Bodywork Any Suggestions?

[Guest mk4stu]

hey all. whilst im off over xmas been to see about getting the cab resprayed. basically its going back to a rolling shell, both front wings replaced panel under fuse box, passenger door, rear arch bottoms and bonnet all replaced with new items. anyone got any suggestions of what if anything i should do whilst its at this stage. just gotta save money and tell the other half were not going on holiday lol

 

stu

[Guest fatboy billy]

if it was me id get the whole engine bay smoothed off of all its holes like the red s2 with the carbon roof been on the cover of performance ford mag, weld up the side repeaters in the wing delock it and change the handles to something smoother like audi ones delcok the boot and smooth the bonnet but thast just me sont know if you want to keep it looking standard or not i would also say if your stripping it like that get all the underneath painted too

[Guest mk4stu]

wanna keep it as standard as poss, smoothing the bay sounds good and underneath too but should i just wax oil underneath as its a daily runner

[Guest steelcabby]

get a roller, then send it for blasting. get it primed and then start your rebuild on it (panels etc) then send it for a full spray underneath aswell. start putting it back together.

 

when in that stage you could even powdercoat the underneath and the inside of the car.....quality. i would deffo smooth the whole engine bay tho. get rid of any unwanted screw holes and seams etc. would look well smart.

 

i'd also modify the battery tray too. fabricate a special platform for the battery to sit at a slight tilt for the water to run off. little bits like that. would also help it to last longer.