Project Freeze My Ass Off (rear Poly Bush's Astra G)

evocarlos

found my wobbling at 70
yep thats fubared

2 new ones going on

sill was looking a bit worse for wear from all the jacking

prized it open and filled it with fertan

evocarlos

never got round to the hammer time on the sil lol but its now gone black

evocarlos

wheels are back 🙂

evocarlos

2 new front tires fitted to hopefully solve my wobble

but it turns out the passenger side wheel is buckled ive dropped the spare et37 wheel off for refurb and get the buckle removed shold get it back in a few days then the passenger wheel will get the same treatment.
at least that way i will have 5 wheels refurbished and a spare that will fit over the brakes

KevinH

Hope that solves the wobble issue for you. (y)
What make tyres did you end up getting ?

evocarlos

KevinH said:
Hope that solves the wobble issue for you. (y)
What make tyres did you end up getting ?

same as last time Kumho Ecsta Le Sport KU39
there pretty grippy in the dry and have good wet performance not the cheapest but i like them the wet performance is better than the nankang dry performance lol

evocarlos

got the spare et37 wheel back today buckle free need to take it out and check the wobbles gone 🙂 got a bit of a discount as there was a mark in the paint layer

evocarlos

had ago a painting the wheel arch last week finally lol
primer

guide coat

color and lacquer

need to do more of a wet coat the outer edge matchs the panel but not on the curve its where the primer is needs more work :S

getting it ready for the wet coat 🙂

HarleyPete

Looks brilliant to me mate. The laquers coming off mine in loads of places now (n/s rear arch, front bumper, bonnet (on front edge), damage to rear bumper.

evocarlos

looks a bit better now had another go 🙂

had to put the brolly up it started to spit :S

HarleyPete

Are they paying you for the advertising? lol.

evocarlos

HarleyPete said:
Are they paying you for the advertising? lol.

no they sent me the brolly free when i posted on there facebook wall 🙂 20euros to buy if you can find them 🙂

bit more done today
surface rust removed

wire brush in the rotary tool

lashings of fertan after hammering the jacking point straight

new rear wheel arch trim #1

yay side skirt back on

new rear arch trim #2

its in

nice fit on the front one

found some scabs at the back so they got fertan'd to

wet sanded both mirror covers 1500 grit

polished with meg ultimate compound and a soft waffle pad on the rotary

corsaZ22se

you do spend a lot of time on her bodywork.
wish i had your patience:confused:

evocarlos

primer on with a brush 🙂

sanded with air d/a paint and lacquer

skirt and new rear arch trims fitted

now to clean and polish it :S

Johnny2016

Oh my god!!! Carl fantastic job and a huge amount of enthusiasm brilliant just brilliant. Seen ur vids on YouTube read 118 pages of this thread and ur entire Saab engine thread sat up hours each night reading your joyful threads I'm jealous lol. I recently become a mk4 astra owner 1.8 sport with 85000 on the clock well abit more than that. Need to pick your brains

Johnny2016

Currently have an annoying oil leak, have a dark colour fluid in coolant tank but coolant is not mixing with oil pheww I wish to drain out the entire cooling system and flush it completely, clean out the tank refit and fill back up. My temp sensor around town sits between 85 n 90 most times but as soon as I hit the dual carriage way or the motorway my temp gauge drops to 0 is this normal??

Johnny2016

Had another look at coolant tank today and topped it up it looks to be little rust particles within the tank hmmm deffo think I need to get this system drained n changed asap!!! Need to locate where oil is leaking from too just hoping n praying its not the crank shaft seals.

Johnny2016

PS sorry to hijack ur thread carl, thought maybe as a lot of you know your engines might of got some good advice

evocarlos

New seats 🙂

evocarlos

new metal for the fuel filler flap bought 3 for the future lol

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