always look at this thread nick,fair play mate shes with be stunning when your done,paint finish is bang on,even before you started it was mint,its gorgeous!
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always look at this thread nick,fair play mate shes with be stunning when your done,paint finish is bang on,even before you started it was mint,its gorgeous!
Thanks all for comments!
On to an update then.......... Another weekend of long hours has seen a fair bit of progress on the car. Window surrounds were painted up in the same grey Ive used on the majority.......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269890920
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269890954
Then the front panel previously gravitext'd was stripped and painted along with front wheel arches.......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891023
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891545
Then I noticed the yellow toe eye hooks stook out a mile so front and rear got the grey treatment......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891130
Along with my spare allesio for the boot etc...
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891230
Previously both doors have been a pain to shut as the cage bolts catch on the door card pockets which had resulted in the pockets cracking. A short while ago I collected a full set of mint interior cards from Sloth and thought Id try to reslove this problem from happening again. This is what I came up with after a little die grinder session......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891595
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891786
Neatly done and it should fix that problem! Another thought I had pre paint was a memory of brett warburtions old car now owned by Matt.... The interior B and c pillars were left open after painting which looked great. So when I painted the rear I went up there too. Ive trimmed the necesary parts off the headlighning and was left with this.....
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269891964
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892078
Not the best pics but it does look good in my opinion! Slowly but surely the car was also going back together. Painted handles and lock surrounds went in.........
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892242
How did the grab handle get damaged Nick? paint looks excellent btw
Looking well!!
The drivers door then went on........
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892444
Then I was left with the headache of what to do with the bay.... I didnt want to go through the full procedure of painting the bay with the motor and box in and as the bay saw paint only a short time ago when shaun converted the car it was in great condition just a little dull for my liking. The slam panel had a few chips.marks here and there so what I decided on was to paint the slam panel but clear only over the original yellow already in the bay around the strut top areas,inner wings etc to re gloss them. The engine bay and slam panel areas were fully stripped apart from the motor/box and I cracked on. Once built back up I was very pleased with the results.......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892895
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892916
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269892935
The engine bay now matches everything else being uber shiny! Following that a few more parts when back on after work today.... The gm 3 piece pillar vinyl set was applied and rear windows went in.....
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269893069
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269893124
The rear bumper,smoothed and painted boot grab and rear lights also went back in with my new euro fog as Im not a fan of the reverse light.......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269893192
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269893269
Both doors were then built up and its now almost looking like a car again!........
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269893361
Thats were we are up to now. My panel guy doesnt fancy applying the boot vinyl as they are a little tricky and I only have one! So we have a pro coming within the next day or so to do just that. Once he's been the rear screen can go in the boot can be built up/spoiler on etc. cheers for reading.
Nick.
Nova 1.3 SR on the boot then Nick ? ;)
Just as before fella. I have the gm vinyl for it etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
Nick.
Nice one - I'm looking forward to seeing it at Billing :)
Epic Nick that is all :thumb:
Glad that you also done the strut tops, i never liked looking at them when i popped the bonnet they were still the original paint, dont know how they got missed in the first place.