1.6 rsi...

[Millsy]

why?!

it'll just get scuffed and no one see's it!

 

[K80 NCH]

i see it and its gettin a good few coats of paint and clear glossy enamel paint

 

[N!CK R]

Lol @ this thread.
I thought double posting was bad, but 5 or 6 posts in a row. Epic.

After 6 pages of waiting... we finally see a picture of a standard rsi and the foot well.

 

[@rt]

feeeeeel the neeeeeeeeeeeeeed

 

[mini-valver]

clear glossy enamel paint

FLOL! Lacquer?

 

[JCC]

i see it and its gettin a good few coats of paint and clear glossy enamel paint

LOL that'll be lacquer then. It'll still scuff, I'm a painter I know it will. Looks like you're going to take this car down the same route your old one was going....

 

[iimushroomzii]

PMSL @ Clear glossy enamel! Super duper paint!

 

[K80 NCH]

well i started the colour coding and its going ok
decided today tht i wanna spray my alloys black
seems sensible dunno why i shouldnt
pics to follow

 

[AhmedRSi]

My RSI started life looking the same as yours, and apart from a few subtle mods its not too different atm. As a fellow owner of an RSI please take some advise from me and dont destroy or 'shed' this one! listen to peoples advice on here, there usually right

 

[K80 NCH]

need to know will a car wash take the paint off the side strips after they are painted and laquered ?

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

hopefully not unless u used childrens party face paint

 

[adam_socks]

which tbh is perfectly possible going by the enamel comment

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

lol mate u would spray kids faces with that would u?

 

[JCC]

need to know will a car wash take the paint off the side strips after they are painted and laquered ?

As in an automatic big ass machine type car wash? You actually take your car through one of them?

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

As in an automatic big ass machine type car wash? You actually take your car through one of them?

+1 its kinda like throwing pins at ur car and hitting it a few times

 

[K80 NCH]

well spraying the wheels black now and aint using them machine car washes seen as tho you all think so highly of them
side strips are painted and ready to go back on
just gotta colour lettering in some how
then callipers and drums need painting
as do door mirrors and bumper mouldings

 

[SC03OTT]

When did you start doing the side strips? There is no way in hell you have done them in one day.

 

[K80 NCH]

started them last night only really gotta laquer them then cure them and put them back on

 

[SC03OTT]

Oh right. I'll wait to see pics before passing judgement. Touch up pen for the lettering btw.

 

[@rt]

started them last night only really gotta laquer them then cure them and put them back on

what is this "laquer" you speak of?

IMO I think you need some clear glossy enamel paint!

 

[K80 NCH]

if ya aint got nothin good to say dony say any thing at all
its gettin annoying now
you must have something better to do than pick fault at ppl

 

[K80 NCH]

for the letters i have just used some touch up paint and a craft brush with a fine head thnx for the advice

 

[@rt]

its just friendly banter tbh

I used to think my car was a 182 rep, epic fail, People took the piss at that, botherd? nope, had a good laugh with them! lol

Everyones gotta start somewhere!

 

[K80 NCH]

lol thnx for the vote of confidence dude
appreciate it

 

[K80 NCH]

well worked till like 6am to get most of the stuff that i wanted to do done
heres the after math of the back strip out

the footwell after paintin plate

side strips

badges

wheels

add more photos later gotta do the bumper mouldings

 

[JCC]

The sidestrips and wheels look good IMO, but the orange looks pish. Oh and PMSL at the glue left behind by the chav shopping list someone's had on the door! No wonder it was f*cked when you bought it if someone like that owned it before you.

 

[@rt]

not a bad effort at all!

get some glue/tar remover for the shopping list, should come off alright.

I quite like the orange bages personally

all you need to do now is colour code the front and rear bumper mouldings (as said), the door handles, get some tyre dressing, and get some ph2 rear lights, and it will look pretty good

EDIT oh and lower it and colour code the spolier

 

[K80 NCH]

cheers dude
just done the back bumper and door handles just gotta laquer
then do front bumper
yayua

pics to follow

 

[iimushroomzii]

s**t effort at spraying the wheels ( you can still see silver marks/kerbing)
The Orange badges look s**t.
The side strips dont look the same shade of silver.
Theres a shopping list down the side of the car.

Other than that, good effort!

 

[micallef1990]

s**t effort at spraying the wheels ( you can still see silver marks/kerbing)
The Orange badges look s**t.
The side strips dont look the same shade of silver.
Theres a shopping list down the side of the car.

Other than that, good effort!

that was abit next level hardcore lol

 

[K80 NCH]

wheels were touched up before you mentioned that they arent kerb marks ya douch they are where maskin was covering the old paint
shopping lists have been gone since 5pm so s**t effort noticing that before me
and your opinion doesnt count coz you never say owt decent so

 

[iimushroomzii]

Post pics of it now then and I may have no critism left

 

[K80 NCH]

gimme a bit to clean it and take the paper off the front end

 

[Jordi17]

Don't mean to sound rude but those side strips look a way diferent shade of silver to the rest of the car. Also not keen on those red badges.

P.S. tyre dressing needed

 

[Sam]

How close is the color match for the side strips ? In that photo, it looks more white than silver!

But have a star for effort! :star:

 

[K80 NCH]

its supposed to be the same i bought the paint tht had the same code as my car has so i dunno why it seems any different to the rest of my car :s

 

[@rt]

its supposed to be the same i bought the paint tht had the same code as my car has so i dunno why it seems any different to the rest of my car :s

to me it looks pretty much the same :S lol

the colour match on my car is aweful so I wouldnt worry :approve:

 

[K80 NCH]

you art you are possibly the only person on here who has had anythin nice to say about my car and me
i appreciate it
keep you eyes peeled for some more pics
i might get some up of it tomoro if i get time after the north east meet

 

[Sam]

OO

You are coming then matey?

 

[JonnyK]

is there a scratch on your newly painted side strip?

also get some t-cut/tar remover on the glue leftover from the shopping list