shLONG13 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Went and got my paint mixed up the other day to the colour i wanted (matched off a model car ha) ready to lay it on the door jams and inside the doors before it goes into the oven for the paint on the body. To acheive a nice finish i made my mates shed into a makeshift oven, giving it a good sweep out then spraying water all over the floor to stop the dust from rising and got the wood heater cranking to get it pretty hot to bake the paint on. the result was perfect :wink: Edited June 9, 2011 by shLONG13 Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Dads mate who is a panel beater come around this weekend to flair the guards. All that has been done was the lip was folded up under the guard the the square edge has been folded out with the original guard shape and curved/shaped. They have now got a nice bubble on them :yes: the bits that have been welded in are where it was a bit shallow, so he filled it in with oxey welding and then ground around them ready for boging. engine bay is now also all sanded and ready for a coat of primer. Edited May 17, 2011 by shLONG13 Quote
nevis Posted May 17, 2011 Report Posted May 17, 2011 great work mate, can't wait to see the finished result! Â keep us updated :) Quote
dpb Posted May 17, 2011 Report Posted May 17, 2011 looking good mate i wana do the same flaring with mine is it hard 2 do? Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Posted May 17, 2011 great work mate, can't wait to see the finished result! Â keep us updated :) Â Cheers buddy :wink: Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Posted May 18, 2011 looking good mate i wana do the same flaring with mine is it hard 2 do? Â Thanks man, well it doesnt look that hard to do if you have the right tools but i wouldnt like to try it. The panel beater who did mine made it look easy, he only took about 2 hours to do all 4 guards. The rear ones you can't realy do much to because they are double panneled unless you cut a bit of the inner guard out, tap it to the shape you want then and reweld another bit back into it wich would take for ever, so i just got him to tap the square edge out, get rid of the line and put a nice curve on them instead of coming streight out. He tapped the back ones out to the same shape as the front ones but smaller because if you have a look the rear flair is smaller than the front ones to start with, but still looks sweet. The main thing is that you find someone who realy knows what they are doing with them other wise it could turn to shit real quick. :wink: Quote
B.L.Z.BUB Posted May 18, 2011 Report Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Its not really too hard, I did mine with a builders hammer and a block of wood. Turned out overrated, you just gotta take your time. There is a thread about it in the tech section written by Mungi Mods. Â Looking good Matt!That purple is gonna look great. Edited May 18, 2011 by blzbub666 Quote
dpb Posted May 18, 2011 Report Posted May 18, 2011 thanks for the tips guys il get my mate whos a panel beater to have a crack on an old vl shell iv got and se how it turns out =] Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Its not really too hard, I did mine with a builders hammer and a block of wood. Turned out overrated, you just gotta take your time. There is a thread about it in the tech section written by Mungi Mods. Â Looking good Matt!That purple is gonna look great. Â Didnt think it looked all that hard :) Â Thanks Reed :wink: , was'nt to sure about the purple but I'm busting out to see it go on the body Edited May 18, 2011 by shLONG13 Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Posted May 18, 2011 thanks for the tips guys il get my mate whos a panel beater to have a crack on an old vl shell iv got and se how it turns out =] Â No probs, let us know how it turns out :wink: Quote
carbonboy Posted May 19, 2011 Report Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) putting a 4-age in it after a while so ile do all that sort of stuff then. :wink: Â As an avid fan of the 4AGE's I cannot be happier that you changed your mind about the SR20! :yes: Full Toyota for the win! :) Â Fantastic efforts so far mate :y: Your ol' man has shown you well, make sure your Rolla looks better than his car just to show him how much you've learnt! :wink: Edited May 19, 2011 by carbonboy Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) As an avid fan of the 4AGE's I cannot be happier that you changed your mind about the SR20! :yes: Full Toyota for the win! :) Â Fantastic efforts so far mate :y: Your ol' man has shown you well, make sure your Rolla looks better than his car just to show him how much you've learnt! :wink: Â Thanks man, appreciate it. Hes already sercombe to the fact that it will be better than his haha nah, he will never give in. Yeah i do like the 4AGE's and they look alot cleaner and fit in nicely, plus i can get on for cheap so thats what it will be getting :wink: Â But for the hell of it ile show you what the old mans come up like, hopefuly mine will come up as good :yes: Edited May 19, 2011 by shLONG13 Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Posted May 19, 2011 Went over to work on it today after school to give her a few finishing touches before she's painted and put a wheel under it to see what it would look like :yes: Quote
shLONG13 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Got to work scraping of all the old crappy sealer that toyota have just slapped on :no2: ready to sand, reseal and paint, not that your going to see it because it will all be boxed in but why not do a propper job while its all apart :y: Edited May 19, 2011 by shLONG13 Quote
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