dylan Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 looking good mate ............just out of interest what sorta mig do you use and what setting etc do you use for different thicknesses of steel on the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Cheers mate.From memory i think its a unimig 110. Does from 25A up to 110A. Good wee welder, cant remember the amp setting i have it on but think its about half power with wire speed set at around 6 with O.6 welding wire which is good with panel steel, found with the lower amp settings you dont get enough penetration ( ) but with it slightly higher it works well if you adopt the pulse welding method so you dont blow holes through the thin panel steel. As for gas try and get an old CO2 fire extinguisher and get the head changed on it to put a mini regulator on it. Only costs $75 for hte head and bout $80 for a mini CO2 regulator and then $30 to fill each time. Any more questions just ask. Have a look here; http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 yea cheers mate your welding looks bloody good to me especially for a first timer i know its a fuck load better than what mine was haha...keep the good work up and the pics coming cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 For all that are interested/asked ill be selling a set of AP callipers on trade me this week. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 looking good mate i was just saying to gaz yesterday that it will be good to see all these full on mk1s with forist flairs running around. so how far are from fininshing man. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Body wise not to much, got all the rust cut out Pinched a compressor from work and borrowed a good gravity feed gun. Just gotta sort the front guards out, get some holes punched in my new front panel and put it back together, so yeah, still a bit to do. Might change my hilux diff to disks as welland get a hydraulic hand brake for a bit of fun. Should get a bit done over xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Body wise not to much, got all the rust cut out Pinched a compressor from work and borrowed a good gravity feed gun. Just gotta sort the front guards out, get some holes punched in my new front panel and put it back together, so yeah, still a bit to do. Might change my hilux diff to disks as welland get a hydraulic hand brake for a bit of fun. Should get a bit done over xmas. nice one mate your flying threw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah man your doing work pretty quick like. Brakes look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Cheers mate, yeah it seems to be running smoothly at this stage. As for the "cheap" brakes they ended up costing me bout $1500, customs got hold of them, so ifyou get anything from overseas just makesure they word it right on the customs papers. Hopefully they work alrite, gonna put a VH44 booster for better pedal feel up under the dash. Looks like youve got a good basis to start with gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 looks mint have you desided on a colour yet? or you sticking with the orange. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yeah im gonna stick with orange, not sure what shade yet, deep dish 17" mags, bronve with a polished lip, black interior with blue recaros. Hopefully comes out alright. Whar colour you goin with mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't know why, but i havnt seen this before. That some epic rust repair that went on. Did you do it yourself? looks pretty choice. And yea, orange ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yeah im gonna stick with orange, not sure what shade yet, deep dish 17" mags, bronve with a polished lip, black interior with blue recaros. Hopefully comes out alright. Whar colour you goin with mate? i ogianaly wanted to do it the same as the dukes of hazard hahaha but im realy swaying towrds the new frod blue called bionic blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't know why, but i havnt seen this before. That some epic rust repair that went on. Did you do it yourself? looks pretty choice. And yea, orange ftw Cheers, yeah done it all myself. been a bit of a learning curve blue sounds good, will have to check that colour out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Thats pretty cool that you did all the panel yourself. Some awesome patch jobs. Inspirational stz. Keep up the good work boe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yeah your rust repairs have been mint. I need some done on mine but cause im going to be running no carpet am prob gonna leave it to the pro's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yeah your rust repairs have been mint. I need some done on mine but cause im going to be running no carpet am prob gonna leave it to the pro's. im taking the easy way out mine is just 1 big rust hole and im having no carpet so im just welding the vl floor into my mk1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Dynamat and carpet for me, wont see any of the patch work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 If you want MkI diecasts etc, come see me at Affordable Models & Toys, Monday 10am-4pm. If you can't get there during those times just let me know, I'll find some links and give you some OS prices for the shizz I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eke_zetec_RWD Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 sweet car. . . what size intercooler and what radiator u using? will be putting ma new turb pinto in my mk1 in a few weeks, gota do mean mish and get it on road again. iv got a 450x300x75 intercooler. im goin to make a new removable top and rear panel behind the grill so can fit intercooler and radiator there as far forwards as i can plus will make it look way better. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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