Rusty Westy - My Diary

[16vmini]

I really need to learn to weld.

Well wishes to your child Matt.

yes it is a good skill to have .. although sometimes my wife would prefer if i just dropped it off at a garage ! lol

Matt

[Cyrus]

yes it is a good skill to have .. although sometimes my wife would prefer if i just dropped it off at a garage ! lol

Matt

My misses wishes I'd drop mine off a cliff!


Mine was exactly the same with the arches, on o/s I fitted new lower arch and tall quarter panel. I need to do the same on n/s but also need to do the sliding door repair at same time.
Money, time and weather are all holding me back at mo

[16vmini]

Money, time and weather are all holding me back at mo

aye , -2 out there today .. as well as a sick kid....

Matt

[AllenTheHat]

Some great work going on there. I got myself a welder as I have a few jobs to do......let the good weather commence.

[16vmini]

i want to have it at the body shop in Feb to be painted .. thats my plan...

think i might get the alloys re-sprayed as well .scratched one big time with the sliding door !

[16vmini]

ok .. as i was talking about painting alloys , should i just keep them silver , or change colour ?
obviously they will look different on the van once the van is painted

stick with silver ? or go gun metal ? or even satin black ?

[Cyrus]

I do like silver Porsche alloys, but then again never seen satin black ones. It could give it a cool stealth look.

[billybigspud]

I think silver. Look nicer as they are.

[16vmini]

got around to sanding and painting my alloys ...

slightly darker silver i think than before .. but should be fine ...

not a perfect job , but allot better than with all the sliding door scratches on it !



just need to buy some rubber for them again , and fit the camber adjusters !

hoping to weld on the last rear wing tomorrow .. but lets see how family is first !

[16vmini]

finally got around to start on last rear arch





started cutting out the rot





test fitting of the wing :



now at this point my child stole my phone , so did not get any pics of the repairs i did.

but i did get to tack the wing on ... then i ran out of GAS ! doh .. so have driven to work today with a tacked on wing ! lol .. did not fall off.
will get some more gas on way home.

Matt

[Dazco]

Looking good Matt. its no joke welding outside at this time of year, keeps me going looking at what others are doing. Daz(im not the only silly bugger out there)

[16vmini]

Looking good Matt. its no joke welding outside at this time of year, keeps me going looking at what others are doing. Daz(im not the only silly bugger out there)

aye it was cold .. and sitting on the ground for few minutes .. takes ages for my a*** to warm up again ! lol

[StuM]

but got my tailgate and sliding door back from the painters

Hi Matt,

Could you give me an idea of the approx cost for spraying a sliding door please? Need to have my spare one done at some point..

Thanks,
Stu

[16vmini]

but got my tailgate and sliding door back from the painters

Hi Matt,

Could you give me an idea of the approx cost for spraying a sliding door please? Need to have my spare one done at some point..

Thanks,
Stu

i got mates rates .. but i would say its around 50 quid to 150 quid depending on how much prep they/you do.

Matt

[StuM]

Cool, thanks for the info, gives me something to work towards