Petrol Cap + Rear Bumper

Today was about sorting out the petrol cap. Last week while filling the car up, the hinge broke. I gave the trusty people at Howard's Car Spares a call and they said they had one, but I had to remove it myself!

I enlisted the help of "The Ramus" and we set to work. It was a sorry sight seeing an old Jaguar the same age as mine rusting away, being taken to bits.

LOL Me doing some work!!!

5 quid later we headed down to Motor World to fit it.

Changing the hinge was a nice and simple job. Only took about 30 minutes to complete but was worth it as the petrol cap now pops up.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5enSAaZKLVM - Yes I did upload it to YouTube!

Then I wanted to fit the new bit of chrome from the rear bumper and have a look at sorting the dent in the rear bumper.

The rear bumpers are really easy to get off, but I had to cut the cable to the rear fog lights as there was no connector to disconnect. The look on Ramus' face when I just cut the cable was priceless... LOL

I will get it to fit!

It took some beating but I got it looking a lot better... Not perfect, but it looks really nice.

The view most people have of the car....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTylVoq6VSQ

Body Work

Had the car booked in today to have some of the body work sorted and the wheels tidied up.

There was some rust on the boot, side skirts and below the rear bumper. I also chose to have the coach lines painted back onto the side of the car.

This seemed the best time to have this done as the headliner is away for re-lining and there are still some problems with the engine!!

Cant wait to see what its going to look like...

£150 quid for the wheels and £290 quid for the body work. (can't grumble)