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Gooner_Mike

Teaching the kids
Jan 20, 2008
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Check your mail, Mike ;)

Those look awesome, cheers mate! Is your signature pic done the same? What does it do to the pic?
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Damoegan

Sir Bob,a geordy legend..
Oct 15, 2007
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Those look awesome, cheers mate! Is your signature pic done the same? What does it do to the pic?

Yep, sig pic is a HDR. It pulls out all the detail in the pics (light and dark spots) but its harder to do from just 1 pic unless the pic is in RAW format.
 

MargheD

I am who I am
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If you're interested in making a comparison after you install the springs, my measures today were 61cm at the back and 60cm at the front. :)

And I love your new sig! :D
 

Gooner_Mike

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Painting rear boot handle S badge

Latest mod to the FR: painting the rear boot handle (getting rid of the chrome S and going matt black!)
This is something I have been contemplating for a while now, and as my general goal is to go for a grey and black theme with this car, I thought I would tackle it this week.
Having looked at the badge, I had thought of spraying in-situ but I wondered "how easy would it be to get the badge off the car?". I used THIS LINK to help me remove the boot trim, which I did with no problems or broken bits! Three bolts later and the badge lifted out of the boot! Good times!! :dance:

So on with the spraying...
Badge removed ready for sanding and taping up
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First coat of grey primer
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As this is still ongoing, I will update the thread as we go. Just a couple of questions for you all...

How many coats of primer and paint do you reckon? I am going to go for three of each.

Should I lacquer it when I finish? Seeing as I want the matt black look, I was thinking "no".
 

Altech

Ibiza PD170
Oct 3, 2007
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Two coats of primer and two colour should be enough. Although with a matt colour i'd spray 3 coats as you won't be using lacquer on it.

You can buy matt lacquer but I don't think it's needed if your just spraying a small badge.
 

Gooner_Mike

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Two coats of primer and two colour should be enough. Although with a matt colour i'd spray 3 coats as you won't be using lacquer on it.

You can buy matt lacquer but I don't think it's needed if your just spraying a small badge.

I am leaving 30mins between coats of primer. Should I leave 24hrs between primer and starting colour?
 

Breezapom

mk4 ibiza fr 20vt
Jan 12, 2006
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hope to see the finished product sometime soon :p

dont think id be doing it as a i like the chrome badges but if it looks sweet i may have to drop the car off to you for a few hours while i go shopping ;)
 
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