My New but not so new Zuk wooot!

Post by **qten** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:17 pm

Hello All,

Of tomorrow at about 12:30pm I will be a ZUK owner once again of a Black wide track ZUK!!!!! :armsup:

Only problem is it needs a fair bit of panel work on the side near the left hand side door basically above the rear wheel its been mashed by a motorbike and it needs to be straightened out a fair bit or I guess I could start on a tray back LOL.

Does anyone have any advice on how to fix such a beast or some home-helper tips on panel beating? I would imagen it'd cost sh1t loads for a pannel beater to do. :twisted:

Will post up some pics tomorrow at work for all those interested!

Forgot to mention don't worry about the seats in the pic's they are getting ditched.

Thanks,
Qten,

Edit* Seats

Post by **russell** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:38 pm

Why bother fixing the dents if your going to drive it hard anyway. :armsup:

Leave them in it and you have your self instant wheelin cred .
Save your self some money too.

Post by **qten** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:57 am

Woot,

Well as promised hears the pics, the wheel cred wouldnt be applicable it'd look more like the :twisted:

"WHOLEY Sh1T Stay away from that car hes a mad man" :bad-words:

Anyways hears the pics any advice on how to go fixing the some what big dent would be great. :roll:

Post by **qten** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:58 am

One More Pic

Post by **bigsteve** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:00 am

Farrk I pity the rider who hit that.

I reckon chop it behind the B pillar and tube the rear.

Post by **qten** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:05 am

I Was thinking about that but I need a bit of legroom so I’m going to have to offset the drivers seat a bit so just behind the pillar wouldn’t work I think.

Dunno,

quick reply btw

Post by **bigsteve** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:12 am

qten wrote:I Was thinking about that but I need a bit of legroom so I’m going to have to offset the drivers seat a bit so just behind the pillar wouldn’t work I think.

Dunno,

quick reply btw

I'm 6'6 leg room in a zook is over rated.

Tube the rear but keep the floor, you can still move your seat mounts back to the step-up in the floor.

Post by **robbie** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:43 am

I agree with steve.. chop it!

that looks like it will be a bitch of a job to fix that mess, unless you know what you're doing of course!

Post by **qten** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:46 pm

Well its mine. Sitting at home in the yard. Now all I got to do is decide what I’m going to do to it. :shock:

Hmmm.. I would rather have a tub the way it is so I’ll give it a burl to try and fix her up but any pointers form any DIY panel beaters would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Qten

Post by **markil** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:51 pm

home panel beating tips? get a big block of wood, get a mate to hold it for ya against the panel, get a sledge and smash it till it lines up. then if need be do some fine toucjing up with a smaller mallet or hammer.

Post by **Beastmavster** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:24 pm

qten wrote:Well its mine. Sitting at home in the yard. Now all I got to do is decide what I’m going to do to it.

Hmmm.. I would rather have a tub the way it is so I’ll give it a burl to try and fix her up but any pointers form any DIY panel beaters would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Qten

Buy another shell for a couple of hundred bucks if you want to... and just plop it on top....

Of course you want to put all your W/T interior in it but thatit aint hard.

It could be made into a ute..... that would look good with a little alloy tray on it....

Post by **qten** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:09 pm

Hey thanks for the wood idea. :lol:

I've arked up on the car the sarvo its got a bit of damage to that side eh, well I’ve pulled off the flare and removed the b pillar on the left hand side which needs some love and I’ve started to try and panel beat I know why they call it beating the panel now. And so far so slow, I need a bigger hammer or a bigger block of wood or both. :twisted:

I think my neighbours will love me forever if I ever finish ho ho ho!
:roll:

One bad thing I’ve found is the drivers side door doesn’t close properly and the bonnet looks a little well pushed forward only a 3 mm or 5mm not sure on that one.

Thanks,
Qten

Post by **Dozoor** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:40 pm

Pull the seats , set up a wood block down in the corner where the floor ,
drops below the seatbelt area on drivers side , on an angle upwards striaght across the car to just below where the targa bolts on , use the bodgy jack from under the hood , and jack away , hint doing this can hurt if the jack and timber spring out so be very carful don,t go putting your melon close to the action !

my sons hard top was a roll over , he had no bucks , with gentle pursasion over a week he managed to reshape the side of his car reform the gutter ect ect.

Post by **qten** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 2:13 pm

Thanks dozoor i'll give it a go. :twisted:

Post by **qten** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:30 pm

Update!

OK i've made some progress and i've got some pics have a look for all who are interested!! :twisted:

Post by **qten** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:12 pm

Hi All,

Todays update,

I've managed to get my hands on an Oxy set today. And I’ve made some progress. I've managed to shape a fair bit of the side and pulled out the body and undented the wheel arch. (Need to stuff the wheels somewhere: :twisted:

)

I’ll post some pics tommrow to better explain what I’ve done. Everything is coming along nicely. :roll:

Cyas,
Qten

Post by **Damo** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:47 am

Here is a couple of progress shots. :twisted:

Might look a little "wobbly" still :lol:

but considering what it started as I reckon it's not too bad (especially for a rig that's going to get more dents!).

:armsup:

Post by **Damo** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:50 am

Post by **qten** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:50 am

Oh well 2 words

:armsup:

CHECKER PLATE :armsup:

Damo thought he had stack loads of bling. :roll:

If I end up getting the checker plate sides I will have to be the bling bling master :finger:

oh yeah i nearly forgot the doof doof box is sitting inside ready to go :twisted:

so much to do so little money :puppydogeyes:

Post by **Damo** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:27 am

I owns j00 in the bling & doof departments

Now shaddup coz I gotta go polish my transfer case housing :finger:

Post by **qten** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:36 am

what j00 talkin about foo, Dis Is Muh House Aiiite! :armsup:

Post by **Damo** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:48 pm

Post by **qten** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:04 pm

Hi All,

Just to bling i mean bring u all up to speed if you're interested :roll:

I got my finger out this week and finally got the painting of the rear panel done. also the bpillar is almost done.

She’s not too bad probably won't win a show and shine but its all about wheeling really. :armsup:

So a little bit more to do on it yet but hopefully next month or two she'll be on the road so i can start looking at the real mods :twisted:

Cyas,
Qten

Post by **roadrunner** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:18 pm

markil wrote:home panel beating tips? get a big block of wood, get a mate to hold it for ya against the panel, get a sledge and smash it till it lines up. then if need be do some fine toucjing up with a smaller mallet or hammer.

Thats the way to do it, but you need a few beers into you first just to make sure it was all lined up when you've finished.

I reckon about a carton would do it !!

Post by **zookjedi** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:00 pm

QTEN

she looks good , not a bad job at all , might have to start straightening out some of my panels , only got the bonnet and left front guard undamaged :lol:

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