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[Fraggle]

[quote="RS EDDIE"]Thanks.....

Ive got a full front cover feature in Fast Ford Hopefully when its fully done, including the photoshoot in a studio setting....


Any chance of an autographed copy mate?

Eddie she looks fantastic fella, your lads have done you proud, both you and they should be rightly proud of all the graft

From exp id leave the flat/cut/polish for a week, maybe two, just to let the laquer settle/cure as they have got it nigh on glass already, aint gonna need much to mirror that up, so give it a chance to breath an cure...also allow's you a good chance to just stand an purve over her for a bit

Im gonna have to come get that tailgate and have a mooch over her once she home(if cool??), i'll bring me own kleenex, just have a box on hand incase i overspill

Again well done fella, a real credit to you's all, id be sooooooooo proud of that

[jayrs]

looking cracking mate

[rob pace]

luvvvvvvvvvvvvvllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy mate

just one thing whats with the indents where the bodykit screws slot through? i cant remember mine having these indents when i took my kit off?

edit - it doesnt just found a picture.



your pic is here edd below in the link

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj10 ... 013-13.jpg

[nosher]

indeed a truly epic paint job edd, but did notice the big hole in your trouser knee ,has the paint job become so expensive that you can no longer afford to replace your damaged garments

[RS EDDIE]

Rob, as mentioned in an earlier thread, the rear arches have been indented to allow the tightest possible fit of the bodykit without stress fracturing the kit. The kit has been strengthened where i fitted brand new larger stainless bodykit fixings and an epoxy fitting, instead of the rusty old threads on most untouched cars, which snap when taking the kit off. The indents allow the larger stainless fixings to sit neat and tight against the arch, without using a super sticky tape, which could damage the paint if it needed to come off.

Alot of people use sikaflex as a permanent fix so the kit looks tight but obviously a mare to get off. This erradicates the problem. Its been pre-fit already with hardly, if any, gap around the arch.

Jay...Thanks mate.

Nosher..These were just a pair of old jeans, as i didnt want to run the risk of kneeling around a dusty workshop in my new leather arseless chaps!!!

[jonyb4]

Haha yes that will do nicely, think there's a 2mb picture size limit on lb though lol

[rs_fiesta]

Looking good,arches should be ok as long as they were kept flat in the oven so shouldn't warp too much.

[RS EDDIE]

Arches are good, kit fits bang on!!!!

Just a few more pics from today. Had a slight mop but the paint is gna get a week to breath before final mop and micro polish!!!











































Most of these arent in order. I spose the car is going to be back home for friday or monday week.

Enjoy. Any bits that look odd dont forget to point them out for me!!!

[fiestarsturboblack]

mate she looks good, cnjt wait to see u put her together

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks pal.....Me neeva!!!!

[Dave5300]

seroius finish

[- Danny Boy -]

Looks good Eddie! You will never want to let it leave your garage and get dirty when you get it home, you know this right? lol

[Michael!]

God help my trousers when this finally makes it to a show

[jonyb4]

stunning

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks people. Im already dredding even taking it off of the transporter, let alone driving it. When i was down the painters, i felt as tho i was going to get told off for touching it...

Im very happy with it so far...BUT....I noticed something that i wasnt happy with on saturday. I pointed it out to the panel bloke, and he had already noticed it aswell, and was gonna point it out but i did first!!!

He is going to redo a tiny, tiny bit of it. He said that there is no way he is letting the car out of his hands until he I am totally 10000% happy with it, no matter how pathetically anal i get .

He is such a nice bloke with attention to detail. Couldnt have asked for a nicer bloke to do it nor a better genuine place to take a car!!!!

[THE GIT]

cars looking brilliant mate

[Dave G fsi]

Absolutely stunning eddie

[FRSJON]

amazing attention to detail and will be 'as new' but i feel its only good for a museum now

[RS EDDIE]

Many thanks fellas , appreciate it.

I hope i can just get to drive it somewhere where there are roads that have no other road users on it, so im not constantly looking around me for sh.ite drivers!!!! .

Still lots to do when its back, just got to try and find some large sheets of bubble wrap to wrap it in while i fix the gear back onto it!!!.

(beginning to think ive made a rod for my own back!!!)

Thanks again, ill update as soon as the minor problem is sorted and the car is ready to leave to come back for the build-up!!

[Excursion]

Lovely fresh paint. You must be over the moon mate

[RS EDDIE]

Yea i am at the min mak, just got to see how the tiny bit i want redone comes out, then when its back ill be alot happier!!!

[Dave G fsi]

Any pics of said imperfection eddie?

[RS EDDIE]

I have mate but its so small the camera didnt pick it up !!!!

[Dave G fsi]

[Ratspeed]

Stunning finish mate!!

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers matey!!

[jonyb4]

oh hang on a min.... cant just drop a pic like that into the fray!

[Michael!]

yeah matt!

jon might get excited

[RS EDDIE]

Lowloader booked for 12 midday tommorow, readies in hand, shell be back at "Garage Towers" tmrw!!!!

[MENACE]

we need to see pics of her finished at the painters lol

[RS EDDIE]

Im gna take some tommorow mate to add to the ones im gna post up in a min!!!

[Dave G fsi]

Excellent news eddie, bet your well excited!

Look forward to some pics

[RS EDDIE]

Heres a few of her outside the paint shop before having the final polish done. And guess what....It rained!!!!



















And as the "ol Crate" was a few years ago, before i got it stuck in snow and all theses shennanigans started!!!!!!

[jonyb4]

pics do not do it justice!!!
i wanna see this badboy in the metal



also, f**k it needs lowering

[RS EDDIE]

Jony, I have got AVO coilovers aswell, but atm its on standard ride height without no engine or box!!!!

Right. The Ol Gal is finally home, in the garage. The paint has been finished and barring a final mop in a few months, when its up and running, then its ready for re-fitting stuff.

Its a bit difficult moving the car around outside at the min, as i just cant risk scratching the paint while its still breathing. Also theres a bush over hanging the fence and im sure its one that spews out Sap, and i dont want that all over the car on fresh paint, thats still hardening off.

Heres a few pics...( I must apologise upfront to Jony for the lack of ultra high pixel pictures, but im only using a 10mp camera at the moment.. .)

Right...The fabricator giving her a subtle polish before he bids her farewell to her. (theyve been an item for nearly 4 months!!)







Arriving home on the trailor...







And just a few of the rear end today, inbetween rainstorms...











With new number plate fixings...



Few more in the garage....







Dusty inside before.....



After....



Thats where its at.

(Im now in a predicament....I might take of all the running gear off again, and have every piece of black metal re-powdercoated in OE type satin, as im sure the car might lose a few points in concourse if its all gloss black. Im gna get the knuckles re-done in a cast colour aswell, and maybe the brake lines darker than what they are. If I do decide to do it then it will only take a few months, over the winter while the car is on axle stands. Bit unsure what to do at the min....Any ideas???)