Let the purple commence

[missp]

Getting mew paint tomorrow and hopefully doin a full on paint job over the weekend before meet on Monday. Fingers crossed I get the right purple this time. I was gonna leave it as is... but every time i eat a bar of dairy milk I'd just sulk that poor Lissy isnt the right colour.

[missp]

well, i liked the more subtle ford colour on my guineapig bumper grilles, sooooo I have taken the plunge! Front grille off and dismantled. Surround has been washed keyed, primed. Just waiting for it to dry then will be spraying. Why oh why can i see this going horribly wrong :S (my painting skills suck lol) but hey ho.. I guess a professional can always fix it at a later date eh eeeeek

Piccys hopefully to follow of the success (or miserable failure) soon. Poor Lissy looks very sad sat out the front with a missing nose. Maybe some kind soul will dump a GTi engine in her while I sleep.

[missp]

(loof familiar Jase?

scruffed up

coat 1

coat 2

[Duggie]

No primer?

[missp]

lol i didnt take a piccy of that... sorry

[VRS 203]

Ohh dear me, i can see this being bad.:P

[missp]

i can see me havin laquer issues if I am honest lol! Can guarentee it'll run :S meh... someone else can sort it if i go wrong.

I am starting to think though that i shoulda done a black base coat before the purple as its gonna come out different to the black stuff i am spraying now i think. Hummmmmmm

*sigh* - I am only a female after all

[missp]

The finished product...

Next up... the side rubbing strips, then the rear one. Not doin front as i should be havin a nice sport front bumper on her when idiot off ebay gets his backside into gear and posts it... nearly a month now! Gonna be a trip up to Middlesbrough soon with a couple of rather large blokes me thinks grrrrrrr

[RobClubley]

I was worried, but that actually looks pretty good

[missp]

Thank-ye thank-ye hehe. Everyone was worried... but sometimes you just gotta keep the faith. The colour scheme works on my pants... so why not on my car

[VRS 203]

I was worried, but that actually looks pretty good

Im going to have to admit to the same thing.

Looks quite good!

[Duggie]

Yea... That looks good actually Missp! Once the rest is coloured i recon it will all come together!

[Tech1e]

The colour scheme works on my pants... so why not on my car

Oh yeah.

Looking good

[MudPuppy]

Looking good

That shade of purple works well I think ... looking forward to seeing the progress on this!

[KenONeill]

That really works with the silver paint; I'm not sure it would be so good with, say, yellow or Race Blue, but it's not.

[vindaloo]

Thank-ye thank-ye hehe. Everyone was worried... but sometimes you just gotta keep the faith. The colour scheme works on my pants... so why not on my car

I saw a TVR Cerbera that someone had chosen to be sprayed in "the same purple as her ski boot". Looked quite lively.

BRISKODA - The Skoda Forums

^^^Apparent piccie of a GT/sport front bumper. If it turns up and looks like that, will you be purpling the diamond mesh inserts?

Edited 18 November, 2008 by vindaloo
Less alcohol, more sense!

[ddr]

Thank-ye thank-ye hehe. Everyone was worried... but sometimes you just gotta keep the faith. The colour scheme works on my pants... so why not on my car

i told u it would look trick, and now look at all the doubters. well done !!

Edited 10 June, 2009 by ddr

[sms]

MissP i have a great suggestion for the grill, paint each fin like on hedges.

[Captain Scarlet]

I have to say it does look good, and good quality from what I can see on the photo, being a diy job.

Any more updates?

[Robshaw]

I was rather worried - However, I rather like that!

[Leodhasach]

I feel weird saying this considering I'm a 6ft 2in rugby-playing, beer-swilling mad islander, but...that grille surround looks really good in purple, well done!

Edited 30 November, 2008 by Leodhasach

[Tom_vRS]

Its a bit of fun, but looks better than I'd thought it would!

[fabiash]

Any improvements?

[missp]

Front bumper went on today - will get pics tomorrow when its light - Am also gettin a few bits of interior to start making that all black and purple now. Gonna do the "black headlight" mod at some point but with purple instead of black

[missp]

Before

During :(

After