My summer strip and rebuild with pics that now work

[Matt]

Awesome job Chris. :approve:

 

[VII Car Care]

Bugger! Thats ocd on another level! Superb!

 

[Adrian]

Great Job! Takes alot of effort I guess! :salut: :approve:

 

[Chris V6]

Thanks for your comments

u r right colin its one of them and if I am honest I have now created a car I am worried to drive not only because of stone chips but in case it rains so I have to watch the weather carefully and that is stupid really, I thought about exporting it to the UEA but then the dust so I cant win ! If I drive it its impossible to keep it 100 percent perfect even if I only do a handful of miles, in hindsight I never realised what a nightmare job it would be but its done now, I will use it as I have to otherwise there is no point but might leave the mirrors at home !!

 

[Matt]

Make sure you check the forecast before venturing out, clean and dry storage when returning to garage and invest in a dehumidifier too :approve: should be fine. Enjoy it though! :race:

 

[scudRS]

Wow, that looks amazing. :approve:

:bow: :bow: :bow:

 

[GTTurbo]

Top work chris :bow:

Will it ever see the road again?

 

[Williams]

Such effort Chris..! Would love to see mine that clean underneath, but I'd need to buy another v6 to drive! Great work fella.. :approve:

 

[Matt]

Why did you choose to paint the brake calipers in black out of interest?

 

[Brembov6]

Wow, I would love to do something like this. Must be very satisfying (or it would be for me) was it costly? or more time consuming?

Great work!

 

[Chris V6]

The brake calipers were something I was torn to do, the orignal calipers were pritty good but not mint, I figured that if renault really thought about it they would have painted them as standrad so I went for it. I then got the o no its non standard, so brought some new rear calipers and I can always put them on if I need as I am still not sure painting them was the right move.

 

[blakey]

You have inspired me Chris. Damn you! [smilie=thanks.gif]

 

[thunderstarter]

Bloody good work sir, I take my hat off to you! I wish I had the balls to take my suspension apart like this!

 

[blakey]

And so it begins.

 

[Matt]

Shouldn't this all be in another twenty years time?

 

[blakey]

No.

I have mine in off the road at the moment due to work and family commitments', so in the mean time I'm just keeping all the out of sight bits neat and tidy. I do use my car (sometimes) so it will need doing again in 9 more years.

It is not costing me much, £250 worth of electroplating and paint, and gives me a project. The car will be much better for it.

 

[Matt]

Cool keep the pics coming. Where did you get the electo plating done?

 

[blakey]

Place in Plymouth, SMB Plating LTD, nice guys.

 

[Chris V6]

Nice work, but its a hell of a job as once you start there is no stopping,one bit leads to another. It will b a job u r not sure if starting was a good idea, but all done its quite rewarding. You doin the right thing getting them replated as nuts and screws I brought from Renault were in a worse state than some that came off the car. so ended up getting brand new ones re done. And u always forget one bolt and talking one bolt to get plated makes them cross !

the problem i got now is I don't want to get it dirty !