white16valver
22-01-2009, 11:36
Well, I've been thinking for a while that chasing rust round my one is an ultimately pointless exercise in the end, unless I can do a bare shell strip down, rust removal and respray.
Which would cost a fortune. :?
So exactly how hard would it be to reshell into a good condition shell? (Preferably without a sunroof as I'm fed up with an in-car shower :roll: lol)
What's involved?
Engine and all suspension parts are either in vgc or virtually new on mine (plus it's widetracked), and the interior is in good nick too, so swapping them over to a decent shell would make sense, but is it a complete nightmare?
Would the car killers like MatBrown and Winston ;) recommend it?
I just don't want to spend another £600 getting the rear arches chopped out and redone, and then another £400 on the older sill, when for that money I might be able to pick up a mint bodywork, slightly tired elsewhere shell...
It would be a mission but if I pulled my finger out my arse and stopped being a fair-weather mechanic :oops: lol I reckon it wouldn't actually take that long!
Advice and recommendations gratefully received :)
Which would cost a fortune. :?
So exactly how hard would it be to reshell into a good condition shell? (Preferably without a sunroof as I'm fed up with an in-car shower :roll: lol)
What's involved?
Engine and all suspension parts are either in vgc or virtually new on mine (plus it's widetracked), and the interior is in good nick too, so swapping them over to a decent shell would make sense, but is it a complete nightmare?
Would the car killers like MatBrown and Winston ;) recommend it?
I just don't want to spend another £600 getting the rear arches chopped out and redone, and then another £400 on the older sill, when for that money I might be able to pick up a mint bodywork, slightly tired elsewhere shell...
It would be a mission but if I pulled my finger out my arse and stopped being a fair-weather mechanic :oops: lol I reckon it wouldn't actually take that long!
Advice and recommendations gratefully received :)