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Its like a weight off my shoulders.... the van is in the spray shop... primers on just been grinning all afternoon

Here she is...

sorry bout the photos that are sideways, I cant get photobucket and 80-90 to play together

Lucky man,wish we could afford a spray job and welding etc for ours,how much is it costing you may I ask.

Steve

Hi Steve

Not much but still alot...

Ive done all the welding (new rear wing, inner sill repairs, outer sill & side panel myself,B posts, wheel arches etc etc) and all the body prep myself (with the assistance of some good mates - pints owed...)

Paint shop is owned by a an aquaintance who is spraying it for £100 ( I had to mask it and will be back in tomorrow to flat it). Paint for the topcoat was £130 ish and that was a good price through work, the primer I got for free from work.

All in - panels, paint, sundries, filler, it must be maybe £600 minimum, with few new bits for the interior, fabric curtains etc I reckon itll be the best part of a grand.

Very exciting, great job saving cash! My alternative is to weld, prep then use Combi colour on the lower 12" (where it tends to rot) as there always seems to be something to do! Show us the topcoat.

As requested the topcoat... spent so long thinking about a colour, but plumped for good ol pastel white again... and its shiiiinnnyy!!







Grinning even more now...

it is a little bit orange peely, but thats mostly down to me being tight and using some free industrial primer rather than automotive which is a bit thick to lay on flat... but it is designed to be corrosion resistant for offshore oil rigs so Im hoping it proves to be tough! will whip it all up with some G3 and a mop, see if I flatten it off a bit - Im not that bothered - itll only be a matter of time before my son crashes his bike into it!!!

Now I wan some shiny chrome hub caps to go with my new body colour wheels!!

errrm; that's not Pastel White............

it is - its just the artificial light / poor phone camera make it look really heavy cream - I thought the same to start with, but in daylight when I opened the shop doors its spot on

Heres one with the doors open, again the camera on my phone is a bit rubbish but its a lot whiter in daylight!

all you have to do now is update your signature...and put it back together! nice job

Good Point - Done the signature will have to do me avatar soon as well

Had to get her out of the shop today for real customers! - done a little bit of putting together, mainly to keep the rain out! just looks better every time I look... which is a lot