body touch ups and paint

david moore · July 26, 2016

car went in monday to have some TLC on her body work. here are a few pics i taken today, mainly paint blisters on wheel arches and complete bonnet respary, when shes all done i will update her new look.

Claws · July 26, 2016

Do you have before photos?

david moore · July 26, 2016

sorry but not very good photos, these are the so called paint blisters, they may not look much but i know they are there! hope ive got them before they get to bad. ie paint blisters. but stone chips on bonnet where bad plus i had three scratches.

david moore · July 28, 2016

ive been called today (Thursday) by the company who are doing my body work, and say its ready to be picked up, ive told them to leave both front wheel liners off so i can do some work inside the arches myself. hope to collect on saturday.

david moore · July 29, 2016

been in today and collected the wheel arch liners, but they have said that they will have to keep the car in a little bit longer due to some extra work found! no problem as i can start to clean the liners and also get new screws and plastic clips. ready for when i do eventually fit them back on. for now here they are?

Andy X400 3.0 · July 29, 2016

Hi Dave , i have a few little bits to be done on mine , mainly on the rear bumper but was concerned what the paint match would be like on a 13 year old car. Would be interesting to find out what yours turns out like.

Regards ,

Andy .

david moore · July 29, 2016

at the moment there has been a few issues on paint? because before i had the car one or two panels have had some work done on them but not a complete spot on match which is noticed only when in different lights of the day. but other wise not that noticeable in general. the body shop guys have been really good up to now in trying there best to do a good close colour match. but as you say the cars age and sun uvs on the paint work does take its toll. any way keep an i on this as i will update with pics. cheers and thanks dave....

david moore · August 1, 2016

UPDATE,.....been seen car and she looks good :-) will pick her up tomorrow and take back home, the wheel liners are being cleaned only two done as one had tar and chippings all round it. then its wheels off clean and tidy up all inside arches and paint plus then on top with my builders rubberoid sealant. new plastic trim clips and screws at the front. then for the rear arch its the same, but hope to re-paint both inner wheels as they are pitting. will update with pics as soon as i start work on her.

david moore · August 2, 2016

here are the new pics of the new paint work done, when i get the front wheels off and start treatment on the inside wings i hope to take pics of the condition of how everything looks and what sits where under wheel arch liners.

O.T.H · August 2, 2016

Looks like a really good job done -I bet your pleased with it.???

Frank

david moore · August 3, 2016

yes frank really pleased, but im also finding out myself that the body work and underneath is very good indeed. due to that i try to do some work myself if possible. hope to start work on drivers side inside wheel arch tonight after work.( hope to get pics.)

Claws · August 3, 2016

very nice David

what probs do you have in the wheel arches?

Steve

david moore · August 3, 2016

ok guys .... bit of a video done and very shaky but should be able to see whats going on. now in the video you should see a sponge that is half way up with a silver round patch. when i removed this loads of water came out and it smelt stagnant along with dirt too. also the silver disc had slipped down witch should have covered a hole. anyway all sorted out and also ive got pics. enjoy dave.

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david moore · August 7, 2016

plastic clips arrived yesterday for the inner panels, but ive had to drill out four holes 1mm dia, bigger to get the clips to push in. now waiting for me chimney clips to do around bottom front arch where all plastic panels meet, had to re-mold a plastic panel bracket as it snapped off.