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Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:48 am
by Anton
Love that finish! Is it going to be easy to maintain, though?
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:53 am
by ScottieJ
tbh it actually looks more textured in the pic than it is in real life.
It shouldn't really need maintaining, raptor is pretty tough stuff.
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:56 am
by Anton
I ask because BMW do "matt" paint for some of their cars and I've heard it's a nightmare.
I'd like to do my SJ like that someday. But maybe matt grey.
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:50 pm
by ScottieJ
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:57 am
by Anton
ScottieJ wrote:It's a 4x4 mind.......looks better with a bit of dirt on it
You know that I agree wholeheartedly with that one!!!
I hate mud, unless it's mud my Zuk is driving through/covering itself in...
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:44 am
by zook123
Anton wrote:ScottieJ wrote:It's a 4x4 mind.......looks better with a bit of dirt on it
You know that I agree wholeheartedly with that one!!!
I hate mud, unless it's mud my Zuk is driving through/covering itself in...
Mine's looking really sad, as I washed it the other day :(
Keep it up Scott, looking forward to seeing this one finished!
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:48 am
by Jordi
Really tidy work Scottie. Looking forward to seeing st some point, hopefully we'll get a meet up this year at some time.
Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:08 am
by ScottieJ
Cheers guys! Hopefully we will have a meet up in Wiltshire, once this is finished I need to get out off-roading! Do need to give the blue sj some love mind, it's developing more and more oil leaks and new rust in the few bits of original metal that's left
Got a few jobs done yesterday and today, more stuff painted, some stuff bolted back on, wiring tidied.
Got the bastard Xeng handbrake fitted, modded and set up! Damn I hate those things!!!!!
And one thing that you can actually see, the seat rails modded and new seats fitted.
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Would have got more done but yesterday included emergency heart surgery on fathers maruti and I spent a few hours today having a tidy up in the shop, but progress is progress and the end of my part of the build is getting closer.
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Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:11 am
by zook123
I read that "emergency heart surgery on my father" and my heart dropped!
Head Gasket? Bloody hate those things, looking good, quite looking forward to seeing this in the flesh
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Re: The (not so) white one
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:22 am
by ScottieJ
I don't think I'm qualified for that......well technically I'm not qualified for head surgery on the maruti as well
Think it was the headgasket, seems fine now it has a new one on but we found some horrors in that engine, certainly on its last legs so we are going to fit my spare 16v when we get a chance.
There's a crack between 1&2 cylinders and well somehow it's had something in the cylinders at some time in its life
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oh and it's had the wrong coolant in it at some point so the waterways are seriously corroded.
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