Jobs you wish you'd never started

dalmationman · Post by **dalmationman** » 25 Jan 2007, 21:40

This could be a bit of fun.
Most of us have done one.
To start :
Fitting a set of Saab seats to the van, couple of hours job.
2 days later and loads of scraped knuckles

Post by **Other-Power** » 25 Jan 2007, 21:46

Volks Wagens -- Totally addicted!

Post by **fairwynds** » 25 Jan 2007, 23:31

My resto! 3 weeks into it!

Post by **purplechugster** » 26 Jan 2007, 11:29

Spraying the damn thing - twice!

Post by **jamesc76** » 26 Jan 2007, 19:31

full day to convert the base out of a renault espace swivel seat to realise that i got it the wrong way round so head scratching sorted it and it even works lol

Post by **PEET** » 27 Jan 2007, 17:06

rewiring and redesigning a new interior wiring circuit - started last year and still gotta rip it out n start again!

Post by **joebrown** » 27 Jan 2007, 22:45

Hey this subject is just asking for people to lose face and dent their self esteem .but come on how many bits have you got/bought for your fantastic type 25 and years later still aint moved them from that corner in the garage(OR AS I PREFER HOBBY PURSUIT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE)
e.g for me 1) handgrake rod 2) fuel tank with rusty bits like the one allready on there that still refuses to leak 3) suspect looking propex heater without instructions (but old school pal corgi registered)4) seat belt housings and plates WOW like after tossing that additional weight up and down in the hand a couple times it aint ever gonna happen.But hey thats where the fun lies right oh yer thats RIGHT
VW LOVE IT LOVE IT

Post by **wee bugger** » 28 Jan 2007, 08:02

T-Cutting !! Just out of interest tried a bit of t-cut on the van yesterday to see what colour looked like without 25 years of cr*p on it....colour looks fantastic - down side is it took best part of 10 minutes to do about 1 square foot!!

Wish so much I hadn't done it now as have to get into gear and do the rest...

Post by **kathyshack** » 28 Jan 2007, 20:14

rip out the interior and design another..... we ripped everything out of the van, but finding it really hard to find time to do anything with it now as we've got the baby. Got to get a babysitter to do anything, and then the weather is soooo cold you can't do much anyway.....
mmmm.. and don't you just hate people that say i told you so!?...

Post by **wee bugger** » 29 Jan 2007, 07:18

kathyshack wrote:rip out the interior and design another..... we ripped everything out of the van, but finding it really hard to find time to do anything with it now as we've got the baby. Got to get a babysitter to do anything,

You get the babysitter to work on your van?? I think I will try that one...

Post by **ROBS T25** » 29 Jan 2007, 17:40

wee bugger wrote:T-Cutting !! Just out of interest tried a bit of t-cut on the van yesterday to see what colour looked like without 25 years of cr*p on it....colour looks fantastic - down side is it took best part of 10 minutes to do about 1 square foot!!

Wish so much I hadn't done it now as have to get into gear and do the rest...

dont forget to put a good coat of polish on afterwards
have you tried using some compound?? great stuff and see if anyone you know has a bufferr wilkl come up a treat but be careful they are powerful and you may well have a metal bus left with no paint at the end