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craiGTi's ph2 GTi
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bit of both i think matey :lol:
it need rubbing down some more tho, i just did my best as craig is preping it again tomorro, when i give it to him,
also had a prob with the indicator hole, the 2 side edges whre the clips go in had bent the metal out slightly and couldnt quite bend them in (without using a hammer), so there are 2 very small bumps, but with basecoat and laquer they should go almost
you can see them bits on this one ed
it need rubbing down some more tho, i just did my best as craig is preping it again tomorro, when i give it to him,
also had a prob with the indicator hole, the 2 side edges whre the clips go in had bent the metal out slightly and couldnt quite bend them in (without using a hammer), so there are 2 very small bumps, but with basecoat and laquer they should go almost
you can see them bits on this one ed
Well after JAE and my last position in the show n shine - (which i obviously don't care about! 
) me n girv thought we'd try n tidy it up a bit...
So we resprayed it! It's bs7 blue as a basecoat, then with 4 layers of lacquer over it. First layer of lac has an electric blue candy pearl powder in it, 2nd lac has a green ghost pearl in, then 2 layers of pure clear lac to finish off giving enough thickness for a decent wet sand!
We didn't use loads of the pearl colours, so it's not massively different to bs7, but as you can see from the pics it changes a lot in different light conditions - i really need the sun to come out to show the pearl off properly!
Also, got front wings with smoothed side repeaters, just need bulge indicators, smoothed rear wiper and roof aerial.
It isn't perfect by any means, it still needs a decent wet sand with 2-3k wet n dry and then a compound to get it properly smooth and shiny. Also, the passenger side of the car isn't great, we had an issue with a few fisheyes developing where the paint seemed to react funnily, and the first line of pearl we sprayed on that side went on a bit heavy and looks a touch runny
tbh, the passenger side could be doin with being sprayed again, if not the whole car, to get a really good finish. But it was an experiment, it's not come out too badly and we both learnt loads and did an OK job in a pretty poor set-up and place to do it. So i'm happy, and there's not quite the stone chips n scratches there was before! and it was relatively cheap at a few hundred quid. Good fun too.
Tested mine and girv's friendship too, so many days spent fuckin around with it, til 4am one mornin!
Gettin bored and stressed with each other. We shared some good times too, like the romantic mcdonalds eaten in his car gazing out over the fields Or the little nap we had together til 2am after fallin asleep with a few beers watchin fast and furious on the hay bales! :lol: :gay:
I'll put a few pics up of the process shortly too...
) me n girv thought we'd try n tidy it up a bit...
So we resprayed it!
It's bs7 blue as a basecoat, then with 4 layers of lacquer over it. First layer of lac has an electric blue candy pearl powder in it, 2nd lac has a green ghost pearl in, then 2 layers of pure clear lac to finish off giving enough thickness for a decent wet sand!We didn't use loads of the pearl colours, so it's not massively different to bs7, but as you can see from the pics it changes a lot in different light conditions - i really need the sun to come out to show the pearl off properly!
Also, got front wings with smoothed side repeaters, just need bulge indicators, smoothed rear wiper and roof aerial.
It isn't perfect by any means, it still needs a decent wet sand with 2-3k wet n dry and then a compound to get it properly smooth and shiny. Also, the passenger side of the car isn't great, we had an issue with a few fisheyes developing where the paint seemed to react funnily, and the first line of pearl we sprayed on that side went on a bit heavy and looks a touch runny
tbh, the passenger side could be doin with being sprayed again, if not the whole car, to get a really good finish. But it was an experiment, it's not come out too badly and we both learnt loads and did an OK job in a pretty poor set-up and place to do it. So i'm happy, and there's not quite the stone chips n scratches there was before!
and it was relatively cheap at a few hundred quid. Good fun too.Tested mine and girv's friendship too, so many days spent fuckin around with it, til 4am one mornin!
Gettin bored and stressed with each other. We shared some good times too, like the romantic mcdonalds eaten in his car gazing out over the fields Or the little nap we had together til 2am after fallin asleep with a few beers watchin fast and furious on the hay bales! :lol: :gay: I'll put a few pics up of the process shortly too...
nice one big improvement on the old girl... beets that pebble dashed front end
Chris180
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Looks brilliant mate!! Well done for attempting something like this yourself. Wana swap? :lol: Car looks awesome with the square plate, standard grill etc. Any reason why you got the P2's in some pics and the VZR's in others?? Sounds like a Brokeback Mountain time you two had
We started off by giving it a thorough sand down for the primer to key to obviously, then tackled the rust on the rear arches...
got the car all sanded and filled the rear arches...
was pleased to see my sills lookin good after removing the skirts, and then got the car into our make shift "booth"
Sam girvan - earth song. and me surveying the mess we'd made so far from above...
primer, then bs7
i asked girv for his 'come too bed' look to make the car look sexy - i now feel sorry for his girlfriend
then tried the new look with vzr rears, and the bumpers in the sunlight as sprayed by me very hands
and did a bit of wet sanding to have a quick look what it might come out like...
Was great fun, but thank fuck it's over! sick of the sight of the thing, so it'll be a little while before the final wet sand, and definitely before i get the motivation back to respray the bits we fucked up
:lol:
as you were
got the car all sanded and filled the rear arches...
was pleased to see my sills lookin good after removing the skirts, and then got the car into our make shift "booth"
Sam girvan - earth song. and me surveying the mess we'd made so far from above...
primer, then bs7
i asked girv for his 'come too bed' look to make the car look sexy - i now feel sorry for his girlfriend
then tried the new look with vzr rears, and the bumpers in the sunlight as sprayed by me very hands
and did a bit of wet sanding to have a quick look what it might come out like...
Was great fun, but thank fuck it's over! sick of the sight of the thing, so it'll be a little while before the final wet sand, and definitely before i get the motivation back to respray the bits we fucked up
:lol:as you were
Looks brilliant mate!! Well done for attempting something like this yourself. Wana swap? :lol: Car looks awesome with the square plate, standard grill etc. Any reason why you got the P2's in some pics and the VZR's in others?? Sounds like a Brokeback Mountain time you two had
yeh, vzr's only arrived in the post today - other pics are from yesterday
yeh it was a little brokeback-esque :lol: and yeh i much preferthe square plate, standard grill... and single wiper straight out of 1996 max power
don't get too carried away though guys, it ain't perfect in the flesh!
nice one...
wanna do mine
wanna do mine
nice one...
wanna do mine
i'll get some close-ups of the bad bits soon, then let you decide
:lol:
stu had them as a swap for the momo wheel and light battery, i was gonna wait and have them back off him at crimbo, but couldn't wait! the ph2's really weren't doin it for me
and yeh, even though it was stone chipped before, sandin it for the first time i was brickin it!
Seriously impressive dudes! Makes me want to respray something now.
Craig is worried you'll all make fun of him for this one, which is his favourite.
In all honesty I prefer the way they are now.