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Tuxedo Black LH SLR 5000

Started by hanra , May 13 2011 06:24 PM

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#751 _Quagmire_

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 01:39 PM

cause it's part of the joys of car restoration....not
hang in there you'll sort the "teething" problems out and enjoy it soon enough
the magical first drive and all the troubles will disappear

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#752 hanra

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 01:46 PM

It's starting to feel like every single thing I've paid someone else to do, I've either had to fix it myself, take it back to get re-done or send it to someone else to re do it.

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#753 dattoman

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 02:24 PM

Because people make mistakes
And when your trying to refurbish 30+ year old crap ... things don't always go as planned

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#754 hanra

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 02:31 PM

I'm not allowed to make mistakes in my job otherwise people die. I guess sometimes I expect to much?

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#755 dattoman

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 02:35 PM

Probably why you get paid alot more per hour than the guy buidling master cylinders

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#756 xu2308

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 04:11 PM

Cheer up Brad, i had years of bad luck like that, in life. Then i buy a raffle ticket in 2003 and win a brand new car worth $40,000 :badabing:

and i thought it must be my payback for or the bad luck, i kept it for 12 months and sold the car and bought a Torana

Edited by xu2308, 23 September 2012 - 04:12 PM.

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#757 hanra

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 07:53 AM

Probably why you get paid alot more per hour than the guy buidling master cylinders

Well perhaps? But Ive been dealing with the business owner. It did cost me $1200 to do the M/C, Booster, Prop valve and calipers.

I did also find that when I had the brake warning switch removed and I pumped the brakes, there was some fluid which came out of the warning switch hole.

Hmmmm... Ill have to go an buy a lotto ticket after all this.

Edited by hanra, 24 September 2012 - 07:57 AM.

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#758 dattoman

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:49 AM

If fluid came out the switch hole take that back too
Cause thats a dry area

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#759 hanra

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:54 AM

This just gets better and better.

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#760 xu2308

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 11:52 AM

Get a Lotto ticket brad, as lots of bad luck gets rewarded with good luck, or better yet, buy a raffle ticket for a brand new car

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#761 _CHEVED_

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 07:01 PM

Gee some of these prices the guys up there are charging you are crazy as u know I got the same lot of brake components fully reconditioned and it was only $470 and I got the whole front end and nearly every other satin black component on the car powder coated for $440 ( have not got diff housing or trailing arms done this was quoted at $100 to do) rims will be $30 each satin black all this includes blasting.

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#762 hanra

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 09:30 PM

Yeah was $550 to blast and coat my rims mate. It's a nice part of the country to live but the cost of living is quite high. And funnily enough we have the highest unemployment rate in the country.

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#763 _mick74lh_

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 09:45 PM

Bullshit luck mate. Don't give up on it though.

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#764 _mick74lh_

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 09:48 PM

The place I work for was getting a guy from Cairns to do CNC'ing of timber patterns and making fibreglass moulds because he was cheaper than the local guys (go figure). But after he recently #@$^%& up a big job I don't think they'll be using him again...

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#765 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 05:46 AM

Gee some of these prices the guys up there are charging you are crazy as u know I got the same lot of brake components fully reconditioned and it was only $470 and I got the whole front end and nearly every other satin black component on the car powder coated for $440 ( have not got diff housing or trailing arms done this was quoted at $100 to do) rims will be $30 each satin black all this includes blasting.

Where's your powder coater Cheved I got reamed when I got the wheels for Dad's car done it was nearly six hundred bucks from memory.

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#766 hanra

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 06:29 AM

The place I work for was getting a guy from Cairns to do CNC'ing of timber patterns and making fibreglass moulds because he was cheaper than the local guys (go figure). But after he recently #@$^%& up a big job I don't think they'll be using him again...

A business in Cairns f*cked up a job they were paid money to do????? Now why dosnt that surprise me?

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#767 _CHEVED_

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 11:12 AM

P&J Powder coating in Tingalpa here in Brisbane got over 30 parts done for the price cheers.

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#768 hanra

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 11:28 AM

You should tell him to start a business up here. He could make a killing charging triple the price!

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#769 hanra

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 10:30 PM

It's been a few months wait and after a bit of pressure put on em, i got my bits back from the platers, bits look good so I guess it was worth it.

Got the front scuff plates re zinc'd and also the hose clamps re zinc'd also. As rare spares are having issues with there interior door handles, I got the maroon powder coat on mine replaced with chrome.

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Was lucky enough to source an original speaker from a forum member but was missing the metal grille. Say hello to my $80 eBay purchse.

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#770 _CHEVED_

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 10:49 PM

Hi Nate if u don't mind me asking what did they slug u to chrome the door handles I was looking at getting mine done cheers.

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#771 hanra

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:17 AM

Think it was about $155-$185 to do the four of them. The zinc is cheap as, like $60.

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#772 _CHEVED_

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 08:14 AM

I got another price today on getting rims done at P&J powder coating seems over the last 12 months there prices have gone up now $60 to get a rim done and $120 to do a diff housing trailing arms extra I do feel for my boys in the future if they ever want to do up a car hate to see there prices then.