Sam, thanks mate! It all come out for a good clean, new trim clips on all of them, currently sat in my bedroom haha

Yes phil, it will be done mate, going to be close but ime in that new show and shine on the saturday night, staying in a hotel then on a club stand on the sunday, you going down mate??

Looking like it is coming along a treat. Do you work in the realms of car bodywork then?

Cheers mate, its getting there now, just a bit more prep then paint! I don't mate, ime a graphic designer, but i have saved a bit of money by going down and helping out, they have taught me how to plastic weld, fiber glassing, preeping items for paint!

I find it really interesting anyway and they want me to start going down so they can train me up haha Taking pictures of the process aswell was a must for me

Well any car related project is arguably never "cheap" so sounds like you are dealing with a decent setup with regards to them letting you muck in. You'll pretty much have a brand new car body work wise when your finished.

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No, but i firmly believe you get what you pay for, With all materials having to draft a restoration welder in to fix the sill properly, and the front bumper has had around 16 hours into it, the total is something i can deal with and expected. The setup is awesome, sound guys who do an amazing job and take real pride in their work which is why i went to them. "The paint will be like glass and better than factory" is what he said so i can wait now lol

So long as he doesn't mean "the paint will be like glass" as in you can see straight through it! ;-) lol (joke)

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Will see it at UD then as im coming down with my brother

Sam, thanks mate! It all come out for a good clean, new trim clips on all of them, currently sat in my bedroom haha

Yes phil, it will be done mate, going to be close but ime in that new show and shine on the saturday night, staying in a hotel then on a club stand on the sunday, you going down mate??

Hopefully, yeah! Should be going down with a work mate with a mk1 jetta that'll be on the CumbriaVag stand outside.

I'll have to keep an eye out for yours.. What stand are you on.?

Ash - haha yeh he's going to cut all the panels out and paint around them hah

Sam - yes mate, ill be there on the saturday night of the floodlit show and shine and sunday on a club stand

Phil - I was sold at mk1 then jetta followed, one of my favourite cars them. Yes mate, if ime there come for a chat, ime on the marked territory stand, you ??

Looking forward to seeing this at UD

cheers mate, lets see if it makes it first haha

Will be CumbriaVag stand, it's a red jetta on ats classics if you see it! Really nice car..

I'll keep an eye out for yours.

ill keep an eye out for u mate! Cheers mate, might see u there

Great read mate. You've done a fantastic job so far. Looking forward to the finished article.

Cheers ben, appreciate it mate! So excited for UD now, its been painted and i'm so happy with it, hope to see you lot down there

Tiny imperfections in the roof being filled

 

 

Imperfections in the door shut

 

 

Door shuts sanded

 

 

 

 

Guide coat for flatting

 

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Replacing the old booth filter

 

 

New booth filter

 

 

 

The paint, cheers Gaz

 

 

All of the thinners, hardeners, filters and paint

 

 

1st coat of silver

 

 

2nd coat of silver

 

 

3rd coat of silver 

 

 

final coat of silver

 

 

Drop coat in-between final paint layer and laquer to blend and imperfections in

 

1st coat of laquer

 

 

2nd coat of laquer

 

 

final coat of laquer

 

 

Bumpers and doors hung ready for paint

 

 

 

Plastics hung ready for paint

 

 

Cleaned the exhaust, before

 

 

and after

 

 

found out I had damp problems in the rear carpets, put loads of rice down to soak it up and bought some new seals to eradicate the problem

 

 

 

Straight out of the booth

 

 

 

 

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time for flatting and polishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finished article (nearly)

 

 

Quick photo from the hotel before UD

 

 

 

A few photos from UD

 

 

 

 

Not 100% happy with the front bumper as it has a few lines in it, so having it redone hopefully before early edition, the weekend after UD

 

 

 

also just had smaller tyres put on the back, and when i get my bumper redone my side skirts will be going on.

 

Not a bad transformation in a year.

 

 

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You should rock the no doors look for shows it shows that interior off nicely.

Ha the thought did cross my mind

Looking incredible! 

 

Seriously good work! 

Ill take that as a decent compliment considering how clean yours is man, thanks.

Looks like a top paint job pal

U re sealed the door carrier plates on the inside? They are the usual cause of water in the rear footwell

Thanks mate! They had already been done i discovered when taking it apart ha, just the seals that run from back to front were replaced and the door seals hammered tight for a better fit and it seams to of fixed it!

Could have colour coded the door handles

Looks like a superb paint job buddy. Bet your really impressed

ha i knew someone would say that lol They are gloss black, i thought with having there side strips removed it would of been too much silver, needs another colour in there to break it up a bit!

Thanks mate, I am really really happy with it, makes me want to polish it all the time now lol