My mk3 1.4 banger

[Ferdinor]

Hmmm ok, i was meant to ask before i did it so thanks for brining it up 
Its steel 

[Bellend]

Hmmm ok, i was meant to ask before i did it so thanks for brining it up 
Its steel 

Ah cool steel is easier to prime. Deffo prime it tho or the paint wont stick so will flake off soon.

[Bellend]

My rocker cover in my sig was sprayed with non heat paint and then lacquered. Never had any issues. Had petrol and cleaned it the other day with a dry thinners rag and held up fine.

[Ferdinor]

My rocker cover in my sig was sprayed with non heat paint and then lacquered. Never had any issues. Had petrol and cleaned it the other day with a dry thinners rag and held up fine.

Thanks for the advice, i will hopefully do it tomorrow if i can find some primer 
Interesting stuff i have some heat proof matt black paint anyway so i may aswell use it up 

[Ferdinor]

Well got a bit of work done today 

First i fitted the headlights to see how they turned out i think they look pretty good 



Did have an issue on one side i used masking tape on one but then realised i shouldnt have i did take the stickyness of the tape but clearly not enough and i have peeled some of the reflective stuff off?


As shown in the picture above, is this going to cause me problems in the mot or will i be ok? 

Then whilst i was fitting the front grill back on i thought i would have a go at tidying up the badges they looked like this at the start

Now they look like this



Will finish the rest tomorrow and post a picture hopefully they will come out as i hope if not will rub it down and respray again, ill post the finished job tomorrow 

Last job was a good hover on the inside and i must say it come out pretty good, better than i thought........




I will give the inside a clean with some cleaner tomorrow to finish it off also finish my badge hopefully de wiper the rear and just general fiderling about really 
will update again tomorrow 

[rcsammy]

lights look good, mine look darker for some reason? although i've done exactly the same. makes a massive difference though and costs nothing 
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/rcsammy/The%20Golf/Phone389.jpg



I wont be able to get my golf round yours until i can get it starting and running properly, i got my new wheels though if you fancy helping with those i know how you love polishing things

[stow1985]

Coming along nicely mate,

like the headlights, makes a change to see the non gti ones modded,

what colour are you going to do your badges??

[Ferdinor]

Sam it may be due to the lighting in the photo, if not maybe i didnt paint enough on 

Polishing? ha yeah ok sounds good  i have tuesdays and thursdays off work 

Coming along nicely mate,

like the headlights, makes a change to see the non gti ones modded,

what colour are you going to do your badges??

Thanks 
Yeah didnt realise they were diffrent until i got them out, but they turned out alright 
The badge is a secret  Was going to be a diffrent colour but i ran out of that so im gunna try this you will see when i post a picture this evening   

[Ferdinor]

So today i removed the rear window wiper and removed the golf cl badge looks a lot better, used duck tape to fill the hole for now, i will buy a bung tomorrow after work 
Cl badge on

Then removed

Then the rear with no wiper/badge

Hope you guys like my amazing paint skills 
Happy with it now, looks a lot better 

Then i finally got around to doing some spry painting first was the cam cover turned out ok, well good enough for the time being i will do it better after its been mot'ed and what not
Before

After


Not the best but i think its a lot better 

Lastly i finished spraying the badges, they turned out sh!t but i have thought a better way of doing it so i will try again thursday because i dont really want to put these on......


Never mind, last job was i cleanded the insides of the doors the seals and what not forgot to take a photo but they are looking a lot better, cars starting to look a lot more cleaner so im happy with the progress so far, thursday i am going to get in the engine bay and start to tidy/clean/find any problems and what not, also pump up the tryes before they get messed up 

[GrandMstRamRod]

looking good mate, also got a 1.4 nice little project car until i get my ncb then gti time!