Daniels Blue 182.

[dann2707]

Everyone loves a good blowie @Ben NBR Cup

First coat is done! Over the moon with the colour so far.

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Inside panel not done yet as going to remove the glue and tar first before painting.

 

[smith647]

Looks good that Dan.. I'm going to tackle mine at the weekend if it's sunny. I'll go B&Q on Friday for some bits, just wondering what to buy.. how much paint did you use? and is it just brushed on? did you do any prep work other than cleaning the inside like give it a key or anything?

Going to paint it Black inside and with mine being a Black Gold I'm hoping I'll get away with just one coat... Unless it looks gash then I'll give it another.

 

[dann2707]

Looks good that Dan.. I'm going to tackle mine at the weekend if it's sunny. I'll go B&Q on Friday for some bits, just wondering what to buy.. how much paint did you use? and is it just brushed on? did you do any prep work other than cleaning the inside like give it a key or anything?

Going to paint it Black inside and with mine being a Black Gold I'm hoping I'll get away with just one coat... Unless it looks gash then I'll give it another.

Thank you mate!
I bought one tin of the gloss "one coat" satin from B&Q and it's 0.75L. I've used half a tin but I assume that will be because it's the first coat and I assume the second won't be as thick.

I just used a brush yeah, they were selling a 3 pack for £2.50 by the till so got them. I just cleaned it after de-tarring, with all purpose anti bacterial cleaner and let that dry over night and painted that day (today).

I think you'll definitely require two coats though if i'm honest.

 

[Mash.]

Certainly passes the phone camera test mate! Good work

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[Jimbob 2705]

Probably a stupid question Dan, but if you put all the interior back in, you wouldn't see any of the painted bits would you?

I'd assume so, just double checking!

 

[dann2707]

Probably a stupid question Dan, but if you put all the interior back in, you wouldn't see any of the painted bits would you?

I'd assume so, just double checking!

Really good question actually! I'm not too sure you know, maybe the lip where the tailgate goes, I reckon that would be visible. i'd have to get some pics of how mine was before and compare. Hows the gearstick going?

 

[RMDavis]

Loving the paint Dan. Looks bloody lovely!

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[Ben NBR Cup]

@dann2707 Lmao
Cars looking good mate the colour is great I bet it will last better than white. What colour is it ?

 

[Chris15]

This looks awesome!

 

[Inequality Street]

This is properly fit

 

[Jekyll]

Looking and liking homeboy!!

 

[dann2707]

No mate.

Loving the paint Dan. Looks bloody lovely!

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@dann2707 Lmao :smile:
Cars looking good mate the colour is great I bet it will last better than white. What colour is it ?

It's called Shadow, it's by B&Q in their gloss satin range. You'll find it in the dark area of the shop hehe

This looks awesome!

This is properly fit

Looking and liking homeboy!!

Thank you very much lovely people! I had a look at it this morning on my way to work and you can sort of see the brush strokes but i'm hoping that will be levelled out with the second coat.

If anyone is looking at doing theirs soon I recommend doing the rear sides first, then roof, then rear near the bootlock, then the rear flat panel, then the front sides, then the front floor pan. If you do it in that order you don't trap yourself in the car!

 

[Jekyll]

You could always flatten out the brush marks with some wet and dry then just add polish/lacquer? That way it'll all be smooth and protected.

Or buy a colour match spray and give it a top coat once it's flattened out.

 

[Clio_fool]

Looks good, hope it keeps clean.

 

[dann2707]

Well, finished putting everything back in. Got ALOT of work to do, well it's not a lot but it's loads of little finishing touches that are going to add up but it's all cool. It's mainly finishing painting bits i've missed, tidying looms away, removing more glue, painting the inner skin, painting the tailgate, wrapping every loom that is visible in self amalgamating tape which i've got.

But all this s**t can wait until we're back from the lakes and Wales on our roadtrip!

Got a load of those sticky cable tie pads which are a f**king god send, so simple and make everything look neat and sexy as balls.

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Sadly my camera doesn't quite show the colour of it, it makes it look REALLy pale and white when it's not.

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This is the rear spoiler loom nicely tidied away

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also had to fit these dicks because i'm scraping with the lower offset on these new wheels.

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In the next few months i'm going to be stripping most things out for the dash, fitting my new heater, blower and removing more sound deadening.

Can't wait for this trip though, will have a million and one photos after.

 

[RMDavis]

Another great update Dan.

She's looking awesome bud!

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[Ol’ Tarby]

Looks mint mate!

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

@dann2707 looks spot on this mate you should be really happy with it
Can I make a suggestion where you have your feet (both sides) I have fitted rubber floor mats they are light and look smart. What they have done is stop scratching the floor and it keeps clean saves you keep painting the floor all the time

 

[Euan94]

If I'm honest I'm not a fan of the colour :grimacing: Sorry!

I'm sure it's going to look real smart once it's all finished though.

 

[Greeny.]

Our cars look very very similar from the outside, black wing mirrors and we are there

Jealous of your 1.2's gunna get myself some soon...

 

[Sam Linssner]

that looks really smart mate! im thinking of doing the same for interior paint as paying to have a track car sprayed just seems like a waste of money tbh. did you do any sanding other than the cleaning or just go for it?

 

[Paul.M]

Dan what are the specs of your 1.2's? I really like how they sit.

Hope you all have a good roadtrip, car is looking great!

 

[Dom_capper]

Did I see you on the m62 towards Manchester about 11 on Saturday morning?

 

[Jekyll]

Heading up to the lake district buddy.

 

[Danix60]

Looks f*cking awesome !!


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[dann2707]

We're half way through the trip. 500 miles down and Boris is loving it. Just checking in.

 

[leedsboy]

Is that on stilts?

 

[fairm010]

 

[Brookie.]

Still looks ace mate. Enjoy!

 

[Potatoes]

This is an incredible thread - amazing work dude, such a clean car! I'm a big fan of the wheels on this now.

 

[Willsam]

Well... 54 pages later and I finally got to the end, I was just looking at pictures past 43 or something but still looked great, love how its come along and almost cried when the wheel nuts came off 😢 Car looks amazing bud so much work gone into it, I want a set of them RS-182 stickers!
where can I get them from? Looking forward to seeing more update on this now I'm up to speed with it. Phase 1 lights look great on it as well :up:

 

[rainbird]

Those footwells look mighty slippy with just paint on there, Dan. Might be worth picking up some grip tape perhaps 😌

 

[dann2707]

Still looks ace mate. Enjoy!

Thanks Dan!

This is an incredible thread - amazing work dude, such a clean car! I'm a big fan of the wheels on this now.

Thank you very much mate, appreciate that. Glad you like the wheels

Well... 54 pages later and I finally got to the end, I was just looking at pictures past 43 or something but still looked great, love how its come along and almost cried when the wheel nuts came off 😢 Car looks amazing bud so much work gone into it, I want a set of them RS-182 stickers!
where can I get them from? Looking forward to seeing more update on this now I'm up to speed with it. Phase 1 lights look great on it as well :up:

Wow thank you for that! How long did it take you to read it?

I got them from someone on Facebook on csoc. There are some other generic ones but the 1 on them looks grim and too big. Better when it's smaller imo

Those footwells look mighty slippy with just paint on there, Dan. Might be worth picking up some grip tape perhaps 😌

Yeah will be next on my list at some point! Either grip tape or a bit of carbon fibre.

 

[Willsam]

It took me two sessions at it, I got to like page 35 and then had to et ready for work and then continued when I got in from work in the morning, worth it though, I think I found some on eBay, they look decent quality so might get a set of them, cheers bud

 

[dann2707]

Will upload some pics from the roadtrip! I didn't take that many as I was too bothered about driving. Got loads of footage though so will be looking at that later.

This was from our first campsite in Ullswater, Lake district with @optical @RyG @MarcR™ @Alistair14 @fairm010 @jaswalker24

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Abi with joes airsoft goggles on looked like some really disappointing superhero with the smoke from the bbq behind her

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Moving onto wales, the views were pretty unbelievable. This road was fairly scary with the sheer drop off the end at pretty much all times!

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At this point a few people had to go home so it was just me, abs, farim and alistair

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Ali washed my car for me the ultimate honey

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Tried to get a picture of the tent, worst photo ever

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Second to last campsites nearest pub had a massive f**king moose on the wall

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Fortunately the campsite had a cracking view @fairm010

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Ali bummed my car


It was ok

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car didn't get that dirty throughout!

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All in all, it was a f**king fantastic trip. I did find sleeping in the tent tedious after a bit though as I didn't sleep well which doesn't go down for setting you up for the following day of driving a lot! The roads around wales were incredible though, just every single road was perfect for a well set up clio. really want to go back.

We did the evo triangle too which is something else.

 

[dann2707]

And another update from tonight. Finally got home to my place and neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to tinker. Got my race heater a few weeks ago so the heater matrix and lower dash needs to come out to get to it etc.

Removed the upper dash and airbag

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I then started removing the heater matrix plastics

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Plenty of insulation removed too!

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Got to remove the actual matrix next, not sure how it comes off from the plastic clip @Chambers_RS how did you go about yours?

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Decided i'm going to have the upper dash. It's going to be fun to fabricate the middle panels as i'm wanting to keep the radio.

Hoping to have a panel and just have loads of flick switches on, all the same make and size so it looks tidy and have them labelled with 3d metal sticky tape (not sure of the name)

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Removed a fair chunk of weight though and thats just the insulation and plastics tonight. Got my @bristolnate door cards to go on the front soon too. Really wish I ordered the rears too Gutted I missed out as it really would have tidied the rear.

 

[fairm010]

Awe

Will upload some pics from the roadtrip! I didn't take that many as I was too bothered about driving. Got loads of footage though so will be looking at that later.

This was from our first campsite in Ullswater, Lake district with @optical @RyG @MarcR™ @Alistair14 @fairm010 @jaswalker24

20160806_181742 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160806_181759 by dann2707, on Flickr

Abi with joes airsoft goggles on looked like some really disappointing superhero with the smoke from the bbq behind her

20160806_202556_HDR by dann2707, on Flickr

20160806_212959 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160807_152737 by dann2707, on Flickr

Moving onto wales, the views were pretty unbelievable. This road was fairly scary with the sheer drop off the end at pretty much all times!

20160808_143104 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160808_143106 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160808_143108 by dann2707, on Flickr

At this point a few people had to go home so it was just me, abs, farim and alistair

20160808_152655 by dann2707, on Flickr

Ali washed my car for me the ultimate honey

20160808_163143 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160808_205019 by dann2707, on Flickr


Tried to get a picture of the tent, worst photo ever

20160808_222246 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160809_194116 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160809_194123 by dann2707, on Flickr

Second to last campsites nearest pub had a massive f**king moose on the wall

20160809_210801_HDR by dann2707, on Flickr

20160809_200003 by dann2707, on Flickr

Fortunately the campsite had a cracking view @fairm010

20160810_125834 by dann2707, on Flickr

Ali bummed my car


It was ok

20160810_125901 by dann2707, on Flickr

car didn't get that dirty throughout!

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All in all, it was a f**king fantastic trip. I did find sleeping in the tent tedious after a bit though as I didn't sleep well which doesn't go down for setting you up for the following day of driving a lot! The roads around wales were incredible though, just every single road was perfect for a well set up clio. really want to go back.

We did the evo triangle too which is something else.

awesome write up mate!

 

[TRH_Racing]

<3

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

And another update from tonight. Finally got home to my place and neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to tinker. Got my race heater a few weeks ago so the heater matrix and lower dash needs to come out to get to it etc.

Removed the upper dash and airbag

20160814_164306 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160814_172531_HDR by dann2707, on Flickr

20160814_165621 by dann2707, on Flickr

I then started removing the heater matrix plastics

20160814_181156 by dann2707, on Flickr

Plenty of insulation removed too!

20160814_182939 by dann2707, on Flickr

Got to remove the actual matrix next, not sure how it comes off from the plastic clip @Chambers_RS how did you go about yours?

20160814_182949 by dann2707, on Flickr

Decided i'm going to have the upper dash. It's going to be fun to fabricate the middle panels as i'm wanting to keep the radio.

Hoping to have a panel and just have loads of flick switches on, all the same make and size so it looks tidy and have them labelled with 3d metal sticky tape (not sure of the name)

20160814_190733 by dann2707, on Flickr

20160814_184111 by dann2707, on Flickr


Removed a fair chunk of weight though and thats just the insulation and plastics tonight. Got my @bristolnate door cards to go on the front soon too. Really wish I ordered the rears too 😧 Gutted I missed out as it really would have tidied the rear.

Are you replacing the hoses to the heater matrix ?
Because I cut mine in the engine bay and replaced the pipes and ran turbo blanks where the pipes go into the heater matrix

 

[dann2707]

Are you replacing the hoses to the heater matrix ?
Because I cut mine in the engine bay and replaced the pipes and ran turbo blanks where the pipes go into the heater matrix

I can do mate, I guess i'm going to have to to get them on the race heater as those connectors are tiny! Do you have a link to where you go them from? I need to look under the bonnet and figure a length required / how easy it will be