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well i went straight after work today to collect the car and inspect the work. im proud to say the work is very high quality and im grinning ear to ear.
hooked the car up ready to be taken th 18miles back to my garage, fortunately i never got pulled over....
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02847.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02850.jpg
stopped off at my mate billers house as it was on the way past to mine, had to get a pic of the convoy. :)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02845.jpg
ted had done what he said and straightened all the ripples out of the doors, painted the inners and gave them a light coat on the outside, i dont need the doors yet as they'll get damaged in the garage when i open them up etc. he gave them a quick blast with some underseal too.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02841.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02842.jpg
any way heres some close up pics of the paint, the reflection is like a mirror and straight as glass, gotta love it....
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02843.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02848.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02849.jpg
and then i tucked her away for the night. who knows, i might even get this done one day.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSC02840.jpg
thanks for looking.
bruce
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Looking good mate, glad to hear your satisfied ith the paint job :thumb:
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thanks for all the comments guys.
moffat its subaru world rally blue or by lechler colour scheme rallye blue 74f.
i now realise i should have had the tailgate done at the same time, due to me needing to allign it up using the hinges on the inside of the roof and i do want to fit the headlining back in. hoping i can leave the back end of the headlining dangling down untill the tailgates painted.
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Good work, you've lots of time now to get it ready for next year :-)
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yeh thats the plan keith. at the moment ive gotta save some dough for my holiday in 6weeks but after that im hoping to get seriously cracking with it. ive now got a sunday job along with my normal job during the week which is going to help me out alot with spare money....watch this space.(as they say)
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armed with 2 5litre bottles of hot water and a sponge, i went down to my garage to wash the insides of the nova. it had gathered quite a good coating of dust and dirt from when it was out on the farm, plus it had some residue from the polish etc from being painted.
the insides started off like this....
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a tadge grubby and not nice on the eyes. gave the insides and engine bay a scrubbing and ended up like so...
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5082010006.jpg
mucho better. ted, my painter, gave me some 1500grit wet and dry and some good polish to get the paint i had sprayed super shiney and flat.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5082010005.jpg
i started on a couple small areas to start with to see the out come, i wasnt to pleased as the paint just went dull and had no shine to it. i gave it a polish and it came back up to a shine. is that ment to happen when colour sanding? i left that for now as i dont want to ruin my paint. lol
heres a few more pics so i can pic whore, i know its nothing to look at right now but to me its a beaut. :d
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5082010016.jpg
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http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5082010012.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5082010019.jpg
going to look great when i get the cage all painted red and fitted.
bruce
