Silver Thunder - impulse buy

[red]

Nice! :-D

 

[Dal]

Spark plugs, air filter and pollen filter changed at the weekend.

Spark tip wasn't too healthy:

Pollen was very manky:

Should be able to breathe a bit better with a new air filter:

Will do an oil change soon and do the fuel filter then. Didn't get around to doing the brakes but will either tomorrow on a day off or the weekend, weather dependent. Couldn't get the drivers side repeater out so am currently running one amber, one clear lol Will get behind it when I do the brakes.

 

[quest63]

Did the sill painting involve the removal of the sill covers? I'm wondering if its possible to get the original sill covers off intact without damaging them?

 

[red]

Looks like you had a nice bit of sun in those pictures for a bit of car work

 

[Cherie]

Did it/he/she feel any better on your drive to work today?

 

[Dal]

Felt a bit more perky and responsive :thumbs:

 

[Bentleya]

Fantastic to see you've got another Puma guys, look forward to seeing it at a few shows next year .

 

[Sparx]

Good to see it getting some clean fresh parts and doing away with the rust k:

 

[Dal]

Finally got around to taking some pictures of the repaired rusty sills - although they're now filthy after commuting all week:

Before:

After:

Below the visible bit they've put the hard wearing textured paint on to protect better from stone chips. Also treated for rust inside and outside the sills.

I'll take some better pictures when I get around to cleaning it

 

[The Arch Bishop]

Blimey! These late cars like to rust don't they?! Looks like a nice job on the repair though! :thumbs:

 

[Neil]

Wow, I had no idea the sills could get that bad - I thought the Puma's Achilles heel was the arches...

 

[Dal]

Dunno why they were so bad on this one? Probably didn't have mud flaps all its life and stone chip rust spread?

All fixed now anyway so I have a virtually rust free poooooma k:

 

[Glenn_]

Nice car matey.

 

[red]

:thumbs:

 

[Sparx]

Looking much better! I need to get my sills done :?

 

[warrenpenalver]

looking much better.

To be fair, in rust terms, they are no worse than alot of other cheap european cars of the era. And certainly much better than fords of the previous era!!

 

[Dal]

Finally got the front brake discs and pads replaced:

The discs were knackered - the pads were only half worn:

All done:
(Although I forget to take a picture without the wheel on)

Oh, and replaced the fuel filter too.

 

[oli8925]

How much did it cost you to get the sills done if you don't mind me asking? Ours look as bad maybe worse, I've had a quote as an addition to the arches but I'm wondering whether to do them myself in the summer. Silver paint scares me though :lol:

 

[Dal]

£100 a side. Still not washed it yet to have a decent look at the finish.

 

[evilrob]

Wot? No update? Haven't you recently received something new to show off? :-D