My refresh / build

[britlude]

And work has commenced!



Wish me luck!!!!

A quick lacquer and you have a unique woodgrain camo paint job

[goldtop]

I was thinking that it looked pretty cool, too. Like one of those BMW Art paintjobs.

[mutley]

Quick update, (no more images as yet) but the body shop has finally got my car down to bare metal. Apparently there were about 8 layers of paint on it , hence the pretty wood-look effect when sanding!

I'll update with photos when I get them.

Cheers,

Jim

[goldtop]

Wow. Was there an option to dip-strip the panels? As they all come off, I wonder if it would save time+money?

[mutley]

Wow. Was there an option to dip-strip the panels? As they all come off, I wonder if it would save time+money?

Either way it's done now, and waiting on further updates of prep / prime/ paint.

[goldtop]

Cool - looking forward to seeing the results.

[mutley]

Some progress so far:

[Heineken]

.. and now polish it to high gloss

[britlude]

They are being thorough then!!! Any unplanned issues or is it all good under the paint?

[mutley]

They are being thorough then!!! Any unplanned issues or is it all good under the paint?

Apart from the front wings which were in a bit of a state (apparently full of filler and done badly in the past and really beyond economical repair), so far no real issues- the odd bent bracket that can be straightened out. It's had little dings (rear quarter, drivers door etc) over the years but nothing that can't be sorted.

Cheers,
Jim