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#1 blueturbomini

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 10:01 PM

Hello all, well today i finally started on my own Vtec build and as the title hoping to do it without useing a flip front.

Probably going about this all wrong as i have started striping the car and have not got any of the bits i need to rebuild it. 

 

this is my car 

 

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stripped out the engine bay and interior, removed the front subframe and stripped it down and stuck the car on my home made spit

 

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next step, find and remove the dreaded tin worm 



#2 blueturbomini

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Posted 15 June 2014 - 06:23 PM

Spun the car upside down, then removed and stripped down the rear subframe, so now have basically a shell to play with.

So now comes the not so nice job of cleaning to underside.

 

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Managed to get one half cleaned



#3 Doodling

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Posted 15 June 2014 - 08:56 PM

Good luck with your project.
Making me want to start mine sooner rather than later.

#4 GrahamHolland

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Posted 13 August 2014 - 09:06 PM

Will be following. What donor engine/car are you thinking of using?



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Posted 14 June 2015 - 07:03 PM

Well it's been a while but after i cleaned the underside and found all the tin worm my heart fell out of the idea.

 

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Posted 20 June 2015 - 09:52 PM

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#7 blueturbomini

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Posted 21 June 2015 - 01:04 PM

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Posted 21 June 2015 - 01:15 PM

Top tip before you go any further.  Remove the sills you just fitted :lol: You had overfills fitted before, hence the rot.  Fitting more will just rot them out again.



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Posted 21 June 2015 - 01:32 PM

Top tip before you go any further.  Remove the sills you just fitted :lol: You had overfills fitted before, hence the rot.  Fitting more will just rot them out again.

i did not fit the new sills over the rot, all the old outer sill, inner sill and rotten floor was removed before i fitted the new panels look at the last photo in post 5


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#10 Mini 360

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Posted 21 June 2015 - 01:58 PM

 

Top tip before you go any further.  Remove the sills you just fitted :lol: You had overfills fitted before, hence the rot.  Fitting more will just rot them out again.

i did not fit the new sills over the rot, all the old outer sill, inner sill and rotten floor was removed before i fitted the new panels look at the last photo in post 5

 

I didn't say you did.  I am saying you have fitted oversills (sills without the holes) which can (and will!) retain moisture in the sills and rot from the inside out.


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Posted 21 June 2015 - 03:02 PM

 

 

Top tip before you go any further.  Remove the sills you just fitted :lol: You had overfills fitted before, hence the rot.  Fitting more will just rot them out again.

i did not fit the new sills over the rot, all the old outer sill, inner sill and rotten floor was removed before i fitted the new panels look at the last photo in post 5

 

I didn't say you did.  I am saying you have fitted oversills (sills without the holes) which can (and will!) retain moisture in the sills and rot from the inside out.

 

understand you now, they are going to be filled with waxoil so should be ok



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Posted 22 June 2015 - 09:21 PM

Also drill some holes where the original ones would have been to let the water out and fill with waxoil like you are going to.



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Posted 05 July 2015 - 08:55 PM

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Posted 13 July 2015 - 07:29 PM

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Posted 13 July 2015 - 07:31 PM

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