daveyboy

Just thought I'd stick a few pics up of my pride and joy

Bumpers done in textured black paint to give them a new lease of life.. All my arches and trims are done ready to be fitted tommorow so it's getting there.. got the roof polished up which was the last thing to do bodywork side.. just waiting on wheels being made now and getting them painted.. hopefully it will look alright at the vw festival in august in leeds...

I'm trying to sort some more spaces at Harewood house so I will get back to you mike. Your definitely on the reserves tho mate. I'm not too sure about tatton park as I'll be on holiday then so can't make that one

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Many thanks dude!!!!!

Today I managed to get quite a lot done... windows back in, rubber trims on, front end on, wiper motor and arms, door seals etc etc....
All I have left to do is flat and polish the roof (I've just flattened it down tonight) so it's ready to re polish back up maybe tommorow or Thursday. It's absolutely filthy inside and out to be honest so next on my list is to get it cleaned down to a degree that I can still use it..
Textured black paint is ready to be picked up so I can get the tops of the bumpers, arches, skirts and door mouldings all re painted with a fresh coat of black. Bumpers I will just paint on the car..
Guy from the mk2 owners club has sold me the two door moulding strips thank god so I don't have to silicone them on again ... Mint condition with all the clip retainers intact..
Next week I've booked a full interior valet Inc the seats and carpets being soaped and vacuumed, getting rid of 23 years of grime and dirt..
So here are some more pics from today's progress...

jimmys oakvr

Well I got the buggy all up and running ready to go so thought I would take it up to crail to see what it could do.
Heres a picture of it on the trailer ready to go

The panels are made out of 0.9mm aluminium sheet so they weigh about as much as a ryvita.
Took it on its first run down the strip and it didnt end very well

It spun both wheels in first and second then when it eventually went to grip in second it snapped the driveshaft clean in half and spun me out. I was running R888s on the back aswell and I didnt even use the nitrous lol.
So now I need to find another driveshaft or get a stronger one made to take the power.
Gutted it didnt even last one run
VR6 Loonibuggy Santa Pod 2014 !

Sunbathing at Cumbria yesterday!.......

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Today was productive, got started around 10am and started flatting down the fresh paintwork for a good buff up with the machine polisher.. really happy with the end result being that I done the whole respray in a garage without the conditions of a spray booth.. I used 2000 wet and dry with plenty water and soapy detergent so stop it from sticking and dragging across the panels. After a good flat down I got out the polisher and started with the compound (g3).. keeping it cold so I didn't burn it but went over each panel until there was no visible scratches left from flattening. All I need to do now is the roof which will be tommorow morning and then build it back up again. Number plates on etc...
I'm getting a ltr of bumper textured black on Friday to redo my plastic arches, skirts and front and rear bumper tops to give them a new clean fresh look... I'm wanting it to look as original as possible but with some nice little subtle changes..
Any comments or criticisms will be appreciated..
I still need to go back across the full car with a soft sponge mop and some soft high build wax to give the paintwork a really deep shine and look. Then a massive clean inside and out (probably with a jet wash and some snow foam) just to get rid of any excess buffing compound which will be stuck in all the places that I can't get to.
I'm looking for someone in the north east to do a full interior valet if anyone has any recommendations, just to give the seats and carpets and nice clean smell and get rid of 23 years of muck and grime which will be in there..
I've still got some major work to be done in the engine bay regarding tidying cables and wires up and trying generally to remove items from the bay so that I can have the holes welded up and them smoothed..
Here are some more pics of how I'm getting on with it...
jimmys oakvr

Its lookin alreet that jimbob. Nearly as good as mine lol
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It doesn't matter if it looks standard or not mate everyone is welcome at our meets and events

Will soon be back on the road lookin good

Well I got my 2.9 engine in today.
Out with the old
In with the new
Just need to wire and plumb it all in now
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2.9 engine in
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Well it should do, I painted yours aswell lol
jimmys oakvr

Sunday has arrived... and so did the paint and laquer for the mk2.. got it all taped up this morning and started to lay down the first coat of paint, covered all the primer patches first then moved onto putting a dusty coat across the full car for colour.. The fresh paint I put on it seemed to be so metallicy compared to the paint that was already on, maybe a different variant to what the last painter used.. I have used around 2 litres of colour and around 3 ltrs of anti scratch lacquer to get a high build on the panels so there is enough to flat down and buff up, the car isn't standing me much at all at the minute so I wasn't going for a show standard paint job, a nice flat clean car is all I'm after. Something respectable that I can use as my daily and be a bit of a sleeper for the young boy racers who want a go in their corsas ... I think a dirty derv badge will be next on my list of purchases to go on the back end..
Gonna leave the car another couple of days before I start flatting it down with a block to really give it a good chance to harden off and be cured enough.. I might get the trims and glass cleaned up tommorow.
I ended up nearly forgetting to paint my eyebrow for the front. Put it inside the car and only just remembered in time when I had enough paint left in the gun lol.. but it's now done and ready to put on. It's just a plastic panel so is it best to just use some mastic or no nails to attach it to the grill???? It's got no holes or anything for self tappers..
Progress pics will be added the more I get through it...
jimmys oakvr

its friday bitches!
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I've just bought 3 for £6.49 Inc p & off ebay
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Mmm, I have this same problem, still, if I didn't use my feet it might be more accurate!
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Well a little update as I haven't done one for a while. I eventually built my 2.9 head up today. I never wanna lap another valve in again in my life[url=[url="[url="http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/26/ta3asanu.jpg] and decided to paint my inlet manifold just need to get the head on the block and in the car now
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Now I'm here lol.... another couple of coats of primer on the bonnet on Friday then I'm gonna pain it on Sunday, with any luck I should have it done, windows back in and all flattened and polished by Wednesday next week.. I've got some banded steels being made at present to 8j front and 9j rears. Gonna do something with them that's gonna be a bit marmite I think, your either gonna think it's different and like or literally hate it hahaha... I will upload some more snaps next week once I've got some paint on it..

jimmys oakvr

You sure you don't know more about nail varnish than your letting on lol
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I did it on mine. First I only put 1 puck on the rear mounts and the sump was basically flush with the subframe. Then I added one to the front and now it just sits perfectly. No problems with the bonnet.

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