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[Ruts]

Thanks lads, glad to be of service. Comments like yours makes it all worth while.

Ruts

[Ruts]

Well we're getting near the pointy end. I just finished glassing the inside of the rear flare that needed to be cut to get the correct gap in the door. Remember this:

 

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What to do next is to clean the inside of the cut so that the glass mat will have something to stick too. I used my small belt sander,

 

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After cleaning up the glass on the inside I take to it with my fibreglass repair kit

 

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This is how I will place the glass mat on the inside when I mix the resin and hardener

 

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After it is mixed and put in place I lay it out in the sun to help it dry.

 

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This is the outside after sanding

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Ok so after all the repairs are done I applied primer. As there is a bit of paint work to do on this project I decided to send the car to a friends paint shop to have it painted. Here are the repairs after primer.

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Just a quick one here, I spoke with the owner who wanted an old aerial hole welded up in the top of the passengers front guard. Naturally its a good time to this as we have to paint the bonnet and bonnet scoop.

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I refitted the rear spoiler for transport and its off to the painters tomorrow. Keep watching within the week for the finished product.

 

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Ruts

[Mort]

Ruts, can't remember if you have mentioned or if someone else has asked but can you use the fiberfill stuff (fiberglass bog) or is it a better,stronger,neater finish using the repair kit.


Mort

[Ruts]

G'day Mort, the only place I use the fibrebog is on the outside of the flare. I do this to to firstly hold the end piece in place so that the gap is correct and secondly it finishes well so all you have to do is primer it once you rub it back. I do it in this order:
Cut the flare and get the gap you want

 

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Put a piece of tape on the bottom to hold it where you want it and then use your fibrebog to fill the gap, this also hold the flare in place until you finish the fibreglassing on the inside.

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Glass the inside to add strength

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Until it dries

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then finish the fibrebog on the outside

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Don't forget to grind a sort of V in the cut so that the filler has something to bite too and it makes feathering the edge much easier.

Hope this helps buddy.

Ruts

[Ruts]

Yeah Sleepy your'e right the car is back, how did you know that, you must know someone. The car arrived back home about 1pm and I put it straight back in the shed so that I can put it all back together over the next few days so that owner can enjoy it. I'm very happy with the way it turned out, what do you guys think.

















Next lot of photo's will be the final assembly before it goes back to the owner. RACE CAR NEXT.

[76lxhatch]

Looks great, is there enough clearance for the rear tyres now or will they still touch lightly every now and then?

[racean69]

looking good

[Ruts]

76LXHATCH: Clearance on the rear should be no problem. But I suppose it may depend on the rear springs and what spring rating they are.

SLEEPY: Yeah bring it up and I'll do it up for you , AGAIN. What colour this time???
Ruts.

[Ruts]

Hi everyone, sorry for taking so long but with Chrissy I've been busy with work and this will be the final entry on this car. I delivered it back to the owner today so I took a heap of photo's of the finished product. I'm very happy with the way it turned and the owner should be as well. When I dropped it off at his father's place he could not believe it was the same car so I guess all turned out well. Please feel free to comment on what you see and if anyone has any ideas that I may use in the future then let me know. I hope some have learn't a few tricks and if only one person can benefit from what I've done then I'm happy. Keep an eye on the panel and paint thread as I plan to do a lot more this year as I am starting on my cars. Please I am happy to answer any questions that anyone has but don't ask me to do any work. I need a break from helping others and I need to get the race replica ready for the Masters so keep an eye on that build. So what does everyone think (be honest)?????

 

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[Ruts]

By the way I nearly forgot, I told the owner that he needs to shoot a bit of black on the inside of the door flares. Not enough hours in the day and it way too hot in the shed.

Ruts.

[76lxhatch]

Overall looks great, everything is straight and even unlike my car! Only thing I can see is that its a pity so much had to be taken off the front of the front flares. I find it surprising that there are no aftermarket flares that are built slightly bigger to cater for bigger wheels and tyres considering so many people have trouble with this. But then again I probably wouldn't notice it if I didn't know it had been done!

[Ruts]

G'day 76lxhatch, you make a good point and your'e right I may have taken a bit too much off the front. When I stood back and looked at it a few times I thought the same but it's best to make more than not enough.

[nutboy]

Looking good Ruts. Ive got my tools ready just call me.

[76lxhatch]

G'day 76lxhatch, you make a good point and your'e right I may have taken a bit too much off the front. When I stood back and looked at it a few times I thought the same but it's best to make more than not enough.

I don't see how you could have avoided it, just sad that it doesn't seem to be possible to get great flares, they all seem to need a lot of work

[MRLXSS]

Legend mate! Top stuff!!!

Should be made into a Wiki or something!

Thanks mate!

[mrlctorana]

Top job ruts, nice gaps on the doors and flare. Had to modify my flares aswell to fit the bgger wheels, so know how much work goes into it.

[Ruts]

Just heard from the owner, its fully engineered and registered.

And that my friends is how you do that.

Ruts.