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Those look awesome, cheers mate! Is your signature pic done the same? What does it do to the pic?
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My springs won't be fitted until next week now, as my neighbour has no free slots at work until then!
My springs won't be fitted until next week now, as my neighbour has no free slots at work until then!
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.
Bah Rotten luck there
Yeah, I don't mind really as I know my neighbour is going to be doing them, not some random in a garage somewhere. "Good things come to those who wait"... apparently!
That makes sense...
I will leave the technical stuff up to keen photographers such as yourself! I will have to invest in a "proper" camera at some point.
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!!
So on with the spraying...
Badge removed ready for sanding and taping up
First coat of grey primer
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".
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!!
So on with the spraying...
Badge removed ready for sanding and taping up
First coat of grey primer
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".
I am leaving 30mins between coats of primer. Should I leave 24hrs between primer and starting colour?
I normally leave 15mins between coats, primer dries really quickly anyway. Between primer and colour I leave 30mins.
Couple of coats of paint to do in the AM, then back on the car. I will put photos up tomorrow of how it all goes! Looks good so far...
hope to see the finished product sometime soon
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
It would go well with your wheels mate!
Couple of coats of paint to do in the AM, then back on the car. I will put photos up tomorrow of how it all goes! Looks good so far...
wheres the progress piccys
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