Mk5 slow progress report

[dirtydog]

Tinted the rear side windows today ready for fitting later this month when I have a week off



Not the greatest tint job in the world but not too bad.

[Mr RVM]

T'int that bad never tried to do any but reading on here it sounds like a bit of a bugger to get right and yours look quite good

[dirtydog]

T'int that bad never tried to do any but reading on here it sounds like a bit of a bugger to get right and yours look quite good

Couple of bits aren't cut particularly well but I was getting a bit fed up of tinting as I'd already finished of tinting this today

[Mr RVM]

Just needs a spare wheel to make it worth nearly as much as a 20 year old transit

[dirtydog]

Took the wheel off to tint the window

[MinorMatt]

yup plastic lenses only on electric levelling headlights, but you may be able to swap the glass lenses on to them

Was thinking about that.

I had a few "new unused" headlamps for sale at last years "Mania" they were fitted with wheel for electrical levelling and had glass lenses only sold one, to Ali for £15, I didn't even notice the wheel it was Ali that pointed it out

Thats interesting because I bought one off you! And it didn't have a facility for electric levelling... elec levelling is not done by a gear, its an electronic actuator with a 1/3 turn twist lock to fit which pulls backward and forward

[Mr RVM]

I had a few "new unused" headlamps for sale at last years "Mania" they were fitted with wheel for electrical levelling and had glass lenses only sold one, to Ali for £15, I didn't even notice the wheel it was Ali that pointed it out

[quote MinorMatt]Thats interesting because I bought one off you! And it didn't have a facility for electric levelling... elec levelling is not done by a gear, its an electronic actuator with a 1/3 turn twist lock to fit which pulls backward and forward[/quote]

Don't think you bought one off me matt (in fact definitely didn't as I only sold one) Hmm wheels, actuators I'll take a pic of one and post it up and maybe someone can say what it is (might just be a posh manual adjuster )

[BigMonty]

Tinted the rear side windows today ready for fitting later this month when I have a week off



Not the greatest tint job in the world but not too bad.

Certaily better than my attempt. I would be well pleased with that.

[dirtydog]

Well a bit if unexpected welding was needed last weekend after hitting a bad pothole




Not the prettiest welding but I've gone for functional

And in other news, 4 years on I've finally sorted the problem with the alarm going off every time I unlocked it from the drivers door, it was the switch thing that goes around the lock barrel.


I am also considering selling up at the moment as I could do with a lwb really

[dirtydog]

Van got broken into again this week, this time they smashed the drivers side quarterlight

Then a 5 minute job of hoovering up the broken glass turned into this




Looks like I'm doing some welding this weekend


What are the odds of finding a new floor mat?

[Mr RVM]

New genuine one's are now discontinued but good used ones do turn up now and again

New tailored full sized overmats are available for £23 delivered
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320575105759? ... EBIDX%3AIT

[dirtydog]

New genuine one's are now discontinued but good used ones do turn up now and again

New tailored full sized overmats are available for £23 delivered
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320575105759? ... EBIDX%3AIT

I thought they might be discontinued shame as I would've liked to replace mine as it's got a few holes in it

[dirtydog]

Well the replacement quarterlight arrived yesterday, the seal wasn't great so just reused mine.
Tinted it before fitting it as well



Just that floor to sort out now...

[dirtydog]

Had a couple of quiet afternoons so got cracking on the floor...


As is the ford way a smallish hole soon turned into a biggish hole



Got it all cleaned up and welded up and gave it a generous coat of red oxide primer

[Mr RVM]

NICE job When colour isn't an issue I would get yourself a tin of Garage Floor paint (plenty on the bay, quite cheap too) its a lot tougher than "Normal" paint (its made to be stood on and have stuff dragged across it etc) you can get quite a few different colours..red, blue, green, black, grey, yellow and white (Good for underneath bits if you don't want underseal like inner arches where they look better painted in my opinion)