Pringle_addict's - '93 MX3 V6 - Restoration
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:lol: something like that! I just need a passenger mirror housing, as some scrote bent mine directly downwards, so my car looks sad :( Don't care about what the paints like, as long as it's not limp and cracked!
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hay marco if you want i will send you a complet red mirror faded but no bugering about with takeing it apart lol
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yeehaw! sounds great james :D Send me your paypal and I'll give you whatever £££
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ok pm me an address and i will try fined a shoebox to put it in then fined out what the postage is
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Hi Guys,
Managed to take a few 'after' photos yesterday after work. Hope these give some indication of what's possible with the right tools, and lots and lots of time ….
Roof - Before
Roof - After
Rear Corner - Before
Rear Corner - After
Interior - Before (nice mock-wood-effect panelling)
Interior - After (much nicer!)
Driver's Door - Before
Driver's Door - After
Passenger Front Wing - Before (note overspray from previous door respray is fading at a different rate from the original paint).
Passenger Front Wing - After (some fading, but an awful lot better).
As you can see, she's coming up very nicely. Once I get the front bumper replaced (paint peeling) and new Number plates on, I'll post some longer range shots of her in all her glory.
For those that are interested, I'll also do a 'how-to' guide on the cleaning and polishing processes.
Cheers
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Today's jobs completed:
Wiper arms sanded and resprayed (satin black)
Front Bumper sanded ready for priming
Paint obtained from Halfords - Paint Code SQ - Blaze Red
New Wiper blades bought and installed
Front seats and mats wet-vaxed.Just need to get some filler primer now for the bumper (scratches) and laydown a few light coats ready for resanding. Should be finished one evening this week.
Will update with more pics when available.
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sounds good! you and mechanic gotta be the 2 quickest when it comes to getting stuff done to the car! rest of us do it in long lazy bursts of energy!
well done, sounds really impressive what you've got done so far, cant wait for the pics.
still waiting on the "Beginners Guide to Detailing" though!!
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Y thank u.. It's only because the free time i have at work i can get stuck in with my car..
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wow wish i worked where you work
its to busy where i work hardly ever get a chance to do anything to my car
i do mine at weekends and some nights afterwork
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Didn't get much chance to work on her this weekend, just
Polished up the painted front bumper - not a great job, temp fix until i know what to do - replace or have painted professionally.
Installed new number plates
Gave her a good wash.
New rubber all round.As she will be used mainly by my gf, and only on short town trips, I wanted some 'economic' rubber to put on. In the end I had Roadstone N2000s which after some further reading, turn out to be pretty damn good. At £210 for the lot (tyres, fitting, valves and balance) Im pretty happy. They look quite nice too..
Will update as they wear in with progress on grip, feel and wear.
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This weekend was wash and wax weekend before the nasty weather arrives.
More details here..
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=90649
Thanks
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Looking good :)
Rims, -40mm, klze, done ;)
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Yeah, dropping is certainly on my mind - those arches are mahoosive!! Nice n clean, but mahoosive!
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hey hey hey, man ur polishing was unreal, actually made me go out but the polish and start ha ha, have to wait till its a small bit warmer.
man if my car is standard there is no way u could lower it ha ha, i have to lie down and crawl into my car its so low ha ha.
Have to start a project page too alright. but man your 93 is in seriously great nic.
but they're all right, KLZE is a must ha ha.
Talk soon
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just out of curiosity what did you do with the wooden centre console bits! and where they real wood of just stickers on normal console?
Nice work BTW!
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All the wood was binned - they were just nasty stick on bits.
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You expecting a reply after a last post of 2008!.
Sure it was on ebay recently.
It has to be vinyl wraped. No dash kits have ever existed.
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i am optomistic!
:lol:
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You are right to be optimistic - see above
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well that prooved me wrong!!. :D . you posted at exactely same time as i did mr pringle !.
