Looking good! I'm currently preparing mine for a respray but i have no equipment to spray it with so i wont be doing that myself

How did you go about getting the rite shape for the filler on the rear bumper for the toeing eye ? Mines pretty close i just cant get it perfect!

Any tips?

Cheers

Dale.

Edited 4 June, 201016 yr by Dexy_

Looks good mate i also want to give this ago myself, will be keeping a close eye on this topic. By the way how much did all your equipment cost?

thank you all for you kind comments

dude, before you spray you wanna filler that line behind the lights bt other than that looks fecking mint! )) this is what i will be doing to mine all myself, nice one keep it up

cheers i did do them actuly but they cracked and really needs a plate welded over to get rid of the shaped part if you get me

Looking good! I'm currently preparing mine for a respray but i have no equipment to spray it with so i wont be doing that myself

How did you go about getting the rite shape for the filler on the rear bumper for the toeing eye ? Mines pretty close i just cant get it perfect!

Any tips?

Cheers

Dale.

thanks....if mine comes out good i might advertise to do other peoples cars???

right i used plastic shaped to the right curve then fimer glass and filler and then some stopper which is fine filler...then just keep repeating filler and stooper unitil its right shape ..oh and use some form of block when sanding

hope that helps

Looks good mate i also want to give this ago myself, will be keeping a close eye on this topic. By the way how much did all your equipment cost?

thank you very much

do it ...I'm finding it really easy so far

well gun, air line, compressor and other bits and bobs were £170

primer, paint , pannel wipe, aintiboom , thinner , and other bits and bobs was £130

so really only £300

jamie

hi guys

Spent all day today working on the polo maneged to get 5 coats of candy white and 1 coat of thinners..

Considering it was my first time spraying i think it went very well not event a run in sight and pretty good finish

not that shinney yet though needs colour sanding,cutting back and polishing

pics

Comments welcome

thanks

jamie

Edited 8 November, 201015 yr by jamiet2

Thumbs up pal

u get any bits land on the paint?

Thumbs up pal

u get any bits land on the paint?

thanks

yeah think there one or two flys on it colour sanding should sort them out

jamie

thats looking seriously good for a first time. fancy doing a few jobs on mine in the summer haha?

thats looking seriously good for a first time. fancy doing a few jobs on mine in the summer haha?

thank you very much

ha may well do might have a few jobs lined up already anyway lol Pm me

jamie

Edited 6 June, 201016 yr by jamiet2

bloody flies!

looks nice and fresh

what plans you got for it now mate

bloody flies!

looks nice and fresh

what plans you got for it now mate

haha yeah well shame i had to do it out side lol:D

yep not bright white though bit cream

well need to paint the bumpers mirrors and door handles then a good sand and polish the whole car

getting a mate who works at i.c.e to put my headunit in and help vinyl my roof gloss black

and then put it all back together been colecting bits for it lol

and thats about it for now

thanks

jamie

what wheels you got planned for it?

what wheels you got planned for it?

for now just the standard 16v wheels i referbed in black unitll i can afford something with some dish

jamie

hi guys i haven't updated this in wihile so though i would befor i go on holiday:D

Ended up wet sanding it a few times from 800-1500 to get it perfectly flat with no orange peel and had to get a mop and cutting compound ....................its now like glass but has fine swirl marks soo will need going over with a finishing polish and pad

pics dont help though not the best quality :) also the bonnet and roof haven't been polished yet as it has taken alot longer that i though......

oh and also am in the middle of doing this for a mate it a hardtop for a mitsubishi warrier was all craked and it needs to be silver

stopper used and then grey primer now needs flatting

thanks comments welcome

jamie

Edited 6 July, 201016 yr by jamiet2

Mate that is sick! Really clean job, looks great

Looking good mate, cant wait till its all done

wish I had the time money and space to do this

Thats fucking amazing since it was done outside

I get fucked off when you get bits in the booth, id simply just roll into a ball and cry if i was attempting to do it outside haha

No problems with dust?

Wind?

That is really good

Did you use rattle cans or a paint gun??

Mate that is sick! Really clean job, looks great

Looking good mate, cant wait till its all done

wish I had the time money and space to do this

thanks guys ...didnt cost much to do actuly ..but you need allot of time and its at my nans house lol:D

Thats fucking amazing since it was done outside

I get fucked off when you get bits in the booth, id simply just roll into a ball and cry if i was attempting to do it outside haha

No problems with dust?

Wind?

thanks alot...i had no probs atall a few bugs landed in it but after wetsanding they were gone and no dust or wind problems considering all the trees nearby

That is really good

Did you use rattle cans or a paint gun??

nah proper gun and compressor (if you look in the first pic you can see the gun hanging up lol )

jamie

Edited 6 July, 201016 yr by jamiet2

hiya guys

Not an update on car as such I'm still polishing it but on the warrier hardtop i have been spraying for a mate

After 3 coats of warm silver (silver is a hard color to spray due to the flake)

After laquer

Then wet sanded and polished up

End result and one very happy customer !!

thanks jamie

Edited 6 October, 201015 yr by jamiet2

UPDATE.....

finaly fitted the rear lights and the bumper

thanks jamie

Edited 6 October, 201015 yr by jamiet2

that is awesome, top job :)

Wow great work mate cant believe you did all this yourself did you use a compressor and gun? you got a shortened summary list of bullet points to get to your final result would be great as I've done some work myself but no where near your perfection lol

Top marks fella, big respect for doing it your self! Cant wait to see the finished car!

hiya guys thanks alot for the kind comments

as for the list :

• Brought a cheep 50ltr compressor and gun
• Paint is 1k mac5 basicly the new celly and only need a repserator no an ait fed mask
• I think i used 2lr of primer and 2.5 of paint or 50/50 with thinners
• Sprayed 5 coats in total and then a coat of neat thinners to smooth it out
• At with stage it was far from perfect and very orange peely
• So wet sannded it verry carfully with 1000-1200 ideally could have done with some 2000 (i did go though to primer in a few places but touched them up)
• Then i brought a machine rottary pollisher or mop and using farecla g3 compound and compounding pad polished it up (note i still need to use a finishing polish to refine the finish and get more shine prob use g10 ) and then will wax it with a good quality paste wax to protect it ....its not perfect but good enough for me

hope that helps any thing else just ask :)

thanks jamie

Edited 15 August, 201016 yr by jamiet2

hiya guys

the black vinyl for the roof arrived this morning

I'm not sure wether to do Black Mirrors though :/ ..what do you think ??

jamie :)