After a long and constant battle with rot on my old classic Saab 900 8valve turbo , and faced with a £1000 welding bill , i decided to put the old girl to bed.Here she was in better days ....
And one page of the death kneel!
Always looking for a challange i went and bought a 2000 year Mercedes 230K CLK.
Now anyone who know about Merc and there , shall we say paint work problems ,on there 1998 to 2004 cars,(due to using new fangles water based "nano" paints)the car was errrr a bucket! , anyhow pics paint a thousand words so .....
So as you can see most people would have walked away , and to tell you the turth there were days i wished i had!
Structure of the car was sound but on closer inspection
2 front wings were rotten ....replaced with rust free second hand ones
2 doors were rotted from inside out.....replaced with rust free secondhand ones
rear quarter panels at arches rotten , cut out and new arches formed
boot lock no metal just a hole , cut out and new metal let in.
After everything was trial fitted on car for proper fit , it was removed and bilt hamber rust proof waxes etc pumped inside all cavities and doors , sills , arches etc.
i removed the front rear bumpers , boot and doors to prepair them properly.
once satisfied with everything , whole car was sprayed in original solid black.
here are pics of restoration ....
final exterior shots of finished car , fitted with 225/4/18inch tyres and new amg replica alloys
next was the interior which needed scrubbed for a day , then need to repair worn drivers seat bolster !
I contacted gliptone who can supply any colour leather dye you want , and its great stuff! see for yourself here is before
and here is after 15 mins work with dye and a sponge
And one page of the death kneel!
Always looking for a challange i went and bought a 2000 year Mercedes 230K CLK.
Now anyone who know about Merc and there , shall we say paint work problems ,on there 1998 to 2004 cars,(due to using new fangles water based "nano" paints)the car was errrr a bucket! , anyhow pics paint a thousand words so .....
So as you can see most people would have walked away , and to tell you the turth there were days i wished i had!
Structure of the car was sound but on closer inspection
2 front wings were rotten ....replaced with rust free second hand ones
2 doors were rotted from inside out.....replaced with rust free secondhand ones
rear quarter panels at arches rotten , cut out and new arches formed
boot lock no metal just a hole , cut out and new metal let in.
After everything was trial fitted on car for proper fit , it was removed and bilt hamber rust proof waxes etc pumped inside all cavities and doors , sills , arches etc.
i removed the front rear bumpers , boot and doors to prepair them properly.
once satisfied with everything , whole car was sprayed in original solid black.
here are pics of restoration ....
final exterior shots of finished car , fitted with 225/4/18inch tyres and new amg replica alloys
next was the interior which needed scrubbed for a day , then need to repair worn drivers seat bolster !
I contacted gliptone who can supply any colour leather dye you want , and its great stuff! see for yourself here is before
and here is after 15 mins work with dye and a sponge
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