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[charie t]

Looking a top job
What are the seats from?

[blue min 1]

Looking a top job
What are the seats from?

there from an audi A3

mike

[olds_kool_lews]

footwells welded in

just wondering why you chose to weld the new floor panels in over the top of the old ones (more so the passenger side), but with the foot wells cut out, wouldnt this cause a sandwich effect and if water got in between the panels, rust would start from the inside out? not knocking your work or nothing, just thought it was bit of a strange thing to do!

keep up the good work though! looking great!

[blue min 1]

footwells welded in

just wondering why you chose to weld the new floor panels in over the top of the old ones (more so the passenger side), but with the foot wells cut out, wouldnt this cause a sandwich effect and if water got in between the panels, rust would start from the inside out? not knocking your work or nothing, just thought it was bit of a strange thing to do!

keep up the good work though! looking great!

thanks all the rust and crud was cleened off the inside weld through high zink primer was sprayed inside and on the back of the floor panel then welded inside and underside i had not welded the underside in this pic



mike

[blue min 1]

ok not much done on it went to work on it thursday and had to put the gazebo up UNDER the carport as the carport was defrosting all over the car but got a bit of work done today
fitted the flipfront and cut out holes for the lights



mike

[blue min 1]

just an update not much work done on the mini cold a snow and ive been ill but got my 455 in to gear and its ready for filler primer so going to spray it tomorrow so some pic's when its sprayed



mike

[blue min 1]

ok so ive filler primerd the shell acid etched the front and will primer that tomorrow

just a quick pic

mike

[blue min 1]

ok folks had a good few days on the old girl so more pics
boot sprayed and top coated

door hinges


and roof bace and top coated




so tomorrow its flatting the rest of the shell then bace and lacker it

mike

[blue min 1]

so today i finally got the bace and lacker on after 3 attempts where the bace coat reacted but i did it and here are a few pics




so ill give it a week to harden off then i can start to put the mini back together at last


mike

[markland]

Really like the colour and great work!

Just a question though, did you spray it with the doors put on or off? i can't decide if to put mine back on or not for the spray, im wondering about getting in all the corners and stuff with the doors on.

[blue min 1]

Really like the colour and great work!

Just a question though, did you spray it with the doors put on or off? i can't decide if to put mine back on or not for the spray, im wondering about getting in all the corners and stuff with the doors on.

thanks i sprayed the barcoat,filler primer ,bace and lacker with the doors on as i had no room under the carport to do it with them off. just spray the corners before you put the doors on


mike

Edited by blue min 1, 03 February 2011 - 08:14 PM.

[Colliazz]

Loving the effect of the colour

[DaveJH]

Looking very nice, lovely colour.

[MateyTheMini]

Those original photos look boss!

I really like your car

Good look with the rebuild!

[blue min 1]

thanks for all the comments got a bit more done over the weekend rear beam in and bolted down

radious arms in and brake pipes in

front passengers side done


and 1 to see how it looked with a wheel on

so tomorrow ill strip the outher drive shaft down and rebuild the drivers side up


mike