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cracking work there nic, looks really good! i'm lacking in the enthusiasm stakes on my mini at the mo, & doing alot of the same for inspraton!

you mini is looking great though! i'm defo looking formard to the nxt few pics

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

i feel such shame driving around in my rustypatchmobile , nice job nic . :)

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

well done nic your a head of me now by the looks of it. im hoping to get the inside of mine primed this weekend. im doing mine in stages.


oh and your supposed to get girls in the hay rather than minis!

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Looks fab so far

At least you got the runs where its not mega important, now you have had a practice you should be ready for the outside.

Keep up the good work will look amazing

Whens some one gonna do a 'Mini Turbo Crisis' like the VW ones on Discovery Real time ?

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

Build thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7483

Katy Mini Owners Club Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=505552

Let's make sure you embarrass at least one VTEC MINI today !

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brocky wrote: At least you got the runs where its not mega important, now you have had a practice you should be ready for the outside. hehe! imature attitude of mine i know but i'm now in fits of laughter! made my day has that!

nic did you stonechip the front & rear arches?

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

top job mate
hope you didnt use to much filler though
heavy stuff that


just to clarify do you weld up the seams on the inside before or after you chop off the seams on the outsside?

tom

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tom-theres not too much filler in there, well a bit, though most of the stuff i put on has been sanded off

yep stonechipped the front and rear ones, and all of underneath-i like stonechipping its fun!!!

brocky-what would mini turbo crisis be like?? i dont have sky and havent heard of it
those pesky runs!! i did some flatting down this afternoon of them, ive got a late start tomorrow some im going to attempt to paint the bulkhead again and in the boot, its all masked off ready to go

i started playing with the doors this evening, my hands have sprouted a few cuts from where i previously had hacked out some inner areas

yes, weld up the insides of the seams where you can get to. do 6" or so, miss another 6", grind off the areas that youve done, and then weld the rest and grind away

Urgh spraying outside with a regular mask, is not substitute for an air fed mask

oooooooooooooooooh im dizzy



im not working next week, so with only 1.5 days at college im expecting to press on with it

been a while since i have posted here! nic your car is so damn sweet!
its going to look the dogs bollcks when you finish!
nice one.
Dan :)

cheers mate, your making me blush

or that could be the side effect of the fumes...........

just painted the inside of the roof too

looking good nic

didnt realise you took it appart again :o

I've been struggling with enthusiasm for mine as well, but things are looking better this year.

What system are you using with the paint? base and laquer or topcoat?

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

more progress:

Edited by Nic on 11th Mar, 2007.

Looking good mate, I wish I could get some work done on Candice's.

Is the colour as strong as it looks in the pics???

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

YES!!! its monsterously bright, its supposed to be the same colour as before, but its more of a brighter, deeper red (does that make sense??)

hohoho

andeh-im just putting topcoat on

Nic, great .... I love the colour and I'm not normally a fan of red Mini's

Do your self a favour though and clear coat it .... will last so much better

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

but the extra weight....

LOL .....

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

thats looking nice, (not sure about the yellow outside tho LOL)

I keep seeing all these cars with the fronts cut off for flip fronts, and other bit cut out........

My cars going to be SOOOOOOOOO HEAVY!!!!:(

Nic ..... just noticed you still have the rear companion boxs in ...... must weigh more than clear coat

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Nic, what is the colour called looks very similar to mine, which is painted Jag Phoenix red.

i love the rear boxes, i cant bring myself to cut them out, theyre also pretty useful for putting things in

its ferrari rosso corsa 300, i feel embarrassed saying that now-i picked it in my youth

wicked job mae, you will have to send me a desealing guide

looks M*I*N*T

"998cc black mini studio 2"my first second car!

ah ha, an edit with pics

lots of masking up today, crumbs!!!! it now looks like a christmas present


this took me hours and hours to do, and there will probably be loads of overspray inside still

and then gave it a hefty primer fillering

its tipped up so i can paint the roof with my monkey like arms



its not looking too bad-except for a slight f-up with a reaction around the door hinge area-but i think this is down to painting over some red that i put in this area yesterday

hopefully it wont react when the red is going over the primer, it didnt when i used the same stuff to paint the old front

Edited by Nic on 13th Mar, 2007.

no progress today- a full day at college 8.45-21.00

however there will be a day of prep tomorrow, and a top coat day on fri!!!! yay