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hayesey
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busy weekend

Post by hayesey »

this weekend I've got loads done to my car,

- fitted 2 new front wheel bearings,
- 2 new front suspension top mounts,
- fitted new bonnet,
- rebuilt & fitted new passenger door,
- got rid of some rust on the lower sections of both wings,
- fitted drilled & grooved brake discs & fast road pads,
- painted my armour door plates.

last weekend I repainted my bumpers & cleaned & refitting all the interior carpets.

just need to give it a reet good clean tomorrow & it's ready for inters. Man am I knackered now though.
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Post by robz »

been busy then?!? i had so much plans of stuff i needed 2 do to my car & got nearly nothing done. Managed 2 wash it tho..... :?
Glad sum1 had a productive w.e :lol:
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Post by hardhitter »

Blimey, you have been busy Paul.
I'm currently waiting for a few bits for mine, but it's been cleaned this weekend. Interior needs a good valet though.
It should start to come together this week.
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Post by amstrange1 »

Glad ya got the top mounts in time! Sounds like you've been a busy bee recently. Wish I could say that I've been sorting stuff out on my car, it still needs a front wheel bearing, the powerflex TCA bushes fitting along with new TCAs - and a damn good wash, wax and valet.
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Post by Tahrey1043 »

Go you! :D That's astounding, top effort, I bow down in a display of non-worthiness (and other such arse kissing :P)

(you got all that done in about the time it took me to get halfway through derusting one arch...)
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Post by optima21 »

aye sounds like you've been a bit busy Paul. Im too slow a worker to do that lot in a weekend, but my GT's coming off the road for a month or two, or three ..... when the MOT runs out at the end of May.

Still your car should look and feel better for the work you've done.
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Post by SpikeyG40 »

good job, better ur nackered now! :lol:
hayesey wrote:cleaned & refitting all the interior carpets.
u took ur carbet out? how? was urs stuck down or n e thing?
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Post by Krupa »

The carpets come out pretty easily when you take out:

- all the seats
- those metal trim pieces under each door
- the rubber door seals
- the centre console

All you need to do then is take off a few circular plastic clips under the dash and a couple under the leading edge of the back seat and they just come out from what I remember.

I'll be taking the carpets out of my brother's Mk2 tomorrow to fit a full grey GT interior into it. 8)

Sounds like you've been busy! Sort of wishing I was cleaning mine up for Inters this week :(
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Post by hayesey »

yeah the carpets come out pretty easily. I originally took mine out over winter when I had a water leak to stop them going seriously mouldy.

Pretty much sorted now, I've also painted the door handle inserts black to tidy them up a bit.

Cleaned the inside of the car (just needs a new magic tree), was going to clean it outside soon but its just started to rain :x

very annoying because I wanted to take some new pics of it as well.
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