{"id":1402,"date":"2020-08-06T09:57:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=1402"},"modified":"2020-08-21T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:06:24","slug":"paint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=1402","title":{"rendered":"Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For what seems months now, I have been rubbing down the body; filling with a thin layer of filler, then flattening it off, making sure that every panel, seam, joint and edge is as true as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the front arches\/fenders I welded a 5mm bar of steel into the lip, and then using a gas torch panel beat the lip over, so it made an absolutely flat and true edge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then fill, and sand, fill and sand and repeat. The outside of the house was covered in a thin layer of white dust, my wife, bless her was not amused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend, i took that Friday ad Monday off, the idea to get the body sorted once and for all. So the last of the sanding and filling… On Monday, the 3rd August 2020 I was ready for some paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inside of the car has been stripped out, the wiring loom removed, intercooler and all induction pipes removed, steering column, dash, windscreen etc all taken out and stored safely away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I masked the engine, fuel cell and centre console where all the electrics are and sprayed the car with 2 pack (2K) high build primer. It went on really nicely, in all for both the inside and outside of the car I used 1.5 litres of paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a video of before and after<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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