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[russ-RST]

if its what ive got to pay i cant do anything about it

im gonna get door bottoms done too as ones slightly starting to rust

it wont be till april when weathers good and ive saved up

i wasnt expecting to have to do this. but rather it looks good instead of forever chipping and flaking off

what are you chatting about man your willing to pay £500 to have a bodykit sprayed just because you cant be bothered to look elsewhere, you are clearly being ripped off and are a fool if you do go and pay anywhere near that amount to have it done, im not digging at you i just dont want you to get mugged off, for the full bodykit id expect a maximum of £200 as iv had quotes all day long at this price and my colour is metallic and bloody expensive as per the flaking with your paint you have either 1. not keyed the primer properly as said or 2. not baked/heated/left the paint long enough to harden properly or 3. not laquered properly, IMO! as i have never had this problem with rattle cans before and i have gone to the extent with some people as comparing my and my mates painting with rattle cans to bodyshop painting and many people couldnt tell it apart the simple rule is the more time you spend prepping and allowing the paint to harden properly the better the finish,

id hate to see the progress stop on this thread as your having to save for ridiculous prices on such little work! keep at it mate

[Ratspeed]

What that man said! if you take your time and get some heat on the job it should be fine, i painted some bits on the RS in my shed when it was snowing outside. just kept a hairdrier on the case.

[russ-RST]

i use one of the little elctric powered heaters that slowly blow hot air, i just use one of these from the first layer of primer all the way through to the last layer of laquer and iv never had a problem

[jonyb4]

if its what ive got to pay i cant do anything about it

im gonna get door bottoms done too as ones slightly starting to rust

it wont be till april when weathers good and ive saved up

i wasnt expecting to have to do this. but rather it looks good instead of forever chipping and flaking off

what are you chatting about man your willing to pay £500 to have a bodykit sprayed just because you cant be bothered to look elsewhere, you are clearly being ripped off and are a fool if you do go and pay anywhere near that amount to have it done, im not digging at you i just dont want you to get mugged off, for the full bodykit id expect a maximum of £200 as iv had quotes all day long at this price and my colour is metallic and bloody expensive as per the flaking with your paint you have either 1. not keyed the primer properly as said or 2. not baked/heated/left the paint long enough to harden properly or 3. not laquered properly, IMO! as i have never had this problem with rattle cans before and i have gone to the extent with some people as comparing my and my mates painting with rattle cans to bodyshop painting and many people couldnt tell it apart the simple rule is the more time you spend prepping and allowing the paint to harden properly the better the finish,



BAAAANG on! ha truer words never were said, plus i know how expensive his mint green paint is lol, ive had the same colour frascati, there a swine the Si's petrol blue aint any better
id hate to see the progress stop on this thread as your having to save for ridiculous prices on such little work! keep at it mate

[b0yracer]

mine is petrol blue

im only saying about that price because thats what im told

i have been to loads of body shops in my area and they all saying that price, i cant make them say cheaper

since ive done something wrong ie maybe not keyed it enough, how do i go about the parts ive already painted, ie the front bumper and front arches

do i have to take all the top coat off again ? and if yes how do i do that

the primers staying on well, i keyed it really wel before putting primer on and it was painted in my shed with heater on.

its now stuck on my car

(no comments like) , you should have painted it before you glued it on please, its on now.

i painted this kit like ive painted anything in the past and i didnt realise i was supposed to key the primer too so thats obviously the main cause

cant paint it yet though its wet and keeps snowing

my main question is what to do with areas already painted petrol blue, and how to go about redoing those areas???????

[b0yracer]

forgot to mention all alloys fitted now

photos later its too dark now!!

[jonyb4]

are you sure its petrol blue?
never heard of a lesser/poverty spec model coming with it

only the Si for that matter

once it warms up a bit or in a garage, sand all the painted areas down and then give them a wipe over with a rag and thinners/white spirit then let that evaporate, THEN paint it, bake it for a few hours then do another coat, sanding and using thinners prior to painting

then lightly sand with 1600 or higher, then laquer it, this should be baked for a few hours and left to harden for about 2 days before you wash the car, polish etc, technicly you shouldnt even let the elements get to it for this period but...

[b0yracer]

yes it is petrol blue definitely petrol blue

[MK2 Jamie]

are you sure its petrol blue?
never heard of a lesser/poverty spec model coming with it

only the Si for that matter

once it warms up a bit or in a garage, sand all the painted areas down and then give them a wipe over with a rag and thinners/white spirit then let that evaporate, THEN paint it, bake it for a few hours then do another coat, sanding and using thinners prior to painting

then lightly sand with 1600 or higher, then laquer it, this should be baked for a few hours and left to harden for about 2 days before you wash the car, polish etc, technicly you shouldnt even let the elements get to it for this period but...

All normal fiestas came in the same colours as you could get RS and XR models in.

[jonyb4]

really?

[b0yracer]

booked in april "11 £300 painting all bottom of car up to strip on doors rubbing all piss can off etc etc

[jonyb4]

ahh thats more like it

[b0yracer]

started fitting side strips ready for blue stripe to be fitted onto, not sure theyre propper xr2i ones but better than what i had







i had this trim on before

[jonyb4]

aye theyre the cheap s**t ones they put on either later, or all 3.5s

i dont liek them, they even come on very early mk4s

[b0yracer]

aye theyre the cheap s**t ones they put on either later, or all 3.5s

i dont liek them, they even come on very early mk4s

cheers

i think theyre better than what i had at least i can put blue stripe on

im happy anyway

[b0yracer]

oh and actually they came off a mk3 not 3.5 so theyre off a earlier fiesta than mine

[jonyb4]

yea thats what i meant, they didnt make the mk3.5 with them as they cost more to make, ford decided to get really anal about prices after 93 lol

[b0yracer]

better day today fitted my new steering knuckle and all went well steering wheel centralized too much better now old knuckle was well worn

[b0yracer]

fitted these pedals too

[jonyb4]

hmm bit contraversial on them, atleast theyre aint chavvy ripspeed ones though

[b0yracer]

i worked out how to wire the fog lights up using a genuine xr2i switch



my thoughts at moment are i might look out for a mk1 xr2 engine to fit in mine ?????????

[- Danny Boy -]

Them pedals are a nice MOT failure.

Engine upgrade would be good car will have some half decent power to go with the looks then!

[jonyb4]

you will have to checkt he engine mount design

if your going old school 1.6 then you might aswell go for the mk2 Xr2 cvh, or better still the mk3 version will botl in no issues

can even use the same car loom! and engine mounts

[b0yracer]

Them pedals are a nice MOT failure.

Engine upgrade would be good car will have some half decent power to go with the looks then!

they wont fail where i go had exactly same pedals on my cortina for 3 years mot tester didnt even mention them

[jonyb4]

only thing i can see thats not acceptable is theres no grip to be had on them if your shoes are wet, snow covered etc

[EUFez]

Looking good mate. Get a Mk1 1600 Crossflow in it... Although I wouldn't have the balls too.

Pain in the arse engines.

[b0yracer]

only thing i can see thats not acceptable is theres no grip to be had on them if your shoes are wet, snow covered etc

believe it or not they are better if my shoes are wet

[b0yracer]

just had to sneak this in
my favourite xmas pressy

[jonyb4]

haha cooool!

[b0yracer]

put blue stripe over chrome today
before

[jonyb4]

i know how you get them stripes off, but never thought about putting them back on, what have you used? i mean the entire strip not just the inserts

[b0yracer]

sticker flex same as what i used for the arches

[b0yracer]

just a little pic taken today, we all went out for a ride as we been stuck in house over xmas and kids were getting hard work, so a drive up to heartbeat country then scarboro for fish and chips

[jonyb4]

lol nice, no offence but i dont think i could drive around in a half painted car

do you get comments?

[b0yracer]

lol nice, no offence but i dont think i could drive around in a half painted car

do you get comments?

it doesnt affect the driving, ive had 2 comments from blokes i know, its my only car i arnt just sitting around not using it.

ive drove in worse my mk2 escort was rusty olympic blue with brand new not even primered wings and lots of patches of red oxide paint, and my cortina, i resprayed it from blue to satin black with red front and rear end, so it was blue red grey, then red grey, before it was finally red and black.

im not bothered by it as long as it runs