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Post by coedy on Apr 15, 2011 23:26:06 GMT 1
How did I miss this??? (The new pics) Realllly nice dude. Love the extra trim on the rear bench/boot kit, really sets it off. Needs a sportier steering wheel though  lol. |
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Post by rhid_93 on Apr 16, 2011 17:41:23 GMT 1
in tell me bout it:L
thanks coed:D sets it off:) yes it is leaving it down abit:L
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Post by rhid_93 on Apr 19, 2011 20:30:38 GMT 1
so after being back to the painter for the 3rd time! he finally told me he coudlnt do anythhing bout the paint and charged me £30 for sprayin my arches!:@ me and the old man decided to take it into our own hands! so on the friday after it came back be rubbed it down and primmered it ready for malvern! i tried to get a match on the paint he had used ( which was supposed to be renault gkacier white turned out to be ldv van white! which you cant seem to get the paint!) i couldnt get a tidy match so just went for a gloss white we rubbed it all down again and its now had 2 coats of primmer and 10 coats of top coat out of spray can which isnt the best but was despereate and its turned up lovely!! no cracks or run or 'reaction in the paint' crap we had of him now inthe process of polishing her up to get some shine which is working a treat  so £50 2 cans of primer 5 cans of gloss white a weekend and 2 plonkers who now nothing about body worked have out shone a 'profesional 13 weeks and £380 of wasted money!! |
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Post by dai9fxey on Apr 19, 2011 21:05:43 GMT 1
I bet you must both be sick to death of wet and dry by now.  It's been a steep learning curve for you guys, but you've come out the other side with flying colours As for the so called sprayer, not much to be said really except, make sure word gets around about his exploits.  |
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Post by rhid_93 on Apr 19, 2011 21:10:40 GMT 1
oh god tell me bout it!:L:L hope i never see one again!!
steep isnt the word:P thought we new sometihng about car before we started:LL:
oh and dont worrry everyone whose clapped eyes on the car has had the story hes not getting aeway with it lightly!
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Post by Huntyfm on Apr 20, 2011 0:08:09 GMT 1
with the sprayer at the end of the day, you get what you pay for..
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Post by rhid_93 on Apr 20, 2011 11:55:38 GMT 1
yer true but the kick is i seen his other work like and its amazing
and him turning round telling us dont do anyof the rubbing down cause it was his reputaion on the line
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Post by rhid_93 on Jul 25, 2011 21:35:59 GMT 1
aint updated this in ages!!! nt that much has changed i admit:P but have painted the arches black a while ago:P and decided we aint happy with them s will get round to spraying them again but this time theyll get a nice shine!! and i finally got round to changing the old steering wheel so it does suit the car more:P i also dropped the steering wheel for a bettre driving positin s its nice for me but means the old man cant drive it  !! (although i d have to put up with his back seat driving now!) and after alot of work i finally gt the right windows or seals or whatever it was and changed my back windows to the non opening ones which shuits the car a whle lot more!! i think now the nly bit of chrme externarly is the window seals for the front which might dissapear well see i might get piccs up soon |
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Post by adamdavies on Jul 26, 2011 0:43:27 GMT 1
Only now I've noticed this. Didn't realise how much work you've actually done to it!
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Post by rhid_93 on Jul 26, 2011 18:47:48 GMT 1
not half as much as somke lol:L
the new qill be a total strip down like
this one was a bit rushed needed her on the road fast so i could drive her like and was the first time ever done summing like this but i love her none the less and as shes a daily drive she somewhat used and abused lol:L
but yer proud of all the work i dun on it ,likee:)
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Post by rhid_93 on Feb 27, 2012 21:29:32 GMT 1
soo little update because im such an amazing driver!! i slightgy knocked the back arch again!!:L and then when it was parked up some one knicked the front arch! so ive gone for like the bog standard arch extensions on later cars which i always thought looked ugly and a bit crap but now that their one they relle suit the car a nd look better!:L its only the 3rd set of arches in a year!:LL
all in time for the mot on friday so fingers crossed!!
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Post by rhid_93 on Mar 2, 2012 14:08:24 GMT 1
gutted:/ failed the mot today on steering rack and rear offside brake only did a 19 while other side pulled a 65! but will be done over the weekend nice quick got everything hear
quick question because my mot doesnt offically run out tull the 11th can i still use the car?
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Post by jackdaw on Mar 2, 2012 16:04:47 GMT 1
If you have the current MOT Cert that says its valid until the 11th then you can legally use the car up until then.  ;D  Hope you get it all sorted ASAP. jd |
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Post by rhid_93 on Mar 2, 2012 20:00:58 GMT 1
ahh alll good then:) yerr everythign hear waiting to goo!!
do you really have to drop the subby to get the rack out??
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Post by joeperthigwynion on Mar 16, 2012 17:18:04 GMT 1
rhid i told you to take it to richard for the spray job!
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lol.
!! (although i d have to put up with his back seat driving now!)
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