Introducing....THE STIG

Looking great dude....

And again you are doing a nice job

What do you reckon to the primer stuff they come in?
Strip it off completely and paint with good stuff / just rough it up a bit and then paint / just paint

i found if you sand it to 'key in' the new paint with a 120 grit ......it comes off quite easily anyhow .....the hard to reach inner corners just do the best you can....and give it a good buil up of etch primer......build up the coats ....don't be in too much of a rush and lob it on all in one go........your doing a real nice job ........little but often build up lots of thin layers until they are quite thick ..then let it dry for like two weeks until its totally dry then wet flat it if you want ....and apply the top coat .....I've got a compressor and gun if you want to borrow it........its only a small compressor .....but it'll be o.k for your floorpan:afro:

by the way...are you painting in celly or 2pac ?

Its pretty flakey stuff so i reckon it wont take much - cheers for the offer man, but as for what to put on it im in two minds...

1. Paint it real nice
2. Go for absolute protection

You can get this stuff that goes on the flatbeds of pickups, it brushes on and is virtually indestructable. Craps on hammerite etc. Anyone any experience of it?

Do you mean Por-15?? Ask Lucy (Shamrockerz), she loves it!!!

Better than that, although i do have some, well reminded!!! Its got a finish similar to a teflon coated saucepan, its proper scratch resistant, which is good, coz im not gonna be using carpets

If you want it looking real nice.......I would paint it and if you want longlivity stonechip paint the underside.....did you know you can get coloured stone chip paint.......this way if you get a stone chip the topcoat that you paint over the stonechip paint won't leave the different colour that the stone chip paint is underneath ....because you don't need to topcoat it .....you just get it coloured the same as the top of the pan.........cool or what

Engine off, never done that before on my own so quite pleased Tucks just under the bech/cabinets at the back of garage too, totally perfect fit, that never happens!!!!

Mr Scoops wrote:

Do you mean Por-15?? Ask Lucy (Shamrockerz), she loves it!!!

Tis the paint of Gods!

Front beam off, just got to remove rear hub nuts now, but they arent having any of it so that'll have to wait til monday...

Dude i've got a big electric impact gun that pi$$'s hub nuts off you could borrow if you wanted..

You sure? I was gonna bring the breakdown truck home with compressor on the back and fire em off with the 3/4 drive Could pick it up tomoz after looking at the yellow bug if you'll be about in the morning? Whereabouts are ya?!

"I'ma get medieval on your ass"



Figured it doesnt matter if i P*$$ the neighbours off with a bit of noise on a sunday now we are moving, so stripped the gearbox off, and flipped the pan to get all traces of crud, rust and old paint off, finish/strengthen a few places, then paint/seal it all up.

Bottom of chassis/floorpans completly baremetalled, treated to a liberal dousing of zinc phosphate, POR metal ready, then POR 15 all over.
Support braces all finished off, small hole on framehead bottom plate patched, all 100% solid.
Gonna give it another light coat in a week when its hardened/dried properly, then flip it, sort pedal situation out and pop new cables in.

Pic

you keeping the floor then mate and nice work

Yep keeping the floor, when I have to move in a year I can still store this nice and easy flat against the wall in the shed at work,, the shell is a bit more of a problem!
So thought I'd finish it off as nice as I could, so when I get the funds/urge to get another bug, its one less thing to do

tis a good idea and you still technicaly own a dub then

looks ace dude

That is looking spot on there dude.

Nice work ....as always

That pan looks c*ck on dude!
Just a bit of a shame you're not keeping the body for it.

Cheers! Came out ok, pics make it look better than it is!!!

It is a shame, but you never know whats gonna happen in the future, but right now I have to be ready to up sticks at a moments notice!

I'd love to keep the shell and finish it but its just sitting on the drive getting worse and im afraid if I dont finish it by the time my contract is up I'll have wasted a whole load of time and effort only to have to sell it for feck all as a poo