R.I.P. Dom's Yellow 106 GTi - Page 21 - Saxperience

Dom · 24th July 2011, 00:10

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Originally Posted by Sophia_Bush

Dom I want your wheels! thats is all........

They were up for sale a while back, no interest. For keeps now though, Practically new tyres all round, T1R's as well

You just reminded me, they are going to be refurbed soon, so they won't look chavtastic anymore

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Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy

If welding was easy then my old car would have been seam welded and caged up in no time...i wouldn't say it was easy. Easy is like trying to pull on an over 25's night or taking a dump, or filling your tyres with air Welding...not so much.

Thank you bud! Welding a tin can is quite hard, the metal is shit to weld on a Saxo/106!

lharrowing · 24th July 2011, 02:49

That for a quick thinking solution is pretty damm good! Would be good to get a plate in there but either way good job!

Dom · 24th July 2011, 12:01

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Originally Posted by lharrowing

That for a quick thinking solution is pretty damm good! Would be good to get a plate in there but either way good job!

Cheers bud! When I finally decide to wake up I will have to do the nearside, this may go wrong

Jay_ · 24th July 2011, 16:20

great attitude dom

Looks like an alright repair tbh....

Dom · 24th July 2011, 23:34

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Originally Posted by jayyoung

great attitude dom

Looks like an alright repair tbh....

Cheers bud! Tbh, we checked it out today, its proving to be a stronger panel with a hell of a load of filler and fibre glass in than the metal is itself. Done the Nearside today as well, it was basically the same, once dried I tapped it and it didn't budge at all!

Pictures of todays progress will be up sometime tomorrow or maybe later tonight if I can be arsed.

Scorgie01 · 24th July 2011, 23:37

Welding is easy for some, However often it is very time consuming especially when working on cars where the metal is thin

Dom · 25th July 2011, 00:12

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Originally Posted by Scorgie01

Welding is easy for some, However often it is very time consuming especially when working on cars where the metal is thin

Seems very thin on the boot area. Ah well, its fixed now, and I had a bit of fun fixing it.

Before I would have shit myself like most others and cried for weeks and weeks over a small patch of rust and ended up breaking a car for parts, but I couldn't give a shit lol.. Its rust. Shit happens lol

Dom · 25th July 2011, 00:49

More Grinder Fun..

Yes, I put a few more holes in my boot..

And Yes it did feel good, due to Mike's grinder decided to shit a disc yesterday, I bought my own big f*** off Man Grinder today with Extremely precise Man Disc. It ate through this in seconds.

In Between All this, Calipers were Re-Done in Red. Porn as usual from me, just without me being the star in the picture this time..

FIBREGLASS FTW.

FILLER.. Also is FTW. My Filling skills say alot about me, Sloppy

Due to Mike took the Chris Kamara (The Camera) somewhere during this whole process, no more pics were taken until the wheel was put back on. But Basically, I sanded it down to flat and Hammerited it, and you cannot see that I have modified it at all

Another thing that was done while Big Man Grinder was still working, I cut off the spare wheel cage. Because I am a Fearless bastard when it comes to getting a puncture.

The whole underside of the boot was then Hammerited black, it does look insanely awesome, but once again a picture of that will come tomorrow.

Comments and Criticism always welcome.. Thanks for looking

Scorgie01 · 25th July 2011, 11:42

Good Effort like

Jay_ · 25th July 2011, 11:48

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Viper · 25th July 2011, 12:06

What happens when you go over a bump and the filler falls out? lol

LSOfreak · 25th July 2011, 12:19

lol jesus christ that was a massive hole in the rear arch! fair play tho for fibreglassing it up. how long do you think it will stay like that for?

i used to have a smallish hole looking into the boot, got some dude to weld it up and underseal it for £50

DannyVTS · 25th July 2011, 12:44

Nice car bud, I have 16" Ultras too

Dom · 25th July 2011, 17:19

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Originally Posted by Scorgie01

Good Effort like

Tar very much

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Originally Posted by jayyoung

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Originally Posted by Viper

What happens when you go over a bump and the filler falls out? lol

It 'Shouldn't' tbh. Its rock solid in the arches, not even hitting it with a hammer would go through it. The Aluminium mesh also helps the durability of the repair. The outer edges of the holes have been Kurust'ed which makes the metal have a stronger compound to it

Its water tight as well, meaning it should last as long as someone welding it would do, if not a minimum of 5 years before it has any problems. By that time, I doubt this car will still be living. & If it is, it certainly wouldn't be my daily.

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Originally Posted by LSOfreak

lol jesus christ that was a massive hole in the rear arch! fair play tho for fibreglassing it up. how long do you think it will stay like that for?

i used to have a smallish hole looking into the boot, got some dude to weld it up and underseal it for £50

It will last a minimum of 5 years.

Welding's not my strongest skill, especially on the rear arch baked bean can metal. Paying someone to do it wouldn't be worth it, £200ish of welding on a car thats worth more in parts to me

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Originally Posted by DannyVTS

Nice car bud, I have 16" Ultras too

Awesome alloys, a prick to replace the tyres though

Dom · 25th July 2011, 21:58

Dear Rust, Try eating through this you C***T!!

Not a bad attempt, this is after one coat, should do me good enough tbh. When I can be bothered to lay down on my back again and get covered in black paint again, I will go over it properly, but until then, I think its onwards and upwards with the progress! Respray time is coming up fast

Plans for this weekend;
- Pay the parking tickets off.
- Give the Torsion bars a bit of treatment with a can of paint
- Front Arches
- Engine bay tidy up, ECU Tray and Battery tray are prime examples
- MIGHT need to invest in a new set of Discs for the front brakes or may see if I can squeeze another pay day out of them
- Clean it. No whore-ish clean, Its getting resprayed, what the fuck do I care about Swirl Marks

daveg1 · 25th July 2011, 22:02

Dom i know a cheap welder if you do decide to do it

Dom · 25th July 2011, 22:06

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Originally Posted by daveg1

Dom i know a cheap welder if you do decide to do it

Dave! Its been a while bud, how you doing?

& Cheers for your offer, but I think im going to leave it for a few months, it seems to be working alot better than Me and Mikol expected tbh.

daveg1 · 25th July 2011, 22:09

yer im good mate, you? Wish i could be bothered to wash the 2 filthy cars on my drive let alone do any work on them.

Dom · 25th July 2011, 22:12

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Originally Posted by daveg1

yer im good mate, you? Wish i could be bothered to wash the 2 filthy cars on my drive let alone do any work on them.

Yeah great thanks mate, I know the feeling of "oh I can't be asked to work on a car" too well, they always seem to break on me. Hows the VTR going now? Is it still living?

daveg1 · 25th July 2011, 22:16

yer passed another mot with just a brake caliper required, still giving a healthy 40+mpg. But everytime i drive the astra i get more bored of the saxo and want more power/speed. So tempted to nick 2 grand from the wedding fund and but a gti or vts