlight loom to fit aswell lots of work to do good job ive got good mates to help :lol:

thanks i cant wait either .....how many hours till wednesday morning :lol:

thanks mate know what you mean!! have invested in a full gimpmask to save the frontend from the dreaded stone chips, but as said yea i will be worring bout it all the time!.

thanks mate make sure you get plenty of pics of ongoin work .the one thing i will say is im goin to be c####g meself drivin it when i get it back!!

thanks hopefully have pics later or tommorow ,so lookin forward to pickin it up :D

got some more pics today the vr is bein put back together tonight ,n bein flatend down n stuff .will be pickin it up on wednesday next week.guys at spray shop said it looks fantastic and has been great to work on .

i think it looks pretty damn good meself :clap:

nice lookin c you got there :)

thanks ror reply ,the c is about 120 miles away at mo in sprayshop ,will look at plugs when ive driven her back.

when i serviced the vr i noticed one plug was covered in oil . piston rings on way out? its had a new top end so no worries there, she's done 145000 now .advice needed please ,thanks rob.

autoglass turned up this mornin, guys at sprayshop said he was as gloomy as god knows what ,sayin great a corrado windscreen bet the pillas are shot n rusted out!. when they showed him his boatrace lit up !. wow he said, new pillas fresh paint ,they said it went in easy as! nice job :) the doors n bumpers are bein painted today so hope to have some pics soon :)

thanks for replys peeps, more pics soon!, yea should be some black left over fla even with doin matt's door cards n mine n nates steerin wheel :lol: thanks for lookin ,rob

how du mean bud thought thats what build thread was?

yea bud its one of those colours that looks black ,until in daylight then as you say the burgundy realy shines through well happy with it :clap:

thanks matt ,hey philuk all the gear is available from furniture clinic .com. got some more pics of the vr its nearly finished :clap: :clap:

should be finished at the end of the week :clap:

looks like a sweet c mate well done with your purchase :)

i have finished the leather repaint !!!! :clap: :clap: seems to take ages ,but six coats of black n three coats of satin finish n god knows how many hours later its done heres the pics

not all of it but you get the picture thanks rob :)

thanks mate.we need to start on yours soon!!.know how you feel at mo,bit frustrated n that . nate said he has the alighning tool ,be great to do the head ourselves ,with time and care n attention it will be fine bud :) you know you can use the garage .

after prepin leather [no pics as you could not see rub marks],i cleaned it with alcohol cleaner .as im changin the colour you have to apply two to three coats with a sponge.thats where im up to now ,hope to be usin spraygun tommorow to finish them ....some pics.

thanks to nate n matt for help :)

got some pics today,more to follow on friday.the repairs on the pillas went well, alot of primer done rest done tommorow .me c should be ready next week :clap: :clap:

looks very nice mate lovley condition ,good luck with it 8)

spoke to the guys at sprayshop last week ,not much done tbh :( .gettin on me thrupnies a bit. they have assured me that the new pillars have arrived from vw and will be welded in place on monday ,then it should be straight into the booth for primer ,so i expect pics on friday!!.got my interior out of the shed n into the garage tonight as paint for leather has arrived so thought id put up some before pics. i am re colouring it in black just think its nicer than grey.

after pics will follow soon .also took delivery of me gimpmask today ,think they look fine on me vr ,dont realy want to cover the front of the vr ,but at the same time im not spendin over two large ,not have it protected n get it covered in stonechips :(

oi who was it that cleaned your cat p#ss smellin boot carpet :lol: