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My Car Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:01 pm
by testlabmonkey
Hey all. My brother-in-law is putting up photos of my respray on the net so anyone who is interested can take a look at the progress. Colour should be going on late next week....
link
Ben
Re: My Car Respray
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:24 pm
by rock_it
testlabmonkey wrote:Hey all. My brother-in-law is putting up photos of my respray on the net so anyone who is interested can take a look at the progress. Colour should be going on late next week....
link
Ben
Looks nice ... Exactly what I did to my Evo Project... You can't beat a back to bare metal re-spray ....
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:01 pm
by SILVERFISH
spray it silver... S.A. needs more silver FTO's
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:19 pm
by Bennoz
Nice
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:13 pm
by StewGood
LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!
how much is it to respray nowdays?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:17 pm
by rock_it
StewGood wrote:LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!
how much is it to respray nowdays?
Mine was over 8k as cash in hand ... But this was for a sedan, and it include a fair amount of panel beating, plus the kit...
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:06 am
by Sparhawk
S1LVERFISH wrote:spray it silver... S.A. needs more silver FTO's
It was just coincidence that so many silver FTO's were there on the cruise you came on, normally we have a little more variety lol, although I used to have my location as "Silver FTO capital of Aus"
Not to worry though, I heard he was spraying it HOT Pink...
Ben : Looks good mate. Cant wait to see the finished product. Did you find much about your car with it pulled apart and stripped back ?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:39 pm
by TCGPX
Looking good Ben.
Brings back fond memories of stripping and respraying my Escort... Or maybe I'm just remembering seeing her rolling after the paint job and forgetting the hours of torture that went into it? It was a while ago...
Look forward to seeing her cruising with us again. As it has been mentioned, there was an extreme lack of color on our last cruise.
Your hot pink car woulda stood out for sure
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:30 pm
by phantom
thats the way take step by step photos until finished project looking good so far.
hey what colour are u respraying it, i might have not read it.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:12 pm
by testlabmonkey
Colour has not been disclosed and unfortunately i didnt think of hot pink otherwise that surely would have been the colour of choice.
I will be making sure no colour shots go up on the website until after its first cruise. Depending on the weather will depend on how long till its back on the road.
But I will tell you it aint going to be black, silver, hot pink or green... so keep guessing.
Only 1 panel and the front bar were replaced and a "little" bit of bog was replaced. Rob has done a good job so far though. cant wait to see the colour go on.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:58 pm
by Xanetia
dam not green not even a cool lime green
there go's my bet oh well at least its not another silver fto
im sure it will look awsome ben
hope to see you soon or have you guys lost our address
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:55 pm
by testlabmonkey
StewGood wrote:LOL - NO MORE SILVER FTO'S!
how much is it to respray nowdays?
The quote to respray my car as a basic respray (no panels removed sand back spray over old paint) was $5K... if you want it done properly you would be going very close to the $10K mark... thank god i dont have to pay that sort of figure.
And yes we remember where you live just things are a bit slow around here with a pregnant wife and all that
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:00 pm
by testlabmonkey
Pics updated.. look one panel is done.... so i lied its going to be silver
Its only cos I wanna be like Sparhawk when I grow up....
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:53 pm
by Sparhawk
testlabmonkey wrote:Pics updated.. look one panel is done.... so i lied its going to be silver
Its only cos I wanna be like Sparhawk when I grow up....
Nice try, we all know that you just replaced a panel. Even got the writing on it still from the wreckers... and you've got a long way to go to be like me...
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:13 am
by testlabmonkey
Sparhawk wrote:and you've got a long way to go to be like me...
lol ... yeah your right.... you have got at least 5 years and 8 inches on me.....
height guys....... height
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:50 pm
by Xanetia
oh dear boys ummmmm is it yellow ???:)
not that i can change my bet now but its killing me lol
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:21 pm
by testlabmonkey
Xanetia wrote:ummmmm is it yellow ???
Sorry I cant rule out ALL the posibilities for you.... youll just have to wait and see.
Ben
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:17 pm
by Sparhawk
Red
White
Silver
Green
Blue
Black
Pink
Purple
Orange
Gold
Baby Sh*t Yellow
Beige
???
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:22 am
by Xanetia
sparhawk just pull your finger out and lets do a run then we will all find out
or we will have to wait till the baby is born and then wait tilll ben stops being a gooie dad lol
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:08 pm
by testlabmonkey
Patience.... hopefully will be up and running soon but maybe not ready until a March cruise. Colour looks f**king hot.... you so wont miss me passing you on the streets
. Trick will be keeping it under wraps (literally) until its first cruise. I can just imagine Xanetia "dropping in" once the car is back in the carport :p.
The car is also getting some nice shinny new 18" rims on it too so wont even look anything like the old car. New stereo, steering wheel and gear stick knob are already sitting in my spare room waiting for the outside to be completed.
Personally I'm just happy i dont have holes in my boot lid anymore
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EDIT: btw dont you just love the baby bonus.... lol (jk)