The GASWAGON (act III)

[Plasticman]

nope
insides blue-ing up

decided to paint right into the reveals as if you end an inch in then chances are you will need 2

ahh looks a tiny bit nicer in this grubby little corner



looks blue-er in the flesh
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[lloydy]

Ooooo Blue!!

[Plasticman]

not happy with the picks, so either phone lens mucky or back to the camera
as discussed, i unpacked the new genuine bumper, very nice wrapping etc but

all the way along it,yet the poly sleeve is fine.....
this is the carrier down for coating


all enjoyable
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[Plasticman]

i like good service....
yesterday aft i ordered the following toys and they came 5 mins ago


taps are not presto quality but are good enough for cleaning up threads... in this case westy towbar (M12x1.5)
and the small chuck stock is for getting into all the smaller areas for likewise cleaning up threads prior to refitting
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[lloydy]

Shame on the bumper, not what you expect from a genuine part, but hey at least it will fit on nice and has the cutouts for towbar ect. Just a bugger some scrote dragged it along the floor before wrapping it!
Nice to see the wheel carrier broken down, maybe people other than me will be able to open it now

[Plasticman]

Well,Blue has some black bits
just been and collected a few items from the powder coaters and they have done me proud


threads to chase in the morning then it goes back on as the major refit commences

going to be a fun and busy week ahead
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[lloydy]

Looks nice that, still got good definition on it all if you know what I mean. Nice type of black as well, satin?
Sounds like the van is back in your hands too?

[Plasticman]

well tis always in my hands so to speak, refitting is going on at my mates as there is underbody treatments ongoing etc,whilst i do the pretty stuff,
yes its a nice satin, very even as he did a nice job with fine blast abrasive. those clips came today for the under guard and wash bottle,ta
the lower seams(outer sills for instance )have been brushed with dilute sika for protection, it worked well as the joins etc are still visible
pee bucket silly again , uploaded 3 times and they are not showing so will try again tomoz
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[lloydy]

is a pain when pbucket does that. for some reason they just dont show up in their normal place. left hand side of the screen it says recent uploads, i normally find them in there.
interested to know what dilute sika is?

[Plasticman]

Black sikaflex dilutes and applied with an air powered cartridge gun then brushed over with solvent

[Plasticman]

Well
this is about the best i can find of the sika on the lower sill seam

this is prior to recoating and then a fine coat of stonechip to the same area just under the sill
i will see if i have one of the rear panel with an inch applied

there you go
the joy of the powder coat is that it gets into everywhere

just a quick run through with a tap and its good,i use a touch iof coppaslip on the threads then life is easy in the future if it needs to come off
here you can just make out the panelguard at the bottom

sort of looks nicer with a light fitted,the screws will be changed when all is confirmed working ok

towbar fitted, satin black looks nice against the blue

guess the area time ?

booth lights have screwed the color ,wekll on my camera anyhow

but its big,blue and shiny

juicy front end to fit up after all the cavity treatment whilst stuff is off, will remove the dash again to get right in there, also easy whilst the glass is out.
Speaking of which.....
i have opened the wooden crate .serious,,will picky it tomoz and cleaned up the lovely tinted glass but have issues with the 1/4 lights.
lower fixing through the glass was seized on both original units so judicious heat via a no1 jet and it freed off and the glass survived !


so that is out the way, new seals to be used and they are veewib and very nice quality
but the locking lever/catch is another matter

cap off/disintegrated and what to do with this....i would have to use heat and this would very likely shatter the glass, so its either new catches and leave these as is, they work fine or riskj the glass and there is no guarantee they will actually come off, i favor getting a pair of new ones
got some nice waterproof rivets (ex march)

for a couple of the neat items that need securing like the westy log on the towbar
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[lloydy]

guess the area...... offside wheel arch, looking down? looks awesome by the way

as for the 1/4 light catch, what part do you actually need? i just looked up the chrome handle thing and they are £79 each!
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Lef ... tartPage=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

if its something else, do you want to have a look at this page and see if you see it
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if it is that £79 part, i will buy today if needed. But that clear glass isnt worth £160, so would it help to smash the glass to get them out?

[Plasticman]

NS step bit,,
I will scrap the glass,I have a spare which I have removed the roll pin and taken the handle off so Evan then try heat and remove it , not spending that Bliddy money
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[lloydy]

I was in shock when I saw the price

[Plasticman]

well jollies again

70psi into awkward spaces, the bliddy dinitrol got everwhere,
even forced its way out here


warmed it up first as well so it really seeps into everwhere

dash back in after treating behind, messy as there was a bit of drift
have reblacked the dash,and it has even seeped up between the upper front panel seam where the screen seel fits over

receiver back on, it would benefit from a pair of SS cap heads at a later date

this shows the fine stonechip on the very underside

seams have worked out very nice too

no sign of the part let in thankfully

will black the arm /jp mount

unless you prefer blue?
its will really be set of when the spats go back on

black and blue

ive reset SS studs in them , should work .well nothing to loose as they had big tappers through them etc and they are €1000 a pop

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