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General => General discussion => Topic started by: ...joe on 21 November 2005, 23:12
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just had a visit from my genius painter!! he was dropping off my freshly painted front bumper, again can't get a great picture of it in the house but these pics should show the idea......
for those that can't spot the changes, shouldn't there be indicators and a number plate recess?! :P oooh yeah baby i like the smooooothness! :laugh:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01827.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01825.jpg)
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looking smooth nice work. what did it set you back?
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lookin good! :cool: :kiss:
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Looks toss. :smiley:
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:cool:
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very nice work.
are you going to use your fog lamps as indicators then?
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nope, something else which will be a bit different but if i f**k that up it'll be the fogs......
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nope, something else which will be a bit different but if i f**k that up it'll be the fogs......
didn't think hand signals were that difficult...... :rolleyes:
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looks good that.
very nice work.
are you going to use your fog lamps as indicators then?
nope, something else which will be a bit different but if i f**k that up it'll be the fogs......
what you thinkin of doin then?
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^ ^^^ i've done it now!! looks pretty good for the first attempt, but i'll get some pics first.....
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comon tell tell :nerd:
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nice bumper :nerd:
:laugh:
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Mmmm shiny :laugh:
So dont be shy tell us where you got them sprayed ... Are you doing the arches etc or ???
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i've got a good guy who does my painting, total chance meeting but he's a legend as far as i'm concerned. i'll happily pass on his details to anyone who seriously wants work doing......
... Are you doing the arches etc or ???
the arches are already smoothed out but i've got a set of genuine g60 arches waiting to be smoothed and go on after hes rolled the arches. the eventual plan is to bit by bit respray the whole car then once the paints all sorted, put a nice laquer over the top.
i've got a list of bits i want doing, but the next thing he's doing is the rear plinth under the tailgate and cutting a sprinter vent into the wing.
it might sound like a stupid way of respraying a car but i cant afford/justify doing a full respray all at once and if it means it gets done in stages and takes longer then so be it. i'm also having the rubbing strips taken out and am thinking of audi door handle conversion...... hhmmmmm
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cant wait to see it saturday, lookin good joe :cool:
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cheers man, mind you by the time i see you on staurday it'll probably be covered in sh!tty road crap!! wonder if there's a jet wash at the services near by?! :rolleyes:
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well got the bumper fitted, just in time before it started hailing like mad!
as steven fry once said: "smoother than a cashmere codpiece"
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01832.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01831.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01830.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC01829.jpg)
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ditch the front plate, you know you want too :wink:
And i feel sorry for your poor bodyshop dude if hes smoothing a 4 set of G60s, Smoothing ONE driver arch is a pain in the arse and ive only spent an hour on it this morning before work! :smiley:
Looking good tho dude :smiley:
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SCHWEEEEET!!!!  :cool:
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ditch the front plate, you know you want too :wink:
And i feel sorry for your poor bodyshop dude if hes smoothing a 4 set of G60s, Smoothing ONE driver arch is a pain in the arse and ive only spent an hour on it this morning before work! :smiley:
Looking good tho dude :smiley:
the plate is removable, and most of the time will be a german style one but got to wait til i see jv at the rr day.
and your a pussy! i smoothed my whole body kit off once before, doesn't take long! are you sure your doing it right?
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Doing it the hard way. No filler, Smoothing it all by hand. Might be somthing todo with me only having 800grade wet n dry paper. Gonna pick up some harsher stuff on the way home tonight.
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don't you use high build primer? much much much quicker and probably get a better finish anyway?
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(trying not to hijack your subject. But yeah thats one way to do it, But rich did mine by smoothing them down by hand, He also shaped the differentally by smoothing out the crease so its more of a rounded look. Ive just smoothed down the new arch and put on a top layor of primer, Only taken me three hours now (almost). Simply used 200 (i think) Wet n dry to smooth out all the crap then used some 400 and 1200 wet n dry to smooth it all down, Then layor it with plastic primer. Next ive got another coat of plastic primer, then regular primer and its all set for the bodyshop to do the rest :smiley:)~
Anyway, back on topic. The bumper looks good :cool:
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Fielder...Mouse Sander ?
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eh? No luxurys for fielder, Just a block of wood wrapped in Sandpaper. Ive not got any finger prints on on my right hand! haha
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and thats got nothing to do with the sand paper so i hear :wink:
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:wink: Tell ya what mate, At this rate im gonna be having the be wanking like a Catholic Priest in the boys changing room!
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thats as much info as we need mate, you can spare us anymore details!