looks the bollox mate getting there now bud







oh and by the way keep them wheels white

 

lol. but if i keep the wheels white the white calipers wont sand out as well. i have considered painting them bright green. will probably be grey though

 

looking good

 

Looks mint, keep up the good work

 

paint the calipers a different colour cos white calipers wont be white for long when i can get hold of a set of either rl7s or comp mo's im going to get mine done in diamond white think looks stunning there are loads with anthracite and i just dont think looks as good

 

very slowly getting there. this must be the longest paint job ever lol






hoping to have this side painted this weekend

 

your doing a mint job.what paint you using?

 

mint

 

Love it

 

2k pure white. also useing 2k primer which is much better than the celly primer i used on my van

 

thanx for all the nice comments guys. here's a couple of pics from today





got to flat tha paint back tomorrow & compound it

 

looking good mate going to be nice when its finished

 

Looking good


Brian

 

 

Looking nice!! Hows it going, any updates?

 

nothing much at the mo, just preping the other 2 doors for paint. hoping to have them painted by the end of the week. i'll put pics up as soon as they are done

 

small update. doors are now painted & fitted. its nice to now see it looking like a car







i got a new fuel cap seal from ford. cant believe it cost Ł15





glass & window seals all fitted





you may have noticed i've now gone for coloured rear lights & amber indicators. i'm not saying its gonna stay this way but i just fanced a change.
next up is the boot & spoiler for paint

 

that's lookin fuckin sweet mate!! i've still not got my door's painted yet!! were to bloody busy at work.. hopefully get em done soon!!

 

Keep an eye on the fuel cap seal Mate I put a new one on mine about 2 years ago but it is now worse then the original one I replaced it for, it's totaly cracked and falling apart, although it's new from fords it has still probably been sitting on a shelf for about 15 to 20 years so has already started to deteriorate, well thats the only reason I can think of.

 

its come along way and looks ace and thumbs up for doing it all yourself

 

nice 1 mate when you intending on getting it back on the road

 

hopeing to have it on the road by easter time next year

 

lookin realy gud mate top job

 

great build , keep the pics comin,

what gear are u usin to paint car.would love to try and paint my mk1 but dont want to spend a fortune on gear ill use once.

have a cheap air tank/compressor and supplied paint gun etc.dont know if its good enough,didnt think so originally.

rob v

 

i've only got a 50lt 1.5hp compressor & a cheap gun that was supplied free with some paint & i just use one of them 2 filter masks. i work to the theory of 'whats the worst that can happen' lol. worst case is you fuck it up & you have to pay someone else to put it right. all that you would have lost is the price of the paint (which isnt really that much). i just pile the paint on thick then flat it back with 1500 then 2000 grit paper to get a nice finish. probably not as good as a professional job but a damm site cheaper

 

Full credit to ya mate,car is looking mint.Good Work

 

Excellent job mate love the car!!!!!

 

its been a while since i've done much to it due to the hot weather (& the fact im lazy). but finall got the boot & spoiler painted today. both needed to go down to bare plastic/metal due to a huge build up of previous paint. the easyest way to get all the paint off the spoiler turned out to be with a blow tourch & wire brush. here's the pics







all sanded smooth





guide coated



and finally painted



hopfully i'll be able to flat the paint back tomorrow & polish

 

super car mate.!!!! this ones a big inspiration for me. curently refurbing my wifes saph..

 

cool, im glad i've inspired you. that was one of my aims with this thread. to show people that you dont need to pay someone else to do the work or be super skilled to do it yourself. i'll give anything a go & just hope it turns out good lol

 

Great job your doing lad. Gud to see you doing all the work urself. Where did you get the front spoiler?

 

lookin really good mate. i'm nearly done with mine. just the back door's to do. hopefully be getting the floor patched this coming week. i'm wanting mine on the road for september time now. got the first nipper on the way in october an it an the wife are deffo coming home from the hospital in the saph!!

 

really good work its looking the nuts

i would also keep the wheels white, they look perfect

 

looking good dood
you are to blame for me going as far with my engine bay refurb` as i am doing

was gonna be a engine rebuild,end of`... but started reading your thread and one thing lead to another

keep the updates coming

 

front spoiler is made up of a renault espace splitter with a vauxhall corsa splitter bolted to the bottom & mk3 escort xr3i splitter chopped up & bolted to the sides. now that a combination lol

 

cool. hope it all goes well. that'll be a great memory of the car we need pics of you babys first ride in the cossy preferably wearing a ford beanie lol

 

pmsl. sorry about that. mine only needed a broken long stud replacing & i kinda got carried away

 

cheers. there probably gonna be a silvery grey but saying that they probably wont stay that colour either. some people change there wheels regularly to get a different look, but as i love my rl7's so i'll just change the colour. i rekon they'll even be gold at some point

 

Is alrite. lol. Cnt wait to see it finished. Keep up the gud work.

 

cheer's for that. really lookin forward to getting the baby seat in the saph..

yea gonna order one soon.. lol