Been upto shed for a couple of hours tonight and done a little bit, the headlamps I bought new (from 2 different sellers) didn't look very nice (one was sold as a second quality item described as having a "paint finish" fault on the back which didn't affect its operation) but when I opened the second one (described as new in perfect condition) it was just the same as the "faulty" one
so ive masked them up and give them 2 coats of silver and tomorrow i'll give them a couple of coats of clear lacquer
also I reassembled the rear springs (these have been stripped, blasted, primed and painted) so now they are ready to put back on (just need to find all the bolts
) Decided to use the original doors as I think that fixing the corrosion at the bottom corner of the drivers door will be no more work than altering the lock holes on the mint pair of Mk4 doors I got hold of (was told they were Mk3 but never even looked at the locks
) its only a small area that's rusted thru (about 20x30mm) so wont take much doing
Started to clean up the gearbox (its manky) think I might paint this as well (no not yellow
) cos if I just clean it once its been out in the wet it'll start to develop that awful white powdery staining so i'll paint it with silver hammerite so its sealed from moisture and will just jetwash clean and bright again