Just been painting...

[AhmedRSi]

Quite pleased with the results, tomorrow it will be time to do the calipers... whats the best way to paint them? mask everything around them and just same as with drums? thanks...

Before...

As you can see, nice and rusty

During...

Scrub down with the old wire brush

Bit later...

Few more coats later

Finished product

(dont worry i took the key out ) And tomorrow .. tackling these bastads...

Thanks for all your help guys. The paint was just silver caliper spray paint from halfords, about 4-5 coats with 15 mins in between each coat.

 

[Clio_Craig]

wanna come do mine afro? lol ur only round the corner

 

[AhmedRSi]

Its not too hard just knackering, my drives an incline and with just the one axle stand (god knows where i put the other!) i had to do one wheel at a time, and with drying time in between coats it really took the piss lol!

p.s. (anyone notice the ph2 rear lights? )

 

[G_F]

You need to lower that car asap

 

[Mikey]

good job man, what colour you going for, how have you managed to curb those alloys already by the way lol.

 

[kully]

actually thats very good work , you've done there :approve:

 

[C.slicker]

IMO the drums should have been black.

The calipers will look good in silver though.

Sam

 

[AhmedRSi]

good job man, what colour you going for, how have you managed to curb those alloys already by the way lol.

They were 2nd hand so all the kurbing you see was already there, Im planning to get the alloyts refurbed eventually in dark grey. Personally, I havent kurbed them at all .

actually thats very good work , you've done there :approve:

Thanks!

IMO the drums should have been black.

The calipers will look good in silver though.

Sam

I like them like this tbh, cant wait to do the calipers, theyll look much better.

 

[Mikey]

thats fair enough then dude, you could have atleast cleaned under your arches and got rid of the rust lol

 

[AhmedRSi]

The whole car needs a clean, inside, outside and underside! ive still got a lot on my mind regarding further mods but exams coming up soon so limited to what i can do.

 

[Mikey]

aii true

 

[AhmedRSi]

Today, done the calipers.

This was them before

Here they are

Scrub down then wipe clean, starting to mask and tape off anywhere i dont want to spray

First few coats

Few coats later...

And the finished product

Drums from yesterday

And the whole car ( + my old man wondering whos going to clean up the mess i made in the garage )

Lemme know what you guys think, i love the change, makes a huge improvement!

 

[Moose4624]

wahey looks lush afro, lets get some more 8v modding going on

 

[Middo]

fronts look like they've come up nice

 

[AhmedRSi]

Thanks guys, glad its finally over. Although now all i can think about is what to do next

 

[Giles]

looks good:approve:

 

[C.slicker]

Like the fronts, finish looks good

Get it lowered

 

[Rob's172]

looks good that! get it lowered and colour code some of the other bits (bump strips, bumpers, mirrors, ect) and it will look well smart!

 

[AhmedRSi]

lowering is my top priority, maybe after my exams in the summer ... colour coding ill look into doing the bump strips when i get that damn new wing resprayed, i doubt theyll charge much extra.

 

[C.slicker]

Trouble is with CCing, the plastic has to be smoothed prior to painting.

Do you have A2s coming up in the summer?

 

[AhmedRSi]

yeh a2s, first exam in about 2 weeks.

 

[C.slicker]

Likewise but I really CBA.

 

[AhmedRSi]

Me neither.

 

[cat171]

I'd have done the drums black tbh.

 

[Brand86]

How long did it take to do the callipers mate, what prep did you do before painting them?

Looks good!

 

[AhmedRSi]

About an hour a corner

-scrubbed down with wire brush a LOT
-tape / mask everything up
-spray a light coat
wait 10
-spray a light coat
wait 10
-spray a light coat
wait 10
-spray a light coat
wait 10

(you get it, until your happy with the finish)

then i would leave them to dry completely about 12/24 hours before driving, but the wheels can be put back on immediately

 

[Christopher]

tidy mate, nice one

 

[philmots]

Looks like a Panda 4x4

 

[AhmedRSi]

Looks like a Panda 4x4

lol

 

[Djw John]

The new Fubar?!

 

[cat171]

^
lol, some of the members on here are too new to remember that.
They were great threads/ps's !

 

[AhmedRSi]

What do you mean by the new fubar? :S

 

[Djw John]

Hold on will see if i can find a thread to explain it!

 

[Djw John]

http://www.fubarnet.com/myoldcar.html

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=99207&highlight=fubar+photoshops

his was 4x4 style too

 

[geordieracer]

Nice job!

How soon did you put the rear wheels on after painting the drums? Weather up here is very changeable and i dont have access to garage.

 

[AhmedRSi]

LOL!

mine isnt THAT bad guys lol