This is in projects section but thought I'd share it here too.

I've spent the past 12 months+ getting my scooby resprayed.
I'll let the pics talk

Day before purchase and now





This is a list of the body mods

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

c&cs welcome
Full project thread https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...0-refresh.html

 

Nice attention to detail, and well done for doing all the work yourself but should have gone with black

 

1 year to spray a car , bet that cost you thousands.

 

Tell you what joking aside i must say you have made a dam good job of it , are you a sprayer by trade.

 

the wheels look great with the new colour mate

 

Looks sweet, modded but OEM style, the way i always try to do things, top job.

 

Cheers, blue is the new black
under £300 inc buying compressor

Cheers and no I'm a postie

Yeah, exactly the look I was trying to acheive. Cheers

 

Cracking job you've done there mate. Well Done

 

Some great, very subtle, touches amongst that lot. Bet you're glad it's done

It's a brave colour choice, I think that pastel colours suit smaller cars better, but it doesn't look bad at all on that. Just need a little bit of lowering next

 

Some great, very subtle, touches amongst that lot. Bet you're glad it's done

It's a brave colour choice, I think that pastel colours suit smaller cars better, but it doesn't look bad at all on that. Just need a little bit of lowering next

 

Now that is different! Like it though.

Reminds me of the light blue the Clio 182's came in. Glad you resisted the racing stripes though!

 

good job but sorry should have kept it an oem colour, looks a bit MAX POWER to me

 

I would have to agree with the above and i would also think you have lowered its value quite a bit as well, you still made a good job though mate. if you like the colour thats all that matters.

 

Cracking job youve done there mate

 

its good as it doesnt just blend in, if you wanna be noticed its job done mate! your takin pride in your whip and it shows it!

 

youve done a really good job but the car was my ideal colour with ideal spoiler and good wheels before hand.

 

really impressed with the work to the car - smoothing out everything, bumper extension etc.

would have sprayed it a different colour though

 

nice work blu-scoob!!

 

Kudos to you doing the work yourself, the colours never going to be everyones taste but who cares eh, very nice subtle touches mate.

 

Good job on the home spraying. Just needs front carbon splitter to finish it off and maybe a small discreet sticker of 2

 

v good job mate

wiley

 

brave colour but i do like it, think it looks loads better than b4, twas a bit boring
well done!!!

 

Nice mix of responses there guys, cheers
Must admit the colour is a bit marmite, I think I've acheived my aim of having a blue Scoobie thats just that little different to all the others out there. Its not as pastely as the pics would have you think, infact its quite a bright colour in the flesh. As for value, I'm not at all bothered as I won't be selling it

 

Very nice spray job. How did you manage with building up layers of paint & how many coats did you need?

 

Thought I recognised the colour,the evo6 had a simlar colour Reims Blue,still looks top on a scoobie.....

 

Oh no MX5 Smurf blue

seriously though looks like a very good finish. Well done

 

liking the contrasting wing mirrors. nice touch. are they the same colour as the alloys? oh and those alloys look much better as well, dont think you would of pulled the look off with the old wheels.

 

1 coat of barcoat, 3 of filler primer and 3 of topcoat. Everything went ok except the boot spoiler which I put the primer on too thick and it reacted doh

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Originally Posted by More_Boost

Thought I recognised the colour,the evo6 had a simlar colour Reims Blue, but looks better on a scoobie.....

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Originally Posted by geesta

Oh no MX5 Smurf blue

seriously though looks like a very good finish. Well done

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Originally Posted by my06 ppp silver

liking the contrasting wing mirrors. nice touch. are they the same colour as the alloys? oh and those alloys look much better as well, dont think you would of pulled the look off with the old wheels.

Cheers , yeah the grey on the mirrors is the same as on the wheels and fog covers!

 

Looks great, especially as its not some tuner replica. LOL

 

Just read the build thread and gotta say it was very enjoyable reading mate,

How much work it involved in rolling the arches mate? what tools, sealant, finishing etc is needed?