Mossy's Cars

[NorthloopCup]

I am 100% with you on this and I would do that with mine but the passenger door has been sprayed at some point and we can see a build up of lacquer on the top of the black door decal so not going to be able to do it unless I respray the door 😧 which just isn't economically feasible.

Ah that's a bit of a pain then mate! Is there no way you could wet and dry the lacquer lip back, then repolish it back up?

 

[mossyv6]

Ah that's a bit of a pain then mate! Is there no way you could wet and dry the lacquer lip back, then repolish it back up?

Yes a royal pita I am doing the other side tomorrow so I will see. It wasn't really the lacquer I was worried about as like you say it can be carefully cut back and polished, it was the colour coat that I was worried about but I will see.

 

[mossyv6]

6k Inc car is still a massive bargain. 6k plus car is not [emoji38]. But when it looks that good who cares how much it costs?

Thanks mate. It will really be worth it and give me a great base car for the next stage.

 

[mossyv6]

Ah that's a bit of a pain then mate! Is there no way you could wet and dry the lacquer lip back, then repolish it back up?

This was intriguing me so been out and attacked it just now and looking like we are good to go without :smile: looks like the colour coat is the same throughout the door and just lacquered. Will be able to see better in the daylight.

 

[NorthloopCup]

This was intriguing me so been out and attacked it just now and looking like we are good to go without :smile: looks like the colour coat is the same throughout the door and just lacquered. Will be able to see better in the daylight.
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Brilliant mate!!

 

[mossyv6]

Back together and I will have a look in the morning.

 

[182_steve]

That does look really smart without in that photo above!!

 

[magic354]

Looks really really smart mate

 

[mossyv6]

So inspection of the B pillar showed (to my disappointment) a very small colour difference - probably wouldn't see if it you knew it wasn't there but it just wasn't good enough so:

 

[182_steve]

Ahh fair enough, but that still looks a very neat job and looks good, taking the door rubbers etc off really does make the difference to the finish :up:

 

[mossyv6]

Also decided to tackle these (a very common issue):

 

[mossyv6]

Replacements ready:

Removing old ones:

Cleaned up

Masked up just in case of any mishaps:

Weapo of choice:

Removing the old glue gunk - a right pain to do but has to be done:

New one fitted

 

[mossyv6]

And the other side

 

[Stefan.]

Great attention to detail

 

[cpaterson76]

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And the other side :smile:View attachment 175475

What's the common issue? Water ingress?

 

[Dom_capper]

They just fall apart after a while mate. No water ingress but it looks pretty unsightly when they flap around.

 

[mossyv6]

What's the common issue? Water ingress?

They just fall apart after a while mate. No water ingress but it looks pretty unsightly when they flap around.

As above mate, they are made from cheese and look terrible when perished

 

[mossyv6]

Ahh fair enough, but that still looks a very neat job and looks good, taking the door rubbers etc off really does make the difference to the finish :up:

Thanks mate and yes taking the door trims/seals makes it so much neater and professional. I saw a red 200 at the weekend and they had basically stuck some replacement straight over the originals and looked absolutely shocking!!

 

[magic354]

The level to details here is absolute incredible. Shame about the colour difference, but I still like the carbon

 

[magic354]

I'm not sure if I missed it in the thread, how many miles has this yellow beauty done?

 

[mossyv6]

I'm not sure if I missed it in the thread, how many miles has this yellow beauty done?

Thanks bud and its 70k but engine should be coming out soon

 

[mossyv6]

Been doing a bit of spraying again, lol.

To swap the caps over you have to pop the mirrors out. Release the plug.

Unscrew centre screw and 3 surrounding screws. Release the plug.

And take the centre out.

You can now see the 3 clips that hold the cap on, use a flat screwdriver to simply unclip them allowing the cover to come off.

 

[182_steve]

Looks a good finish on those mirrors!

 

[mossyv6]

Looks a good finish on those mirrors!

Yes came out really well tbh. I'm not sure if I like them fitted though - I will attach a photo in a mo - see what you think.

 

[magic354]

Thanks bud and its 70k but engine should be coming out soon :wink:

Whats happening with the engine?!?! I need to know now!!

 

[mossyv6]

What do you think:

Can't wait to get it lowered and put the speedlines on tbh.

 

[mossyv6]

Whats happening with the engine?!?! I need to know now!!

It will be for sale mate. You interested?

 

[magic354]

It will be for sale mate. You interested?

Sadly not mate, I am just curious as to your plans! Is it a Megane engine? Or perhaps some form of Forced Induction?

 

[182_steve]

Thats defo a win as far as i'm concerned, they look much better colour coded

 

[Clio_fool]

Mirrors look good, the black part at the bottom helps to break it up and make them look oem asvit fits with the other black highlights on the spoiler and arch vents etc.

 

[mossyv6]

Sadly not mate, I am just curious as to your plans! Is it a Megane engine? Or perhaps some form of Forced Induction?

Yes hopefully Meggy engine, still waiting on a car from down south.

 

[mossyv6]

Thats defo a win as far as i'm concerned, they look much better colour coded

Mirrors look good, the black part at the bottom helps to break it up and make them look oem asvit fits with the other black highlights on the spoiler and arch vents etc.

Thanks I did it on the Alien Green 200 I had and I think it finished the car. Wasn't sure about it on the yellow but I guess when it's all planted and running wider it will all come together.

 

[mossyv6]

Quick update.

Interior a little less yellow now

Before:

During:

After:

 

[Stay Puft]

Much better!

Still cant get my head around it.. how come you managed to get a LY 200 with average mileage so cheap??

 

[magic354]

Much better!

Still cant get my head around it.. how come you managed to get a LY 200 with average mileage so cheap??

Same here. Can't figure it out for the life of me!! Maybe we're just jealous...

 

[Clio_fool]

Much better!

Still cant get my head around it.. how come you managed to get a LY 200 with average mileage so cheap??

It's because he's built like a brick s**t house and scary as fook. [emoji23] [emoji23]
It wasn't exactly a mint example and as folklore says LY can't be matched one needing paint should be suitably cheaper. A bit of luck and right time, right place helps too I suppose. Whatever the price you cant take away the effort thats gone into it so far to make it mint again.

 

[Louis]

It did look lovely in person when I saw it, but it was all tucked up so i didn't get a very good look!

 

[mossyv6]

Much better!

Still cant get my head around it.. how come you managed to get a LY 200 with average mileage so cheap??

Same here. Can't figure it out for the life of me!! Maybe we're just jealous...

It's because he's built like a brick s**t house and scary as fook. [emoji23] [emoji23]
It wasn't exactly a mint example and as folklore says LY can't be matched one needing paint should be suitably cheaper. A bit of luck and right time, right place helps too I suppose. Whatever the price you cant take away the effort thats gone into it so far to make it mint again.

It did look lovely in person when I saw it, but it was all tucked up so i didn't get a very good look!

Thanks everyone. It was on eBay for a few weeks before Xmas (never try to sell a car just before Xmas) with a very poor advert with poor photos, no cambelt done, a crunchy gearbox (she didn't know this until I told her on the test drive!), arch spray required - it really had nothing going for it in the advert except the colour and fact she literally worked round the corner from my house - literally a 5 min walk :smile: so I thought I would book a viewing in her dinner break. I took it for a drive and it drove really really well (except for the box). The paint was actually really clean except for the rear arch - it has zero I mean zero stone chips so I offered my realistic amount (I am from Yorkshire after all) and really dug my heels in and stuck with it and she eventually accepted it after a week off her counter offers, lol.

But yes a lot of hard work has and is going into it to get it peachy again and I am nearly there :smile:
Trying to get aesthetics done before the next stage :smile:

 

[mossyv6]

Oh and just finished the wheels - again, lol.
Had the tyres fitted on Monday and the satin look paint was a little lost so cracked out the lacquer and brought the shine out.
And yes I said I didn't want to spend all day cleaning them but they do look so much better
Also gave the centre caps a coat.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Oh and just finished the wheels - again, lol.
Had the tyres fitted on Monday and the satin look paint was a little lost 😧 so cracked out the lacquer and brought the shine out.
And yes I said I didn't want to spend all day cleaning them but they do look so much better :smile:
Also gave the centre caps a coat.
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They look 100x better in gloss mate. :up: