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[STREET TWEAKS]

not know if he is on here to be honnest be it makes me think as 3 times now he has told us he has sum mint mini shells ( are thay nicked ) i wood like to have a look round his place i tell ye .

the new hing panel and lamp panels cost about £50 so not bad as that p*^$ was looking at £100 for the back panel

is this one panel or 3 panels

3 hing panel £17 and the lamp panel just over a £10 each

[minimuk]

not know if he is on here to be honnest be it makes me think as 3 times now he has told us he has sum mint mini shells ( are thay nicked ) i wood like to have a look round his place i tell ye .

the new hing panel and lamp panels cost about £50 so not bad as that p*^$ was looking at £100 for the back panel

is this one panel or 3 panels

3 hing panel £17 and the lamp panel just over a £10 each

Ok, here is something you need to know before you cut anything!!!!!! Brace just above where you are going to cut especially when removing the hinge panel bit, the boot panel tends to bend inwards when cut 'loose' so to speak and in the end your bootlid will not fit propperly, a good steel brace from left light to right light and from the rear bulkhead(rear seat) in 2 postions to the bracing between the lights. Trust me on that one.

[STREET TWEAKS]

yes mate i see what your saying but the only thing is my car has been back ended in the past and is pushed in by a good 1inch so need to come out a far way so what wood you do there looking at sum of your old posts you changed the full back panel to whitch is what i was goin to do ???

[minimuk]

you have a good and bad corner, if so measure the good corner to the bulkhead, and note it down, check the measurement from the bad corner, note the difference, checking your pictures boot is not to bad, but that is a picture for you. Cut out 1 corner and replace with repair piece, then the other side, then brace again as you have done before and cut out the hinge panel, trial fit boot lid and see where it needs tweeking, loosen the brace and reweld on again till you got it spot on, use measurements from your notes and work from there, when absolutely tack hinge panel first and trial fit the lid once more. then weld.
As far as I remember, those corner repair panels are bending more inwards so straighten those before you weld those on. Measuring and patience is required here, you have overcome worse bits of welding repair, should be a piece of cake now.
Get this??

[STREET TWEAKS]

cool thanks

[lulu85ritz]

I didn't realise it was a Ritz! It's coming on really well!

[STREET TWEAKS]

have a look from the start mate

[STREET TWEAKS]

not to get to down hartend today i got sum of the out standing bits finnished off for the rear subby today with my wire bush drill and paint away i went lol , not to bad for a spray can but the wife was p***ed off with me when i put them in the house to dry lmfaf .

Edited by STREET TWEAKS, 19 February 2012 - 04:55 PM.

[minimuk]

that washing line is buggered now!!!! hope you cleaned it with paint remover!!Honestly the trumpets really wont fit the steamer. Granf job by the way!!

[STREET TWEAKS]

that washing line is buggered now!!!! hope you cleaned it with paint remover!!Honestly the trumpets really wont fit the steamer. Granf job by the way!!

haha don't tell the wife but i put them in the steamer to clean them lol

[grahama]

Steamer for cleaning, awesome, that's beaten me and the oven for drying the engine hands down, lol. Nice shiny parts to put back on though!!

[josh.goddard]

Hi fantastic build but if it is a ritz they are the wrong alloys i will be keeping an eye on this one.
Josh

[STREET TWEAKS]

Hi fantastic build but if it is a ritz they are the wrong alloys i will be keeping an eye on this one.
Josh

ha well spoted we have got the right wheels for it just need respraying but got no center caps , but we have a plan for that so keep watching

[lulu85ritz]

have a look from the start mate

I just looked from the start thats some good work going on there i can't wait to see what you have planned! Keep it up!

[STREET TWEAKS]

well what a wast of my holls 4 days and only 2 full days spent on the mini iam f**ked off