My "Special" toy

rosco · Post by **rosco** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:06 pm

yes indeed, Wayne......
hours of prep and waiting for the right day to spray - guess you're pretty happy with this........ I can almost see the grin on your face in the reflection.....

Don't forget to take a "walk" back every now and then and look at the pix of why you are here........

slow and steady....

I know it's very tempting to want to compound that "shine"...... just let it go.... it's very soft and will be for some time - need to get the surface to harden up ...... it will be worth it... (it is acrylic, isn't it.....?).

Your wheel trims - I painted the underside of mine with fishoilene - they have a bad habit of rusting under there ....... in this weather, they will semi dry enough quickly enough (week/10 days... longer/better) - you will have forgotten you have done this...... I left mine underside up on a flat surface... so that the rolled over lip of the ring received a substantial coating.....
You can wipe any excess on the outer part of the trims off with turps - once the underside has become semi-cured....... just beyond "tacky"....

It does nothing to improve/enhance them when they are fitted.... but you'll "know" you've done it and won't be concerned about what's going on underneath......

Guess those spats are about to get "the treatment" now....?

frats,
Rosco

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:22 pm

Good idea Rosco

I'll give the fish oil thing a go and yes the spats are now in the queue.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:31 pm

Stripped to metal all the driver's side panels today....

Body deadener under the guard and spat.....

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:39 pm

Started pulling apart the instrument panel last night so I can paint the background to suit the color of the car.

Re-painted the lettering black because the background will be either yellow or white (haven't decided yet)

Amazing how a bit of 'Colgate Total' can shine up the chrome work

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:50 pm

Colgate - I think I have a new best friend!

Thanks for the tip

Andrew

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:42 pm

EKSPCL wrote: Amazing how a bit of 'Colgate Total' can shine up the chrome work

how the f#%k did you figure that out

my70wg · Post by **my70wg** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:44 pm

from drooling his fresly brushed teeth on dirty chrome...

aidan...

Dakam · Post by **Dakam** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:55 pm

At least your dash wont get plaque build up.

Dave.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:50 pm

I've known that for a long time!
I think my old man told me when I had my first car.
He said it was good for getting rid of the hard to remove bugs and tar on the front bumper too.
It's a bit gritty like a cutting compound for your teeth

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:02 pm

Plus your EK will have a nice minty freshness when you open the doors!

Scotty

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:15 pm

Tip for the day

When you decide to take the peice of metal out from between the doors, expect a hell of a time trying to line up the doors

After a couple of shims and a few french words, the panels finally lined up

...........

I had to see if my pinstripe would look any good.
So I used some masking tape and a texta...........

Very rough, but gives me an idea.
I think it should look OK.
The top will be the yellow and the bottom the white.
I'm thinking a tan color for the pinstripe.
Any thoughts

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:40 am

looks cool as

got to love the yellow

cheers dave

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:24 am

My opinion with the pin stripe would be to go a much darker colour than Tan, EKSPCL.. the reason being that you'll loose the line over the yellow it being only 2-3mm thick. For it to be seen you'd probably have to go a darker colour like dark Brown or Red. Even a clashing colour can work if the line itself is thin enough so don't be affraid to experiment with colours like blue, purple or even hot pink.

By the way I love the scroll work you've got on the line step..very flash!

Scotty.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:55 pm

something to think about with the colours that sounds a very similar colour scheme to that 2 door sedan from WA, unless that was the plan

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:31 pm

Thanks Scotty, I will keep that in mind

Ratbox, I do know the one you are talking about.
I found a pic of it just after i decided on the colors, it has helped with the height of the pinstripe.