billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

[rascal]

So it’s going to be matt/undercoat grey... pretty trendy these days, I still prefer green

Just wait a few months, bb will get through the whole colour palette eventually....

[billybunter]

DAY 15

put about 3 hours in today...so clocked in an hours overtime this rolling tub is now completely primed. I will be heading in the direction of both front guards/boot lid and bonnet and then the plastics ..front and rear bars


as usual removed the door clips and broke one. I will be chasing a plastic door trim support





pretty tight area to work at the best of times





had to completely wet rub out this door








then the masking up





door primed







exterior door




body sill



day over

[billybunter]

DAY 16

boot lid. pulled all the hardware off and bagged it





then rubbed it all out with the 400, best of all no clearcoat involved






top of the lid was still show a bit of scaring from the 120 cut sand





here I cut the boot with 240 and then down to 400





that's about it for today-boot finished and its raining so no priming today

[billybunter]

DAY 17 probably 3 hours work today

weather was good so I got straight into it and prepared the boot and primed it and its now complete










so I then decided to give the bonnet a bit of a going over





wet rubbed a fair bit of colour off the underside of it









flicked it back over and ran over the rough spots with 240 wet first





then finished off with 400 wet




day over

[billybunter]

DAY 18 -about 3 hours

etch primed both front guards and then waited about 30 minutes and primed both








guards now complete





started priming underside of the bonnet





paint pot not on tight enough and tossed out a few drips or spirts of paint. had to stop work wait 15 minutes rub it out and go again




meanwhile I removed the pot-drained the paint-cleaned it out and tighten it down. could have save a bit of work if I had kept an eye on it






then continued on with the underside spraying




flipped the bonnet and etch primed the edges




wait 30 minutes for it to dry and primed





day over

[The Dude]

Are you planning to run the rear boot-lid spoiler?
IMO, i prefer no rear spoiler on the SE's, however you will lose a bit of originality seeing that its an SE.

[billybunter]

yeah -still plan to run the spoiler. you should watch my bike video with MY 3 songs and working on another 7 to complete my album and believe me you have more fun on a bike

https://youtu.be/C5zW3UOhl14

[billybunter]

DAY 19 - 4 hours

started the day with a heavy mask off of the front end
















then primed then hit the underside of the boot with the new colour "POLAR WHITE" from the 68 XT GT FALCON ERA





I then decided to hose down and set up the tarp under the verandah






I put a couple of the top coats on prior to a rub down with 800 wet

















I wouldn't say I was 100% happy with the polar white and it didn't look the same as I recalled 50 years ago and I was down $320 on the paint. so I bought another litre of paint and added it to the mix. I thought not another re-paint and I've only just started

so it appeared to lighten the colour a bit so time will tell

[billybunter]

plus a quick real life video


https://youtu.be/9Uuyh5jpbX8

[Okibi]

Looks awesome, gonna rebadge it?

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[speed]

Looks awesome, gonna rebadge it?

With the decision to go white, I've been thinking "kelvinator" all along but wasn't game enough to say it.

Epic job Mr Bunter. Just when I was getting used to a leopard skin bonnet you go and paint some colour



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[bruce]

That leopard skin bonnet is Bunter's muu-muu (think Homer Simpson when he got large).

[billybunter]

DAY 20 4 hours

after working on a few areas I decided late today to go straight out and lay several coats of paint on the boot and let it dry overnight and tomorrow I will cut it back with 1500 wet and polish it out and see exactly if I have the Westinghouse or kelvinator colour or if I don't like the colour at all - I will abort! so today went something like this but not in sequence

guide coat on boot for the rub out




rubbed out





top coated




rear end











pained








both front guards





guide coat prior to the 800 wet rub








completed





same with other guard







day over so if the colour doesn't come up to expectations its a lot easier now to jump ship cut my losses on the paint and try again before a complete spray.

[billybunter]

DAY 21 - 5 hours

wet rubbed the boot lid with 800 and after that hit it with cutting compound and it looked fine to me so work on





after the wet rub




and the hand cut





guide coat over the bonnet





after it was rubbed out I required somewhere to hang it so made up this. bit risky but....








can be hard to see at times when the spray is flying. better the spray than the bonnet. wife later told me it was Friday the 13th. if I had known that earlier I may not had risks the bonnet move





it actually turned out pretty good too. the reason for the hanging -just in case I got spurts or drips over the bonnet from a faulty gun





I then did the top coat or part of it on both front guards and they too came out pretty good













I then decided to clean up the drivers side door area with a wipe down with 800 grit followed by grease and wax remover







masked up the door then decided -stuff it I will spray this area too




meanwhile the neighbor arrived home and decided to put out her washing - half way through this exercise. I thought stuff it I gotta carry on which I did and completed the side




I really don't know why these people just can't stay at work anyway there is always tomorrow so rather than spray a load over her washing - I ceased work







now if your reading this text -this colour is hard to call it looks fawn in the top photo and this one straight after different angle -white






day over

[speed]

You're ripping through it now.
When you say top coat, do you mean clear?

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