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worst picture ever?
so you took a picture, at night, with a flash on the panel, of a dirty car with swirl marks all over it and youre moaning about fresh paint not looking the same as your neglected paint?
clean it then give it a polish and itll be fine. going by what you said there shouldnt...
£400 is a bit on the low side for a respray tbh, im sure someone may have had it done at some point but that doesnt mean thats the cost of a respray.
it really depends on the company. insurance/thacham approved places charge the earth. bodyshop i work in recently did a back bumper on a jag...
for colour coding you need to use the colour code of the car which is on the sticker on the inside of the door appature. on mk1's its 3 numbers like 676 pearl black, dunno what it is on mk2's.
for badges, a bright white like Vauxhall Glacier White is fine and doesnt require laquer. as for the...
respect for effort thats gone in, but worksmanship looks piss poor from the pics, but they could be deceiving i guess.
just take more time when rubbing the filler down, constantly feel it, whats high, whats low, where to rub from and get those edges nice and straight. at the moment it looks all...
this is your new "To - Do " list
- remove roof lining cloth
- remove door lining cloth
- remove gear knob surround cloth
- put headlights back to standard
- buy williams discs/hangars
- buy williams engine
- delock doors
sorted ;)
i thought it looked a cool little car until you started f**king with it, i dont like any of the mods youve done. COF is ok i guess, but i dont get the others?
should have kept the black steelies and just done engine swap = sleeper. done.
another mk1 owner though, always good to see
my cousin still has a mk2 astra gte, 2.0 16v.
bodykitted up though, nothing embarrassingly silly. testarossa style sideskirts smoothed into quarters, morettes, splitter smoothed into front bumper and same for rear bumper. rapido. ripped the welds from the bulkhead a couple of times though
are they where the old dent was? if so, they cant be took out, its simply down to the skill of the pdr guy with his rods
if they are other dents, then maybe, have a word with the pdr guy who did your big dents?
half the clips broke on the doors/quarter, so they were bonded on n taped up in place til tomorrow.
roof rail clips wouldnt hold down in some places so that was bonded too n held in place