billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

[billybunter]

front bar coated in plastic primer





bottom part of front bar



under side of bar plastic filled and sanded



first of 3 top coats





top coat on



top and clear coated



job done

[billybunter]

just thought i'd mention. just in case you think that there might be a paint run in the centre of the bar from left to right...........definately no run just high reflection from the clear coat

[billybunter]

rear bar lower section sprayed in plastic primer then top coated in matt black





rear bar on car

[billybunter]

[Regie]

damn....hot as

cant wait to see this thing finished!

[Regie]

You know Regie, You've one sitting in your driveway that you could do a similar project to ;)

easier just to buy a white one

[billybunter]

door hardware on





mirrors next






clear repeaters



boot area





rear bar - tail light - 3rd brake light and clear reflectors

[ak_perth]

Wow, i love the clear repeaters. They always look brilliant on a white car

[Apu]

Please don't expose all of the car for now...the partly covered tease is really working well for me. Not that I'm comparing this to a strip show or anything like that...given I don't know what happens in a strip show anyway...

[billybunter]

will carry on .........with the tease. wait till we get to the interior. had this door jam rubber the wrong way in, just change it over. old photo here showing wrong direction

[billybunter]

now it's onto the side skirts

[billybunter]

decided to do the door sills at a later date. now into changing the colour of the door cards to jazz up the interior. hopefully should look smart with the white exterior.

[davidau]

Red to go fast? The progress is good.
What type of paint do you use for door card?

[billybunter]

3m vinyl paint - you can get it at supercheap and goes straight on. should be a good product being 3M. one thing you must do is prepare the surface well with grease/wax remover.
i cleaned the panel parts several times. literally laid it on. when on to the painting still got grease bubbles on a couple of parts. best thing to do is out with the g/w remover again and wipe over the contaminated area. after that just blend the red paint into the black.
allowed 10 to 20 minutes per coat. three coats in all.
don't slap it on thick or this stuff will run easily.

[Guran]

How good is that cleaner at removing Armorall and similar silicone-based vinyl treatments? I've been told they can be virtually impossible to get off, and cause delamination of overpaint. Probably more of an issue for exterior panels. Hope you don't have that problem.