Author Topic: Paint on wing to a-pillar edge + door post  (Read 19683 times)

Offline ajmoir36

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Snoops:
Some pictures for you as promised!

Boot Hook 1.


Boot Hook 2.


Inside Door/Wing Interface.


'A' Pillar



Mine is exactly the same as this.
Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
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Offline Snoopy

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A few more i noticed   :cry:
















Im really questioning if the paint on mine is really right  :sad: or substandard  :cry:

The problem is i still have not been able to get time off work!!!!  :angry:
As i had to use a weeks worth of this years holiday entitlement last year to try and sort the car order/delivery mess out back then, and we are so busy and run off our feet at work at the moment.

Times getting on and i have to work out if this is normal or not.  :undecided: :cry:
« Last Edit: 01 August 2010, 20:46 by Snoopy »
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Offline mike.

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 Mine looks the same. why would you want to paint in there anyway?
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Offline am1w

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Just checked mine. Seems quite well covered. However, the paint thickness is extremely thin in places and can be scratched off quite easily.
I've seen some metallic coloured cars where the covering is not as good as mine.
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Offline Snoopy

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Mine looks the same. why would you want to paint in there anyway?
Mike what colour is your car ?
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Offline mike.

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It's Red, took some pics for you..  :smiley:

Looks exactly the same, probably painted by the same robot. :laugh:




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Offline Snoopy

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Thank you, :smiley:
Mine does seem to really shows up alot in real life more than the photos because of the undercoat light colour compared to the dark blue.
The first photo i posted It was that first bolt of the wing that my eye court when checking the oil this morning then the inner wing and bonnet strut mount as theres little blue round it.  Yours does look similar a little pinkish were mines whitish.

Thank you for taking the time to take the photos its much apreciated.
Geoff.
« Last Edit: 01 August 2010, 18:01 by Snoopy »
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Offline Hartside

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The area behind the coolant bottle and battery box seem better covered on mine, with even a decent gloss lacquer finish on them. Bottom box section looks exactly the same:













Sorry, but it's hard to see with the Carbon Grey colour, but the top half looks better.
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Offline am1w

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Snoops: I have checked inside my engine compartment very carefully and apart from the inside of the front wings, all painted surfaces are perfectly covered with 'glossy' bright red paint. No 'pink' bits. Better than mikeT.'s car also. Sorry mikeT..
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Hartside
Thank you for taking the time to take the photos it is very much apreciated. :smiley:
Geoff
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