[QUOTE=Jimbob;10510639]Should make my paint job look nice then


As above

Don`t think the car will have had paint this good even from new lol.[/Q

its all in the prep m8 good prep good top coat

 

Well that's an anti climax after the 'excitement' generated by your possible choices.

I have to say though you'd have to be nuttier than a squirrels poo to go for that horrid purple shade.

Boring but expected.

 

If I had not said last night to my mate, it would have been too late. So if you KNEW that much then buy a few Euro millions lottery ticket!!

I only decided after spending an hour looking through pictures that I preferred the blue, and that was 10pm last night lol.

 

The finish of the base/clear has more to do with the painter than anything else really as there is a fine line between dry/perfect and runs in the finish product although without good prep you are fighting a loosing battle.

Look forward to seeing the finish product.

 

Well I`m learning as I go, and I can`t wait either.

 

Yep, this is essential to make sure there are no ripples in the panels. using a flat block to sand will leave black in any low points.

Don't let them skimp on the flatting/ polishing stages either. Proper finishing is essential to get a flat, peel free finish that brings the flake out well amd really shines.

 

They've applied a grey high build primer and put a black guide coat on, they'll now flat it back, the guide coat will highlite any imperfections, so far so good...

 

Well it's good to have a few people who know about paint work and say its being done properly so far ;-)

 

Time will tell.

 

It will indeed Jarv

 

too true..

 

I want my car back

 

Jarv, I did say "so far" :-)

 

Oh Jarv, changed my mind with the colour as I couldn`t get it to settle in my mind, so instead of the Purple, I`m going Sonic Blue.

Should look VERY similar to this.

 

But with white wheels. Going to hopefully look smart jimbo.

 

Cheers Rich. I'm so glad I've gone for blue now, spent a few mins searching for sonic blue scooby's and I've no worries about it, so that's a better start. And as you said white wheels.

 

Looks good on that one in pic, which is pretty much how yours will stand.

 

Well its different to what it was, but a more traditional colour.
Just had a text saying its "Last chance what colour!" and I`ve replied "Sonic Blue 74F" and sent the pic from above.

 

Ive never had much luck with cars being painted so im hoping yours comes out awesome and love sonic blue

 

Hopefully I`ll be fine.


Anyways was asked which 74F I wanted?? I was like 74F, so he sent me this.



Said to go for the bottom one
I`m sure that it was painted the middle colour when I took the car there lol.

 

Didn't like to say... but, thank F*ck you didn't go purple.

 

Yep, well it just didn`t feel right.

Anyways she has colour now, I got the wrong pic above, same paint code but lighter, picked the car pic off my phone so screen showed the colour wrong lol.

Anyways here`s her as of half hour ago.
Pics aren`t great but my mate sent them to me off his phone.









Colour look familiar??


So basically I`ve gone around the houses via Guatemala, Timbuctoo, Tiperaree (its a long way), Outer Mongolia, and arrived back at where I originally started to put it in the same colour as it was but all over lmfao.
I don`t think I`m gonna live this down lmfao.

 

yes but its gona look like it should this time round. nice and shiney.

 

Yep much better than a Spec C

 

But I suppose you can aspire to own a Spec C, just wish hard enough and I am sure it will come true one day.

 

Lmfao, nah.
If it was a 22b or a Type R then yeah, not a fan of the new age.

I like the throttle being a cable my foot operates, the lightness of the car, the feel of the raw classic, the looks. You can`t get that from a newage.

But SERIOUSLY liking the Hatch Sti`s, they have grown a lot on me.

 

looking good there jb progress at last

 

Funny that I could have sworn that my car has a throttle cable, but as usual you must be right and it's a figment of my imagination.

As for raw, try driving a car with reinforced rigidity, no sound proofing and with a better drivetrain.

 

Yep CANNOT WAIT.

Atleast there is that.

And jealousy will get you no where Ty lol.

 

Last pics before she`s finished, after the pics I was sent I had to pop down to have a look.

These are as she came out of the booth, nothing done bar application of paint.