both in a way mate if a solid colour like this blue being used then its done to shine but if a 2 coat paint ie clear coat lacquer top coat is needed then you can flat out any imprefections then clear coat but not buffing the base coat or the clear coat wont key, once clear is dry then wet sand (flatting) out any runs, blemish's etc then buff to finish hope that make some kind of sense

 

hi mate lookinh good get it finished !!!!!!!!! carnt wait to see it at a meeting .... hehehehehe

 

How awsome is this thread. Well done that man, wish i had the guts to paint my car in my garage

 

That is some seriously nice finishing work mate!!! Loving the attention to detail. Well done that man!!!

Trav

 

1st Aug is marked on my calender and it will be there. I'll pop it down when its finished though

Cheers guys

Couple of snaps from Sat when i got it out of the garage to give it a little 'dusting' off

Small vents painted and fitted and mirrors painted the same grey I'm doing my wheels.




The grille is now painted and fitted and I'm half way through lowering it. Had a disaster with my boot spoiler as it has reacted really bad so needs flatting back and re-painting. Fortunately it was only at primer stage!!

More pics tomorrow.

 

Very Nice

 

looking sweet

 

Awesome, buuuuuuut why didn't u colour code the door handles?

 

Cheers The reason I didn't cc the door handles is because I thought there would be too much blue so I left them black to break it up a bit.

 

Update, after spending £35 on clips at silverstone autosports (top dealership and staff ) I could finally fit my p/s trim



Fitted my grille, and painted the small parts under the indicators black again.
Lowered her 35mm on Apex springs (cheap and cheerful for now ) hopefully will settle a bit more once I start using her again.




Trimmed up my p/s door panel



And flatted off my boot spoiler and re-primed (correctly) this time



More soon..........

 

Looking good.

Glad im not the only one with a number plate wall.

 

Excellent

What alloys are those?

 

Cheers
Got to have a number plate wall they're innovite redlines (pro-drive replicas) soon to be gunmetal grey!

 

Boot spoiler now painted and fitted

Who needs a 3rd brake light in it !!

Looks soooo much better with it on imho!

 

WOW Excellent

Looks really nice with spoiler on

 

looks good.. but.. why such colour?

 

Cheers
Because I could

Seriously though I wanted to keep it blue but also wanted to be different to all the other blue Scoobies and this colour was the result!!

 

looking great, but missing a v5 grille imo........

 

looking good la

 

looking really great there mate.

 

looks well , love the colour , bet your proud i know i would be , well done

 

cracking...now get the rims painted so we can see the finished article

 

I love the gold ones on the car, tempted to get something similar for mine

 

I like the V5 grille but not with the pre-facelift bumper so my V3 grille stays

Cheers, yeah I'm really made up with how its turned out, its not perfect, but that doesn't matter and lots of lessons learnt for the next project



wheels have gone from



to



to



They tie in with my mirrors and nearly completed fog covers

Taster pic



and my new North Wales and Chester scoobies sticker

 

nice attention to detail with the centre caps...think I can see where you are going with the foglamp covers, it's gonna look good

sort those scruffy looking callipers out though ffs

 

niiice colour on the wheels.. can u tell me what colour nubmer it is?

 

Nothing to shout about my brakes so they'll be painted black for now. I'll paint my new brakes (four pots) brighter when I get them

Sticking with the Ford colour theme they're painted Ford polaris grey

 

good move, nice and subtle

 

i can see the best bit !!!!!!!!!!!!heheheh

 

Right, I've pretty much finished the exterior now, I've added a little twist based on my user name for the decals on the fog covers as I didn't want to go down the usual STi route Masking tape was applied to the covers (as I had done on my centre caps), cut out by hand and painted then laquered over so that the blue was a pefect match



Painted the other two wheels too and my brakes black



Anyway I bring you on to the finished article.....







For all those who haven't read through the entire thread, this is what has been done bodywork wise

Bodykit removed and all holes welded and smoothed over,
Headlamp washers jet removed, holes plastic welded and smoothed,
Front bumper extended at the bottom by approx 2" to cover bottom of the intercooler,
Windscreen washer jets removed, holes welded, smoothed and jets relocated to scuttle panel,
A pillar aerial removed, hole welded and smoothed,
Boot lock removed hole welded and smoothed,
Mid level boot spoiler fitted and 3rd brakelight removed and smoothed,
Rear numberplate recess shortened and led no plate lamp fitted.

Re-spray in Ford electric blue with Ford polaris grey wheels, mirrors and fog covers.

ALL work was carried out by myself in my garage at home.


Hope you all like c&cs welcome