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[gonzo2053]

ok, fitted the rad, sorted the rust under the windscreen, and im dealing with the A panel , iv cleard out all the wheel arches and iv given them a lick of hammerite metal finish black paint, iv also cleaned the under side strips of the car, ( on the left and the right, what ever you call them) also brushed them all down, and painted them,

Iv bought a door of ebay, in very good condition with no rust etc etc, of a mini city, in bage colour! so that should bolt stright on! :grin:


im also in the procces of getting some new black original wheel arches, if i can confirm they are what they are ( see under styling)


Also ordered a bottle of cataclean to give the system a bit of a clean up

[Dan]

They're Mini Special arch extensions, in Nimbus grey. Available everywhere, very cheap so shop around. And get the proper pop rivets to fit them with, the ones which don't crush the plastic and are the right colour.

[M4RTY]

Thats some job for £50 mate, will be a great project

[gonzo2053]

ok ok its been a while but its finished! :grin:

so i have soretd out all the rust got a door and re sprayed it, re furbeshed the wheels and got some center caps, refurbeshed the wheel arches, and riveted them back on, chrome bumpers, hammerited all the seals, wheel arches front thingy and back so its all solid now! new plug and a oil and filter change to its basically been serviced! all the work has been done by myself so tell me what you think





































hope the pics arnt tooooo big :tongue:

[gonzo2053]

oh and i primed and sprayed the window wipers with some left over spray paint from the wheels :smartass:

[TimS]

wow that excelent, well done! how did u get rid of all the rust? sand paper and filler? and also how did u spray it as its very neat looks very profesional

[TimS]

i must say that i like the black grill with the chorame surround, iv not seen that before but looks very nice

[gonzo2053]

ye i wire brushed all the areas, then a bit of filler and sanding ( with wet and dry paper) untill smooth and the right sape and then prime and paint, i used spray paint from a can, got it from halfords ye the paint work came out quite good for a DIY job, the grill is just a standard one and i sprayed it gloss black

The car in total cost me under £250 incuding the cost of the car!


Item Description Price
Car Loot £50.00
Paint 2 Beige & 1 Laqure £10.00
Filler & Duck Tape £10.00
Bage Bonnet & Boot £5.00
Radiator + Tail eBay £15.00
Bumpers F & R Chrome £30.00
Wheel & Tyre £10.00
Hub Caps x 4 £10.00
Paint Beige/Bumper black £10.00
Paint Wheel & Primer £12.00
Exhaust Putty Halfords £3.00
Wheel Arch & Indicator £8.00
Door Drivers side £45.00
Wheel Nuts x4 £0.00
Spray Paint £20


Total £238.00


How much do you think its worth now?

[Madmax]

wow, thats quite a massive improvement, it looks perfect

i think that you could easily quadrouple your investment.

[miniman5]

:gasp: :gasp: :gasp: :gasp: :gasp: :gasp: .............. so how much u pay for the new car then.... uve done a super duper job there matey! :grin: it depends if u have filled it or replaced the pannels...

[gonzo2053]

its the same car.......... honest! ye i filled not replaced apart from the door

[miniman5]

id say about 800 sqwid! maybe?? and one agree? you mite get a grand for it depends on milage etc...

[lewis]

wow what a drastic improvment, how long did it take you?

[TimS]

miniman 5 by the looks of it, its cost £288 all together

[gonzo2053]

replaced the throtle cable today and a light bulb at the back that had blow, after fully toping up with some nice clean GTX oil i started the car and the pedal got jamed at the bottom and the sounded as if it was gonna blow up!!! ,was a sticky throtle cable so £3 and 1 hour later a new one was installed and running as smooth as ever, the engien sounds really improved with the new oil so thats good! :grin:

Over all its taken me about 2 months maybe less ( when i posted the 1st post) a little bit here and a little bit there on the weekends and a few hours after school