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[minbin 69]

Is the red a layer of paint or is it the primer that was originally put on?

theres 2 layers of red under all the other paint..the bottom one is flat and the one above it has more of a shine to it..thats why i'm thinking it was red..

[minbin 69]

having a go at getting the front on...think this might take a while

 

 

got around 1/1.5cm to much gap down the sides of the bonet..and about the same between wing and Apan on the passenger side..and the drivers side subframe bolt hole wont line up either
 oh what fun....

[ryan22_lgm]

That's what my saloon non gen front is like ! The bonnet gaps are big one side ok the other

[minbin 69]

so i noticed :) so know that feeling mate the pass side just needs a little bit of a push and will be good...drivers side is miles out

[SAL 821X]

Flip and heck! which panels are out do you think?

[minbin 69]

hey Sal :)

really not sure whats going on to be honest...got the gaps down to 5-7mm but now the frontend doesn't line up with the bolt holes

guess i'm gonna have to keep playing and see what i can do..lots of tea/smoke breaks to keep me clam...ish 

[minbin 69]

after 2 days messing about trying to get the gaps down finally got the wings on today..divers side is down to 3mm     passenger side is down to 5mm     did matter what i tried just couldn't get it any closer..guessing i'm gonna have to put a strip in that side....







the front will go back on once i get the grill and skirt adapters on..just need some work now to pay for them... 

 

[SAL 821X]

Looking good.

 

I'd run a strip of welding rod down that right hand side to close the gap.

 

Jobs a good'un.

[minbin 69]

thanks Sal..did think of that one..but i'll probably got with a strip so's it doesn't notice so much..

[minbin 69]

had a late night and an early start in the garage...finally got round to stripping the last of the old underseal

 

 

a couple of coats of rust stuff..repaired a couple of small holes..etched primed seam sealed

 

 

gave it a couple of coats of gravitex..

 

 

 

one of those days when i wish i had a brain cell so i went off and did some other bits..came back looking over the shell to see what needs doing found some welds the i meant to grid down last week..didn't stop to think and just got on with it,wasn't till i'd finished i saw this

 

 

bubbled up most of the way along there guess i'll be sorting that out tomorrow then....

 

 

thats the inside of my roof after years of rust eating away at it..question is do i leave it like that..can i skim it with filler? ideas please

 

[ChrisCityE]

Sprayed a load of primer on my Van and forgot to grind off those exact same welds!

Not sure about the roof, if you want it to look mint then I guess a very fine bit of filler would do the trick, alternatively if your primer is very thick it may fill up a fair amount of the holes (not sure how deep they are)

[minbin 69]

thanks Chris that makes me feel a bit better

 

some are fairly deep so don't think primer will do it...thing is being as i'm do it to sell it i don't want anyone thinking i'm trying to hide bad bits..but on the other hand i want it to look good..

[minbin 69]

not much happening today..sorted out the the mess someone made of the underneath

 

 

did one little repair on the shell..

 

 

 

not to much left welding wise on the shell now..think it's just the front end(once the grill and skirt adapters turn up..ordered Friday) and the inner rear valance...well as long as i don't uncover any more nastys when the rest of the paint comes off..

[minimikej]

having a go at getting the front on...think this might take a while

 

 

got around 1/1.5cm to much gap down the sides of the bonet..and about the same between wing and Apan on the passenger side..and the drivers side subframe bolt hole wont line up either
 oh what fun....

 

I'm in the same position on my mini. There's not really any adjustment you can do on the inner wings (or so I thought) when I fitted mine up, thinking "it's all about the wings, front panel and bonnet". I'm wondering what to do - whilst I can just about cajole the non-gen front panels into position the bonnet gap is a good 1.5cm too large each side at the front. I think I will try to pull the tops of the inner wings inwards using three or four threaded bars across the engine bay just under the upper lips and  using some box section to spread the load...

 

If that doesn't work then I suppose I will just have to slice and fill the edges of the bonnet...

 

Let us know how you get on -

Cheers

Edited by minimikej, 20 May 2013 - 12:01 PM.

[minbin 69]

thanks Mike i'll have to give that a go..