I bought it knowing it had a water pump leak and that the inside was "a bit fusty"
I made an offer of £350 that was accepted on a 2001 mk2 F with 70,000 miles on the clock and the known problems.
I borrowed a mates trailer and set off in the snow on the 5 hour round trip to fetch it.
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Apart from the known problems it looked in good nick although it had a very deep key scratch all the way down the passenger side door. The interior was far from "a bit fusty" though. It was absolutely minging with mould everywhere.
The whole interior came out and the carpets and underlay were replaced and new door and roof seals were purchased to stop the leaks. 2 small holes were fixed in the roof and I then re-proofed the roof with renovo which is an excellent product.
I then resprayed the centre console in mg platinum silver to match the exterior.
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Whilst on the forums I saw an F that'd been converted to a TF and decided that's what I wanted to do so I bought the headlights, bootlid and both bumpers for £150.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/criminal99/MGF%20Progess/TFpartsSmall.jpg)
I decided the end look of the car was going to be matte black so set about spraying the "new" parts and de-badging the bootlid and front bumper.
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Next was to get the water pump, cam belt, new stainless steel coolant pipes fitted and a full service done. MG Rover mobile mechanics came out and did a great job so I then put it in for an mot which it passed with a couple of advisories (front and rear subframes showing corrosion)
New black Lexus lights were bought and rear grill mesh sprayed and fitted.
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I'd been looking at Plasti-Dip as an option for spraying the car and decided to give it a go so I bought an Earlex electric hvlp spray station and 11 litres of matte black plasti-dip.
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I masked off the roof and the bulk of the windows, leaving a strip on the windows that I could paint and then peel off leaving a nice edge (better than trying to mask perfectly to a window seal)
I had already sprayed the inside of door, boot and bonnet shutlines in matte black so it looked like a good job had been done when doors etc were opened.
While the weather was hot and there was no wind I decided to get the car painted.
After watching lots of you-tube videos about how to spray Plasti-dip I set off with a few light coats.
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Building up the coats
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This picture shows how the Plasti-dip just peels off to leave nice lines wherever a natural line break is.
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Once the car was peeled I was left with this
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The finish looks and feels really nice and I'm really happy with how it's turned out.
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I've still got the wheels to do in order for it to be "stealth" but they'll be done in the next couple of weeks and then it'll be taxed and legal just in time for "the great British winter" LOL.
Sorry it's such a long post but thanks for reading and any comments (good or bad) are welcomed.