This Week in Wheeler's Workshop

[biggriffin]

O dear. The race metro was a joy to work on( turbo)     Next time your up nick will talk.

[Nick W]

A days work, and it looks just like it did when I bought it:





I'll do the filler work and paint the whole side over Christmas.


The other side will be next weekends job.

[Nick W]

Some new bits:





that's the leaky, rattly old Metro GTi exhaust(which I couldn't find a new one of) and a 2.25" aftermarket system. The pic doesn't show the new downpipe and cat that I'd already fitted.


The only snag is the polished stainless tailpipe looks even tackier than I thought it would:





So I'll probably paint it black so it isn't such an eyesore sometime soon.

[Kevin Wood]

Wicked, innit? 

[Nick W]

It's been a week for Rovers.


We fitted 4 Hydragas displacers to a mates MGF, along with bigger brakes front and rear, a cold air intake and I fixed the coolant leak by binning the last spring clip on the car and fitting the Jubilee clip it should have had in the first place.


I've also been nibbling away at the welding on my Metro; the test was booked for 09:00 today. But I found that it had NO brakes, so had to fit the new master cylinder I've had for a while. They managed to test it just after lunch, and after I fitted two new wiper blades plus a headlight bulb(which was working, but producing an unsatisfactory pattern) passed it. It turns out that I also have a coolant leak from a hose join, so will be applying the usual fix to that in the morning. The silly looking exhaust doesn't sound as bad as I expected, so I'm calling it a win. Although I am looking forward to a beer after practice tonight.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Wicked, innit? 

Don't forget to wear a back to front baseball cap to complete the image.

You'll be on the front cover of Max Power magazine in no time.

[aaronjb]

You'll be on the front cover of Max Power magazine in no time.

The granddaddy of lads mags, that..

[Kevin Wood]

You'll be on the front cover of Max Power magazine in no time.

But it's not a Fawd.

[Nick W]

The Metro's previous owner lost all of the boot trim and I'm trying to make it reasonably civilised, so this needed sorting:





that whole area, including the wheeltub is normally covered with one piece of moulded carpet. That's a bit beyond me, so it was time for some simple trim work.


Multi piece cardboard pattern:





which makes two 3mm ply panels:





Glue on some scrim foam:







Cover that in more contact adhesive, and stick on the vinyl:





A couple of minutes of stretching, gluing and stapling later:







And the finished piece in place(although not fitted):





That was all done with leftovers from a previous job, as is the dark grey carpet I'll be using on the wheeltubs and boot floor. If I'd bought materials for this job, I would have matched the existing trim a bit better. Although I will eventually replace the door cards and trim panels with fully fitted ones from a higher spec car.

[STEMO]

The Metro's previous owner lost all of the boot trim and I'm trying to make it reasonably civilised, so this needed sorting:






that whole area, including the wheeltub is normally covered with one piece of moulded carpet. That's a bit beyond me, so it was time for some simple trim work.


Multi piece cardboard pattern:





which makes two 3mm ply panels:





Glue on some scrim foam:







Cover that in more contact adhesive, and stick on the vinyl:





A couple of minutes of stretching, gluing and stapling later:







And the finished piece in place(although not fitted):





That was all done with leftovers from a previous job, as is the dark grey carpet I'll be using on the wheeltubs and boot floor. If I'd bought materials for this job, I would have matched the existing trim a bit better. Although I will eventually replace the door cards and trim panels with fully fitted ones from a higher spec car.

Trying to make the images appear but no joy.

[Marks DTM Calib]

If using drop box you have to modify the final part of the link and change ?dl=0 to ?raw=1

[Nick W]

If using drop box you have to modify the final part of the link and change ?dl=0 to ?raw=1

I know. And did so.

[aaronjb]

They never appear for me, either.. unless I quote the post and manually go to each link.

Erm.. which I invariably CBA to do 

[reggill]

Impressive work. Very insightful to look back through these posts

[Marks DTM Calib]

If using drop box you have to modify the final part of the link and change ?dl=0 to ?raw=1

I know. And did so.

No you didn't, I edited it  (you changed the =0 to =1 but the ?dl was not changed to ?raw) 

The quote STEMO made is as per the original post (if you quote it you can see the original text)