billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:35 pm

Nice pick, hellrot is a cool (or is that hot??) red. Will look ace with the white stripe.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:37 pm

even I wonder how this happened :lol:

I once had a red na and painted it yellow

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:43 pm

Well it's a healthier habit than heroin.

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:52 pm

smy0003 wrote:Well it's a healthier habit than heroin.

Mmmmmm........just not sure if its any cheaper though :mrgreen:

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:01 pm

Yeah probably not. Maybe get into heroin.

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Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:11 pm

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:58 am

billybunter wrote:bmw e36 red called hellrot

Looks great & close enough to orange!

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:57 am

I think for me this is what i'd call a pretty safe colour. about 15 years back I had a bmw e36 in hellrot and really liked the colour. to cut a long story short the wife and I were in Bathurst with a jumping castle hire and drove past the car with the for sale sign on it.

the colour and the bbs wheels caught my attention so I spun round and went back and the rest is history.

it's taken a fair bit of work to drop the SE to the skeleton look and I figured if I don't pick the correct colour I could be painting and stripping it all over again within a few months time :roll:

I am happy now with the choice of the paint so all I have to do is wait for the rain to stop and conditions to improve temperature wise and hopefully do a better job than I did on the white spray. I feel confident so I think I can :lol:

but like always time will tell :wink:

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:14 am

forgot to mention I have spent a lot of hours wet sanding and cleaning up the body of this car which is the key to a good job. ive actually put more time into it than when it was originally sprayed the artic white.

to do the paint job I have a better quality gun than before. sure its the $90 supercheap one I got for $55 but it's a good gun and works well. I always said when I got it i'd like to do a re-spray and see how good it is ........well i'm here now :lol:

so I have the better gun, I purchased quality paint -that 4 litres of red was $355 alone. better quality clear to go on top and running premium thinners. so all good stuff to do the job.

so I am 100% happy with the preparation and material so after that you can only blame the user :lol:

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:36 pm

Given all that work it sounds like your back has improved significantly, which is good to hear, & definitely well worth the repaint.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:35 pm

the back pain is still there but I don't feel it. the daughter told me a couple weeks ago about this be active knee brace she saw on tv. I watched a few you tube videos and reports were pretty good. bought one on ebay for $16

all I know it blocks pain from the sciatic nerve and does the job well or I wouldn't be doing all this work on the car. at night when I take it off I can feel the pain return. so money well spent

today it was raining all day so just did a clean up on the underside of the boot lid

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:40 pm

although it was a bit cold to try this I decided to give it a go anyway. the right side leather seat was looking a bit worn and ratty. I used a bit of the vht matte black vinyl dye to cover it over with 3 light coats at 10 minute intervals.

considering conditions weren't ideal I thought it did a pretty good job. I will go back a try this out more on a better day. overall I am happy with the end result