aBhardwaj1990's old school "bit on the side", Britney the Beemer!

[abhardwaj1990]

Cheers
The sound is awesome, shame that the zorst centre pipe is broken!


I has wheelage

Too cheap to say no too

 

[danny20vt]

Sweet car there Arun, I've had 2 myself, a 320i and a 325i which was the same as Volvics pics but in black (and without the german flag bits)

 

[ather`s]

Cheers
The sound is awesome, shame that the zorst centre pipe is broken!


I has wheelage

Too cheap to say no too

you on abit of a spending spree arun arnt you?? wheels look tidy!!

 

[suj]

what kinda student loan you getting? I literally got f-all
and you bought 2 sets of wheels, **** loads of detailing stuff, coilies and loads of other stuff?

I need to get adopted by your parents...my dad (ather`s) is a tight git

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Sweet car there Arun, I've had 2 myself, a 320i and a 325i which was the same as Volvics pics but in black (and without the german flag bits)

Black would be sweet! So would a bigger engine lol

Have you got any pics?

you on abit of a spending spree arun arnt you?? wheels look tidy!!

Cheers, they need refurbing but were cheap!

what kinda student loan you getting? I literally got f-all
and you bought 2 sets of wheels, **** loads of detailing stuff, coilies and loads of other stuff?

I need to get adopted by your parents...my dad (ather`s) is a tight git

haha!

Money I saved over the last year, from working for my g-pops and uncle, money from student finance, half went to my mum to help her out, the rest for myself . And then end of last year, it turned out I was eligible for a few bursaries

The wheels only cost me £90 though

But No more spending, I've spent enough for now lol.

 

[dervpower]

Love these motors so much! This looks a quality one!

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Love these motors so much! This looks a quality one!

Only just saw your reply, cheers man!

Unfortunately, the pictures do the paint work justice! Gave the Beemer a wash the other day and have been practising the art of machine polishing on it. Getting good results on some parts of it but there is simply to many marks, rust spots and paint bubbles.
Oh and also from washing and polishing it I have found that the passenger side front panel has been resprayed with rattle cans and isn't the same shade, and one of the rear arches has been painted, from the looks of it with a brush!?!?

Anyway, here's some pictures before the polishing, and the bad bits! You can see how faded and dull the paint work was!

Rust spots:

Poorly masked previously so overspray on badges and other panels!!!

This looks brushed on

The roof before:

etc etc, I could go on

 

[abhardwaj1990]

And now some before and after pics of the correction stage. Will take pics of it in the day light but only been having time to work on it at night lol.


Before bonnet:

After bonnet:

Before boot:

After boot:

Before front wing:

After front wing:

(some of you may be able to tell the difference between the shades and finish, from bonnet to the wing)

Before roof:

After roof:

A random 50:50 of the corner of the roof:

Once it was polished I applied a coat of Autoglym HD wax. Now that I've got it shiney and protected, I think I'm going to start stripping it down!

 

[CraigW]

Looking good mate. . What a difference after the paint correction has been done.

White is a terrible colour to match up properly. I got the passenger side of my car repaired and painted last year and the paint was mixed using the OEM values/volumes (dont know the correct term) and it is still slightly off compared to the bonnet.

Looks like this is going to be a good project for you.

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Cheers Craig.

Like I said pictures actually make it look better than it is! White is an awesome colour but the colour matching is hard!

I am thinking of getting it fully resprayed later on in the year, don't want to pay over a grand though lol, will do it myself if someone lets me borrow their equipment

 

[Cupra Kid]

Problem with white paint is that it is one of the shades that changes most with age so that matching it is difficult. I took a five year old peugeot van for a panel spray and to match it to the existing paint the garage actually used a ford colour.

I need to get to work on my mk2 but i CBA until the weather picks up and i've got my new daily drive. So i will probbaly be having this shade problem as it needs a new rear bumper.

 

[abhardwaj1990]

Problem with white paint is that it is one of the shades that changes most with age so that matching it is difficult. I took a five year old peugeot van for a panel spray and to match it to the existing paint the garage actually used a ford colour.

I need to get to work on my mk2 but i CBA until the weather picks up and i've got my new daily drive. So i will probbaly be having this shade problem as it needs a new rear bumper.

Yeah I know what you mean, hence wanting to get it all sprayed, but we'll see!

My uncle knows of a decent sprayer, who charges decent prices, and matches the shades etc by using different lacquer or something like that! lol

 

[crezz]

dude, this is too pimp to be called britney, get a grip! its more gangster, so maybe big barry or bruce or something

 

[ather`s]

big barry it is then arun . . . . . .:gay:

 

[abhardwaj1990]

It was named Britney by a close female friend , had to be done

And it needs to be something sexy, not manly lol

 

[suj]

Yet you call it "old school pimp wagon, britney"

So britney is from thailand then?

Nice wagon too, where's the estate lol

 

[gezmeister]

Polishing went well Arun Where can you get the tape from? Is it a certain type or just like electrical tape?

 

[suj]

Gez, 3m blue tape, not electrical tape, good thing to have mate, get it off ebay, comes in different thicknesses

 

[abhardwaj1990]

What he said ^^^

Suj, she's a female! . Don't be dissin' Britney, she'll whoop fat Dora's ass

And I've convinced the G-pops that the big red barge is crap and shouldn't be allowed in the garage

 

[Cupra Kid]

It was named Britney by a close female friend , had to be done

Dude unless your tapping her and she looks like a supermodel.......... don't let girls name cars!!