My phony Koni steering damper to match the new shocks, complete with Koni decals.
Entries by Jim Ley
Under strict supervision tonight sanding all the running gear ready for topcoat. Got the torsion bars and steering damper painted too.
Last of the running gear epoxied tonight. Hoping to have it all top coated for the weekend so I can finally start bolting bits back on. Also got some bits back from the powder coaters; the brake backing plates and all 5 wheels. Shiny shiny!
More Snow!
Poole got another good coating of snow this morning. Not enough to stop me getting down to the workshop though in our crappy little Fiesta. I’ve been putting off repairing the wheel arch on our Fiesta for some months now; I hit a column in a car park which dislodged a chunk of filler that […]
Running gear refurb – part 2
New Cali import front beam picked up from Simon at NOSVW just down the road from me. It’s amazingly solid compared to the old one: He has some lovely buses down there including this little gem: I’ve started stripping it, nice to see shiny solid metal: Aiming to get this and the remaining running gear […]
Front beam is knackered so hoping to pick up a decent Cali import tomorrow to replace it.
A spot of Neptune Blue for Iris’ underside today!!! To say I’m happy would be an understatement. She’s now ready to start taking off the rollover jig and back onto some wheels.
Wheel arches all prepped and masked off. Out with the underseal gun and tinted raptor stonechip, and the wheel arches finally coated with 2 coats of raptor!!
Underside now all seam sealed. Possibly a bit thick in places but better than not having enough. Next to prep the wheel arches for 2 coats of tinted raptor stonechip for extra protection.
Started gathering all the components I’ll need to get Iris back on her wheels soon so treated her to a full set of Koni Shocks. Fully adjustable and with a lifetime warranty, they should be the only shocks I’ll ever need. Plus they look the balls.
