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SteveW

[trackday_prep] 205 Gti-6 Trackcar Project

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djinuk

not sure if that grey is high build, but due to using the grinder i imagine the metal has a fair few ridges etc, give the full bay a heavy coat of high build primer and flat it down to 800 wet n dry , will leave it looking real smooth and ready for paint.

 

Spiky also did my loom :lol: just gota fit it yet

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  Powers said:
Looking good. I bet your ears are ringing from using an angle grinder without ear defenders.

 

Yeah they were, silly really should have got some defenders

 

 

  djinuk said:
not sure if that grey is high build, but due to using the grinder i imagine the metal has a fair few ridges etc, give the full bay a heavy coat of high build primer and flat it down to 800 wet n dry , will leave it looking real smooth and ready for paint.

 

Spiky also did my loom :lol: just gota fit it yet

 

Was using the angle grinder with a wire brush atachment so its smooth enough, will have a look tonight to see how its turned out. Not to bothered really about the quallity of the finish as she's only a track car and its going to be matt black not to produce any glare.

 

Spiky's a diamond, glad he lives pretty close as he has a bit of work to do on my car :)

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SteveW

Had a few hours in the garage earlier, dropped the subframe, took the dash out, removed the old brake pipes

 

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my 6 year old son was in the garage with me for a while, i went round the back of the car and found this

 

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should be sorting the rust on the front this week

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gti-6 front calipers and standard 205 gti rear calipers now painted

 

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mintex 1144 pads ordered today. hope to get her back to a rolling shell in 2 weeks at the latest

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Made some more progress over the last few days, rusty front all sorted thanks to the the old boy, got the subframe on, took the servo out to give it a lick of paint

 

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hubs, coilovers, 309 arb and gti-6 calipers/ disc's on

 

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started on the bay after the welding had been sorted

 

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then done a bit to the inside

 

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trial fitted 1 seat so i can work out where to run the rear brake line and where to mount the bias valve.

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fitted the seat, the little fella had to get in there

 

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Spiky

the car look much much much better :)

 

inside is a million times better :D

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great progress today, braking system all but finished. bleed the system tomorrow

 

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Baz

Coming along nicely! :lol:

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Cloverleaf

Looking good. I'm not looking forward to doing my front brake lines with the engine in.

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Spiky

looking good matey :wacko:

 

you'll have the engine fitted in no time :wacko:

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tracktoy

good going dude, be back on the road in no time at this rate :wacko:

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SteveW
  tracktoy said:
good going dude, be back on the road in no time at this rate B)

 

moving along quite well at the moment, hows my bracket looking :)

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  SteveW said:
moving along quite well at the moment, hows my bracket looking ;)

 

 

bet you think i'd forgotten about it :) (and you'd be right B) )

 

will be in the garage most of the day thursday so hope thats not going to hold you up too much (the car might be finished by then the rate your going :o )

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taylorspug

Glad the coilovers turned up fine Steve! :)

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Anthony
  SteveW said:
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Any particular reason you did the solid brake pipe like that, rather than using the proper bracket for it, which would also have secured the handbrake cable? I don't think that'll pass an MOT as it stands...

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  taylorspug said:
Glad the coilovers turned up fine Steve! :)

 

They did and im pleased, cheers. i did send a pm when i got them

 

 

  Anthony said:
Any particular reason you did the solid brake pipe like that, rather than using the proper bracket for it, which would also have secured the handbrake cable? I don't think that'll pass an MOT as it stands...

 

will check it out later, brackets must be in the scrap box

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  SteveW said:
They did and im pleased, cheers. i did send a pm when i got them

 

Yeah i did get that, i just dont get time to answer all of them as i get quite a few each day! :blush:

 

Glad you are happy anyway, have you stuck with the 225lb springs that were already fitted to them?

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  taylorspug said:
Yeah i did get that, i just dont get time to answer all of them as i get quite a few each day! :wub:

 

Glad you are happy anyway, have you stuck with the 225lb springs that were already fitted to them?

 

Yep stuck with the 225lb springs as im fitting a gti-6 lump

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  Anthony said:
Any particular reason you did the solid brake pipe like that, rather than using the proper bracket for it, which would also have secured the handbrake cable? I don't think that'll pass an MOT as it stands...

 

havent got the brackets, checked everywhere and dont remember them on the old beam, handbrake cable is fine, its cable tied into the routing clips on the tank. Will check with my mot chap, if its a problem it will be changed

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welshpug

it'll rub on the tyre without the bracket on the trailing arm, if you can;t find them you can use a bracket of a 306 or xsara, doesn't even have to be discs.

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Big thanks to the father in law (better known as the old boy) for fitting and welding the cage, cracking job i'm really pleased

 

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give the cage another lick of paint tomorrow night

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Spiky

looking good dude :wub:

 

 

wont be long now :D

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  Spiky said:
looking good dude :wub:

 

 

wont be long now :D

 

cheers dude, painted all the inside rear last night in matt black, looks loads better, fitted the eyes for the harnesses

the base plate for the center eye by the handbrake is way to big, dont know wether to cut it down or put a nut on it

with washers

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