My Rover commerce back from the dead

[Steves Cleenz]

well bought this Rover Commerce a few months ago from the salvage yard for £356.00 lol, quite hard front end damage, dont look it in the pics but its worse than what it looks,

here are some pics of it when it was for sale at the slavage yard:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/stevescommerce.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/stevesbentcommerce.jpg

upon stripping the front end off i noticed that the van had been in a crash before having new front panel,drivers wing and bonnet, taking off the sealant sround the front panel inoticed that the front panel had been screwed on rather than being welded :wall: whichmade me wet myself laughing, so sourced a front end off a Rover 25 and stated to fit the new parts after a lot of jigging and pulling, straightened out the original front panel to save on costs,



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got hold of some lights for free, 1 a ZR one and the other a 25 one so they are different, got a ZR grill for free as it was broke so just plastic welded this back together and blastedsome primer over it for the mean time,


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/PICT1572.jpg

and then i buffed the rest of the van up:

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then got some 17" straights cheap and a ZR rear spoiler so put them on it


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/PICT1800.jpg

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well finished the van off today, painted the front end, got a good colour match too,just need to do the ZR spoiler again as when i spraying i caught a load of water that gets trapped in them and blew it all over the fresh paint

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/PICT1988.jpg

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[grimmy]

Thats magic mate could do with one of them myself and start doing some homers

[RudeDogg1]

you need to check your inbox typhoon i pm'ed u a week ago lol

[Steves Cleenz]

Oh so you did lol

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[stamford]

Good work Steve, looked shoite before. Made a real transformation when MG'd. Needs slamming though. :D

[Steves Cleenz]

be soon on its arse once it has all my stuffin lol

[stamford]

Are you swapping vans, or is it an occasional one?

[Glen290]

Needs Avo's lol...but looking good, great job there...

[Smokie]

Nice one looks like you have done a top job there

[Gazza]

You've done a great job Steve

[Southside_ZS]

Needs Avo's ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/Southside_86/Picture434.jpg

[Steves Cleenz]

Are you swapping vans, or is it an occasional one?

its going to be my detailing van, as i dont need as much stuff in it when i am doing the detailing jobs,plus it will be a good little run around aswell

got some more treats for it today aswell :), i will post pics up once they are painted

[Steves Cleenz]

got some more done on the van today, Zr bumper, rear spoiler and side skirts painted and fitted, all i need now is a front splitter and thats it

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/PICT1999.jpg

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[grimmy]

It looks good mate but really could be doing with lowering or given a set of 18's then it would really:punk:

[Steves Cleenz]

will be lowerd once all my stuff is in it, as that will drop the height some lol

[grimmy]

will be lowerd once all my stuff is in it, as that will drop the height some lol
Good point that is. get eating pies for the front end though

[Steves Cleenz]

well the van has been finished off at last, all sign written up and took my mate ages to do as the squares on the bottom of the van had to be put on one by one lol:

what do you all think ?

ZR monaco interior fitted, electric windows and tinted:

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[Jay-ZS+]

looks great mate a real transformation :)

[KevG]

That looks sweet, although one thing just sticks out like a sore thumb, the rear "Rover" plinth.

[Steves Cleenz]

That looks sweet, although one thing just sticks out like a sore thumb, the rear "Rover" plinth.

ive got the MG one ready to fit but im having problems trying to find a star drive that fits the oneon the van as its different to the MG one,its a starnge size, the MG one is a T25 and the rover one is like a T26 i amgoing to have to drill the heads off teh screws as i cant find a tool that fits

[TjP]

That looks superb! Nice work :)

[rozzr]

that looks great, all stickered up i really like it!

just sort the different lights out, that's all that needs doing really - one zr and one r25 looks odd ha.

maybe even just spray the inside of both them black or something so they match.

[stamford]

I was a tad bit slow there! the livery looks superb. You've done a stunning job on that van, well done! :thumbsup:

[Steves Cleenz]

had the roof done today:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/rover%20commerce/IMGP3530.jpg

[stamford]

Love it! Finishes it off nicely.

[Dan1971]

That is an awesome job !!! :thumbsup:

[afcbadam]

i would love to go to work in that!