Thursday 4 November 2010

Wheel Arches

Hi there,sorry I haven't been on here for the last few weeks but we have been busy working on the camper.
When we bought the CF we were going to have the wheel arches cut out and replacements welded in, but when we enquired about the cost we decided that it would be better left untill later and got the filler out!
 The nearside rear arch looked the worst so I attacked that first, after an hour or so with the wire brush and an orbital sander the rust had gone, and so had most of the arch lol
You can see the rust on the floor and this was before I really got going.












But after a while and quite a bit of fillerthe results are not too bad!

before                                                                            after

The offside was in a similar condition but after a little work and even more filler the results aren't too bad.
 The doors had a little bit of rust on the tops which was easily delt with and the bottoms had been done before so only neaded a bit of tidying up.

 
The door tops have since been painted and look as good as new.
The next job was taking the old girl for her m.o.t which she passed with flying colours and only 1 advisary, the os front brake was binding slightly, which was a sticky wheel cylinder and easily delt with.
I will be back soon with more updates, the next job will be relaceing the front seats with a pair from a Vauxhall Omega.

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