My westy, Ellie the earlybay.

[Bigbear]

wow some amazing polishing going on there!!!

looks amazing 8)

Cheers dude, I got myself a polishing kit from eBay it only cost £12.99 which is greàt value for money when you look at the results. It just goes in the end of a drill , you have a cutting compound and a polishing compound, and roughly 20 felt heads. The more effort you put into the cutting the better the result of polishing.

Top work there fella 8)
Do you have a link for the polishing kit you used, also where did you get the rattle cans used for the floor?
Lastly (sorry :mrgreen: ) when you refitted the T trims around table did you glue them in or are they tight enough?
Keep up the good work 8)

This is this polishing kit I used, roughly £14 with postage.

This is the paint I used, also from eBay. £20 free delivery. You will need to buy lacquer with it (I didn't bother as it was just the floor)

The T trim just pushed back in mate, it still perfectly tight, in fact you have to knock it in with a hammer.

Don't know how to post links using I phone, sorry.
Il post the item numbers if you need them?

 

[simo]

Cheers for that - youve inspired me lol!

 

[vesp]

Top work fella,

I just noticed your a fellow Sheppey resider.

 

[Bigbear]

Top work fella,

I just noticed your a fellow Sheppey resider.

Yes mate, don't shout about it though a? :lol:

 

[Bigbear]

Polished the other louvred window today .
After the cutting compound.

After the polishing compound

It's one of the most boring jobs I've done but the results are well worth it.

 

[Bigbear]

Anyone know what should be here?
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/Big8bear/F0E32B74-A96B-4F70-8524-13ED820EF19D-4699-00000444D758D89F.
[img]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/Big8bear/BF3B43A8-7774-4078-95BA-FCDFE943B3D5-4699-000004451BD2BF78.jpg
Looks like there's something missing, there's a threaded rod with a cable on the back?

 

[aogrady]

Anyone know what should be here?
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/Big8bear/F0E32B74-A96B-4F70-8524-13ED820EF19D-4699-00000444D758D89F.
[img]http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/Big8bear/BF3B43A8-7774-4078-95BA-FCDFE943B3D5-4699-000004451BD2BF78.jpg
Looks like there's something missing, there's a threaded rod with a cable on the back?

Hi,

The threaded bolt has a knob on the end, and if you pull the lever out, it sends the heat out through the walk through vents in bettween the front seats.

Cheers,

Alistair

 

[Bigbear]

That seems pointless, it'll just blow dust into the back of my bus!!! :lol:

 

[Bigbear]

Replaced my old window winders with some wofsburg edition ones, not sure on them though, what dya think?
Before

After

Also picked up a west stool that I'd won on eBay a while ago, cheers for pointing this one out Paul (myvanway) got it for £57!! Just need to recover it to match the van

 

[68_early_bay]

£57 :shock: bargain 8)

 

[Bigbear]

This is the only sticker that came on my van, think itl stay where it is though.

 

[Bigbear]

£57 :shock: bargain 8)

Yeah I thought so aswell, the seller was cool aswell, they waited over a month for me to colle t it!! It's been recovered with a close match to the original mustard vinyl and is excellent condition!! Shame really as I've stripped it off ready to be recovered.

 

[Myvanway]

£57 :shock: bargain 8)

Yeah I thought so aswell, the seller was cool aswell, they waited over a month for me to colle t it!! It's been recovered with a close match to the original mustard vinyl and is excellent condition!! Shame really as I've stripped it off ready to be recovered.

What did you do with the material? as Id like to see it/have it....if you still got it? :mrgreen:

 

[Bigbear]

£57 :shock: bargain 8)

Yeah I thought so aswell, the seller was cool aswell, they waited over a month for me to colle t it!! It's been recovered with a close match to the original mustard vinyl and is excellent condition!! Shame really as I've stripped it off ready to be recovered.

What did you do with the material? as Id like to see it/have it....if you still got it? :mrgreen:

It's being used as a template at the moment, after that it shall just gather dust in the garage. It may come in handy one day.

 

[dubscum]

now there is no doubting that louvred window is polished :shock:

 

[Bigbear]

now there is no doubting that louvred window is polished :shock:

Ha ha, the pictures make it look a bit stupid ! It actually looks a hell of a lot better than the horrible grey pitted look it started out as, it gave me nightmares though, worst job ever! :x :|

 

[dubscum]

i love it mate, cleaned up a reet bobby dazzler!

 

[Bigbear]

Had a day off today so thought I'd try making the old westy water tank water tight again. It had big splits running down most edges

Firstly I heated up the splits with a blow torch so that the plastic would stick back together, then I covered the splits with flashband and heated it up to stick better.
Then with what was left of the flashband I used to just coat the tank.

After all that I dropped the poxy thing and broke the drainage pipe!!!! :evil:
I've repaired it with plastic metal resin stuff. I then have up and went inside, it's freezing out there!! :shock: :msn4:

 

[Bigbear]

Sent back my replacement foam dash insert that I got from vw heritage today, it was grey and a different finish to original which wasn't to bad as it added a bit of contrast to the dash, problem was the grab handle was then odd and they have no grey ones in stock until July!
I've now ordered one from custom commercial which is the same colour and finish as original, which also means I don't have to pay out extra for a grab handle! Sorted! Stereo is also on order as are the sound exciter speakers, woo hoo!! I can get some tunes pumping!!

 

[Bigbear]

Came home from work to see some goodies waiting for me.
New 'retro look' head unit

Excuse the shitty pictures.
Audio exciters, thought I'd give these a try in the front (before cutting speaker holes snywhere)if their no good I'm put them in the back and order some speakers.

Also picked up some over riders, freshly painted ready to fit

Looks like il be busy over the weekend. I had a little go at fitting the stereo earlier but I've got no power to the unit for some reason, il investigate further at the weekend.