Base coat on and gravitex underneath
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Gravitex dried
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Gravtiex underneath painted black and then covered with a clear coat with purple flake
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be something nice for the NCT boyos to look at :D
That undercoat is class, any more info on it, where did you get it?
Gravitex can be bought in any motor factors
Then the purple is just black paint over the gravitex and then a clear coat and purple flake
All painting is bein done by martycturbo
Thanks class Matt. Nice progress
Cheers Noel, should be shit loads happening over the next month
given something real good for the nct boys to look at haha
Nice one matt! Is gravitex like stonechip or is it a sealer or what?
This will be class when done...
Cheers for the comments folks
The painting has begun :D
Pics arent the best but il get some proper ones on Friday when im down with Martin
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this is gonna be sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!
first blocking of wings,, no more ripples
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bonnet vent is a nightmare,, might be grand for a dead flat bonnet but its proving tricky
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roof and all edging done
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bay done too!
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base on
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clear on,
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very happy with the gun finish so will take very little work to leave like glass
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This is looking unreal already Matt! Cant wait to see the finished product.
Very tasty man.
Thanks for the kind comments lads :) lookin forward to seein the final product myself :D
was down yesterday myself seein the progress - fairly unbelievable in fairness
shes like glass up each side - il let the pics do the talking
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Hard to tell the colour inside so we took the rear bumper which is finished outside - was still all covered in dust but you get the idea
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Oh ye wat a colour :) car will look savage wen finished man
This will be class! Well done man! really really nice!
now hurry up ant throw it back together boss :p cant wait to get up to see it sooooon :D
cheers lad - awh fuck its been over a year now since i started this - just cant wait to get back in the saddle :DQuote:
Originally Posted by derek89
cheers man :) lot of hard work - lot of money - lot of learningQuote:
Originally Posted by JohnRaff
haha itl be back on the tar come next saturday night - when is it your comin up ? after next saturday it has to go to get a wee section made so the exhaust comes out flush with the bumper and i have to leave it in to get the defi fitted - one thing i wont do is fuck with electrics :DQuote:
Originally Posted by D-turbo-lad
oooooooooooooow!
Well we got a good bit done over the weekend but sadly its not finished yet and with all of us going to a wedding next weeeknd itl be be a fortnight before we get back down to finish her off
Serious amounts of thanks to Marty, ConorD1 and McGingle for the much needed helping hand over the weekend
Got her back into the garage on the friday for reassembly - There is A LOT of putting back together on this thing
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Got the FMIC mocked up and made brackets as the ones they come with it were wank
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With the 20mil origin front and the 30mil origin rear panels the 18x9 +11 and 18 x 10 +11 professors sat nicely underneath but McGingle persuaded me to space them a bit more so we kept adding spacers til it looked the tits and we managed to squeeze in another 13mils of spacers to bring the rears out and 5mil to sort the fronts out
BEFORE
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Mcgingle ran new wires for all the new speakers he got me and handled all the electrical side of things before we put back in the carpet, dash and clocks - it was starting to become a lot more homely :D
ConorD1 very kindly offered to take the SSR's and split them and repolish the dishes for me - TOP LAD :D
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ANYWAY thats all for now so hopefully more to come soon
Well were rocking the katana blades while the SP1s are off getting split and polished again
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Nice crack free dash in :)
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Im a complete Kazama whore - love their stuff so i had to get myself a gearknob - probably sell on the trust grex one i already had and i got a kazama sticker for outside the car somewhere when its finished
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All the other stuff has now been painted - Nismo Bonnet Vent Included
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Just a quick shot of inside as i havent got a proper one - its still dusty as hell from when we were puttin in the carpet but its all as nice as outside the car - real factory finish style which was the look i was going for
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Savage colour man it really dose pop in certain pictures...keep it up dude
Paint job looks too class!
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Originally Posted by derek89
cheers ladsQuote:
Originally Posted by seanie R.33
hopefully itl be back together by this sat evening, just niggly things that take time holdin us back, stuff to do with wiring :(
looking sweet bud. is the nismo bonnet vent just rivited on then or how's it done? looking forward to c it all together.
the quarters/spoiler/bonnet vent are all guna be held on with stainless steel self tappers that have all had the heads painted Midnight Purple aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by marksull
rivets pop in too tight and crack the fibreglass
looking forward to seein it all done myself, hopefully will be done by this saturday night - HOPEFULLY
Looking Good, Great colour......
ah shit lad there you are, i see your 180 about all the time and i keep wantin to go over and get a look at herQuote:
Originally Posted by Jamesconn
shes a nice machine, nice to see another one on the roads up around here - great presence when you see it coming towards you
thanks for the kind comments
No Bother if we are out and about call over, it ill be great to see yours finished.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori88
Got my quaters done with tappers too,look much better then rivets and dont crack fibreglass as you said.get it finished,cant wait to see the finished product
Just a few quick snaps
Will get proper pics with a proper camera this weekend
Still need to fit wheel spacers, fit the cage and weld up a piece to bring the exhaust out level with the bumper
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Also roof spoiler and wind deflectors need fitted
seen the pics rory put on facebook...jaysus!! looks really well!
Yeah they are a lot betterQuote:
Originally Posted by PeterT
Shows the car in a lot better form
Il upload them tomorrow - too lazy now and I'm havin a beer :D
yes I also seen the video car looks so good man cant wait to see it in japfest :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PeterT
Thanks for embedding the pics Peter, I had to get some decent pics of it up as all the others were letting it down, the car looks awesome now, still a few small things left to do but he's on the home straight.
Here's the vid Darren was on about (apologies of the angle i recorded it, i'll know next time!)
Matts Kouki Rps13 180sx - YouTube
Holy shitballs thats looking sweet Matt. Hard works starting ta pay off now man
Ah cheers lads :D
over the mooon with her - cant wait to get her on the road now