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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 06:06 PM
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JamboRS
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Default my focus rs mk1*wheels back on*

not posted in a while.been doing a bit of work on my focus heres a few upto date pics of what ive been upto.

decided to go air to air to replace the std chargecooler and move the filter to engine bay as the filter used to get wet under the car. while i had the car off the road i gave the maniflld and ap's a coat of paint to freshen them up.


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after a botched respray last year i got my car booked into get it sorted properly.

this was the state of my paint after i got it back from a bodyshop who painted it last year.after numerous trips back to get bits sorted i eventually got my money back and took it elsewhere. the pics show the condition of it after RM bodywork made an ar5e of it,the second lot of pics show it now.

masking line,no shine to paint

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foam edged along door,why not paint full door

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dirt in paint,he's tried to buff it out

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foam edged inside door check

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oversrpray inside fuel cap lock

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buffed through corner of bootlid

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primer collapsed and buffed with 180 grit i think

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cracked my sideskirt trying to remove it,was never removed in the end,wonder why:rlmao:

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front bumper

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bumper grills with paint build up and overspray on grill

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dirt under glass,tried to buff out again

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this is my list of stuff wrong

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stone chips just been painted over

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arch cover overspray

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lovely big stone chip been sprayed over

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masked off inside bootlid,not even straight,why not just paint the rest of panel

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this was only some of the stuff,it had silicon and dirt everywhere,the tape holdoing the front number plate wasnt removed and just painted over

so plan b. took it to gibby and its had a full respray bar roof. bumper grills,fog surrounds and splitter will be going satin black. heres the pics of gibby in action

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car is nearly finished,my wheels are away getting refurbed and will return end of week.

Last edited by JamboRS; Jul 24, 2014 at 06:53 PM.
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