Turbo 2000 refresh
22 May 2010, 03:41 PM
#182
Yup 
In between housey jobs, and my Fiesta I've managed to paint a few more things.....
Door in primer
guide coated
Bumper in primer
and in blue, doors can be seen in the background. Scuse crappy pic they'd just been painted and the blue dust is still in the air lol
A few randoms whilst she was outside pics......
In between housey jobs, and my Fiesta I've managed to paint a few more things.....
Door in primer
guide coated
Bumper in primer
and in blue, doors can be seen in the background. Scuse crappy pic they'd just been painted and the blue dust is still in the air lol
A few randoms whilst she was outside pics......
24 May 2010, 02:19 PM
#186
Put the doors back on this morning.......
And then my unique bumper........
The little bits under the indicators still need painting black.....
Just my spoiler, grill and bonnet vents to paint then its leave the paint a couple of weeks before colour sanding
Then I can the rest of the trim back on and get her MOT'd
Last edited by BLU; 24 May 2010 at 03:21 PM.
26 May 2010, 02:26 PM
#191
Had a little pop at colour sanding today,
First with 1000 grit, followed by 1200 grit which looks like this
.....
Then 1500 and 2000 grit, T-cut, AG paint restorer and AG SR polish it looks like this
Not too bad for by hand, not perfect but I'm made up for my first proper attempt at spraying for 15 odd years.
Gonna treat myself to a machine polisher me thinks speed the process up a little though!!
First with 1000 grit, followed by 1200 grit which looks like this
.....Then 1500 and 2000 grit, T-cut, AG paint restorer and AG SR polish it looks like this
Not too bad for by hand, not perfect but I'm made up for my first proper attempt at spraying for 15 odd years.
Gonna treat myself to a machine polisher me thinks speed the process up a little though!!
26 May 2010, 03:40 PM
#193
Nice work. especially by hand.1
If you're going for a mchine polisher treat yourself to a Kestral da and some Menzerna intensive polish. No need then for t cut, ag paint restorer and ag srp.
Polished Bliss is a good place to get the Kestral and Menz from
If you were closer you could just borrow mine. I'm not really detailing anymore so the kit is just sitting there most of the time.
If you're going for a mchine polisher treat yourself to a Kestral da and some Menzerna intensive polish. No need then for t cut, ag paint restorer and ag srp.
Polished Bliss is a good place to get the Kestral and Menz from
If you were closer you could just borrow mine. I'm not really detailing anymore so the kit is just sitting there most of the time.
05 June 2010, 04:37 PM
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08 June 2010, 07:46 PM
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Hey
Fella great build really like this nice color aswell, polishing by hand looks great but get a decent machine and a really good non burn real wool pad much nicer to work with than the foam ones too (IMHO),
keep up the great work Alex
Fella great build really like this nice color aswell, polishing by hand looks great but get a decent machine and a really good non burn real wool pad much nicer to work with than the foam ones too (IMHO),
keep up the great work Alex
09 June 2010, 02:36 PM
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Did you sand before lacquering? Then lacquer over the top or how did you do it?
also- how did you get the roof sprayed properly without taking the windscreen off?
I'm hoping to take on something like this myself this year - just trying to get it all clear in my head before I make a **** of it! Lol.
also- how did you get the roof sprayed properly without taking the windscreen off?
I'm hoping to take on something like this myself this year - just trying to get it all clear in my head before I make a **** of it! Lol.
11 June 2010, 04:21 PM
#200
Did you sand before lacquering? Then lacquer over the top or how did you do it?
also- how did you get the roof sprayed properly without taking the windscreen off?
I'm hoping to take on something like this myself this year - just trying to get it all clear in my head before I make a **** of it! Lol.
also- how did you get the roof sprayed properly without taking the windscreen off?
I'm hoping to take on something like this myself this year - just trying to get it all clear in my head before I make a **** of it! Lol.
HTH
Have been busy the past couple of days and am in the throws of putting her back together. Will hopefully update with piccys later
Last edited by BLU; 11 June 2010 at 04:22 PM. Reason: fatfingeritis (again :-( lol)
12 June 2010, 01:41 PM
#204
Well I bought this off eBay along with some G3 compound and set to work.
Took me two solid days of wet sanding and machine polishing to get the whole car done. Still needs some work but this can be done at a later date as I want the car on the road and its more than shiney enough for now!!
Re-located washer jets
New bargain RB5 interior
Got some similar material to trim my original pre-facelift door panels as the RB5 has facelift panels and I didnt want to change the panels and switches etc........
How shes looking atm.......
Really pleased do far, lowering and loads of little niggly jobs to do then I can book her in for MOT soon
Took me two solid days of wet sanding and machine polishing to get the whole car done. Still needs some work but this can be done at a later date as I want the car on the road and its more than shiney enough for now!!
Re-located washer jets
New bargain RB5 interior
Got some similar material to trim my original pre-facelift door panels as the RB5 has facelift panels and I didnt want to change the panels and switches etc........
How shes looking atm.......
Really pleased do far, lowering and loads of little niggly jobs to do then I can book her in for MOT soon
