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Another exciting update in the painting inside/underside saga...

The one remaining (possibly!) original panel was dipped (and then I repaired it some time back). It was fine until it got a little flash rust in places when it rained during trailer loading on the way to Barry’s.

I started to clean it up, got bored and took it to a local paint shop where they blasted it for £25 and a two hour turn around! Sorted.



Quickly masked up and a coat of epoxy on the inside, with most of the dust in my garage by the look of it. Doesn’t matter as it will be getting a coat of Raptor before it goes on.



Next up was prepping the new OE wing for the same paint treatment. But needed to straighten out the flange first as it had pressing ripples and varied in shape as it went round.


Inside of the car is now finished. Bit of stonechip over the rear shelf/seats to make it resistant to a bit of water and add a bit of damping.... not sure it does anything for that though!



Back to the front and some prep of the luggage bay before another coat:


Came out ok, but gun pressure spiked and dumped a load of paint on the back wall. Guess it was partially blocked, not anymore!



Then the other front wing into epoxy (less dust this time!) and that’s enough for today.


Raptor inside the wings next then finally I can get the panels back on!

Great work Gary, you are really motoring now.

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I love the look of freshly-applied satin black paint/stonechip on the interior & the underside of panels ...

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Good progress Gary.....when are are we seeing some colour?

Darren65 wrote:Good progress Gary.....when are are we seeing some colour?

Plenty of colour, it’s just all black!

Hopefully I’ll get the shell built up this weekend then I’ve got two local shops coming round for an estimate.

Gary71 wrote:.... then I’ve got two local shops coming round for an estimate.

and then we will see you painting the shell yourself

hot66 wrote:

Gary71 wrote:.... then I’ve got two local shops coming round for an estimate.

and then we will see you painting the shell yourself

I’ll definitely go into shock for a while when I get a quote, but I’ve put the (hopefully enough!) money aside so I don’t have to go anywhere near an A surface with paint.

Brilliant ! I'm not quite sure if it is going to be silver again (I think you mentioned Viper green at some point) ?

Mine cost £1500 all-in!
Other quotes were less exciting..
Good luck.

Don’t think £1500 is going to cut it

Paint and materials alone is going to be what, £500+?

...and all the panels need to be blocked into each other as I’m starting from scratch so about 3 solid weeks of labour before going near top coat...

If I get change from £6k then I’d be happy, but I’m prepared for a bit more than that to get what I want.

deano wrote:Brilliant ! I'm not quite sure if it is going to be silver again (I think you mentioned Viper green at some point) ?

Green!

Great to see the inside painted, very jealous of your floor... . I don't really have much of a floor at the moment.

rich73 wrote:Great to see the inside painted, very jealous of your floor... . I don't really have much of a floor at the moment.

Floors are overrated

When I’m losing the will fettling little bits for paint I have to remind myself sometimes how far the build has come

Very minor progress, but I’m done painting (yeah!) Raptor inside the front wings, probably overkill but why not.




Unmasked, doors on and chucked a wing on to make me feel better



Underbonnet has matted off nicely now it’s cured. Happy enough with that


I’ll try and get the whole thing built up this week

Looks great Gary...good move on the Raptor inside the wings without any doubt.....