where are you from?

stoke on trent mate

Dude this is gonna be awesome... looking forward to seein it in the flesh!!!

Gotta get some pics of this an bluey together!!!

Safe

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Edited 10 February, 201115 yr by G40 AD

Yea man definately! hows you are 1.0.... coming on? :) with regards to that last pm, pm me you are number again and we'l sort something

spent 2 hours rubbing down and prepping the new white bonnet tonight that I had picked up last week. rubbed it down with 400 grit wet and dry and then 600 grit. then after a trip to halfords I rubbed it down with 1200 grit. then rubbed it down with a tac rag and began to mix the new paint I bought with thinners. my mate set it up in the gun and sprayed a test panel. looked sweet and matched the car exactly so then began to spray the bonnet, base coat, 2nd coat and third coat and then a fourth coat with a little more thinners in it to bring out the shine a bit more. pearlescent paint is a bastard to get right! but it looks sweet. pics tomorrow :)

bonnet underside prep

got loads of pictures on my phone on each coat but its playing up and wont upload em.

so i went back up today and took some photos with my camera now its dried. still couldnt get a great photo though.

Still needs laquering, that will be done tomorrow, then begin on stripping the rest of the car ready for paint. Today consisted of taking the front bumper off and snapping the bolt that holds the bumper on under the numberplate recess so i gave up and came home.

Edited 11 February, 201115 yr by robbodred

Another update......

Bonnet now laquered. Going to do another coat though as I'm not totally happy with it.

Placed it on top of the old one

Also began stripping more down

Next is............ back bumper off, lights out, strip strip strip and then prep for the full respray.

Dude, this has changed since i was last there! looks sick as fuck :) Might have to employ you to paint the gt when its done if you fancy some dollar from me.... and a hand sticking the valver in :grin: gonna take the engine out of the gt this week hopefully if you fancy lending a hand... ill make brews and food.

Oh, also chillin on wednesday remember if you can make it down

ahaha yeah man. wanna come down next time were painting? its fun! defo will need a hand with the engine conversion because as you know, i ont know alot about it haha.

Green light for wednesday mate, I'm defo up for it, probably get a taxi home at midnightish. Ill try get dan on it too. as for the helping hand, you know ill come do what i can, give me a night/day and ill come aslong as I'm not at work :)

Finally got the step by step pictures uploaded. so here you go

Paint

Pre paint

1st coat

2nd coat

3rd coat

Back

1st coat

2nd coat

3rd coat

Edited 16 February, 201115 yr by robbodred

Went up to the unit again tonight.

Carried on stripping down and prepping and priming

ahaha yeah man. wanna come down next time were painting? its fun! defo will need a hand with the engine conversion because as you know, i ont know alot about it haha.

Green light for wednesday mate, I'm defo up for it, probably get a taxi home at midnightish. Ill try get dan on it too. as for the helping hand, you know ill come do what i can, give me a night/day and ill come aslong as I'm not at work :)

First off, where were you on wednesday eh? :p i was such a mess, i still feel like shit now! econdly, ill try and make it down soon mate, engine and box are almost ready now, gonna pick up a subframe and some arb bar blocks this week, get me stainless mani, then start :) And if this conversion works, then i should be ready for yours, we'll have to see how it goes, haha

awesome stuff man... looking good!!! any more updates for us?

Salty I was waiting for a text/call about weds :( I thought it must of been called off. Let me know when u need help man

Ad, there will be more updates tomorrow as I'm going down to rub the whole car down

Upto 1200 grit paper and depending on how long that takes I might begin paint :)

decided to do a bit of welding on my dinner break today. Welded up my aeriel hole on the passenger wing

And welded up the holes on the tailgate to stick the polo badge into,

nice work robbo :) u going for anymore smoothing while your messing? rear badge, side repeaters?

no man, wanna keep the bodywork reasonably standard looking. i just think the aeriel and the boot badge holes look ugly as I'm debadging the rear.

Whats going on with you since we last spoke? u sold the 6n? you found a supercharged rocket yet?

greeen 16v hoses

no updates for a while, been working on my valver, but now its sold. Spent this evening putting the coupe back together as i need something to run around in, so I'm now insured on the 1.0l beast. Its looking very sorry for itself

Thought you were coming down dude? i wanna see the coupe!

hahaha a standard coupe with patches of white primer all over it and front g40 seats. hardly worth seeing! haha

oh and its more to insure than my valver

oh and its more to insure than my valver

Whhhhaaaaat!? how does that work?

not a clue man, cause its older they said. and cause its a boulevard?! confused me