My Estoril Blue TVR Tamora Journal

[alcovrugbyfan]

loving that motor mate! Good work!

[Rochester TVR]

tranter5 said:

I am also in the process of refurbing the calipers gloss black... although So tempted to do them red but not sure if it would look right on the car with it being blue. any thoughts on this would be appreciated!!!

If it were me, I would go for (in order of preference)

Silver Caliper / Black Logo
Yellow Caliper / Black Logo
Black Caliper / Yellow Logo

I think red could clash against the blue and look too 'DIYish' personally, but my fav are Shiney Silver calipers.

[i remember]

Rochester TVR said:

tranter5 said:

I am also in the process of refurbing the calipers gloss black... although So tempted to do them red but not sure if it would look right on the car with it being blue. any thoughts on this would be appreciated!!!

If it were me, I would go for (in order of preference)

Silver Caliper / Black Logo
Yellow Caliper / Black Logo
Black Caliper / Yellow Logo

I think red could clash against the blue and look too 'DIYish' personally, but my fav are Shiney Silver calipers.

Black/ yellow logo i would pick!

[anonymous-user]

Stunning, I wish I was able to get my car that clean!

I'm rather jealous!

[tranter5]

cheers for the comments. I think I am going to stick with gloss black and yellow logo.

[minimatt1967]

Lovely Tamora!

[6potdave]

Stunning! What a car to own at 21 I bet you're extremely proud!

[kwakus]

Tamora looks awesome, I would go with the black calipers with yellow writing.
Glad to see someone who earns there crust and enjoys it.

[minimatt1967]

kwakus said:

I would go with the black calipers with yellow writing.

This.

[vit4]

£908 at 21?!?

Christ I know what I'm getting in a few years!



ETA: Absolutely gorgeous car, always loved these. Colour suits it to the nail

Edited by vit4 on Tuesday 11th January 23:45

[soad]

Really enjoyed reading this. Car looks terrific

[Big Tav]

Absolutely beautiful. Good on you for being different too! Can I ask how much something like that costs to buy? I like it a lot!!!

[tranter5]

Right then got chance to have a go at refurbing one of the front AP racing calipers today. The calipers had faded and were just looking generally untidy. So firstly I spent a good while cleaning them then sanding down with wet and dry ready for paint. I normally paint my cars calipers with a brush but decided to spray this time and the finish is just on another level! It took me ages masking it all up especially the TVR writing but I wanted an excellent finish. I am very pleased with the end result. Just a few photos until I get it outside will do more pics once wheel is on etc. let me know what you think

BEFORE



ALL MASKED UP AND READY FOR 3 COATS OF HIGH TEMP GLOSS PAINT



AFTER

Edited by tranter5 on Saturday 15th January 19:14

Edited by tranter5 on Saturday 15th January 20:06

[TAHodgson]

Deffo a good move going with Black/Yellow, top man! Lovely Tam too, love watching the attention to detail in the Readers' Cars section, easily my favourite section on PH!

[Stedman]

Lovely car, great plate!

[magnum555]

Fantastic car hope you enjoy keep us updated.

[tranter5]

cheers guys just doing the back calliper on the drivers side tonight then going to turn it round tomorrow and get the passenger side brakes up to scratch. will have to get some better photos in daylight as the front calliper really has came up like it was powder coated, a really smooth finish... chuffed to bits! Also touched a few bits up around the suspension with some white paint pics to follow. now I have had the back up on axle stands its tempted me for another job.... Polishing the whole exhaust system underneath. I am getting all OCD now lol

[louismchuge]

Nice car, but you've got too much time on your hands

Just go drive it

[RetroWheels]

Impressive looking Tivver there ,colour helps but the attention to detail is a credit to you.


Just make sure you use it as per manufacturers instruction

Edited by RetroWheels on Tuesday 18th January 23:14

[tranter5]

I have declared it SORN through December and January was going to leave it in the garage through Feb also but I just need to get out driving it. Less than 2 weeks and I ll be driving it a few days a week weather permitting. So thought I would get some jobs done in the time I would normally be driving it