My new RX3 and restoration

[steve garbutt]

haha no chance of me popping my 20b into the RX3 mate
Thats reserved for the RX7

[steve garbutt]

A little more dun today.
It needs a little more work to make it the correct shape but i ran out of time.
After the inner door sections are complete, the door will be offered up to see if everything lines up, then the outer skin offered and measured.

[steve garbutt]

A before and after shot for comparison.

[shaunwil]

Lovely, Very nice piece of kit in the dynofile too !

Wish I could do stuff as nice as that !

Shaun

[steve garbutt]

Lovely, Very nice piece of kit in the dynofile too !

Wish I could do stuff as nice as that !

Shaun

Im sure with a little praccy you could accomplish the same :Thumbsup!

[steve garbutt]

Well Saturday after 2pm sore me start on the drivers door again.
The opposite door corner was repaired but i forgot to get pictures, ill take some Monday and get them posted.

Half way through cutting the door bottom of the door skin i remembered to get the camera.
This shows the rust on the door bottom.

[steve garbutt]

After cutting and the door bottom removed.

[steve garbutt]

The door bottom corners turned out very well on the inside, nice and neat with good weld penetration.
As can be seen in these pictures the inner door is in good condition with just some surface rust needing to be removed and treated.
The welded sections still need some seam sealer on as they will trap water if its not applied, but this will be put on just before replacing the door bottom skin.

[steve garbutt]

I still have to make this door skin support work again as it rusted through.

[steve garbutt]

Well Saturday night pub time loomed ever closer but i just managed to trim the new door bottom to a workable length and lay it on the door.
in the last pic you can see the lip that will be bent over to complete the finish on the bottom of the door, the same will be dun on the edges as well.

[steve garbutt]

Some goodies turned up today for the RX3 from Australia

The front bumper indicators were missing when i got the car and the brake cables were seized, so they have been replaced with new items.

The radio was also missing but i wanted to keep it original so managed to find a professionally reconditioned unit from Australia at great cost but these things supposed to be rare.

[steve garbutt]

After 5pm i was determined to get the door finished so we hung the door back on the car to see if we have clearance and panel gapping.
Pleasantly we found everything to be spot on, i guess taking my time payed dividends.
so we offered the new lower panel we had made for it.
As can be seen everything lined up great

[steve garbutt]

So seen as everything fit we seam sealed the joints of the repair sections to stop water getting in and around the edge where the replacement door bottom was going to be crimped.

[steve garbutt]

Next was to shape and tack the door bottom on.

[shaunwil]

Outstanding

Shaun