My car from the start. Kinda..

[renclio]

yea ill get it somehow think its going to cause a few problems

 

[renclio]

Just a small update, I have acquired a full 172 front end so that may be going on, maybe not, unsure yet

 

[jesus]

i now have no rear arch liners

Be reet! Looks loads better

 

[scott1205]

the backs dont even matter it cant go any where apart from the exhaust looks loadz better with that bumper on matey

 

[renclio]

Few pics of todays updates, New front badge and painted the side bullets myself, i am very happy with the result on the bullets and front diamond.

 

[Djw Dave]

Thats mint really mint, how smart is that? Is that a ph1 106

Badges look good too

 

[renclio]

cheers mate

 

[AlexG]

White 172 wheels now

 

[ChrisPearson]

looks good just needs lowering

 

[Paul.]

nice mate. Paints got a fair bit of ''orange peely'' effect though

 

[renclio]

paints not orange peeley if you got a close up of it mate, and yea i need some coilovers in my life and oz f1s are coming soon in black

 

[Gaz85]

Thats mint really mint, how smart is that? Is that a ph1 106

Badges look good too

haha

he is copying the white bird s**t stains u have just on teh badges!

 

[renclio]

Haha gaz, think you should get some bird stains and join the club

 

[Jordi17]

Re: Not really from the beginning but my project

Where did you get the spray from for the wing mirrors? Are they easy to get off?

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[renclio]

Sorry mate never noticed that one, shoulda dropped me a pm, I got the paint from autopaint at helens, type that in google and they will come up, they send the paints to you etc, the colour is Renault J36 acid yellow anymore help drop me a pm

Edit, very easy to take off mate

 

[Jordi17]

No worries mate, wanting to spray mine in silver seeing as they are just black at the mo.

 

[renclio]

well good luck mate, its not that easy, all i can say to you is take your time and keep the paint coats very thin and make sure the paint doesnt run

 

[Gaz85]

Haha gaz, think you should get some bird stains and join the club

haha im tryin to wind dave up but dont think he is having it. seen the bird s**t car outside le monde the night, although he went to berlin so no banter!

 

[Dee1983]

Looking good

 

[Djw Dave]

haha im tryin to wind dave up but dont think he is having it. seen the bird s**t car outside le monde the night, although he went to berlin so no banter!

Berlin was top notch! Car needs a wash. I might throw some water at it today.

Why were you walking around on your own? :nono:

 

[renclio]

Quick update of today's action:

Sanded down:

Priming:

 

[FurioAL]

Those wheels look much better than the old set! Loving your car so far...

The 172 rear bumper damage looks like it has been dented in and then heated up and pushed out to try and repair it.. and it has cracked the paint..

Liking the white brake calipers too... are the wheels going white to match?
Also, how come you didn't mask off the tyres?

Cheers,
Alex

 

[renclio]

yea thats prob what has happened mate, i am thinking i may respray it myself if the wheels turn out good (boast up my confidence)

I also have a full 172 front end sitting in my garage which i am not sure about fitting yet as its gonna cost a fortune to get it all sprayed,

The wheels are going white mate yea, i also have vmaxx coilovers going on it in the next month

Tyres werent masked off because they are all shot (like 1 mm of tread if your lucky lol) and will be coming off anyways

 

[FurioAL]

If you are getting new tyres put on them be careful as hand painted wheels aren't that great at standing up to brutal tyre fitters..(i wrote the guide on here for spraying and filling alloys wheels - my brother is Jungle_JiM )

If you are spraying the rear bumper yourself have you though about possibly hiring a compressor and airgun to spray them properly? and you could do the 172 front end?

I recently colour coded mine using rattle cans.. but i bought some really fine sanding pads and put them on my porter cable to sand the bump strips completely smooth and flat.. and i managed to get a pretty good finish.. will look good when i have compounded them with the porter cable in the summer..

White wheels will look awesome! Im liking the black and white theme.. but i know white wheels would annoy me as they would need cleaning on a weekly basis!

Good luck!
Al

 

[renclio]

i clean my car like 3/4 times a week anyways, i am a car valeter part time aswell so my car is techinally my show peice if you get me, so everything has to be perfect on my car.

Yea i sorta followed jungle jims guide on the wheels, and im gonna need to watch what i do when i get the tyres fitted as i know the paint wont last long

I dont have a porter cable atm and i think it would cost a fortune to rent out the air gun thing could weight up costs etc

Cheers anyways mate, and your work on the rear bumper part looks nice

 

[renclio]

quick question how do you straighten wheels?

 

[Nick_P]

quick question how do you straighten wheels?

Give them to a wheel fixer

 

[Tigger]

Ahh t'is a Grande-job!
Looks the shizzle Callum

 

[Nick_P]

So hang on, you bought all of the stuff needed to make it into a rep, and now your getting rid, how come?

 

[Djw Dave]

So hang on, you bought all of the stuff needed to make it into a rep, and now your getting rid, how come?

New car time

 

[Djw Dave]

Fitted these for Cal on Sat, Wasnt too bad a job, took a wee while but it looks so much better. C+C

 

[Djw Dave]

From

to

Much better

 

[Nick_P]

Very nice. I miss my old one

 

[renclio]

thanks dave

 

[Djw Dave]

thanks dave

No worries champ.