billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

speed · Postby **speed** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:11 pm

Looking good!

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billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:03 pm

thanks, quick video on today's spray job

https://youtu.be/dogh63b9B2U

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:33 pm

bit lazy today....just the bonnet

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:07 am

windscreen surrounds will be done eventually in black gloss

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:09 am

even the white spokers look alright but they will also go to a gloss clear coated black

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:13 am

just a few days earlier

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:19 am

That's an incredibly rich & classy red!

Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:35 am

I seem to recall you said you were adding white stripes and/or details....

If so I would hold off on painting the wheels until you've done that as I suspect the white wheels would work better. :wink:

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:09 pm

I am a long way off painting the wheels. at the moment I don't really know if I will run a side strip or not. some of these things happen right at the very end

had no-where to put the bonnet so it's back on the car for a while

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:14 pm

Agree with holding off on painting the rims, I'm not a fan of black since you can only see the rims up close and black "drabs out" the car too much.

At least wait until you've finished the body then photoshop different coloured rims on it to see what looks best (my vote would be a light gun-metal grey).

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:52 pm

Lokiel wrote:At least wait until you've finished the body then photoshop different coloured rims on it to see what looks best (my vote would be a light gun-metal grey).

Good idea, but my vote is a Rays style bronze. Always looks good on red.

Travelator · Postby **Travelator** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:24 pm

smy0003 wrote: my vote is a Rays style bronze. Always looks good on red.

+1 to bronze.

Also, the car looks fabulous in that red!

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:14 pm

gives me something to think about while I go about the task of rubbing the clear coat off these :lol:

after that it will be a good clean up with grease and wax remover followed by a wipe down with a tack cloth then hit with a 1k plastic primer - but not today :lol: