A tribute to the most stupid thing ever from east mids

[Cornwall]

Three simple steps...

1. Clean away any rust and debris

2. Take one tin of underseal

3. Paint everywhere:D

Before.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1224.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1223.jpg

After.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1226.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1227.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1228.jpg

Not sure whether it is the best paint for an engine bay but looks ten times better and will never rust again:wack: Got a few areas to touch up to finish but I am happy with it. Not flash but practical(ish).

Only concern for me is that the heat from the engine may cause it all to melt. Have I done a silly thing?:rolleyes:

your thoughts....


PS - thanks Zarc for giving me a hand today, couldnt have got this far with out you. Now I have finshed the welds on the chassis rail we are good to put the engine in on Sat:thumbs:

[Sideways Danny]

that's hideous :wack: lol

[Razzario]

underseal wasn't the smartest move

[Cornwall]

It does look like I hit a crud oil tanker....

[Dave]

I'm no engine bay expert, but wouldn't it have made more sense to take as much as possible out, wire brush/sand back every piece of rust in the bay, degrease and prep, put some POR15 down, then topcoat it with some chassis black? Ideally with a compressor (or rattlers if needbe). I'm not sure how effective your method is?

[Sideways Danny]

that's never going to dry...........ever pmsl Ryan you nob

[John Bennett]

Reminds me of mine, a bit http://www.ianm3igb.plus.com/suspicious.gif
Is that stuff actually paint, or sticky underseal?

[George]

and will never rust again

Oh yes it will. Unfortunately:(. Only next time you're going to get filty working in the engine bay.

And Danny's right, it doesn't look good I'm afraid.

I wish I could think of something encouraging to say:indiff:

[maff]

Thats going to be fun to work on :wack:

[205turbo]

that's hideous :wack: lol

:nod::nod: Proper nasty looking

[McRearout]

That looks like the worst oil leak ever :wack:

[John Bennett]

Ah, guess it is the sticky stuff then :eek:

Should you choose to change to something less gooey, white spirit and a brush should get it off, gonna make one hell of a mess though :eek:

[Jezz_S13]

What have you done.
OMFG. :wack: :D

[Starks]

:hurl:

[runaway_robot]

Thats going to be a messy job putting stuff back in.

[Cornwall]

Some of use like to learn the hard way:rolleyes::wack:

didnt really think this one through:clap:, please feel free to point and laugh at my expence, will be spending the rest of the week undoing Zarc's hard work:smash:

[Anth4130]

If you squint it looks ok? :smash:

[Sideways Danny]

can somone edit the thread title and make this a sticky (sic) :wack:

[stew]

Your mum wasn't lying when she said you were special

LOL, get it off stat!!!!!

[Cornwall]

can somone edit the thread title and make this a sticky (sic) :wack:

lol

[Ol'_200sx_thing]

lol that is bloody hilarious ! :D

[John Bennett]

You could do the rest of the car in it - 'tar black' could be the new matt black.
Plus it would put off burglars and kids climbing on it :)

[Starks]

lmao at john benett :D


Could be on to someot :nod:

[Bomber]

just a thought mate. but i would think twice about turning your heaters on with the windows up with that sh*t cooking away under the bonnet lol :):(:hurl::sleep:

[Ol'_200sx_thing]

just a thought mate. but i would think twice about turning your heaters on with the windows up with that sh*t cooking away under the bonnet lol :):(:hurl::sleep:


headaches all round :smash:

[def]

Some of use like to learn the hard way:rolleyes::wack:

didnt really think this one through:clap:, please feel free to point and laugh at my expence, will be spending the rest of the week undoing Zarc's hard work:smash:

At least you guys tried lol:D

Oh and well done for laughing at it your self and not taking the comments to heart:notworthy:thumbs:

[diamondsink]

It looked better rusty.
Bet you just painted over the rust too.
:annoyed:

[Jeffers_S13]

:eek: LMAO ! what a mess ! You cant just daub the stuff on top of rust and hope it goes away ?! I hope nobody reads this as a 'how to'...

[Mark]

http://www.seomoz.org/images/upload/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg

:wack:

[Cornwall]

It looked better rusty.
Bet you just painted over the rust too.
:annoyed:

Just to note I did deal with the rust correctly (so i believe:rolleyes:).

Grinded out old rust

Welded were necersary

Used Kurust on all areas before painting


please tell me I got that part right:rolleyes: lol

[Cornwall]

At least you guys tried lol:D

Oh and well done for laughing at it your self and not taking the comments to heart:notworthy:thumbs:



Have no idea I was thinking this morning (one of those scary blonde moments), its so very clear to me now :smash::smash::smash:, at least it can be fixed and no real damage done:wack:

[George]

You could do the rest of the car in it - 'tar black' could be the new matt black.
Plus it would put off burglars and kids climbing on it :)

Burining on felt might be a goer...

[George]

Just to note I did deal with the rust correctly (so i believe:rolleyes:).

Grinded out old rust

Welded were necersary

Used Kurust on all areas before painting


please tell me I got that part right:rolleyes: lol

That bit doesn't sound too bad, but to go to all that effort and then slather on what is essentially tar:annoyed:

Screw the nut!

[Maddog]

wow

WTF?


WHY?

ok you've won the bet, now remove the underseal:wack:

[Sideways Danny]

maybe you can find some fluff for that flocked bay look

[George]

Line the whole bay with damp kitchen roll and scatter in some cress seeds. Reckon it would look mint in a couple of weeks:thumbs:.

[zarc]

Have no idea I was thinking this morning (one of those scary blonde moments), its so very clear to me now :smash::smash::smash:, at least it can be fixed and no real damage done:wack:


lol you could of told me before i got covered from head to toe in the fricking stuff,

this is why you dont let me and ryan within 9miles of your car, we dont just bodge it we hide all the evidence that its ever been bodged under 3"s of underseal.......

dont know what im moaning at, Im the idiot who actually did it

[Ol'_200sx_thing]

Line the whole bay with damp kitchen roll and scatter in some cress seeds. Reckon it would look mint in a couple of weeks:thumbs:.


ba bum tish :wack:

[abz]

This thread has really cheered me up :sxoc:

How much to do mine? LOL

I may well be wrong, but doesn't that stuff catch fire and burn like buggery (if you manage to get it hot enought to set on fire.......)

[Maddog]

hmmm it could be a contender for "the worst sx MOD of 2008"

[zarc]

This thread has really cheered me up :sxoc:

How much to do mine? LOL

I may well be wrong, but doesn't that stuff catch fire and burn like buggery (if you manage to get it hot enought to set on fire.......)




that just shows how stupid we are, when he was welding a bit caught fire and we didnt think anything else of it

[Jesus-Ninja]

Actually, the moment it gets warm under there, it'll probably all run off anyway...

Man - it's going to cost you a fortune in swarfega every time you work on that!

[IKRAM]

Ah well! sh1t happens!
We all make mistakes :nod: :D
Might be a good idea to try and take it off with solvent thinners or something.

[Cornwall]

Think Im gonna use a combination of heat gun and thinners. Welding anywhere near previous painter underseal made it melt and very easy to wipe off.

Shuoldnt take very long to take off.


Any recomondations on what replace with...

[IKRAM]

normal 2k paint is fine or some peoples have used hammerite.

[Cornwall]

normal 2k paint is fine or some peoples have used hammerite.

Cheers fella - will try one of the above, will post up picks when done properly later in the week:thumbs:


Now please continue to poke and make fun:sxoc:

[m.d.]

put the engine in and go for a blast, itll all be in a big puddle under the floor in no time lol,

that is the funnyest looking thing ive seen for ages lol

[Sideways Danny]

Think Im gonna use a combination of heat gun and thinners. Welding anywhere near previous painter underseal made it melt and very easy to wipe off.

Shuoldnt take very long to take off.


Any recomondations on what replace with...

de-greaser works well for removal as does thinners. Get a LOT of cardboard or old carpet to catch the drips though and a crapload of rags to wipe up with

Black hammerite smooth with a brush FTW :thumbs:

[Dave]

I think my original idea of removing as much as poss, wirebrush/sand back all the rust, degrease and prep for POR15, then put some grey POR15 on it (it acts as primer too), then topcoat with some chassis black is fine?

[Mark]

I think we have found a contender for the 'bennett award' at JAE this year :D

[Jak_Jenkins]

looks like your sump exploded everywhere!

[Sideways Danny]

I think we have found a contender for the 'bennett award' at JAE this year :D

give him a kieran too :sxoc:

[George]

Do the Bennett and Kieran awards actually exist, and is there some sort of process for putting forward nominees?

[RobCrezz]

Throw a bag of feather in there while its still sticky! Never seen a car "tar and feathered". :D

[blue boy]

Nice job!!!!!!!!!

Get loads of tin foil and stick it on and hey presto, a chromed engine bay!

[Maddog]

Nice job!!!!!!!!!

Get loads of tin foil and stick it on and hey presto, a chromed engine bay!

now you do realise that one of the "good ol boys" is just going to need to attemt something like that.......and you'll have that on your conscience :rolleyes:






:sxoc:

[2 Black Lines]

Do the Bennett and Kieran awards actually exist, and is there some sort of process for putting forward nominees?

The Kierans are a Scottish thing, and really do exist! ( The Englanders have to be really 'special' to get one.)

The Beeeennnneeeett award is TBA!

And :

http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=328934

:nod:

And as for the underseal.... Steam clean it off, repaint black smoothrite after a derusting session. Sorted.

[Dunkz]

thats just brightened up my day. :D

[Lenagh]

lol i can't wait to see this underseal react to the engine bay heat hahaha quality :D

[FOGHORN LEGHORN]

I think my original idea of removing as much as poss, wirebrush/sand back all the rust, degrease and prep for POR15, then put some grey POR15 on it (it acts as primer too), then topcoat with some chassis black is fine?


I did as above, exept I used High Temp Silver paint instead of chassis black though

[Mark]

Do the Bennett and Kieran awards actually exist, and is there some sort of process for putting forward nominees?

The first Bennett award was awarded last year to the one and only John Beeennnettt for managing to torch his own car :D :wack:

It was decided to have it as an annual award at every JAE from now on :D If you have a serious nomination for acts of stupidity they should be forwarded to a staff member :thumbs:

[TheNickos]

WTF?!!?!

i'd recommend POR15 in silver if you ever get that shit off.

Bilthamber de-ox gel for derusting first ;)

[Eddie_s13]

you know when you said you would give me a hand on my car sometime....... im ok thanks :D:wack:

[Cornwall]

Suprisingly its actually quite easy shit to get off, just spent the past hour and half and got the worst of it off. The hardest parts are where you cant get your hand.

I will confess though i did get the misses to help:D she just loves cleaning:sxoc:

[Sideways Danny]

de-greaser and a paint brush ;)

[Cornwall]

Will try it on sat, cheers fella.

Still cant believe my own stupidity!!!:annoyed: Spose if your gonna f**k up then you had better do it properly.

[Davey3legs]

oh dear........, i'd buy a box of rags/paper towels, a sh*t load of the correct thinners (or whatever dissolves underseal) and a couple of boxes of vinyl gloves, you're going to get dirty, veeeeeerrry very dirty.

Good luck. :wack:

[Jesus-Ninja]

Actually, it's probably not set that much. If you have a jet washer, whilst the engine's out, you could probably remove most of it, and then what's left attck with some solvent.

I'll send up some prayers for you, buddy - you're gonna need them!!!! :D

[alanjuggler]

judging by the rate the underseal on the bottom of my car falls off, if you leave it a couple of weeks, it'll have fallen off on it's own :rolleyes:

[SECCY]

That underseal is rubbish even on the underside of cars, it traps water and rots the metal behind it.

Thanks for shariing this one with us though. :thumbs:

[OniOne]

I think if you had an oil leak in that engine bay, you wouldn't be able to tell.:wack:

[Fil]

Priceless hilarity - even my wife thought it was funny, and she knows f**k all about cars :D

Fair play for taking on the chin though fellas and not throwing your toys out of the pram :thumbs:

In hindsight it's probably better to ask on here first before trying something 'new'...

[drax]

I thought Idiot guides are ment to be FOR idiots not BY idiots ;)

[sxalex]

Brightened up my day too.:D

Hat of to you for taking the ribbing lol. Your obviously a good sport!
cheers bud.

[Maddog]

That underseal is rubbish even on the underside of cars, it traps water and rots the metal behind it.

Thanks for shariing this one with us though. :thumbs:



i've used waxoyl underseal for a few years now and have never had a problem with it, although i do strip back to paint and bare metal if rust present paint then underseal. or if it's on bulkhead, chassis rails, sills, wheel arches i always stonechip it.

[Cornwall]

Now fixed (bar a couple of corners) only took about 3 hours in total. Used the mrs hair dryer :D and white spirit that I put in a spray bottle. Comes off really easy.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1232.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/n8rsd/DSCN1231.jpg

So spent the rest of the day under old car taking off exhaust, prop shaft and undoing all the engine and gear box mounts. Weather permiting may even put the engine in the new shell tomorrow.

Thanks again for the ripping in true SXOC fashion :sxoc: promise to think before before using paint ever egain:thumbs:

[def]

No please dont promise to think. You have provided the club with a good laugh which is a good thing.

Even better that you were able to sort it quite easy:thumbs:

[Parker]

I'll send up some prayers for you, buddy - you're gonna need them!!!! :D

Even God will LOL at this :D

Most apt thread title ever ;)

On the bright side, you'll never have to crawl under the car when you drop a nut because it'll stick to the side of the engine bay :D :D :D

[OniOne]

Hahahahahahahhah.......That was truly hilarious while it lasted! You should get an award for that.:D:D:D

Great work on getting that shite out in the end there.:thumbs::wack:

[Vova]

I'm surprised it wasn't that much work to get it out, bay looks clean!

You have a flat tire too..

It's also smarter to put the bonnet up on the widest edges with some towels beneath the edges, the front fin can deform as its not that thick/strong. Its also more stable that way :nod:

[Maddog]

glad you got it sortedish, although it did provide much hilarity!

in future... STOP! THINK! then get torn in like a rat up a drain pipe, otherwise the threads might not have the same giggle factor lol!

[Kiz]

there you go ryan. stickied where everyone that knows you can again point and laugh at your most precious of moments :D


UNDERSEAL FTMFW :p

[Maddog]

there you go ryan. stickied where everyone that knows you can again point and laugh at your most precious of moments :D


UNDERSEAL FTMFW :p

And that's why we love Kiz. :thumbs::notworthy

[ZXSpectrum]

The 2 pics are missing that i assume shows the carnage.. lol :D

[def]

Noticed that:whip:Kiz give him a warning for ruining a good thread:D

[Kiz]

Noticed that:whip:Kiz give him a warning for ruining a good thread:D

agreed, ryan, best get those pics back up so everyone can revel in ur glory :wack:

[henners]

:eek: LMAO ! what a mess ! You cant just daub the stuff on top of rust and hope it goes away ?! I hope nobody reads this as a 'how to'...

lmao! if i cant see you....you cant see me!!

[Cornwall]

Kiz thank you for the tribute:rolleyes:, this thread should be a leason learnt to everyone:

Doing something stupid is fine...














...just dont boast about it on the SXOC:wack:

[calicagesracing]

fantastic thread rofl:D:D

how is said car since january:wack:

[Jesus-Ninja]

Kiz thank you for the tribute:rolleyes:, this thread should be a leason learnt to everyone:

Doing something stupid is fine...

...just dont boast about it on the SXOC:wack:

As someone once said (in fact in a sig on here, somewhere):


If at first you don't succeed...

... hide all evidence of ever trying

[Cornwall]

fantastic thread rofl:D:D

how is said car since january:wack:


the car is on the road, all leagal with almost all the underseal removed:D. Engine still smokes more than 20 litres of oil a day but due to pull out and rebuild when I move in january.


Yes I did just say that I will will be rebuilding an engine:rolleyes:, keep an eye out in the s13 tec for more funnies;)

[henners]

the car is on the road, all leagal with almost all the underseal removed:D. Engine still smokes more than 20 litres of oil a day but due to pull out and rebuild when I move in january.


Yes I did just say that I will will be rebuilding an engine:rolleyes:, keep an eye out in the s13 tec for more funnies;)

just dont underseal the block :D

this is a funny thread dude, all said in jest :thumbs:

[fixup1982]

|Excatly why do you think i did,nt let you re-build my engine imagine that.:eek:

so so so funny though :wack::wack::wack:

lol you could of told me before i got covered from head to toe in the fricking stuff,

this is why you dont let me and ryan within 9miles of your car, we dont just bodge it we hide all the evidence that its ever been bodged under 3"s of underseal.......

dont know what im moaning at, Im the idiot who actually did it

[Fake Ben Taylor]

bwahahahahahha!!!! i remember this :D:D:D

[T2-lEE-G]

haha, just read this post and its mint! i think :clap: is in order and good work!! you are my hero cornwall:sxoc:

[Cornwall]

bwahahahahahha!!!! i remember this :D:D:D
Cheers Mate! Although I made a few mistakes, i seem to be driving mine now. Hows your car coming on?:rolleyes: (Ohhh Bitch:ghey:)



haha, just read this post and its mint! i think :clap: is in order and good work!! you are my hero cornwall:sxoc:

Cheers, glad to cheer you up. I do like to make sensible mistakes and bring it apon ones self to attract fellow bodgers in the art art of pointing and laughing:D


PS old pics now found and put back on to first page:eek:, christ what was i thinnking:annoyed:

[Kev]

PMSL that truely is class mate :notworthy



Yes I did just say that I will will be rebuilding an engine:rolleyes:, keep an eye out in the s13 tec for more funnies;)


And true to form
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=403778

[Cornwall]

PMSL that truely is class mate :notworthy




And true to form
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=403778

Git:whip:, only just noticed you posted this!

I'm a bit slow too:wack:, eninge did finally get built but broken again now:rolleyes:

[lee75]

you've broke it already? :rolleyes:

[Scougar]

LMAO.. just seen this :D Gave me a laugh :)

[Fake Ben Taylor]

Cheers Mate! Although I made a few mistakes, i seem to be driving mine now. Hows your car coming on?:rolleyes: (Ohhh Bitch:ghey:)



just noticed this!!

bitch indeed!!! :mad: ;)

[Kiz]

just noticed this!!

bitch indeed!!! :mad: ;)

see your observation skills are still second to none :wack::p

[Cornwall]

just noticed this!!

bitch indeed!!! :mad: ;)

Just to note, mine is still on the road. :D wheres yours :p


see your observation skills are still second to none :wack::p


LOL - Bens always been slow although Hannah did say she wished he was this slow in the bedroom :p

[lee75]

LOL - Bens always been slow although Hannah did say she wished he was this slow in the bedroom :p
PMSL :notworthy

[Fake Ben Taylor]

see your observation skills are still second to none :wack::p

:D


Just to note, mine is still on the road. :D wheres yours :p

LOL - Bens always been slow although Hannah did say she wished he was this slow in the bedroom :p

its getting there! :rant::mad:

and amy didnt complain :p

[Rapid]

and amy didnt complain :p

She didn't get time to

[Fake Ben Taylor]

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