Kieran
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Gonna be even more mint!
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shaunmods
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Sean im not too sure what to do about the tank tbh mate. I think I'll decide when I've got the car up in the air so I can see whats involved in removing it. But yeah I'll have it up on axle as high as I can get it. I dont think its going to be a fun job to do lol but at least I'll know its well protected after for many years to come 
Cheers Dan and Kie, cya both on saturday! 
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Jed D
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that rear bumpers only just starting to grow on me but i love the rest
[Edited on 27-07-2011 by JedDy]
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shaunmods
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Cheers Jed
First up heres some pics I took from saturday of the car Had a fantastic day! Got to meet loads of new faces and had a great laugh
Now looks like this 
Sunday I got the car up on the stands and started stripping the underside down. So far i've removed the crash bar, exhaust, and rear suspension
Exhaust needs a good polish after I dragged it along the floor on the country roads in castle combe 
Heres a pic of the underside before I start work on the underside to give you an idea of its current condition. it not too bad tbh. Just a few areas where the factory seal had flaked off a surface rust has started. Other than that it nice and solid still.
Next job is to disconnect the brake lines and hand brake cable so I can drop the beam 
One thing I am a bit gutted about is that my car only has one exhaust shield. I wanted to have lots of posh silver ones underneath  Ahh well I'll have to settle with just the one lol
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by shaunmods]
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Chris F
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Mismatching tyres
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shaunmods
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris F
Mismatching tyres
I know Popped one and they've stopped making the tyres I've got so I had to have a proxie. Still shed loads of tread on the others so they wont be matched up for a while.
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dan-sport
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looks good shaun work fast haha
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Kieran
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Hope you have someone with you helping with the awkward bits and heavy ones. I nearly followed through most of the time lifting the heavy bits lol.
Good going tho lad! I should have used ramps lol
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DansCorsaSXi
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Good work Shaun! Take your time with it all.
I'll u2u you the pictures from saturday inabit aswell.
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Jed D
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how low is your car at the front, i can never get mine on my ramps
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shaunmods
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Thanks guys!
Kieran yeah I'll be nagging my dad to help me with the hard bits lol. I can see me cringing fitting the new beam! Lots of blankets needed I reckon in case we drop the bugger
Cheers Dan mate! having to work quite fast so I can get it all done for trax. yeah if you could that would be ace! I've got a nice one of yours so I'll get that sent over in a bit too
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Raz18
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Bloody hell shaun, didnt hang about lol
If you want a hand on the weekend, give me a shout and ill pop over, i can help prep or anything.
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Martin W
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looks brilliant shaun! where did u get the plug for the oil ?
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shaunmods
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Cheers Ryan, appreciate that
Deadliner the oil cap is just the standard one with the yellow cover removed.
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Martin W
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
Cheers Ryan, appreciate that
Deadliner the oil cap is just the standard one with the yellow cover removed.
oh ok cheers
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shaunmods
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Update
At the weekend I stripped down the brakes so that I could disconnect the hand brake and brake pipes. Turned out to be a lot easier to do than when I stripped down the new beam which suprised me! While I was at work on saturday my dad took the beam off and stripped it all down ready for me to crack on with it on sunday
old beam ready to go to the scrap metal chaps
Next was the messy job of degreasing the underside. I got my overalls and goggles on and got stuck in! I was black by the time I'd finished But its now squeeky clean and white under there
All ready for me to strip off as much of the factory underseal as possible and treat all the rust spots
Now I had the beam stripped I could try out my deox-C on my backing plates! All I can say is this stuff is bloody awesome!
heres how one looked before -
After 24 hours in a deox-c bath
Just needs a quick wire brush to get the last stubborn bits off and they are ready for galvanising and painting! Amazed at the results tbh!
Polished up my Janspeed backbox as well 
Just got to the do the mid section next when I get chance.
Got a couple of goodies through the post as well -
My beam and ARB have been powdercoated now as well, just need to pick them up when I get chance
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Darryl H
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Great stuff Shaun! Going to be so mint when you're done
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DansCorsaSXi
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Good update buddy!
As Daz said,gonna be awesome when done and so clean.
Backbox looks shiny.
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Martin W
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looking good mate, would like to look into doing mine soon aswell.
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vx-scottw
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top noch shaun
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Christopher
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great work shaun!
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Sean
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looks sweet mate! you leaving the petrol tank on?
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shaunmods
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Thanks everyone Should keep it nicely protected once it all done.
Sean, yeah I've decided to leave it on mate. I thought its not like im going to have the underside on show so it will just be done in the same black stone chip rather than taking it all out and spraying it.
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Kieran
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Fair play lad! I was a lucky boy that I didn't have any rust to get off and treat, which was good
Looking forward to the updates!
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DansCorsaSXi
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Tbh Shaun it is alot a messing about taking tank off,especially on ya own.
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