[jay frp401]

Only had my frp 401 for 4 weeks and here's the list to be done for 2011.

new rear lights nsr osr .{ both changed today }
cam belt kit, water pump, {puma build} feb 2011
Get wheels powder coated silver, as they are crap Matt black. asap
try get hold of a frp stand air box. puma build has 3!
get locking wheel nuts off as i ant got key!!! job to do at work asap)
rear wheel bearing. nsr and osr.
full re~paint at work and sort the little rust bits out and the old repair its had before, ( good job i work for ford and a panel beater)

so big strip down door n boots off and do it right first time , well soon as its nice to bike it work!!! want it done for ford fair

and would like a plate. maybe j55 frp saw it 265!{ jasfrp} i did want x401 frp. but cant get but can get x400 frp for 450. Dow!!!!!! shame mine ant 400

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 30 December 2010 - 10:22 AM

[jay frp401]

OK update to 401..
now off road and has started taking my frp apart.

Frp air box fitted, alloy header tank gone, and re placed with standard ford
new bumper seals bought
new under bonnet stickers bought.
cannon mud flap, and racing gel coat badges bought.
spark plugs fitted
rear bumper trims bought new
new rear lamps bought
new ecu fitted (tape) as it had a dive on it and frp map upload
ide pull and trencher fitted,
next job cam belt and puma when back out on road.
new front hub and barring bought.
front and rear new complete suspension bought waiting to fit after its been painted.

power coating needed to be done when paint. all so polly bush it all.
also need rear panel inner and outer. due to old damaged..
better floor repair,
bit of rust on sill, cutting it out and lead loading it
full strip down part front engine, that can wait this year..
photos so far will have more by end of next week.. theres goin to be loads!

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 25 April 2011 - 08:19 PM

[mikecat]

Awesome mate. Look forward to seeing this

Awesome mate. Look forward to seeing this

[jay frp401]

think the floor is still damaged, goin to need to pull it and try and repair floor.

some one fitted a red rear panel.....


need 2 lamp panels too.


just got to get the rest off now, and pull back end. bad repair before and wasent happy with there work, but at least now it gets a repaint.

[jay frp401]

work stated to look up now as not as bad as i fort it was going to be.

all filler..... diged out to see what i can do with it.. if anyone got a racing puma could you link me a photo of this area plez.


too much filler!! no need for it to be that as just a little dent in panel. its there cause they couldnt get lamps to fit due to fitted half a lamp panel and a 2nd hand rear panel...

looks better already

just the other lamp panel to take off, then start the floor and repair leg... if people cant repairs cars... then dont lol. was not safe really, and cant wait to rub it in when i see the old owner lol. as he piss bout the ecu as he fort is was how the was.
It had a dive on it when i had it but now got the tape with frp map. wot a differnt car it makes . more photos soon.

oh the first photo, i need someone with a frp to take a photo of theres both side for me so i can work with it. also phote of boot floor area. just need to no how big the sound dead pad should be. thanks

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 30 April 2011 - 06:45 PM

[happy-kat]

Take a look through my rust thread the pictures you are after nay be in there
Sounds like you have your work cut out.

[jay frp401]

i do have my work cut out. but i do it all day long on new car, and working for ford get the panels easy
but at least im going to have some nice photos of it when done and share this with everyone.

[Dave93]

Hi there, just a quick one you said in one post that you got some new under bonnet stickers, are these the air con sticker and I think a no flame sticker? If so where did you get them as I'm after some for my car!!!
Thanks mate!! ( what part of brum are you from as i live in Leicester and could bring my FRP so you can have a look)

[jay frp401]

hello mate. do you no where the jag car plant is? if so kingbury road 971 heartlands ford. not far from the M6. im in work monday to friday from 8 till 6 and sat till 9 til 12. come down if you like and id show you mine lol. ive just started on back at the min as dont like to more than one panel at a time
my car is at work for the next 3 months but at least its dry lol.
yeh i have them you can get them from ford mate, i pay 8.00 for both of them.

AC decal number... 1053993
flame number decal... 1022492
thanks bud jay

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 01 May 2011 - 09:35 AM

[Dave93]

Nice one I'll pm you when I come down!!

[jay frp401]

Dave93, on 01 May 2011 - 03:22 PM, said:

Nice one I'll pm you when I come down!!

yeh thats cool mate, i have loads to do to this so be loads more to see

[jay frp401]

been busy last week heres what ive done so far..
an old repair by some one..!!!!

rear chasse leg damaged... needs pulling and replacing.


now found my lines


leg removed...



having a ago at repairing it as it £390+vat for a new floor


chassie leg new fited

changing the boot floor flange so it can be spot welded as it was, n never tell

flange gone

made flange and welded it in.






nexts job. finished reapiring floor and rust treat it...

[gally]

God those pictures took me back.

I used to be a panel beater now an assessor.

I don't envy your task mate.

[jay frp401]

fancy coming off the tools lol...
i dont blame you mate, im a ata senire panel beater, been doin it 14 years now, but the life for a panel beater is hard going. the last 10 years has had some big changes to way we reapir them now, i should of been a painter lo less stress
well its is a lot off work but its nice to do it your self, as im finding hinden work before. Also as you would no a panel beater will aways rip peoples work apart.. and i have!!!
i never fill boot floors, but in this case i have... ant paying 400 for a floor but it looks nice now.
Goin to be doing some lead loading, now that bring you back

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 16 May 2011 - 07:14 PM

[jay frp401]

next step...

been making the too plates on boot floor, one the the spare where plate, but im not going to put the hole back in its as it dont had the spare wheel.


been busy filling the floor, taken 6 hours to get it right, (but you dont see it with sound dead pad on) just want it to be nice



looks loads beter now, and im a bit more happyer with it, next step will be trying to get the lamp panels to fit and what a joke the are!!! but its getting there slowly.

This post has been edited by jay frp401: 16 May 2011 - 07:16 PM

[gally]

Looks grand mate, following with interest.

I'm sadly a young pup at 25 mate, I was a Panel beater for around 5 years from 16 then I took to assessing very very well. I'm now the youngest ATA accredited assessor in Britain.

I was in Bodyshop magazine lasy august I think it was.

Proud day, the ATA was the hardest thing i've ever done though, horrible 3 days in Newcastle! You guys have it easy on that side!

[jay frp401]

no way lol. pen pushers job lol i really dont blame you one bit mate, but i like working with hands and still like the job.. and get to do my car
fair play to you mate, you no what the shit estamaters are like, missing things off, we have 2 nob heard at our place, need some young boys who want to do the job.


i had 5 days at Nuneaton. MIRA, pissed it first time, but ant nice been watched over and been on a times!!

the other 5 people all failed so happy i did it. got 4 years till i have to do it all over again!!!! but bet yours test was hard!!!


im 30, been on tools from june 30 1997 at heartlands ford birmingham and still there!!

keep watching there be loads more to come mate.

[jay frp401]

i bought a car to test me.. and its doing just that lol.
been trying to get the back lined up all week and now found the the back end is over by a inch, so had to put it on sill clamps tp pull it, and also push the roof up... so here its is now.


still the rear panel doesnt line with the tail gate, but have some smiles cause this worked its knowing where its been hit and cause its been repair badly its been a right bit*h lol

me welding the rear panel on at last!!!

This is our new G spot spot welder, just shy of 17k!!

some spot nice spot welds



NSR lamp panel rested in and fit mint!!! and boot shut mint!! a bit to good but the osr need a bit of work.......

next week try and get other lamp to fit, all started to come now<br clear="all">

[happy-kat]

That is dedication Looks like a really fiddly job there to sort out from a rather messy starting point. The rust looks about the worst I think I have seen in pictures too and the FRP has plenty rust in lurking places. Right inside the rear quarters is a rusty spot too, out of sight and mind generally too. I stripped my interior and got at it. I wont mention the rust hidden behing the stupid mastic filler in the rear arch between the outer arch and inner infil peice.

[jay frp401]

yeh it is but i want to get it mint, and its a bit of history for it
mine dont look to bad with the rust, just a bit in the sill where it laps on it. but will be cutting it out and lead loading it, and striping the both rear wing back to see what i have to play with. all the under side is good, no rust but saying the its all been painted before so i no there going to be some thing hiding.