DILLIGAF?: Project Ratty



  • Still waiting for a reply on the wheels and I have started dyeing the interior, looks a bit messy at the moment so I'm not bothering with pics but once it's done I think it's going to look quite good, I've even used it on the door plastics and its brought them up beautifully.

    I gave the bonnet a first coat of the satin paint yesterday and cleaned the car down today and this is why I love satin paint




    It looks stunning when it's wet and beads like this. Now I can't wait for the weather to truly open its arms (with sun!) so I can get this project moving in the right direction!





  • :D hopefully picking up new wheels tomorrow. Need refurb and new tyres but all good. 8)



  • should reduce that arch gap nicely!



  • @dc1e0518fd=youdirtyfox:

    should reduce that arch gap nicely!

    Probably will, but will need much more lowerness with the extra height the wheels will give the car. I think I'll have to think about coil overs.



  • New wheels :D


    and next to the 15's

    I would put them on the car but it's raining and I seem to have misplaced my jack handle (and there's only 1 legal tyre on them).



  • sorry to ask his but what you doing with you 15's



  • @624d5d2a88=jay:

    sorry to ask his but what you doing with you 15's

    Not too sure yet bud. I'm keeping them until I get some new rubber on the 17's and see if I like them. I'm thinking I might keep them for winter as 17's and snow = not fun.

    It also depends on how sick the missus gets of my wheel collection growing in the house :lol:



  • Looks like they need a bloody good wash first off. :D



  • @a883a2c930=Venari:

    Looks like they need a bloody good wash first off. :D

    They'll be getting more than a good clean, gonna be stripped down and re painted :D



  • Interior dyeing is taking a little longer than I hoped. It' looks f**king aweful at the moment too. I might have to lump it and strip it all out as doing it while it is in the car is awkward to say the least, and the fumes in the car don't go away for about 3 days.

    Just to give you a taster and let you know the state of what I'm sat in right now :oops:

    Roof lining:

    Passenger door:

    Coat 1

    Coat 2

    Crivers door:

    Coat 1

    And that's how much my lungs and brain could take.

    It needs some flattening off on the plastics, but you can see how fresh it will all look hopefully when finished.

    In all honesty I cannot see a big difference on the door material, but it's only one coat down, I've done a test strip on the carpet and that came out okay, but I can't do anything with this until I remove the front seats/central console/clean it.



  • Well, took some time off from doing work on the house and grabbed my Carbon wrap and the centre caps for the wheels and got creative.



    And after this I used a couple of left over strips of rim tape to test the waters on these ideas

    Outside rim:

    Inside rim :



  • you still planning on painting them blue?



  • @2e7aa2dcb6=youdirtyfox:

    you still planning on painting them blue?

    No, decided against that idea, keeping them this colour.



  • im glad your keeping then the same colour there a nice colour and center caps look great.



  • @b6b361f5e8=jay:

    im glad your keeping then the same colour there a nice colour and center caps look great.

    Cheers Jay. I wouldn't say the caps look great, I need to re do one as I sliced a bit too much off it when I was trimming them, but got plenty o' carbon sheet so easy sorted. need to do my centre console again too as it's gotten a little tatty.



  • My new wheel nuts turned up today so cue Macro Mode!



    What they will look like in the wheels

    What numb nuts here forgot though, was to order the adapter for them :x



  • Look nice them!

    Is it just like a 12mm allen key this adaptor?



  • Yes it is, can't believe they don't supply them when you buy a set of nuts, I got one when I bought some tuner nuts before



  • Should have a 12 mm allen key lying around somewhere to do a trial fit :D


 

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