continued to battle away with the ka!
almost finished now after owning it for a month!
wasnt happy at all that rust had started to form around the wiper arm!!!!!! (common problem i read) and also looking at other kas!
anyway! had a go at this my self! but what started out to be a small job - turned out to be a bigge!!
the rust had spread rather bad - i cleaned all the rust off and rust cured this under the rubber etc - applying primmer and top coat - i masked everything off and tried to blend this! but it didnt look right at all! you could see were i had sprayed it!! so i ended up spraying the whole of the boot!!! Overall pleased but as the rust had attacked the paint work you could see were i had cleaned it up etc to shinny metal! (perhaps in hindslight i shouldnt have taken on such a big project and i would have perhaps just touched it up! but i know that it would have come back(and i wouldnt have been happy with that!!!!!! but i didnt want the rust to spread etc! topcoat and lacqured this and overall pleased!
just fitted some vinyl today to cut around the rubber to make it look that bit better (tip from a bodyshop guy i went to see about this) he said overall i did a good job (total cost 20.00) he said he would have charged me 250.00 to respray the boot and theres no guarantee he could get a perfect match (apparenty silver is a bit of a pig)
anyway few pics for you! 99% of folk wouldnt see what i had done but ive at least kept the rust away from what is all overall a perfect car! pleased
worked hard at getting the back right with 1500 grit and g3 paste (its as smooth silk now)
what do you thing folks
thanks Paul
close up
polished all wheels / trims etc (wheels came up like new)
and dressed all bumpers and tyres!
dressed all seats in side (bumper care)
and engine etc
