Well as i have had no work for weeks now, and monies tight i set about getting me rse out to9 the 200 and sort out some of my rust issues that have been bugging me since purchase.
So ill let the piccies do the talking
these were the bug breaers of my project, i absolutely hated these little niggly bits and thought id whip the complete front end off and start to repair any damaged areas.
The front came of preety easily as every bolt pretty much sheared off, not that im too fussed as i will be cable tieing most back on as shes mainly going to be used for skidding and have been told that cable ties are the way to go
so heres some more piccies after i pulled the fron end off
Definately cleaner than i originally thought and was pleasently surprised,
And again not too bad
And so the grinding began, started on the top struts, i have seen many bad cases and thankfully these were actually very good, took the metal right back until the rust stopped
The slowly worked my rpund the car, tend to get caried away lol, but pretty much all surface rust and got rid of all of it ready for prepwork and filler
Drivers side
Another passenger side
So out came the tub of filler, now i usually hate filler and to be honest havnt done alot of any of this body repair work, but being pretty good at most things with me hands i was quite pleased how it all went
front panel
Good rub down
Me bro giving me a hand for the day Gives me the motivation lol
And primed up, results were pretty good.
Still need touching up a tiny bit in places but on the whole really pleased
Amongst this i pulled off the front crash bar, grinded back any rust, rubbed down and threw a coat of primer on her, then sprayed up in satin black.
Wasnt too worried about the finish as its hidden but did do it all properly
And thats her tucked in bed for the night till i can get back on it tomorrow.
Still needs a little rubbing and filling till im happy with it, then will spray satin black inside and around all the areas of the arches etc, along with finishing off the undersealing in the arches etc
Getting there slowly, just want to get the new arches paid for, get the rear fenders paid for and fitted then go all satin
Shes not pretty at the moment, but im working on it
opinions welcome, just thought id share my days progress today