Ok so just spent an hour doing a write up and my laptop crashed..
ok so heres another update, something a bit more substantial. a few peeps saw on facebook but thought id do a write up and post some more pics
So i asked my manager if i could respray my car a few weeks back and he was cool with it, planned it for the weekend just gone
Before hand the car was sat on three different wheels and an axle stand on the road with different coloured body panels looking like an absolute heap
i sold my bbs ra's and traveled all the way to Sheffield to sleep in a very small room, meet some like minded peeps and buy mr mirfins very retro looking compomotive wheels
recently got tyres for them, decided on 195/45 r14 toyo t1rs
wheels
20mm spacers on the rear, non on he front, fitment is perfect! so whacked them on a drove it to work friday morning. finished work at half four and cracked on with the almighty task ahead. my mate dan dino helped me with the stripping and fitting. we both work together and did our apprenticeships at scothalls bmw and then at the same time both got jobs at snows
so anyway the plan went well, dan strip everything off the car whilst i prep and prime all the removable panels. dan did an awesome job and by 3 am the car was completely gutted i had all the panels in high build too
the windows came out with intact seals a treat! though we did have a helping hand from the 70 degree oven. to panels were atrocious, they were rust free, but the bonnet had red oxide primer on it, orbi sanded it off which took forever!! then blocked the absolute shite out of everything apart from the tailgate, wanted to get them all true and straight as well as uncover any dents. being a painter ive only ever filled small dents, was a bit out of my league here. when sanding one of the doors i uncovered a nasty repair that i had to re do, as a bit worried about this but came out lovely. getting my feel in my right hand now
must be less wanking or something
finished the day at three in the morning, managed to get two hours kip and then back on it for another 16 hours on saturday.. after working 20 hours on friday.. i wasn't as full of enthusiasm as friday and very tired very tired... but cracked on. saturday we got everything painted, got most of the dents repaired on the shell (didnt have enough time to do everything) found a few bits of rust/rot. a ground it down to clean metal and sealed it completely in with paint. so no more moisture or oxygen means no more rust
well i hope! the shell was really nice!
worked till 1 in the morning bleurgh. painting a shell was hard, all the contours and shuts on top of the flat panels makes it hard to lay the clear on without getting a run in a place you dont want it, like where you cant flat it out
I only got the chance to polish the roof, but to be hounest, thats all it needed! the gun finish was epic! such and awesome finish, i used solvent base coat and it flashes of alot faster meaning less chance of getting dirt in the paint.
sunday start at 8, and finished fitting it all up by 6. i let dan do all the fitting as he is so dam good at it, absolute perfectionist. got all my seals and panels to fit so perfectly! i was so amazed at what he did, cant thank him enough!
so we smashed out a £2500 doors of windows out 4 panel colour change respray in 3 days
cost me £70 haha and paint dans vespa frame
awesome!
things to do in the near future
new gasket for the aerial
harder springs to go lower
also set my ride heights again as they were way out
refurb wheels
new sunroof seal and paint my non rotten sunroof
new dealer plates
enough talk and onto lots of pics
these were all taken with my phone so not the best quality, by the time i got home it was dark
went for a little cruise
will get some good pics with the slr next weekend
thanks for reading
Taylor