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Offline VR6_Wherry

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2010, 17:30 »
Okay 1st thing i did was to give it some lows and painted the badges white!

SPAX PSX kit 60mm drop all round:



Can you see the size difference?  :evil:

Sitting on it's new suspension with the badges white.





Theres going to be at least another 10 posts!! lol  :grin:

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2010, 17:34 »
Next came the DIY rust repair, never done anything like this before!

Area in question:



Treated the rust and filled:



Then painted, sanded, painted and laquered:



Not a bad result if you ask me! :afro:

Offline Shady Pioneer

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #12 on: 15 July 2010, 17:37 »
That is a good result, better than the rust that's for sure. :afro:

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #13 on: 15 July 2010, 17:41 »
OOooo here is the back.

White badges and as you can see the damage isn't really viewable!


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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #14 on: 15 July 2010, 17:43 »
Didn't like the way the engine bay looked, quick clean later and an engine cover we have this:


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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #15 on: 15 July 2010, 17:46 »
The head unit was pants so i fitted my Sony DVD player with a flip out 7" screen  :cool: (Screen doesn't come out now automatically, you have to pull it  :sad:)



Ditched the sh!tty momo gear knob for this:



Cut down the gear shaft by about 2" with a grinder, changing gears is soo much nicer now! :)

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #16 on: 15 July 2010, 17:49 »
After doing the diy jobby on the rust i thought i would try spraying my debadged grille i had from my white GTi.

Spraying it:



On the car:


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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #17 on: 15 July 2010, 19:06 »
Next came the DIY rust repair, never done anything like this before!

Area in question:



Treated the rust and filled:



Then painted, sanded, painted and laquered:



Not a bad result if you ask me! :afro:

So you have filled a area on the car that should be welded for strength.   :shocked:

Mot fail bad bad move.

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #18 on: 15 July 2010, 20:43 »
Looking good dude :cool:

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Re: VR6_Wherry - Burgundy VR6
« Reply #19 on: 15 July 2010, 22:56 »
Looks good man!  :cool: