My Caterham race car
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petery said:
hurry up and get the finished pictures up!
Haha, an update then just for you: After 4 coats of the red I thought we were there - Mickey had other plans! He gave me a bowl of soapy water, a flexible rubber block and some 1500 grit paper. For the next 5 hours we flatted down the whole car to rid it of orange peel and low spots. It now looked like this:
And with all the paper off it was starting to look like a car again
Here's the shine we (well Mickey) managed to achieve in poor paint conditions - pretty good I think
I now had more enthusiasm after all the late nights and weekends in the freezing cold as I could start bolting parts back on. One of the first was the freshly powder coated cage . You can also see in these pictures she is now wearing her aeroscreen, battery cut off, watts linkage, boot cover supports and overflow tanks under the bonnet.
It was now early February and I had a track day booked at Snetterton to aim for. Having driven the car for several laps previously with no set up and the engine expiring I was itching to drive it.
We had only 1 day to get all the other parts painted, flatted, polished and bolted back on. My old grey Supersport was a breeze in comparison but the 300 needed the following bit painted:
Bonnet
Front wings
Tonneau cover
Nose cone
Boot cover
The car was put back on its wheels
And then moved into the corner of the garage so we could crack on
. You can also see in these pictures she is now wearing her aeroscreen, battery cut off, watts linkage, boot cover supports and overflow tanks under the bonnet.It was now early February and I had a track day booked at Snetterton to aim for. Having driven the car for several laps previously with no set up and the engine expiring I was itching to drive it.
We had only 1 day to get all the other parts painted, flatted, polished and bolted back on. My old grey Supersport was a breeze in comparison but the 300 needed the following bit painted:
Bonnet
Front wings
Tonneau cover
Nose cone
Boot cover
The car was put back on its wheels
And then moved into the corner of the garage so we could crack on
Hi Paul,
Well, now you've ruined my thread with finished pictures I might as well get the rest up
Here are the parts off the car waiting for a good panel wipe and then primer
The tonneau cover was a bit of a pain because of the curve and the rivets for the support bars on the inside which we decided to leave in place
We were running out of space so had to get creative with the hanging of the parts to be painted
Mickey in action
Well, now you've ruined my thread with finished pictures I might as well get the rest up
Here are the parts off the car waiting for a good panel wipe and then primer
The tonneau cover was a bit of a pain because of the curve and the rivets for the support bars on the inside which we decided to leave in place
We were running out of space so had to get creative with the hanging of the parts to be painted
Mickey in action
As Mickey is going to start doing some more painting on friends and family's cars he purchased a bodyshop dryer.
The completed tonneau cover which has a great shine but 'fish eyes' unfortunately. We did a bit of research on this and it is down to silicon in the air and can be something as simple as leaving a top off a bottle of polish. We managed to flat most of the problem parts but Mickey wanted to do the bonnet again with a new product - aptly named Fish Eye Remover
The completed tonneau cover which has a great shine but 'fish eyes' unfortunately. We did a bit of research on this and it is down to silicon in the air and can be something as simple as leaving a top off a bottle of polish. We managed to flat most of the problem parts but Mickey wanted to do the bonnet again with a new product - aptly named Fish Eye Remover
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