muz

Yeah, wheels are staying white. Conor gave them a good de-grease and jet wash while they were off the car and they've come up really well!



Well today me and Conor cracked on with 320 wet sanding the shell followed by a wet sand with 800 all by hand. Everyone is amazed at how flat and nice looking the panels have come out considering they are fibreglass. A combination of many, many hours by me in the workshop high building and wet sanding the shell and Marc laying a very high build primer had done wonders.







While we were blocking the shell off, Marc cracked on with painting the lower spoiler, bonnet and both bumpers.











The finish straight out of the gun is pretty good





Then it was off with the wheels so we can get paint properly on all the arch lips etc.







Tried on of Marcs 17x8 ET15 Comps.





And all masked up ready for paint first thing.





So should have a fully painted car by tomorrow night with the doors and tailgate following Friday.

RichieST

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Nice finish on that

Turbo Al

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was thinking the same myself, good work there

Brian

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Looking good mate


Brian

muz

A few teasers from the bodyshop.

RO13 rs cabriolet

looking nice now mate you chose the right colour aswell on my opinion top work

Twins

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Looks fantastic

drsrst2zvh

Looking good

Minirotty

rs_traynor

turbo m

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Very nice. white wheels will really suit it..

mk22door

Looks bloody good that.

muz

Cheers for the comments guys. For now, weve decided to run it with a plain front bumper (so no bottom splitter or hockey sticks) as I like the clean front end, ambers all round with RS500 fog grills and only the lower boot spoiler. The top spoiler has been painted, but I'm going to run it as a, sort of, wide arched Escort, rather than a Cosworth replica for now and see how I get on I think.

turbo m

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Ever thought about the std type escort rear spoiler? I call them the bomberang shape.As i have always fancied a zt powered mk5 with the cossie kit wheels etc etc in imperial blue with just the lx type spoiler.In my mind it looks good!!!!!

muz

escort1989uk

Looking lovely will look great once the panels ate on and lights are put on it

Deerhunter

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lovely this is going to be nice

muz

And a quick one I pulled off Marc's facebook with the bonnet on.

rs_traynor

looking great mate

muz

I'll start building it Monday night with any luck.

muz

More pics from Conor_rst who works at MP.

bailey1981

Cant wait to see it completed
this is 1 interesting thread & lots of usefull info about real &
replica bits

love them alloys too

RO13 rs cabriolet

looking very nice muz carnt wait to see the finished car keep the pics coming top work

MrCapriScort

Looks the part now it has been painted. Replica front bumper looks the bizz.

muz

Got a bit of it built up tonight. It's amazing how all the little details make the car look complete, like the bonnet washer jets, side repeaters etc. Still needs lots of tweeking, like front bumper adjusting properly, needs the indicator/fog sections cut out so the indicators fit in the bumper, rear bumper needs new holes drilled in the arch to pick the corners up etc, but it's getting there.
I went to the bodyshop this morning and flatted off the doors, tailgate, mirrors, whaletail and front grill ready for paint tomorrow. Should have them back by the weekend.

Trist

fresh white with fresh and standard colour lights ... PERFECT!!

J1mbo

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Nice work mate, I like the idea of escort rather than cossie rep, I personally would have done exactly what you are but with a rs2k bumper and rs500 splitter like mine, would look lush!

RichieST

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Looks the tits mate

colarado red

Awesome work,paintwork looks lush.

McGoo 69

i came online to see if its been painted yet and im glad i did, its looking awesome dude!

cannot wait to see it finished!

bailey1981

Any more pics ? Cant wait to see the finished product
it looks mint

Glenn_

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Wow it looks like a different car painted.

It's Czech Mate

I frikin love those wheels, this car will look soo good when you've finished, I really like all the choices uve made and attention to detail

muz

Cheers for the kind words lads. I get the bootlid, doors, front grill and whaletail tomorrow so it will look even better Tomoz

Twins

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Mark V8

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Looking very nice and shiney

Is the paint base coat and clear or straight white ?

muz

Just a straight White mate. Was a mates rates respray so was the cheapest way to do it. I wasn't expecting the finish to be as good as it's turned out an we haven't even mopped it yet.

muz

Another quick update. I got the tailgate and front grill back form the paintshop. The doors and whaletail wouldn't fit in the van so won't get those till about Thursday now. Anyway, got the tailgate to got the badges and spoiler all fitted up.

Small turbo badging of course as the car is a P plater and they are more subtle.

Lots of pictures.















and front grill with a new new Ford bage and its mesh back in





Tomorrows job will be the loom connections to accept all the MK5 lights and dash etc and setting all the bumpers and panels up properly as they are just thrown on at the moment.

jonfoc

Mate the car looks epic, I just find the wheels look too small. Any plans with them?

SMILER258

wow, that looks really good, like the choice of colour too