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[Seb.F]

Sorry for the newbie question but what does this EGR cheater achive?

After removing the valve the ECU has a fit if it can't figure out what's going on. So the cheater fools it into thinking there's a valve still there.

[The Batman]

seb these look great, i imagine:

wet and dry paper
plastic primer
gloss
lacquer

correct? i will do mine

[Seb.F]

Yep very similar! However, if you apply lacquer over the paint, satin black is actually a much better paint to use, as gloss sometimes loses the colour and can create hotspots of paint as it contains a small amount of lacquer-like solution inside it. These were done with satin, for reference, as were the badges and door handles.

[TazN]

Did you use rattle cans or something a bit more professional? Any 2k grit sanding between colour and lacquer layers?

[Seb.F]

Did you use rattle cans or something a bit more professional?

Any 2k grit sanding between colour and lacquer layers?

The place I normally go to do paintwork are a bit busy at the moment, so just standard halfords rattle cans.

A tad of light sanding between colour/lacquer.

I didn't really go for a professional finish on them, but for the £10 it cost me it will do!

[TazN]

Looks like a damn fine finish!

Keep up the good work and I'll just keep adding things onto my list of to do's

[Seb.F]

Doing some repairs on the bodywork where bubbling had started showing its head. Mid repair:



Seats out to swap for black cloth ones:



Clam repairs:





Almost done:



Badges and arches back on:

[iVXT]

Looking good. Black badges look good on your white vx. How did you stick the fiddly shapes back on?

[Seb.F]

Looking good. Black badges look good on your white vx. How did you stick the fiddly shapes back on?

Used a very mild sealant/bond, they won't come off naturally but if I need them to - they can be easily removed.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

great progress

[Seb.F]

Cheers, hopefully more to come in the following weeks... fingers crossed anyway.

[The Batman]

i do like white cars hmmmmm

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Good work Seb, where do you find the time?

[Seb.F]

Good work Seb, where do you find the time?

It's all juggled around working 9-5 in the week, spending one day at the weekend with the girl and the other fitting in everything else in. I was outside at 9pm last night drilling bolts out and sanding down the repair areas. Not easy to actually find large chunks of time to work on it, so it ends up being the odd half hour here and there.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Good work Seb, where do you find the time?

It's all juggled around working 9-5 in the week, spending one day at the weekend with the girl and the other fitting in everything else in. I was outside at 9pm last night drilling bolts out and sanding down the repair areas. Not easy to actually find large chunks of time to work on it, so it ends up being the odd half hour here and there.

You do very well my friend.

[ChrisS1]

Looking great seb

[Seb.F]

So, I got back home at 10 last night and set to work removing the old rad and fixing the new one up:





Apologies for the lighting, it was about 11pm

[Ground Effect]

Working in the dark, now thats dedication! Looking nice in white too =] Sam.

[Seb.F]

Working in the dark, now thats dedication!
Looking nice in white too =]

Sam.

Cheers, I just want it on the road for now and I have to take every spare minute I can otherwise I'll miss a track evening and a charity event!

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

i have no idea what the first pic is of! new rad is shiney