vitara sort out

[donkeychomp]

Nice work!

[shredder]

well went out this morning got me some wire (and spare gas cos you know what would happen if I didn't!) and finished off the boot

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as you can see more rust along the bottom of the doorframe so patched up the two larger holes and was left with this

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thinking to myself how in the hell do I fill that well this is what I came up with seems to do the job!

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so that's the boot done


however.. this is what I found underneath the carpets at the back! even more tin worm!

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cut away the rot bits to leave this

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another conundrum how do I work with the body mount?? well this is what I've thought, here's my template where the arrow is is the top of the bolt of the mount gonna cut a hole in the plate and weld round it here think that should do it?

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the other side also rusted in same spot! but thankfully not as bad! I must admit when I saw this hole first I did think its ebay for you!! but I think I've gone to far already to back out now! especially with all the bits I've got for it, so after a quick dig round the front floor, sills etc finding no further rust I decided just to carry on after all its only a little more welding!

[twiss]

I reckon it will be alright welding that bolt to the plate! Might make it a bit more difficult if you ever remove the body haha

[Anton]

I've found a set of Vit calipers in my bits, but they're not stripped and reconditioned, so they may not be any better than the ones you have!

[shredder]

no worries Anton cheers for looking not planning to remove body any time soon so should be ok now all I need is the weather to brighten up wet grass is no good for working on or trailing electricals across!!

[shredder]

well what with weather and work not been near it for a while but an early finish and some sunshine today have helped

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body mount welded in

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done

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and painted!

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tomorrow I shall get stuck into the other side!

[Jordi]

Nice to see the progress continuing. Some pretty tidy patchwork, presume you've sealed all the underside of them too?

[shredder]

yeah clean them up and paint the underneath before welding them in, gonna under seal later on too

[shredder]

well that's the floor finally finished working between the showers! got it done just before one almighty downpour!
as you can see its not quite as bad on this side

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got all my essential tools close by

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bit more patches than I woulda liked but what the hell, makes life easier

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[shredder]

well got the interior back in

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sorted the hole in my bonnet was gonna weld in a patch but then thought bugger it its only the skin that's rusty so cut the rot out and used fiberglass

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got home today to find my new grill had turned up so now can get on with making my new bumper

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