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[arris]

Good to see some progress, paintwork is looking good, you got a target for getting it finished?

[HARBER07]

No real target to be honest. As soon as this paint bit is done the rest wont take long at all. The rear subby is ready to bolt on and is fully built up, its mainly front brakes and the interior to sort.

[Shifty]

That looks ok Tom, "sometimes its not about being good at what you do, its about being good at covering up what you've done!!"

Heh heh heh heh!!

[HARBER07]

Wise words .

If the whole finish ends up like that, its good enough for us!!.

[Shifty]

Its one of my many many many many mottos/rules of life!!

[HARBER07]

Any other useful rules of life you would like to share??

[Shifty]

The past is a graveyard, that should not be revisited

Its better to regret something you've done than something you haven't done

Money can't bring happiness(however it usually eases the suffering)

Wet seagulls don't fly at night.

[HARBER07]

I like it

[HARBER07]

Bit dusty in here!!. Just looked at the first post. Bloody hell, didn't think we had it that long lmao!!.

Time to get this car back on track!

Been down the garage today and managed to 90% flat the paintwork down to 2500 grit. Not the most exciting job in the world, so dad came down to help and we pretty much cracked into it. Job for tomorrow (along with a lot of other non minus stuff) is to G3 it and get it looking half reasonable .

It's actually come up pretty good on the corner i tried, considering well everything!. Roughly roughly time estimate, but I'd like to get this don for MITP. Considering I have most of a car sitting in the shed here, parts is no a problem, so it's just a "when I CBA" thing now. to be honest though after tomorrow I can start building it up in some evenings

Gonna mock up a 10" Weller tomorrow too, just to get an idea on final ride height.

[Deathrow]

Looking forward to seeing the progress Tom, especially how that lovely orange paint has come out .

[HARBER07]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Didn't really do much on this today LOL. I did a bit more, but spent so long on the Astra and other stuff I never really found the time to have a decent crack at it. Pics in a bit though.

[Shifty]

Could you not have just left the paint as it was and saved some time?

Just call it a "Colour specific texture??" ( Orange peel finish)

[HARBER07]

LOL. It was an option that I considered, but I don't like oranges

[HARBER07]

Not perfect by any means, but I'm more than happy with it. With a bit more time spent on it it should come up better. I've still got a finer grade of cutting compound to use yet.

[mentalmini89]

nice mate thats come up well i like it
dean