Cars going......

For a respray

Finally after months of shall I do it myself or take the plunge and get it done properly, I decided to get a pro job.  So got a few different people round this week to quote it, the two lads that came out yesterday I knew straight away they will do a cracking job, plus after chatting for a bit turns out one of them had an R himself and loves them, so that sold it for me   .  All the plastic parts, arch trims, door handles etc are being done too, but not gloss black like the car but original plastic effect, basically they will look brand new  They reckon two weeks to get it arrow straight, obviously its not 2 weeks constant, few issues to address on her (my repairs )

So as she is now:





Shes going on wednesday  but whiles shes gone im going to board and skim the garage out, save any sh*t falling out the loft onto the car and yes that has happened!

When I get her back im going to update my project thread, got lots to add to that!!

http://www.gtir-motorsport-club.com/t2210-restoration-project

Gaz

Good luck mate looking forward to the updates

Looking forward to seeing it finished, you've put a lot of work up to this point, will be worth it once it's done

Sweet. Look forward to seeing it when its done

What colour are you going ????

all the best with it fella
you've been patient with it and done things to a really good standard so hope the paint job matches work done so far

Cheers guys, it's all starting to fall into place now, think I've got everything to rebuild it now apart from wheels..

I'm going black KH3, the painters did say sure you don't want any other colour than the hardest one to get right hence why they want it perfectly straight before apply colour.

They've recommended clear over base instead of 2K will to get more depth in the paint and any swirl marks in future easier to buff out..

Spoke to a guy on eBay the other day about a rear bumper, he has a few different brand new N14 bumpers asked if he had our part number he did so just ordered that too.. Mines had an annoying dent since I've had it, filled the old one but for the sake of £60 might as well go brand new.

Picked up tow eye cover from Nissan this morning as well, never had one before, small things make me smile

Gaz

I looked at your car on the projects page and ive got to say the mind boggles as to the amount of work thats gone in to this car man.I am sure when its done it will be one off the best rebuilds ever completed. keep on with all the good work dude...

burrows1980 wrote:
Picked up tow eye cover from Nissan this morning as well, never had one before, small things make me smile

Gaz

Sign of a true GtiR junkie.
Hope the paint works out a treat.

Those god damn tow hook covers are always going missing!

Nice well done

Well its gone, went this morning, RED Motorsport enclosed trailer turned up, rolled her in, nearly shed a tear

2 hrs later I went down spray shop, dropped the R off and got my mrs out the trailer

^ lol
bodywork on my mrs beyond economical repair & it not the same deep pocket romance as you get with a car :-) lol

What you going to do with it then mr b ..... bet your well excited all your hard work paying off ... then just the build up ... look forward to the updates 

Did you tell them the nipples on the airbags aren't for the greese gun

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nomad wrote:What you going to do with it then mr b ..... bet your well excited all your hard work paying off ... then just the build up ... look forward to the updates 

Once its back its going to be stored never to see daylight again  Nah Trying to keep it as standard looking on the outside, looking into the Radtec IC/Rad setup, not going to be running mega power either keep it to 330 or maybe settle for 300bhp.  she'll be a weekend car, got a van for my daily drive, a van for my evening drive and a Golf for err night driving     I was going to adapt a RS500 IC and mount a rad to it, but tbh cant be bothered now and might as well go for Radtec one, I know its expensive but think its a drop in the ocean to what I forked out already  After repairing the inner wings I dont want to cut holes again for the FMIC, plus I want to retain the AC.

Wheels Im a bit stumped on until I make the brake caliper brackets and mount them see what clearances  are, prob be 17's, really want OZ Racing Superturismo GT,  havent a clue with offsets and width, think thats a long way off yet.

Got everything else for the rebuild, bits i snapped or were knackered bought new or sourced from scrappies and you guys on here  Hardest bit was the rear passenger arch trim, took me months to find one, got quite a bit of stuff from a chap at midland car breakers, I was phoning him on a daily basis at one point    All my arch trims came off with studs intact but the rear trim had a slice in it when I reversed into a concrete fence post    Stupidly I cut the studs off that trim so when I was filling the rear arches after welding new sections in, I used it to check the contours etc, thinking be easy to get a replacement, oops! Almost came to ordering a new one from Nissan, £110 odd, but got one in the end! complete with studs intact.

So this weekend Im plasterboarding and skimming garage ready for when she returns, spray emulsion on the walls and ceiling lighten the place up, was going to board the walls but cant be arsed now, paint will do!