lol cant wait to see the overall look of it buddy
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lol cant wait to see the overall look of it buddy
need more pics my mate has got a 5 door nova in the same colour we just painted the engine bay nd that looks mint its a nice colour wen its fresh
More pics will be taken soon as it should be going to paint in a matter of days
Same colour as my nova :) Although mines a tad faded compared lol
This one was more pink than red. Can hardly remember the paint looking that lush. Would only get half that good with 3 hours worth of polishing.
Exactly why im leaving mine pink lol, cba
lol
Gonna make sure this gets polished and more-so waxed as often as poss so it stays like this. In saying that, with it being water based and needing a lacquer clear coat it shouldn't fade like the old finish. And bearing in mind that the chaps are using PPG paints/tints which is Lamborghini's exclusive supplier, it should last well if it's looked after, which it will be of course!
UPDATE
Day off... so made my way down to pick up a few things from Vauxhall which they got in for me. Some were for the Nova and were just your usual service parts but one of the items was this little bad boy
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5413/1002778g.jpg
Now I know what some of you Cavalier experts are going to say... "that's the wrong badge". I know and I'm sorry! But in my defence the correct part number was ordered but due to there being none in stock this was the next one. So on EPC it mentioned 'NLS - USE Part No 90487452'. For those that don't know, the correct one for this year Cav would be a smaller Griffin with Vauxhall written underneath. Either way it will look nice. If I ever find one brand new then I'll swap it but for now this will stay.
After sorting out a few other unrelated things I made my way down to the bodyshop where I was confronted with this:
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http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/6982/1002771y.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7532/1002772p.jpg
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http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8158/1002769z.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7075/1002774j.jpg
It's got it's paint and one of the chaps had just started flatting it down to get a final mop/polish. I didn't catch him start the polishing stage, which I was gutted coz only then do you start to get a glimpse of how the paint will look when properly finished.
What's left - rear bumper, spoiler and door mirrors in Mexico Red, underside to be sealed and protected together with arches, then the painting of the black bumper trim and door handles. Door pillars in black also (as they were but paint instead of vinyl). We're still contemplating whether to go matt black for the pillar paint or go a gloss. The reasoning behind gloss pillars is the fact it can be looked after easier than matt.
Should be out of there and back home by Friday!
looking great mate. Cant wait to see it finished.
Won't be long now dude :)