Not Looking Too Bad...

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i have managed to get my rallye arches fitted today, i resorted to screwing them on in the end after buying the sh*ttest poly adheisive in the world that even after 24hrs still was not dry.

 

anyway i think it looks rather good considering its only £40 worth of paint and some graft. just excuse the groove on the rear quarter (which was full of filler along with the badge indents) i will sort these when i get round to a full stripped respray.

 

 

 

 

 

considering it looked like this:

 

 

just got the driver side to do now

[damien 22 1 Cars]

that dont look half bad.

not a fan of matt black myself but youve done a good job

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Not bad! Matt black doesn't look to shabby.

 

What happened with rear trim line? Someone give you a parking nudge

 

There's a bloke who sprayed his escort van red with rattle cans, didn't think it'd amount to much but looks stunning. Took him 4 months of prepping and spraying, used to see him walking to school everyday.

[Jrod 7]

Personally I'd of spent time sorting the trim line before painting.

Paint is 99% prep 1% paint in my opinion.

 

The bonnet was painted with rattle cans but you'd never know.

[steve@cornwall 100]

Personally I'd of spent time sorting the trim line before painting.

Paint is 99% prep 1% paint in my opinion.

 

 

 

40% prep, 5% paint, 55% compound and polish

 

Edited April 23, 2010 by steve@cornwall

[DaveW 6]

Is that the car you painted with cans steve?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Personally I'd of spent time sorting the trim line before painting.

Paint is 99% prep 1% paint in my opinion.

 

The bonnet was painted with rattle cans but you'd never know.

 

yeah but the aim was only to get it uniform, until i get a bigger garage then it will be stripped dipped and sprayed proper

 

plus I'm in a rush to get it back on the road

 

Cheers for the comments tho

[steve@cornwall 100]

Is that the car you painted with cans steve?

 

It is - Was a bit pink when I pulled it back out of the garage a short while ago after a couple of years laid up, but a little t-cut and it's red and shiny again

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

couple more today, got the screen back in, fitted the wipers (nice to have two again) scuttle panel. also fitted some trim to the inside of the door cutouts as im fed up with keep cutting myself on it .

 

 

 

there aint alot of space between the front wheel and the arch (less than a finger width) i can see some trimming ahead.

 

made a start on the other side now:

 

 

 

also when i said the adheisive was sh*t i meant it, as today i shut the door and one of the rear badges i stuck on using it fell off??? its supposed to be for bodykits but cant hold a small plastic badge on.

 

and steve that looks a good job on that car, you do the whole lot with rattle cans?

[damien 22 1 Cars]

you should of sprayed the scuttle panel and wipers matt too

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

and the handles and the mirrors........

[muddatrucker 125]

I love matte black, stealth bomber. Some Tyre pen might look good too.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

I love matte black, stealth bomber. Some Tyre pen might look good too.

 

I am actually considering getting it done properly in matte black.

 

Rat look stylee

[steve@cornwall 100]

and steve that looks a good job on that car, you do the whole lot with rattle cans?

 

Oh, yes

some pics in link in my sig.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Oh, yes

some pics in link in my sig.

 

amazing what a good compound and polish will do i take it you used a machine? or you got arms like popeye.

 

shame you cant polish out matte black

[steve@cornwall 100]

amazing what a good compound and polish will do i take it you used a machine? or you got arms like popeye.

 

shame you cant polish out matte black

 

 

I got sore arms - panel at a time, it's quite hard work

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Not bad! How many layers did you do, how many cans did it take?

 

Cheers, Dave

[All Praise The GTI 3]

i love matt black and that looks great

only problem is it always looks dirty unless washed and rinsed really well

my black gti has a big patch of mising laquer on a rear quarter lets down rest of car so i was thinking of getting it done in matt lol

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Not bad! How many layers did you do, how many cans did it take?

 

Cheers, Dave

 

i used 10X500ml cans. probabally could have done with another couple on the larger areas like the bonnet, but it is only a temp measure anywho.

 

i have just done the drivers side today and the boot. and seeing as its masked up i'm gonna nip to halfords and get another can to put on it.

 

i got the paint originally off ebay iirc it was £35 for ten cans delivered. better than 6.99 a can from halfords and it was satin black not matte but i dont think there is much in it tbh.

 

i'll get some more pics up soon when everything gets re fitted.

[james_pug 26 1 Cars]

looking good, nearly there now then.

[lewthepimp 0]

did you laquer the car aswell?