[car_restoration] My 205 Gti Full Rebuild

[GTI6BOY 29]

your new roll bar bushes different inside? 1 should have a ball shape cut out inside?

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[Guest rems11]

your new roll bar bushes different inside? 1 should have a ball shape cut out inside?

 

yes, there are bigger but i don't understang "1 should have a ball shape cut out inside?"

[GTI6BOY 29]

does not matter now, you have them fitted so they are ok

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Edited December 15, 2007 by rems11

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[danpug 1]

What exactly did you do to the hubs and wishbones (as in the finish?)? They look really nice.

[gti-si 0]

This is absolutly f*****g spectacular! Well done. I can only dream about restoring mine to that sort of level

[edthedrummer 0]

What exactly did you do to the hubs and wishbones (as in the finish?)? They look really nice.

 

 

And the wishbones too! Did you paint them or just clean them really well? Looks brilliant!

[de Noir 0]

I assumed the question was aimed at the treatment the manifolds received, i.e. how was the exhaust manifold cleaned up to the nice shiney finish.

 

MH, am I correct?

 

 

Roger! Reims, how did you get that finish?

Edited December 20, 2007 by MH_

[Guest rems11]

And the wishbones too! Did you paint them or just clean them really well? Looks brilliant!

 

wishbones are painted

 

I assumed the question was aimed at the treatment the manifolds received, i.e. how was the exhaust manifold cleaned up to the nice shiney finish.

 

MH, am I correct?

 

for treatment of manifolds

 

[Alastairh 47]

Looks awesome!

[edthedrummer 0]

Did you use a special paint on the wishbones?

[All Praise The GTI 3]

wow that thing is awesome. going to be a minter

[oli-pug 6 2 Cars]

minter than a mint man's minty thing. stunning so far mate!

[welshpug 1,622]

Zinc Phosphate Coatings

 

such attention to detail!!!

[max0 5]

Thats going to be one very nice 205

[pete1986 2]

Outstanding!!!

 

What did you do to all those parts to get the gold finish?

[osama 0]

Insane how much detail you have gone to! full respect!<Br>

i just wondered, do you have a budget? and are you carrying out all of the work?

 

osama

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Looks brilliant

 

Keep up the good work!

[kaich 6 1 Cars]

Outstanding!!!

 

What did you do to all those parts to get the gold finish?

 

I'm also interesting! how did you that gold bits mate?

[edthedrummer 0]

I'm also interesting! how did you that gold bits mate?

 

From what i remember from chemistry lessons, its done by a process called electrolysis. The metal you want to plate is placed in a bowl of a certain solution, depending on what type of plate you require. The item being plated is then surrounded by whats called an anode, which is hooked up to the positive feed of a battery, whilst the item being plated is hooked up to the negative feed. i think.

 

The current then transfers through the solution to your item and plates it magically.

 

I think www.frost.co.uk sell plating kits to do exactly what i have just said, they're not that cheap really, but bloody useful.

 

If you look on locostbuilders forum, there's a topic in there on how to use the above method to remove rust, i think the solution is sodium carbonate or something.

 

Worth a look, makes for an interesting read and it does work

 

HTH

Ed.

Edited January 6, 2008 by edthedrummer

[welshpug 1,622]

as I said earlier, Zinc Phosphate

 

neeeeed more pictures!

[millenove 0]

It's seems better than a newone

 

Wich impressive care for details...

Absolutely fantastic works!

 

 

....Need more pic's