Now first of all it was the interior that was sorted as it was, well, C**p. so everything that was grey was changed to black, minus the headliner because i don't want to fart about with that.
New dashboard was ordered and fitted along with new top and bottom dash rails.
Also new doorcards and handle set
A new center console and floor mats were bought, and the carpet was taken out and put in properly
So thats most of the interior sorted minus front seats and harnesses.
So onto the outside, first of all because my mini is pink, when it should be red!!! we decided to have a quick go at painting the scuttle as it had a wacking great hole in and needed repairing, so would be painted anyway. This was our test panel to get the idea of what it would look like in the original red. So a couple spray cans were bought from halfords and off we went
Seeming as this came out ok, we thought we might as well do the whole car, but not with spray cans, so we ordered some paint, thinners and all the other bits and pieces to go with it and were ready to go, when we decided the engine looked a bit tired and dirty, and it would be a shame to spoil a nice new paint job with a manky old engine under the bonnet.
Sooooo.... as easter holidays began we started a new task, remove the engine! The engine was coming out so that;
1. it could be cleaned, painted and fixed
2. we could clean up the engine bay and paint it easier.
at this point in time, the engine has been completely disconnected from the car and is just resting on it's mounts on the subframe waiting for the engine hoist to arrive so we can lift it out.
I also got a few engine bits painted up
Seeming as there is nothing left to do on the engine until the hoist comes, i thought i'd get on with preparing the bonnet for spraying as this was going to be the first bit we spray as it's off the car and is a fairly simple bit.
When we sanded down the original paint it was clear to see someone before and tried to have a go at painting over the original paint as under the vinyl stripes was a completely different red, and they obviously masked up the stipes and painted around them, also they had made a bodge job of the filler at the front so that was sorted too. Also while we were at it, we filled the holes for the badge and smoothed it over.
It was then primered with 4 coats just to even out the colour difference, and on monday it will be knocked down with 800 wet.
So there you have it, that's where ketchup is at the moment, quite a lot for a first post of a project but i've been to lazy to make one before
I'll make sure i keep this updated and don't forget but seeming as it's easter weekend now i think i'll be having a rest for a couple days. But of course i'll be going to stoneleigh on sunday, as it's my birthday and there's some bits that will probably catch my eye there
But as for now, im off to work
M
Edited by Monstrous, 06 April 2007 - 04:12 PM.
