Update guys :)

 

Well the sev is coming along nicely. Dad payed a visit to his mate who did the guards to get his orbital sander for bodyworking so we could begin to start colour sanding it as a few repair marks have come back throught the paint now it has been left to settle for a while.

So i set about dismantling half the car again :no2: had to take the door handles off and to do that of corse you have to take all the door panels off again, took the mirror and fuel cap of aswell.

While we where at it we decided to go around the whole car to get any inperfections or orange peel out of the paint.

Still have a bit to go but after it is all finished the detailer will come up and marsk the edges back up again with fineline tape and marsk any trim work where the buffer might hit and spend a day cutting it back up with a buffer.

We went around the whole car and marsked along all the edges as it is very easy to rub through the paint work and the detailer doesnt like to buff near the edges either for that reason.

By doing this the result is a perfectly flat show car mirror finish :yes:

I also managed to fluke winning another Domo the other day on the fist go on a toy machine for a dollar haha this time it was the propper one, saved me 10 bucks of Ebay :laff:

Edited November 12, 201114 yr by shLONG13

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Love the pics Matt, will be an absolute knock out when its done! :y: Please make a garage for it :blush: Especially after all the hard work.

Thanks heaps Ben, yeah going to build something eventually but getting a weather proof car cover with a flece lining to protect it a bit for the time being :y:

Edited November 15, 201114 yr by shLONG13

hows the beast going? :)

hows the beast going? :)

 

Good man, all the sanding is now finished and it has not a mark in it and the detailer is booked in to buff it up in 2 weeks.

I'm now working full time to so as soon as i get paid I'm going to buy all the stuff i need to finish it off, coilovers, rear springs, indicators, number plate lamps, steering wheel, the list goes on you know how it is :laff:

Also got the radiator and tail shaft sandblasted so i will flick the radiator with some satin black and paint the tail shaft purple :D

After all of that has been put in I'm off to get some rego on it :y:

So i had my dash plastic welded and resprayed by some bloke and i wasnt real happy with it as the paint has blisterd and has started to fall off and its not even on the road yet and where it has been repaired is quiet visible, would have looked better with the crack there >| .

So i picked up a overrated blue dash pad off a mate for 50 bucks and i plan on plastic priming it and getting some acrylic matched to pait it with. can't be bothered stuffing around with the other one.

Hows this purple beast going? :)

Time for an update guys :)

 

So been busy once again and i decided to attack the tailshaft and radiator so i could get the beast moving.

Wacked some paint stripper on the tailshaft, cleaned it up, primed it and blinged it up with some 2 pack purple and black :yes:

Cleaned up the radiator with the sand blaster and primed that and gave it a coat of satin black also.

Another exiting bit of news is that it has finally been buffed up and detailed. Had The detailer come to my house at 8 in the morning and he didnt stop until 6. Have to say he did a mad job, came up so well, looks so flat and glassy. Very happy with the end result :y: big thanks to the detailer Gareth.

Also got some of my lights working :D

Just about to order BC V1 AE86 coilovers for it to, front and rear so i can dump it right down haha

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Edited November 28, 201114 yr by shLONG13

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I'm not into shiney but bro, that colour and black is so nice.

Um , can you stop this foolishness... making all the other xe7x look shit! :happy: