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[AVV IT]

Phwarrr!!!

Are the external hinges real, or are they of the stick on variety??

Real! I refused to have fake one's

Wow!!...... Do you have any pictures of how you did it?..... I was thinking of doing the same when I replace my A panels & door skins, but am not sure about how much strengthening of the panels is going to be involved.

[Twisty]

that is a lovely mini well done mate, i hope my mini turns out as nice as this.

[shaun617]

Phwarrr!!!

Are the external hinges real, or are they of the stick on variety??

Real! I refused to have fake one's

Wow!!...... Do you have any pictures of how you did it?..... I was thinking of doing the same when I replace my A panels & door skins, but am not sure about how much strengthening of the panels is going to be involved.

Dont have any pictures im afraid! but basically theres a Mk1 inner A panel then a Mk3 outer A panel. Then just drilled through the outer panel for the screws for the hinges. The doors are also strengthened with just a sheet of metal where the hinges are placed. The doors were hung on the inner hinges whilst the process took place to make sure everything was in line. Anymore questions feel free to ask, but id have to ask my dad as he did the thinking behind it

Also I was originally going to buy a kit for sliding windows to make the doors lighter so I could scrap the window winders! But finding out how much they were I gave it a miss.

[a_woolhouse]

Looks awesome!! :) looks like i've got a fairway to go to get mine looking at least half way as nice as yours

[shaun617]

Thank you all for the kind words!

[fattail95]

Dude that is b-e-a-utiful!

[shaun617]

Getting sent away to be tuned and a service tomorrow morning then she goes away for an MOT!

Wish her luck!

[myredmini]

Is that cellulose paint? :)

[UBSTANKN]

Wow! Looks amazing. Quite the transformation! Oh, and I love the license plate!

-Mike

Edited by UBSTANKN, 05 October 2012 - 03:51 AM.

[dasupersprint]

Just wow!

[hobnob888]

good jobb, very well done

[F1L8EY]

if my project turns out half as well as this, i will be over the moon!!!

V NICE

[keefr22]

What a stunner, that's just beautiful!! Top job!!

K

[shaun617]

Is that cellulose paint? :)

No, Its two pack :)

[Murphy46]

Great work. What a transformation. Lovely Mini :)