sierra gt

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:25 pm

russ the paint makes all the difference mate and is hamarite im using so as long dont ditch car into gravel should last a few years:troll:

donre some more work today before i leave for work
rubbed down nearside lower suspention arm, hub, driveshaft and dust gaurd.

Before

after

painted

its only had one coat so far so when i get back from work tonight at
midnight ill put another coat over before i go to bed.

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:26 pm

tonight finally finished of both lower suspention arms and other parts
all bits now are finished and ready to be fitted to car next week

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:44 pm

today started off at 6am getting car loaded up with last few parts i needed to take over to pauls and to be on the road before any kind of traffic built up, managed to drive car over to pauls house with the rear bearings making a horrid noise.

started work on the car at 8.00, sun was our and it was a nice crisp morning.
even thow i was changing the beam i was also converting the car from drum to calaper brakes

after 2 hours work this is were i had got upto

all the beam off and the slip diff that i believe is the route of my problems

new beam to go on with a limited slip diff

Also changed standard shocks for koni top mount ajustables

beam and shocks fitted

discs, calapers, brake pipes and diff all fitted

having discs look much better that drums

after dropping the car to the floor the high of the car was way to high for my liking so replaced the standard springs with escort cosworth lowering springs and it has dropped the hight.

tomorrow im going to play with the settings in the koni's to get set up for the road, also going to sort a few rust patches out as well

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:49 pm

with the bits of sapre time ive had ive been sorting out the bonnet to be fitted to my car.

when i got the bonnet it had a really big deep dent at the front like it had been under a lorry, this has taken the most time to sort out.
i started off with taking the innertube off my mountian bike and feeding it between the skin and skelinton of the bonnet, this helped with getting most of the dent out of the bonnet, to assist with the innertube i used a block of wood and a hammer and run it across the seems this process got about 90% of it all out. what was left was filled in with fibreglass and skimmed over.

bonnet before

after process

primed

also rubbed down bonnet vents and under light strip and primed

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:09 pm

painted the bonnet, grill, bonnet vents and under head light strip.
the bonnet will be left for a couple days for the lacquer to harden
the colour is smokestone blue but the pics not come out well so will try get better ones in the morning

i am going to be sticking the sierra/M3 bumper on my car so stripped the whole lot back and reattached all together again proporly

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:17 pm

Nice work Al. Nice knife too

How do your Goldfish cope with the fumes off of all of the paint and fibreglass?

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:30 pm

stuart wrote:Nice work Al. Nice knife too

How do your Goldfish cope with the fumes off of all of the paint and fibreglass?

i love my knife indeed:bart:

i do the painting in the kitchen mate and keep the door closed and the window slightly open. the fumes dont get into the living room thank god otherwise id be high as a kite

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:40 pm

mmmmmmmmmmm fish

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:35 pm

after spending loads of time stripping down and rebuilding the sierra/BMW M3 bumper i finally got it all on the car today
the pics arnt to great so ill try and take some better ones tomorrow as the car looks really aggressive now.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:52 pm

Just needs lowering by about a foot, loads of camber, bigger and meaner stance and wide wheels all around

You have PM by the way.