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Anyone going to bid on the red alfa on ebay?

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#6 ·
Go for it!


hat the AA, I need recovery I think my engine has blown).

LOL........I was thinking that! I can hire a trailor for £25 for the day.......Did you sell your kit?

****........Bristol is rather far actually!!

I know what you mean about the seccond car thing tho! Its not worth it! But I would be giving the car to my GF when she passes! hummm Id rather have a mint alfa actually!
 
#7 ·
Personaly I would drive up there take the Zender kit off Any other bitd that take your fancy and then look in yellow pages for a scrappy if the current owners are unwilling to do that.

If your feeling daring you could watch it wait until the auction ends hope nobody bids and then send them and email offering the buy the Zender kit.

Do you think you could sand it down and spray paint it your self?

Stuart
 
#15 ·
He took it off coz of me! I was suppose to go down and buy his Zender Kit from him for £150+the ics but i think the same guy who was after S.lee's is also after it and might be posting it for a lot more money.

It will be going on ebay tonight! So see who gets it! Shame tho it was mine until this morning!
 
#24 ·
Alrighty.

For removing the kit, the most useful tool believe it or not is one of these
Stanley Dynagrip Chisel Knife 25mm 0 28 650 : Tooled-Up.com
The kit will have LOADS of silicone style adhesive all the way round and a stanley chislel knife is the perfect tool for the job,

Rear
Easy peasy - there are two cross-thread screws behind each of the rear wheels, situated right at the bottom of the wheel arch. Take these out then just use the chisel knife all the way round to cut loosen the kit. Apart from the 2 screws it is only held on with adhesive.

Front
Again, two remove the two screws at either end and then there are 4 or 5 to remove underneath the front (I think). The front one is easier to remove if you jack it up, so you can reach underneath for easier access, but is by no means essential.
Then it is held on just by adhesive, but loads of it, and it is very hard to get the angles and leverage required in a lot of places because of the wire mesh protecting the rad. This was a ***** of a job and took me many hours.

Sides
There are 4 or 5 5mm screws to the rear of each side skirt (when I say rear I mean the back of the actual skirt, not the part towards the rear of the car).
Then there are 7 or 8 black plastic clips along evenly spaced along the front of the skirting. The problem with these is that they are very brittle and also there is adhesive spread along the whole length of the skirting. You need to get the chisel in to unstick the skirt from the car body but it is virtually impossible but it is impossible to do this without taking out some of the clips.
Once you have cut through the sticky stuff, if you have any clips intact the skirts then slide forward about an inch before they will drop off.
It will save you much time if you can just buy some new clips, then you don't have to worry about the old uns and removal will be much quicker.

Oh yeah a rubber mallet will come in handy for whacking the chisle to cut through the adhesive on the side skirts.

I hope that helps, good luck.
 
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