leonk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Looking good Dave and RT!! RT said, "As its jag related I thought it better in here than a new thread. As not everyone's a jag lover." Couple of pics of parts back from de rusting and e coating. This has been a major headache, delay and cost. Lesson learnt, any form of de rusting, be it blasting or chemical, does not miraculously make your parts like new again. The problem was all the smaller parts of the bonnet that looked salvageable but once the rust is removed, there's b*gger all left of them! So now I can't rebuild the bonnet until I have either sourced or had re fabricated the various brackets and flanges that hold it all together. See below one giant airfix kit with no instructions and bits missing. All i have for reference is the 100 or so photos I took while dismantling it and thank heavens I did that! That looks like its going to be fun putting back together I just have visions of it being like Ikea flat pack with a load of important bits left over. Iv'e got a couple of these if you need them Cheers Dave!!! :lol: I notice you haven't actually used it more than once as all the ends aren't rounded off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Looking good Dave and RT!! RT said, "As its jag related I thought it better in here than a new thread. As not everyone's a jag lover." Well there are Jag's . . . and then there is your Jag . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Leon i dont envy you on that job, it is nice dealing with new bits, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 well as this seems to be the appropriate jag updateing page for fellow jag lovers i thought i'd add in what i've been up to recently. first off several months ago some scroat commoner nicked my front badge while i was parked at waitrose. bloody rapscallions. so i bought a new badge now i thought about just sticking it on, but decided to mount this to the new mesh going into the grille. and decided that i would make it scroat proof. so i started with this nice piece of ally bar and went round and caved in all the local scroats heads.... ok i didn't...but i really wanted to... instead i stuffed it on my lathe at work and produced this i then tapped out the hole on the badge at the back so i could then mount the 2 together now means it cant be taken off or pulled off. next job was to take the normal shiney grille and make it black using plastidip i would show you fitted pics, but i haven't got round to fitting the lower grille yet but hopeing to do that next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Ok so todays job while i had a few minutes spare was i thought i would sort out the wing mirrors, one of them took a knock a while back and left it marked, so decided to fix them. this was them still on the car i then worked abit of my magic and created these i was quiet pleased with those so i had a look at the cart and thought might as well have ago at the vents while i'm at it as well this was them still on the car in their old dirty guise worked abit more of my magic and created these and combined they look like this and yes i know the car is filty, thats my next job, to clean it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Nice job, they look quality. She could do with a wash mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Nice job, they look quality. She could do with a wash mind! I gave her a wash this evening, now nice and shiny again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Looking good RT. Liking the machining work. Wish I had a bit to report on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K370Z2 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Fantastic - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Very nice CF mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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