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Offline Leroy

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #420 on: 12 March 2013, 12:44 »
Love it, great job! love the blue against the white, shame the white shows the rust off though on that front arch. The black grille and lights look great.  :cool:

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #421 on: 12 March 2013, 18:03 »
thanks :) yup im happy with the stance and happy with the wheels now so its mostly just a case of sorting the rust out and making it all the same shade of white!

i've got that smoothed bumper at home still too  :grin: it just needs a little more work on the swage line and then will be ready to paint... im not even sure i want to run it!

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #422 on: 12 March 2013, 19:20 »
Loving the black smoke  8) . Looking good as always!
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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #423 on: 07 April 2013, 18:38 »
little update, tried to go a touch lower on the front last weekend and the chassis leg sat on the driveshaft on the drivers side... i wasnt aware that it was that close, but after raising it up the CV joints are still noisy so i think its not done them a lot of good!

undecided whether to notch it or keep it at this height

went home for easter and found the old bumper i was smoothing, it had been sat around so long it was covered in mould. so i quickly finished it off to a reasonable standard and gave i a quick blast of white primer and stuck it on the car to see how it looked... im not sure i actually want to run it... its either this or standard bumper with colour coded foglight vents

opinions please!




aaand a pic from the slambox meet last weekend


and up the farm with the old car

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #424 on: 07 April 2013, 22:08 »
Smoothed...
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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #425 on: 07 April 2013, 22:24 »
I prefer it with the indicators in this instance.

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #426 on: 08 April 2013, 08:21 »
I thought I would have liked it better with the smooth bumper, but I actually prefer the front end exactly as it is in that last pic! Great work though, the bumper looks really well done :)

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #427 on: 09 April 2013, 23:26 »
Definitely with the indicators...

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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #428 on: 21 April 2013, 19:17 »
i forgot to take the smoothed bumper off before i went back to uni haha so im driving around with an unfinished bumper atm

I changed the drivers side wheel bearing last week, the passenger side was done about a month ago, the car drives and sounds sooo much better now.

the race inside the bearing had actually broken up and disappeared, my wheel was caked in grease, dirt and rubbish from the bearing and there was almost an inch of play in it, anyone who has me on facebook will have seen the video.

while it was up in the air i noticed my sump had taken a few knocks and scrapes, so i may have to weld some plates on that next time im back home



I also decided to grind off a couple of bad rust spots on the drivers door, then i found more and more tiny rust scabs and ended up respraying most of the lower door, its still in primer at the moment



it took me waaaay longer to sort than it should have, after a lot of filling, sanding, painting and sanding im reasonably happy with it





aaand some random pics

mucking about in a car park





Early Edition



SumpScrapers charity meet




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Re: Sams Scruffy Mk3!
« Reply #429 on: 24 April 2013, 09:39 »
Looking good man, and bang up job On the Lower door :)