Few Pics Of My Car After Some Work

[euan_r]

few pics of my car after getting new inner/outer rear arch and a section of the sill replaced due to tin worm. liam at glenburgie did the honours.

i put on new dampers and eibachs over the weekend and its a nice ride with no funny noises or handling traits. since it was a fine day i gave it a wee buff too but not to some of your lots standards. not too bad for a 10 years old uk car though there is a couple of vertical lines in door panels, you can guess why

any opinions on removing rubber strips round the rear arches? imports dont have these and ive heard once the seal goes they collect water and hence promote rust. im unsure as they might stop inner arch lip getting stone chipped

[corsa]

Looking good buddy.

Edited May 18, 2008 by corsa

[tommo9375]

Hi Euan,

Car looking good mate,as for the rubber strips- my UK300 used to have them and i used to remove them regularly to clean the dirt etc off them.I used to refit them and give them a smearing of vasaline -never had any probs.

[scouk]

That's lookin tidy now!! Good work by those involved!

I take it it's stopped oozing out at the seems

[euan_r]

cheers. did consider doing the welding myself but last time i did a car i had a bit of a job cause i kept setting it on fire. lol. so glad i paid someone to do it.

[euan_r]

good idea tommo, they are currently packed with grease while i decide.

yeah alan, my cars finally stopped dripping waxoyl out of drain holes .

note to anyone waxoyling in this nice weather leave car in shade while it goes off.

[RS Grant]

Think thats what you gotta weigh up mate, if you remove the rubber lip protector then you are open to stone chipping. If you keep it, then once it starts to get old then it'll let water in and start to attack the metal underneath.

Car looks good though, big difference with the facelift bumper and a couple of small mods.

Cheers,

Grant

[scooby222]

looking good euan,all ready to go chasing audis through glenshee again?

[euan_r]

not really dave. its not group n shell with strengthened strut turrets.