new member mx5 1.6 conversion.

[philgroom]

Today I finally got round to refurbishing my alloys. First I pressure washed them which removed most of the paint off them. As I've gone for a painted finish I got all corrosion and loose paint off with a knot wheel. It cleaned them up nice and made a key for the paint. Wouldn't use it if you want a bare metal finish though. I then put a couple of coats of grey primer on and then a good coating of top coat. Once that was dry I painted the black inserts using hamerite. Took a while with a small brush.havnt fitted them on the car yet as I wanted to let the paint set properly before I fitted tyres. Will get pics of them on the car when I've fitted them.

[philgroom]

Havnt been on here for a while but been sorting out the front end. I'm sure everyone knows the process so I'm going to upload all the pics of my progress. There's quite a few so it going to take a while!

[philgroom]

More pics

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More pics

[philgroom]

A couple more till I resize the next lot from today

[philgroom]

Pics from today's work

[philgroom]

Most of inner valance finished. Part of out valance put back on. Nutserts fitted to attach grill. Bumper brackets cleaned up and new bolts fitted

[tony g]

Good work there Phil, should be a nice solid front end when youre finished

Tony

[Jon Tilson]

Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

[James467]

That's looking great Phil, I think your's was a tad worse than mine but it's nice to see someone else doing the same job as me and the way they deal with the fab work. I do like the way you've done the filler sections between the inner and outer valence under the lights, it looks much better than my folded versions.

I also like the way you've done the outer upper valence, I'm going to copy you I think that way I'll keep the welding away from the GRP eyebrows I'm using.

[Pippin]

No one wants burnt eyebrows, James!

[philgroom]

Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

They are the same pics so I don't know why they are better on here.

[philgroom]

That's looking great Phil, I think your's was a tad worse than mine but it's nice to see someone else doing the same job as me and the way they deal with the fab work. I do like the way you've done the filler sections between the inner and outer valence under the lights, it looks much better than my folded versions.

I also like the way you've done the outer upper valence, I'm going to copy you I think that way I'll keep the welding away from the GRP eyebrows I'm using.

It makes it easier to line the panels and weld. I also put the cutting disc I used in the gap when I tacked the panel together.

[soe8m]

Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

They are the same pics so I don't know why they are better on here.

Everything looks better on the forum page.

Jeroen

[philgroom]

Havnt added any progress photos for a while so I'm going to start getting it back up to date.