Hi, Do you happen to have any hfc available to buy? 

How are you still alive?

 

Very pleased you are though

Morning all,

As is now normal I’ve been to busy to post, I’ve been to busy to do anything! Ended up working this Saturday but got a quiet afternoon on Sunday so took the R8 out for a spin – That was fun, decided to go and find an ice cream in the New Forrest, beautiful surroundings gorgeous weather and I got to drive my toy

 

Meanwhile back at the Zed Shed I am back on The Bug,

Still lots to do but you have to start somewhere so I started at the back with the luggage rack as this holds the rear lights which all need replacing,

 

 

Not impressed with the old light holders and it was more work to modify them than to just start again so they went

 

 

Gone

 

 

Bit of metal

 

 

Number plate for size

 

 

Mark it out

 

 

Cut down

 

 

Cleaned up the metal as I won’t be able to get at it with the sand blaster when the new mount is welded on.

 

 

Missed some pics but all together it looks like this

 

 

Then onto the front grill

 

 

Its hammered

 

 

So I cut the old mesh out and straightened the frame

 

 

Then put in a new bit of mesh

 

 

Now to remove the bearings (they need replacing anyway) and hub from the rear arms before sand blasting

 

 

Hmm no idea how they come out, lets assume they work like any other hub and simply apply pressure

 

 

Yup that works

 

 

I found this crack in one of the hubs

 

 

It goes all the way through so a new one has been ordered, the fact that it is a different colour to the other one leads me to believe it was also damaged in the crash that this Bug most definitely had at some point in the past.

 

 

Then I stripped the reverse box

 

 

Then the suspension strip down, but they are so small my spring compressor won’t fit them  

 

Here is a stupid idea,

 

 

Yes, I ratchet strapped the spring to the top of the 30 Ton press then pushed the shock down  

 

 

Worked though

 

 

That will let me clean this up

 

 

 

Not sure if they will be painted of re-plated yet

 

That’s all for now

 

Keyser - Why is Monday so far from Friday, and Friday so close to Monday?

 

 

Do you have a photo?

 

Just a small tip. Keep an eye on the passenger door handle when you have passengers with long nails. I have a minor hair line mark on that side and dont know where it came from lol

I get my BRZ touch up from a main stealer, not usually too expensive.