F888TEV Underside and bay paint/resto (New carbon fiber door card inserts)
10-07-2009, 08:38 PM
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Depends what you want from it Jay.
If you want a show car that you will spend more time polishing than driving, then wait for some more money to come in and get a top notch paint job done,or:
Give it a paint job in your garage, and then drive it how you want to.Er, to a degree
I reckon you could turn out a decent respray yourself,then get out and use it. You know you want to
If you want a show car that you will spend more time polishing than driving, then wait for some more money to come in and get a top notch paint job done,or:
Give it a paint job in your garage, and then drive it how you want to.Er, to a degree
I reckon you could turn out a decent respray yourself,then get out and use it. You know you want to
thats what i was thinking as soon as i spend big money on a paint job the car will stay in the garage n only come out for shows, thats not what i bought it for,
any1 else??
11-07-2009, 09:54 AM
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What id say is bolt it all back together polish it up and use it as is if you decide after driveing it for abit you really cant live with the paint its easy enough to rub it down and blow it over your probably talking a weekends work to rub it down and paint it then leave it in the garage through the week to harden and your away again.
11-07-2009, 01:26 PM
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What id say is bolt it all back together polish it up and use it as is if you decide after driveing it for abit you really cant live with the paint its easy enough to rub it down and blow it over your probably talking a weekends work to rub it down and paint it then leave it in the garage through the week to harden and your away again.
yer thats what im thinking,
11-07-2009, 04:33 PM
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What id say is bolt it all back together polish it up and use it as is if you decide after driveing it for abit you really cant live with the paint its easy enough to rub it down and blow it over your probably talking a weekends work to rub it down and paint it then leave it in the garage through the week to harden and your away again.
Yeah, what he said ^^
You know it`s all protected underneath etc. so there`s no rush.
I`d wait till you get back from the ring then think about it, I doubt you`d enjoy the ring that much with thousands of pounds painted on it recently.
Also I`ve been well impressed with the painting you`ve done at home and you seem to have a never ending pot of moonstone.
11-07-2009, 05:52 PM
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Yeah, what he said ^^
You know it`s all protected underneath etc. so there`s no rush.
I`d wait till you get back from the ring then think about it, I doubt you`d enjoy the ring that much with thousands of pounds painted on it recently.
Also I`ve been well impressed with the painting you`ve done at home and you seem to have a never ending pot of moonstone.
You know it`s all protected underneath etc. so there`s no rush.
I`d wait till you get back from the ring then think about it, I doubt you`d enjoy the ring that much with thousands of pounds painted on it recently.
Also I`ve been well impressed with the painting you`ve done at home and you seem to have a never ending pot of moonstone.
you pipe down haha
That never ending pot of moonstone has turend out to be completly the wrong shade of moonstone,
its always looked slightly darker but since painting the bumper its really shown up how off it is,
11-07-2009, 06:40 PM
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Right guys i need yuor opinions.............
Ive been working on the car tonight, and ive come to the conclusion that im really not that happy wwith the car,
After all the hard work thats been done theirs 1 thing thats really letting the car down, its the paint work its never been the best paint job, but after putting new freshly painted part back on it, it really shows up how tatty the car really is, now these r my options......................
1. stop the resto completly save a large sum of cash n send the car off to blue oval garage,
2 just carry on bolting the car back together, drive it like i stole it, enjoy the hard work including going to the ring, then worry about things when my tired lump expires,
or
3 give the car a lick of paint in my garage, it wont b the best job but it will really tidy the car up, but i stand the chance of missing going to the ring in october
all opinions welcome?
Ive been working on the car tonight, and ive come to the conclusion that im really not that happy wwith the car,
After all the hard work thats been done theirs 1 thing thats really letting the car down, its the paint work its never been the best paint job, but after putting new freshly painted part back on it, it really shows up how tatty the car really is, now these r my options......................
1. stop the resto completly save a large sum of cash n send the car off to blue oval garage,
2 just carry on bolting the car back together, drive it like i stole it, enjoy the hard work including going to the ring, then worry about things when my tired lump expires,
or
3 give the car a lick of paint in my garage, it wont b the best job but it will really tidy the car up, but i stand the chance of missing going to the ring in october
all opinions welcome?
As per the guys above, if you mint it all up you'll never drive it
Not that you do much anyway
12-07-2009, 01:15 AM
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It`ll fade to the same colour as the rest in about ten years or so. Erm, if it comes out of the garage that is.
[ A.D. realises he`s just left himself open to comments about when his car will come out of the garage and promptly shuts the F.U.]
Hows the finish on the bumper, and would you be satisfied with that on the rest?
12-07-2009, 01:20 AM
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You worry too much J.
It`ll fade to the same colour as the rest in about ten years or so. Erm, if it comes out of the garage that is.
[ A.D. realises he`s just left himself open to comments about when his car will come out of the garage and promptly shuts the F.U.]
Hows the finish on the bumper, and would you be satisfied with that on the rest?
It`ll fade to the same colour as the rest in about ten years or so. Erm, if it comes out of the garage that is.
[ A.D. realises he`s just left himself open to comments about when his car will come out of the garage and promptly shuts the F.U.]
Hows the finish on the bumper, and would you be satisfied with that on the rest?
as for it fading trust me no amount of fade will fix this, wait till you see it,
haha mate can you actually remwember what its like to drive your car,
?
02-08-2009, 11:02 AM
#376
up-date time
Ok guys its time fot a little update,
its been a slow but productve couple of weeks, just a case of tidying loads of shitty jobs up that need finishing off before the engine can go back in, first off the interiour went in,
(roll cage now bolted in)
I wanted to Relace the carpet while doing this resto as mine is just diry and i managed to burn a hole in it with a slodering iron but after thinking about it i decided its not worth it
9and the fact i needed to cut the carpet for the cage)
Next up was the arch liners
What a mission to clean these up, its amazing what 20yrs on the road does to plasic, but thanks to simon,a brick load of pannel wipe and a heat gunthey came up a treat
After struggling with paint re-acting on platic the liners was plastic primerd then painted in a simple dull bumper paint
job done a little excessive but all good
And finallly all the painting has now been finished, im sick of flattin,cleaning,mopping etc.
Primer (acid etch, high build primer)
Tank
My air box that was mint but had to be painted
And the finished articals with a couple of other bits that needed re-painting due to the most shocking colour match
so what do you think??
more pics to follow
cheers jay
its been a slow but productve couple of weeks, just a case of tidying loads of shitty jobs up that need finishing off before the engine can go back in, first off the interiour went in,
(roll cage now bolted in)
I wanted to Relace the carpet while doing this resto as mine is just diry and i managed to burn a hole in it with a slodering iron
but after thinking about it i decided its not worth it 9and the fact i needed to cut the carpet for the cage)
Next up was the arch liners
What a mission to clean these up, its amazing what 20yrs on the road does to plasic, but thanks to simon,a brick load of pannel wipe and a heat gunthey came up a treat
After struggling with paint re-acting on platic the liners was plastic primerd then painted in a simple dull bumper paint
job done a little excessive but all good
And finallly all the painting has now been finished, im sick of flattin,cleaning,mopping etc.
Primer (acid etch, high build primer)
Tank
My air box that was mint but had to be painted
And the finished articals with a couple of other bits that needed re-painting due to the most shocking colour match
so what do you think??
more pics to follow
cheers jay
02-08-2009, 11:12 AM
#377
Nearly for got the bumpers been re-painted as wll
Ive also started fitting the hydrolic clutch
And the underside of the bonnet has been given a good lick of paint after it looked like crap
Looks like the bonnet usd to be on a white saph
Anyway a session with some scotch bright to key it up
its been high build primerd an painted, pics to follow
Ive also started fitting the hydrolic clutch
And the underside of the bonnet has been given a good lick of paint after it looked like crap
Looks like the bonnet usd to be on a white saph
Anyway a session with some scotch bright to key it up
its been high build primerd an painted, pics to follow
02-08-2009, 09:27 PM
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Give me a "J" , J
what have you got ? erm, Hows it going J?
Anywho, I`m a bit drunk again and I just replied to someones thread about the last episode of topgear especially the last bit and I`m a bit scared to go and see what replies there were about what I put but heyho it needed saying.
Right, first of all you`ve decided to paint your shitguards.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
Secondly, you`ve painted your airbox,
again,
which was mint before you painted it the first time.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
I could go on but more importantly, I spoke to Mister C earlier on the phone and he was getting picked up by an AA truck on the way back from Santa Pod. So did he get home? god knows, it sounded like he`s got more power than clutch but hopefully he`s alright. Anyway if you keep painting things to too high a standard I`ll stop making you coffee.
Apart from that, keep up the good work. Oh yeah, we have some half decent jumps over at Barwell now but probably not as good as those by the M69 island. So get the Orange sorted.
what have you got ? erm, Hows it going J?
Anywho, I`m a bit drunk again and I just replied to someones thread about the last episode of topgear especially the last bit and I`m a bit scared to go and see what replies there were about what I put but heyho it needed saying.
Right, first of all you`ve decided to paint your shitguards.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
Secondly, you`ve painted your airbox,
again,
which was mint before you painted it the first time.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
I could go on but more importantly, I spoke to Mister C earlier on the phone and he was getting picked up by an AA truck on the way back from Santa Pod. So did he get home? god knows, it sounded like he`s got more power than clutch but hopefully he`s alright. Anyway if you keep painting things to too high a standard I`ll stop making you coffee.
Apart from that, keep up the good work. Oh yeah, we have some half decent jumps over at Barwell now but probably not as good as those by the M69 island. So get the Orange sorted.
02-08-2009, 09:54 PM
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Give me a "J" , J
what have you got ? erm, Hows it going J?
Anywho, I`m a bit drunk again and I just replied to someones thread about the last episode of topgear especially the last bit and I`m a bit scared to go and see what replies there were about what I put but heyho it needed saying.
Right, first of all you`ve decided to paint your shitguards.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
Secondly, you`ve painted your airbox,
again,
which was mint before you painted it the first time.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
I could go on but more importantly, I spoke to Mister C earlier on the phone and he was getting picked up by an AA truck on the way back from Santa Pod. So did he get home? god knows, it sounded like he`s got more power than clutch but hopefully he`s alright. Anyway if you keep painting things to too high a standard I`ll stop making you coffee.
Apart from that, keep up the good work. Oh yeah, we have some half decent jumps over at Barwell now but probably not as good as those by the M69 island. So get the Orange sorted.
what have you got ? erm, Hows it going J?
Anywho, I`m a bit drunk again and I just replied to someones thread about the last episode of topgear especially the last bit and I`m a bit scared to go and see what replies there were about what I put but heyho it needed saying.
Right, first of all you`ve decided to paint your shitguards.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
Secondly, you`ve painted your airbox,
again,
which was mint before you painted it the first time.
Where`s the OMG I`ve got too much time on my hands smiley?
I could go on but more importantly, I spoke to Mister C earlier on the phone and he was getting picked up by an AA truck on the way back from Santa Pod. So did he get home? god knows, it sounded like he`s got more power than clutch but hopefully he`s alright. Anyway if you keep painting things to too high a standard I`ll stop making you coffee.
Apart from that, keep up the good work. Oh yeah, we have some half decent jumps over at Barwell now but probably not as good as those by the M69 island. So get the Orange sorted.
easy fella.
the paint results we r getting now rwicked, the air box was min until the paint cracked
how long before we r painting urs??
winner i have sorted the orange out i tink a little jump session is in order, next weekend any good for you??
as for mr c thats what you get for running a second hand clutch
thank you fella
03-08-2009, 05:27 PM
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Still looking good pal i like it how rich as skillfully managed to hind his face in all the pictures lol when you finishing that clutch off so the engine can go back in ?
04-08-2009, 02:03 AM
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plus half the timei havnt realised they have taken them of me
but i dont care anymore so they can take pics of me all they want, i think they each have a personal collection of me hidden somewhere becuase i am so good to them working on taxis all the time
05-08-2009, 10:33 PM
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Sad day
Really small update
its been a really sad day today, first off the engine has left the kitchen no more using it as a make shift coffee tabel, but the biggest shock of all is the fish washers has Gone Real no more late night cleaning sessions for me, altough i belive its gone to a good home
on a lighter note my re-con drive shafts turned up, an amazin service as the was only collectd yesterday, the look ok but not up to my bufty standards nothing a quick lick of paint wont sort,
will stick pics up tomorrow
its been a really sad day today, first off the engine has left the kitchen
no more using it as a make shift coffee tabel, but the biggest shock of all is the fish washers has Gone Real no more late night cleaning sessions for me, altough i belive its gone to a good homeon a lighter note my re-con drive shafts turned up, an amazin service as the was only collectd yesterday, the look ok but not up to my bufty standards nothing a quick lick of paint wont sort,
will stick pics up tomorrow
05-08-2009, 11:21 PM
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Really small update
its been a really sad day today, first off the engine has left the kitchen no more using it as a make shift coffee tabel, but the biggest shock of all is the fish washers has Gone Real no more late night cleaning sessions for me, altough i belive its gone to a good home
on a lighter note my re-con drive shafts turned up, an amazin service as the was only collectd yesterday, the look ok but not up to my bufty standards nothing a quick lick of paint wont sort,
will stick pics up tomorrow
its been a really sad day today, first off the engine has left the kitchen
no more using it as a make shift coffee tabel, but the biggest shock of all is the fish washers has Gone Real no more late night cleaning sessions for me, altough i belive its gone to a good homeon a lighter note my re-con drive shafts turned up, an amazin service as the was only collectd yesterday, the look ok but not up to my bufty standards nothing a quick lick of paint wont sort,
will stick pics up tomorrow
09-08-2009, 09:24 PM
#390
Been working on the car today, didnt really get to much done, cleand up a couple of bit's fitted the mirrors, painted the block bla bla bl
But the best thing today was screemin turning up with everything need for a amazin BBQ what a leg end,
so much of a legnd i will forgive him for doing this to the number plate on my van
Cheers fella
But the best thing today was screemin turning up with everything need for a amazin BBQ what a leg end,
so much of a legnd i will forgive him for doing this to the number plate on my van
Cheers fella
