My OVNI yellow LCR- Resprayed!

[UFO Yellow]

Right, had this for nearly 2 weeks now.

Love it.


I spent a few hours the other day cleaning it.

Paint is faded but I thought that I'd make the best of what I have.
Excuse the crap photos- was using my phone- and it was just about to get dark

Here's a quick photoshop to show how I would've liked it to turn out:

And finally the engine bay:

yes- I know the coolant tank needs sorting out!



I reckon a remap, induction, kit 007p, tip and I'll be where I wanna be- excluding a respray .

 

[tyrer]

Nice mate, before you go all out on a respray get the car 'mopped' or buffed first and see if that helps at all.

Coolant tank looks fine to me

 

[UFO Yellow]

Nice mate, before you go all out on a respray get the car 'mopped' or buffed first and see if that helps at all.

Coolant tank looks fine to me

I reckon it's beyond that.




I thought these would look nice- shame I've sold them

I really should get a better camera/use the flash- the car's faded but it looks better than in these pics!

 

[vroomtshh]

Mopping doesn't work with ovni unfortunately. The yellow actually fades under the laquer.

Car looks good and the plans sound spot on. Having an ovni car I kno how difficult they can be to photograph

 

[UFO Yellow]

Was just about to clean the engine bay today.

Took the cover off and found this:

 

[UFO Yellow]

Oh yeah, forgot to ask if anyone knows what type it is?

 

[UFO Yellow]

Time to go from 7 tone beige back to OVNI yellow

Can't wait till Monday!


What waxes and polishes do people use on their OVNI Seat to keep it looking gleaming?

 

[Lodgey180]

oooo new paint
clean mine with poorboys..

snowfoam and washed
white diamond
ex sealer
nattys paste wax

 

[Pyro]

Looking good Alan can't wait to see it myself please go for green wheels it'll look mint if you wanna wait till I get mine done you can have them done at same time

 

[ilikefatgirls]

Subscribed.....

 

[cupra-barn]

Subscribed.....

I wanna watch this develop.

 

[UFO Yellow]

Looking good Alan can't wait to see it myself please go for green wheels it'll look mint if you wanna wait till I get mine done you can have them done at same time

I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to go green.
This pic (thanks to t32er) looks sweert though:

Might just settle for shiny grey...






Anyone ever used orange crush?

 

[Mr_Dave]

Watch out for little bits when it comes back, noticed a lot of finishing touches that need to be taken care of on mine colour is lovely but there's scratches all over it and some tiny bubbles that've appeared!

Fingers crossed you don't have the same issue, you'll love the colour when it's back though

 

[jake]

mr dave,

if you have bubbles that have appeared then this sounds like micro blister, basically water in the air lines while spraying, sadly this will get alot worse over time

to the op is that ready for paint above??? if so it a cheap job?

 

[UFO Yellow]

you'll love the colour when it's back though

I'm looking forward to washing it and not sighing loads at the different colour panels.

 

[UFO Yellow]

mr dave,


to the op is that ready for paint above??? if so it a cheap job?

It's being prepared.

 

[Mr_Dave]

mr dave,

if you have bubbles that have appeared then this sounds like micro blister, basically water in the air lines while spraying, sadly this will get alot worse over time

to the op is that ready for paint above??? if so it a cheap job?

Yea -- it's just on the edges of the doors, very tiny (what i'm sure are) bubbles - it's going back as soon as the sprayer is back from his holiday as there's swirls and scratches in the paint too, not happy! Thanks for the reply though -- will be helpful

It's really nice having the car one colour though -- you'll enjoy it

 

[jake]

cool, no wax for 6 weeks though, paint needs to breathe

 

[MarkWabe]

Awesome! Looks lovely!

Big clean for the bay and the body is next on the list for me.

 

[Pyro]

now for an update alans car he got it back today and bought it to me so i could get some snaps for him but he spend so long fannying about that it was nearly dark so i couldnt get some really good one but here they are