Gus-CloverEk4 Clover Green VTI Build Progress

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Hi guys, just signed up to the forum after owning my Ek for 7 months and getting it back on the road here in sunny Scotland.
Bought my Ek thinking it was a good clean example, untill my MOT was due. And what i found was a botched and tarted up set of rear arches with a serious amount of body filler and fibre glass, so the welder had to come out to save my childhoods favourite car.

The way the vti looked when i bought it...



Then MOT time came and This is what i had found,

 

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Found these two chunks of Fibre glass holding my arches together at the bottom!

Attacked the top of the inner arch from inside first with the welder.




And now back onto the arches with the cutting disc.

 

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After the rust had been cut out the inner arch i then measured up and cut the quarter panels out to get access into the inner arch.





Then the replacement quarter panels/arches where krimped and test fitted.

 

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With the panels clamped in place i could then make up the inner arches to fit onto the quarter panel, removing the panel to seam weld the inners once they where spot welded in place.






the tops of the inner arches then got a paint for extra protection. Only got one photo though!

 

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Then the quarter panels where spot welded to avoid distorting the rest of the panel.


Prepping for paint and then painting. (DIY paint job. but shes booked in for a full spray after christmas).





After 2 and a half weeks of working every night after work till stupid oclock. The end result turned out like this on some freshly powder coated shoes

 

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Next step was to clean the underside completely, Paint the underside with a couple coats of Kurust and the a couple coats of underseal before going for an MOT (which passed with no advisories).

 

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Didnt like the OEM clutch fitted to the B16 so Purchased a Stage 2 RPC clutch along with an alloy Radiator and a New JapSpeed 4-2-1 mani to make the bay look a bit nicer


All parts fitted...