:thumb: exchanged a few emails with the carbon man today, gona send him some pics of what i want doing. hopefully the man from delmonte will say yes
Rep coming your way for top car/ thread and sharing
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:thumb: exchanged a few emails with the carbon man today, gona send him some pics of what i want doing. hopefully the man from delmonte will say yes
Rep coming your way for top car/ thread and sharing
You funk, i wanted that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick J
Sorry fella, I sold one 3 yrs back... took me until now to get another.. they are rare as poop!Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Sparkie... no worries... its hard to find something that hasnt been done before tbh all peoples ideas mainly come from other peoples cars just like many of mine have.
Great skills with the old paint gun as usual. Impressive stuff!
I know what you mean about painting the inner arches too. Absolute ballache to get them proper clean and then a nice colour-coded finish.
:thumb:
Looking very nice there fella.
Makes me want to strip mine & start again after seeing the attention you have there.
Maybe next year :thumb:
Cheers Martin, although its still not perfect however each year Im trying to do more to make the car better, I feel it will be years until I can compete with yours to be quite honest!Quote:
Originally Posted by MARTIN KELSON
Matt..... cheers fella! :)
Todays update.... Back to the bonnet then, After the edges had dried I rubbed down the back of the bonnet and the freshly painted edges to relacqeur them thus finishing the underside. Heres how it came out....
Front masked up...
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...Novawip057.jpg
Turned over and ready in the booth.. Note all fitting holes were filled with something or masked up to prevent bolts or fittings from not wanting to wind in or work properly at bonnet fitting time! :)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...Novawip058.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip059-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...Novawip060.jpg
And all relacquered....
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip063-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...Novawip064.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip063-1.jpg
That was again left a week to dry as carbon cant be force dried (Baked) and I didnt want the underside to be marked when it was on a stand which can happen when lacqeur is still soft. The lacqeur had built up a little on the edges so these were rubbed back down before I continued with the rest of the bonnet face......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...Novawip056.jpg
Once it was prepared I got it ready in the booth and sealed and lacqeured it.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip068-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip070-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip071-1.jpg
You can see above how the edges now appear a lot darker and in sinc with the rest of the bonnet. It came out of the booth almost perfect only one or two dirt nibs to deal with after its been sat a week or so.
Then it was back onto fitting the wings that were painted previously. Heres a shot of the wing on and me checking headlight alignment. With the non genuine wing/flasher that was on previously the aligment wasnt the best. Here however with all genuine items it seems to be lots better... not quite perfect but better! :)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip139-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip138-1.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...vawip137-1.jpg
You're my hero!!! ;-)
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