It was going to happen one day.

It was going to happen one day.

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gruffalo

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7,509 posts

225 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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Well it was just a matter of time, found the first hole on an outrigger yesterday.

Car now booked in for a body off in October.

dave tvr

239 posts

199 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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That's a shame , where have you booked it into for it's body off? I'm thinking along these lines for after the summer. Thanks

OutlawFlat4

697 posts

146 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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gruffalo said:
Well it was just a matter of time, found the first hole on an outrigger yesterday.

Car now booked in for a body off in October.
Good plan booking it in after the summer. Am also keen to know where you send it and what else you have done whilst it's there.


Byker28i

58,795 posts

216 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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They are all getting to that age...

Jubag

113 posts

115 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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You have my sympathy.

dwhitaker

174 posts

122 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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Sorry to hear that Martin, I just had mine done on the Chim, £850 for both from Kevin who does the outrigger work at Bespoke. I did the part lift and painting. At bespoke they remove carpets and cut holes where the cuts/welds are to be made, then patch pack in the pieces they took out. This seems a pretty good idea, as the holes will always line up. But I wanted the body off to paint.

gruffalo

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7,509 posts

225 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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Slightly different on a CerbEra Dave, much bigger job.

The car is being stripped at STR8SIX. The cassis will be compleatly stripped down and shot blasted. The cassis will be going to Willow Sports Cars for the metal work to be sorted, new out riggers, top rails and tubes that are near the exhaust. Some additional work to make the chassis more ridged will also be done.

Chassis then goes to be zinc primed and then a epoxy coating goes over that.

Only thing left to decide is what colour to do the chassis?

You see any one that knows my car knows it wants for nothing, except paint;-). She has her battle scars and wears them with pride but underneath that plastic skin she is faultless.

So do I go for something fancy or just white or grey?

dave tvr

239 posts

199 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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gruffalo said:
Slightly different on a CerbEra Dave, much bigger job.

The car is being stripped at STR8SIX. The cassis will be compleatly stripped down and shot blasted. The cassis will be going to Willow Sports Cars for the metal work to be sorted, new out riggers, top rails and tubes that are near the exhaust. Some additional work to make the chassis more ridged will also be done.

Chassis then goes to be zinc primed and then a epoxy coating goes over that.

Only thing left to decide is what colour to do the chassis?

You see any one that knows my car knows it wants for nothing, except paint;-). She has her battle scars and wears them with pride but underneath that plastic skin she is faultless.

So do I go for something fancy or just white or grey?
Nice, of course str8six have a fantastic rep and also I've read some excellent reviews of Willows work.
As for the colour , has to be white ( for me ), I've thought about doing other colours but I've seen a couple done in blue or red which look great when done but look dull after a while and not sharp. White will always look crisp when clean?
Best of luck with it.

Byker28i

58,795 posts

216 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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White looks stunning



gruffalo

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7,509 posts

225 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Done deal now, it has to be white!

Gray_101

1,118 posts

189 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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I think TVR got the chassis right, either grey or white is the way to go