Yep I am going to stitch the whole car as I go along stripping the sealer. I have seen pics of btcc cars where there have stitched the door shut flange/seam
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Yeah that's true but if the roll cage is to all points and welded to the floor and all points where it touches and using gussets I would have thought it was pretty stiff from then. Let alone stitching the door shuts. Or may be in testing they started to show distortion
Pulled the rear beam.out tonight. Cut the hand brake cables and brake lines as they will be replaced later on. And then took some just general photos of the state of the car
Right.... am sitting here having some silly ideas... for example.. do I cut the boot and floor out and weld in a mk4 r32 /TT quattro floor plan. Then at that point I can run independent rear suspension set up.. And then possibly later down the line when the engine goes really silly I could go 4wd.. What's peoples opinion
Yes there was definitely some out there. Even the Darkside one they played around quite recently had IRS and no AWD.
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Yeah the cup cars where 4wd chassis but 2wd . I now just trying to find a cheap tt or r32 to cut up lol
R32s fetch premium money, I'd be sourcing a rough Quattro TT or S3 8L.
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That is one side of the boot stripped.. gotta get the furry stuff off then weld the holes up and grind flat.. not sure how much weight has come out but every little helps.. if any one has a pic of just a stripped car showing all the brackets and strengtheners please up load it
Oh I forgot to say
the diffuser turned up... yes it's real carbonfibre.... No it doesn't need to be.... but why the hell not tho lol
As I am on nights for the next 2 weeks I might as well play cars for a bit till I need some sleep I think that is 80-90% of the inside now stripped all brackets I don't need have gone and all them little threads that stick up have gone too
Just need up weld up all the holes. Might even make plates and cover all the old drain holes too.
Also spent a bit if time sanding one of the rear doors and ran some tiger seal around the edge next will be to scotch brite it and a few coats of primer to see what it looks like
I think I have got all the use out of my last wire wheel too
Just need up weld up all the holes. Might even make plates and cover all the old drain holes too.
Also spent a bit if time sanding one of the rear doors and ran some tiger seal around the edge next will be to scotch brite it and a few coats of primer to see what it looks like
I think I have got all the use out of my last wire wheel too
yeah do it
i just found this thread. never looked into readers riders lol
Well the spit arrived but due to being stupidly busy at work and the lockdown I not been to the workshop.
But made a bit of time and went to my workshop and got the car on the spit. Spent 10 mins on the wire wheel cleaning off the under seal
Looks good. Gonna take ages but this stuff is so thick in places it like up to 10mm. So should save loads of weight when done
But made a bit of time and went to my workshop and got the car on the spit. Spent 10 mins on the wire wheel cleaning off the under seal
Looks good. Gonna take ages but this stuff is so thick in places it like up to 10mm. So should save loads of weight when done
With being really busy at work not had time to get to the unit. But today I got here. Done the last of the filler work on 1 of the doors and sanded it ready for primer. Just tiger sealed the door moulding in to place and run a seam around the edge. Waiting for that to dry and the cut and smooth the sealer then paint
Now with the car on the spit u have started the sealer removal on the off side rear arch.. I can now see why the leons didn't really rust. Every joint in seam sealered then there is a complete covering of a lighter foam types sealer guessing for stone chip and sound deadening
Well radio up high and best get back to it
Now with the car on the spit u have started the sealer removal on the off side rear arch.. I can now see why the leons didn't really rust. Every joint in seam sealered then there is a complete covering of a lighter foam types sealer guessing for stone chip and sound deadening
Well radio up high and best get back to it
Right.. a few hours done and killed a wire wheel but I have progress
That's off side rear arch done and most of the boot floor done .. gonna be slow but should loose a fair bit of weight threw doing this.. may then go on and stitch weld the shell
That's off side rear arch done and most of the boot floor done .. gonna be slow but should loose a fair bit of weight threw doing this.. may then go on and stitch weld the shell
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