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Offline trog_nfs

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #60 on: 01 November 2011, 13:09 »
Nice work. Colour really pops  :cool:

This, looks great.

Does your face light up when driving at night!?  :grin:

Got a bit of a tan now though  :grin:

Bonus!  :grin:  Need to get some in  the footwells now then and wear shorts!

Had them in my old car, great way of staying tan in winter  :laugh:

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #61 on: 05 December 2011, 00:19 »
looking good mate, roll-on xmas  :cool:
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Offline trog_nfs

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #62 on: 21 December 2011, 16:12 »
Hey Guys,

I finally got round to replacing the needles on my clocks. Wasn't too bad, bought another set from a vr6 off a member on her and used a combination of parts. I got rid of the UV leds as they were really patchy, and the UV paint kept flaking off.

And heres the droopy needle shot as promised!  :rolleyes:


Instead I painted the new needles with blue modelling paint (so much easier to apply) and fitted blue leds behind the screens and green ones for illumination.




Looks neater than before imo.

My project for over the winter was to get rid of the dirty beige upper interior. Mine was heavily stained from years of abuse, so I hatched a plan.
Mine is going blue pillars with black headlining, black sunvisors, black handles and black interior light.

Heres the pile of cr@p before I started


Before


After


Heres my new sunvisors


This is the stuff I'm using on the headliner


TADA!


Before


During


After


An awful picture of my working conditions


And something a little marmite. My door handles were very scratched and battered, so whilst I'm on the lookout for a CC interior, I've sticker bombed them
I'm still not sure of it, but at least it livens the interior up a bit. Everyone I've had in the car since I've done it has liked them anyway.


And in other news, GF has recieved my new eibach springs for my xmas present, and my dad has bought me two new front shocks.

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #63 on: 21 December 2011, 17:10 »
Nice going on the beige cr@p.. Not too sure on sticker bombing on anything to be honest but if they looked fooked anyway then there's no harm in trying.

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #64 on: 21 December 2011, 18:52 »
Loving your headlining,think i'm gonna have a bash at that myself. :smiley:

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #65 on: 22 December 2011, 09:45 »
Great work on the interior, get a pic up of it in the car! :cool:

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #66 on: 22 December 2011, 18:06 »
Nice car dude! Loving the colour :) keep up the great work! Did you paint your sun visors? If so, what did you use? I fancy doing mine at some point!

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #67 on: 22 December 2011, 20:56 »
I'll put some pics up when its all dried properly, got my headlining almost ready, and finished the grab handles yesterday. blue bits are taking a bit longer as the cold makes spraying a bit hit and miss.

The sunvisors are from a cabriolet, so are originally black. The other bits are hard plastic, so i was ok spraying them, but wasn't sure on the visors. i've seen somone on polo forum paint them before.

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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #68 on: 22 December 2011, 21:14 »
Nice work,

Good idea...spraying the headlining!

I sticker bombed my door handles earlier in summer, think they look cool. worth putting a coat of clear coat on to protect them too  :wink:
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Re: Trog's Mk3 8v
« Reply #69 on: 22 December 2011, 21:19 »
Cool man, I'll start looking for a cabby then :)