♻️ Grizz’s ~~ ASTRO Van 🚙 Renault SCENIC 1.5dci 🚙 1966 Chevy C10 🚘 1991 Oldsmobile 88 🚙 8/5/26 FORGIVE ME I HAVE SINNED

[grizz]

22 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

different nuts, painted rims and dog dish style hubcaps - Job done!!!!

are Vauxhall 5 stud wheels from a Carlton or such the right fit???? 

5x115

[grizz]

Back home, sans hubcaps. 
 

Car does need a passenger mirror cover. 

[93fxdl]

Those tyres are only just past their first flush of youth 

Compare the tread on the Suzuki my son and I just picked up

Ttfn glenn 

[Zelandeth]

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as patronising or anything, I realise it reads like that.  There just seems to be an ever increasing number of people who will just blindly believe that anything that an AI tool tells them MUST be absolutely 100% true and accurate so it's just something it feels like needs to be said.

They can be useful tools, especially when spitballing ideas but they do have their limitations, so long as folks are aware of that.  

I'd also appreciate if the various technology companies would quit shoving such features down the throats of those of us who *don't* want to use them too.

[Schaefft]

1 hour ago, grizz said:

Back home, sans hubcaps. 
 

Car does need a passenger mirror cover. 

You can buy an entire mirror assembly for around 20 quid on Rockauto. Can't get cheaper than that!

[Westbay]

Ah ha! it goes down the side !  😂

ps don't forget to run the 'new' tyre size through the wheel calculater to check speedo impact ... and ... get the tracking done ! 😇

[Westbay]

,,,,and just so it's written down somewhere, whatever wheels you finish up with try and get the nuts to match (M12x1.5) as the seating of the nut to wheel also matters (same applies for bolts) and can/does differ ....

[grizz]

9 hours ago, Schaefft said:

You can buy an entire mirror assembly for around 20 quid on Rockauto. Can't get cheaper than that!

Thanks a lot !! 

I wouldn’t have gone to look there, expecting a double digit probing of my wallet or (W)recktum. 
 

I was expecting a remote search for one in the USA, an interesting price of too much or pennies and a ton of shipping   
 

 

[grizz]

56 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Ah ha! it goes down the side !  😂

ps don't forget to run the 'new' tyre size through the wheel calculater to check speedo impact ... and ... get the tracking done ! 😇

New tyre size checked on Waze…… 

It’s under by about 7-8%
 

Mental adjustments done, it will stop and handle better than on the almost slicks. 
 

Tracking? 😂

[grizz]

43 minutes ago, Westbay said:

,,,,and just so it's written down somewhere, whatever wheels you finish up with try and get the nuts to match (M12x1.5) as the seating of the nut to wheel also matters (same applies for bolts) and can/does differ ....

Absolutely 

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

,,,,and just so it's written down somewhere, whatever wheels you finish up with try and get the nuts to match (M12x1.5) as the seating of the nut to wheel also matters (same applies for bolts) and can/does differ ....

+1 on this.  I fell foul of it when I put alloys on my 1987 Mini Mayfair.  Correct nuts are cheap enough.

[Westbay]

I was just thinking ... is there anyway those bumpers can be chopped about modified to fit more closely to the bodywork ... they do stick out a bit !

Oh and have you got God's Trump's permission to modify one of  'mericas finest ? 🤣  Look out for fleet of helicopters ...

[grizz]

16 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

+1 on this.  I fell foul of it when I put alloys on my 1987 Mini Mayfair.  Correct nuts are cheap enough.

100% this. 
 

It’s also the reason I have boxes of wheel nuts and bolts in my pile. 
 

All pretty much used in the past. 

[grizz]

7 minutes ago, Westbay said:

I was just thinking ... is there anyway those bumpers can be chopped about modified to fit more closely to the bodywork ... they do stick out a bit !

Oh and have you got God's Trump's permission to modify one of  'mericas finest ? 🤣  Look out for fleet of helicopters ...

Why?

 

once this is on airbags and slammed on its ass, they will create a long profile. 
 

No, fenders and bumpers are all plastic and the work to make anything like that happen, here in the UK is not even remotely close to being a possibility. 

[Sigmund Fraud]

14 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

different nuts, painted rims and dog dish style hubcaps - Job done!!!!

Yes ! It would really suit the Olds to look like a detective car from a 1990s American TV show !

An alternative option could involve a set of Moon discs. Tongue-in-cheek, perhaps, but they work surprisingly well with long saloon shapes of that era.

[grizz]

11 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Yes ! It would really suit the Olds to look like a detective car from a 1990s American TV show !

An alternative option could involve a set of Moon discs. Tongue-in-cheek, perhaps, but they work surprisingly well with long saloon shapes of that era.

Bring some examples 

 

Or links to parts online so that I can see. 

[93fxdl]

Since design suggestions are popping up, leave paint as is, but put official style badges on the doors

FBI covert surveillance unit support vehicle 

Ttfn glenn 

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, grizz said:

Thanks a lot !! 

I wouldn’t have gone to look there, expecting a double digit probing of my wallet or (W)recktum. 
 

I was expecting a remote search for one in the USA, an interesting price of too much or pennies and a ton of shipping   
 

 

They regularly had the best prices for stuff when I had the Jag XJ-S - and usually got it here quicker than UK based suppliers!

[grizz]

26 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

They regularly had the best prices for stuff when I had the Jag XJ-S - and usually got it here quicker than UK based suppliers!

They are constantly being bigged up on the American groups on Facebook. 
 

I will call them tomorrow. 
 

Cars price continues to inflate 😂

[grizz]

35 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

Since design suggestions are popping up, leave paint as is, but put official style badges on the doors

FBI covert surveillance unit support vehicle 

Ttfn glenn 

At this point I’m not messing with paint. 
 

Rather getting everything squared up, serviced and safe. 
 

But it will get paint. 
 

I would love to lower it a bit too but I am not clever in that department. (Or many others) 

 

Just learning as I go along. 

[Sigmund Fraud]

4 hours ago, grizz said:

Bring some examples 

 

Or links to parts online so that I can see. 

Here's the detective car look I had in mind... Looks splendid, though you'd have to also find a search light !

And here's the only comparable picture I could find of Moon discs... I must confess it doesn't look anywhere as good as I thought it would !

 

[grizz]

Temperature was at -4’C last night. 
 

Chilly day, so I planned on spending some time with the YouTube school of custom painting, INDOORS. 

11.30 my young neighbour Lucas calls me in a panic. The silencer on his Iveco truck had broken off just after the catalytic converter. Can I please help, he needs the truck for work. 
 

So I told him I was not for hire (he offered me £200to repair it) but I would take a look and help him, like I did with John and his daughters car recently. 
 

So I turned the telly off, moved my car over the street and fetched some ramps for him to drive up onto. 
 

Perfectly timed. 
 

Truck up the ramp, took a look and realised that the silencer would have to come off. 
 

He left to go buy baby food etc and I carried on. Removed the silencer and inspected it. 
 

BUGGER !!!! 
 

Broken off high tensile bolts tucked behind the folds of the flange. 
 

Garage job then……..

 

My garage that is. 
 

Tried to get to these welds with two different angle grinders to cut back the welds on the bolt heads. Lack of space to get in. Fail.
 

 So cutting fluid, 9mm TiN drill bit, bit completely rounded and farked by 2mm depth .
 

Head scratching…….

 

Compressor on, die grinder, tungsten carbide cutter and a lot of patience, prayer and blind grinding. 
Eventually unseated the three welded heads. 
 

Found some mild steel nuts, bolts, spring washers and reassembled it all. 
 

During the time of fighting this thing, we realised again that manufacturers don’t want to see you repair things. Buy a complete silencer to replace it. 
 

Fortunately, idiots like me exist who will crawl around in the cold for four hours to save a bunch of money. 
 

Lucas was pretty pleased. 
 

Result. 
 

 

.

 

 

[SilverMachine]

22 minutes ago, grizz said:

Temperature was at -4’C last night. 
 

Chilly day, so I planned on spending some time with the YouTube school of custom painting, INDOORS. 

11.30 my young neighbour Lucas calls me in a panic. The silencer on his Iveco truck had broken off just after the catalytic converter. Can I please help, he needs the truck for work. 
 

So I told him I was not for hire (he offered me £200to repair it) but I would take a look and help him, like I did with John and his daughters car recently. 
 

So I turned the telly off, moved my car over the street and fetched some ramps for him to drive up onto. 
 

Perfectly timed. 
 

Truck up the ramp, took a look and realised that the silencer would have to come off. 
 

He left to go buy baby food etc and I carried on. Removed the silencer and inspected it. 
 

BUGGER !!!! 
 

Broken off high tensile bolts tucked behind the folds of the flange. 
 

Garage job then……..

 

My garage that is. 
 

Tried to get to these welds with two different angle grinders to cut back the welds on the bolt heads. Lack of space to get in. Fail.
 

 So cutting fluid, 9mm TiN drill bit, bit completely rounded and farked by 2mm depth .
 

Head scratching…….

 

Compressor on, die grinder, tungsten carbide cutter and a lot of patience, prayer and blind grinding. 
Eventually unseated the three welded heads. 
 

Found some mild steel nuts, bolts, spring washers and reassembled it all. 
 

During the time of fighting this thing, we realised again that manufacturers don’t want to see you repair things. Buy a complete silencer to replace it. 
 

Fortunately, idiots like me exist who will crawl around in the cold for four hours to save a bunch of money. 
 

Lucas was pretty pleased. 
 

Result. 
 

 

.

 

 

much better than a bodge! quality re-engineering there 

[grizz]

14 hours ago, SilverMachine said:

much better than a bodge! quality re-engineering there 

Only way to fix stuff really. 
 

 

Often times I don’t have a clue about things and will ask for help. 

 

Lucas is a scaffolder. A hard, unrelenting job in my opinion. He is also a prepper and is very much tooled up for that. 

However, he doesn’t have a garage full of bought and scavenged junk tools. And lacks somewhat in common sense to figure things like that out. So figuring out how to reengineer a truck part that is designed and engineered for replacement only……. By welding those three high tensile bolts into the flange in an inaccessible place, that was way out of his skill set. 

 

Looking at it all in the clear light of day, with heating on, it seems that just the basic parts, ordered cheaply off eBay etc would have been £336.00 plus delivery at the mercy of couriers 

A garage would just buy all the parts new. 

Add to that whatever a mechanic, garage or dealership would charge for labour because they would not spend 4 hours reengineering this lot. 

 

So I know it sounds a bit weird, but I do feel “honoured” that he felt that he could trust me. 

 

Life is good ehhh ??

 

.

 

[93fxdl]

Spending a few hours outside saving money is time well spent,

If you are sitting inside in the warm watching YouTube for painting ideas, try

Time warp custom paint 

Lots of how to videos 

If you are going low budget low rider, I would suggest where you can, use your original paint as the base colour, possibly fire a few coats of clear with some flake in it first, to make it pop, and a starting point might be a lace roof? 

For nice crisp line edges, use lining tape, as masking tape gives a wavey edge

Ttfn glenn 

[grizz]

18 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

Spending a few hours outside saving money is time well spent,

If you are sitting inside in the warm watching YouTube for painting ideas, try

Time warp custom paint 

Lots of how to videos 

If you are going low budget low rider, I would suggest where you can, use your original paint as the base colour, possibly fire a few coats of clear with some flake in it first, to make it pop, and a starting point might be a lace roof? 

For nice crisp line edges, use lining tape, as masking tape gives a wavey edge

Ttfn glenn 

Great stuff. Thank you. 
 

I don’t know where I am going to end up with the paint. 
 

But two things:  

1.) Cheap/Affordable 

2.) Pretty/Bright/Noticeable

 

I will be learning as much as possible from it  

Knowing that the whole lowrider thing is not big in the UK, I am risking somewhat, but I am building/painting/making it for myself. Spending too much on it, out the gates  but if someone wants at any point I would sell it on at cost . 

 

[grizz]

1 hour ago, 93fxdl said:

Spending a few hours outside saving money is time well spent,

If you are sitting inside in the warm watching YouTube for painting ideas, try

Time warp custom paint 

Lots of how to videos 

If you are going low budget low rider, I would suggest where you can, use your original paint as the base colour, possibly fire a few coats of clear with some flake in it first, to make it pop, and a starting point might be a lace roof? 

For nice crisp line edges, use lining tape, as masking tape gives a wavey edge

Ttfn glenn 

PS. Lace is a must, as is never ending lines. 
 

Well, on my roof at least. 
 

 

Super shite edit on a pic below. 
 

Original for any real photoshop wizards out there. 

[Westbay]

Ah, yes, well, err, hhmmmm - 😇

[grizz]

5 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Ah, yes, well, err, hhmmmm - 😇

You buying then? 

[Westbay]

8 minutes ago, grizz said:

You buying then? 

Probaly not - I  lean more to subtle than 'IN YER FACE'  ....🤣

BUT, I will interested to follow the process - techniques etc though...

It is just the thing for forums like this , we all learn something , me I like the mechanical stuff other folks the paint, but, I will learn from your paint activity.