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snuffegull wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:18 pm There seems to be a fair few Swedes here! I'm in the Uppsala area

As a newbie I am happy to see that a big part of south Sweden now are covered (Skåne, Västergötland and Uppland) . I inspires by both yours and poff”s threds .

Todays 5min job that took 6 hours to complete:

Rear torsion bar bushings. First two bolts snapped within the first 5 minutes. Last two came loose with some rust penetrating spray and a lot of heat.

Spent a long time trying to weld on some nuts to the broken bolts. When that failed I used a bolt extraction together with some heat. Ended up making the situation worse and snapped the extraction tool inside one of the bolts. Went back to welding and managed get them loose in the end.





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Man what a stinker! I did this on mine a few weeks ago, and luckily only one snapped, and i got it out first try when welding a nut to it. but when that doesnt work its such a pain in the ass

snuffegull wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 9:15 pm Man what a stinker! I did this on mine a few weeks ago, and luckily only one snapped, and i got it out first try when welding a nut to it. but when that doesnt work its such a pain in the ass

Yeah, it sucks! I had more plans for the car over the weekend, but that put me of doing any more work. Had initially planed to change the rear spring bushings as well. But now i realise i better get new bolts before starting that job.

Finally found some motivation and time to tint the small A-pillar front windows. Really neat that they came out and that I could do it in an ergonomic position for a change.

Happy with the result! Now just let’s hope that I get to keep it tinted when doing an equivalent to MOT in Sweden next time.



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Also finished the sound deadening and insulation of the front doors. A task I started before Christmas…

2mm Silent Coat
10mm Epdm cell foam rubber




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After postponing this a couple of weeks I decided it was time to mount the wind deflectors from Heko. Quick and easy job to be honest


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Disassembled every panel and trim above the dashboard. Then scuffed it up, painted with plastic primer, acrylic paint ( RAL7024 grafite grey) and the 2k matt clear coat. Hope the colour will match with all the other trim panels. Didn’t like the two tone interior with light colours.



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Poffe wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:16 pm Disassembled every panel and trim above the dashboard. Then scuffed it up, painted with plastic primer, acrylic paint ( RAL7024 grafite grey) and the 2k matt clear coat. Hope the colour will match with all the other trim panels. Didn’t like the two tone interior with light colours.



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quality of the paint finish looks good, need to do this to mine

Looking good! I did this to mine just a few days ago aswell

Biggerbelly wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:32 pm quality of the paint finish looks good, need to do this to mine

Thx Biggerbelly! It came out better than I thought! 1 can of Plastic Primer, 4 cans of acrylic paint and 1 can of 2k matt clear coat. Maybe could have used another layer of clear.

snuffegull wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:30 pm Looking good! I did this to mine just a few days ago aswell

Nice! How did yours came out?

Decent, but not a perfect color match, i used U-pol plast-x 5 Dark gray. Its slightly darker but not a big deal

snuffegull wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 8:48 pm Decent, but not a perfect color match, i used U-pol plast-x 5 Dark gray. Its slightly darker but not a big deal

I havent checked the color match in daylight yet! But I hope its close. Although, it will have a different texture, so it will be a little bit difference anyway.
Did you also change the color of the inner roof?

Yeha i have upholstered it in carpet for now, but i would like to do it in alcantara in the future