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I thought it was finished 😕

31 Dec 2015, 4:15pm
Any picture updates? A before paint with a panicked look? All the best and good luck
1 Jan 2016, 7:28am
Good luck for the paint - the worse thing that'll happen is it's gonna look fabulous! :)
4 Jan 2016, 3:37pm
The back end, get the car back in two weeks.

6 Jan 2016, 6:03pm
It's in primer , this is all rather exciting. I could have it back on Monday then the rebuild can begin.
6 Jan 2016, 6:24pm
It always looked good and with the peace of mind knowing that the structure is sound you have years of just driving it.

Looking forward to the pics
6 Jan 2016, 7:05pm
Roadster wrote:
It always looked good and with the peace of mind knowing that the structure is sound you have years of just driving it.

Looking forward to the pics


Thanks for your kind words roadster
Just need dry weather for me to pick it up !
9 Jan 2016, 4:08pm
It's got it's colour coat.
Getting close now :)

9 Jan 2016, 8:28pm
The trouble with these long cold dark nights is that I spend hours on my iPad, I have now talked myself into taking the dash out of my MX and fitting a custom one!!
It's not even back from the paint shop yet !
10 Jan 2016, 9:16am
The mx dash is realy easy to work with and disguise. Have a look on my build thread, i relocated the heating controls and cd player behind the seats and it really made a difference.
10 Jan 2016, 10:01am
Danny_HUFC wrote:
The mx dash is realy easy to work with and disguise. Have a look on my build thread, i relocated the heating controls and cd player behind the seats and it really made a difference.


I agree I modded the dash on my Roadster, took the speedo apart and custom made faces and masks added chrome rings all easy and as Danny said the centre console unscrews easily giving a few options. Changing the switches to toggles all helps

10 Jan 2016, 10:23am
I didnt 'unscrew' my dash, was more of an angle grinding of the dash....

11 Jan 2016, 12:35pm
Just visited the car at the paint shop . It looks awesome :)
Pics to follow soon
11 Jan 2016, 5:44pm


Getting close now
11 Jan 2016, 5:45pm



Glad I paid for a professional job :)
11 Jan 2016, 10:16pm
looking good drum
13 Jan 2016, 4:40pm
It's back and parked in my garage :)
Too dark for any pics though so watch this space .
15 Jan 2016, 7:20pm
Got asked today by the wife
"What have you done?"
The interior is in the spare room , I think she noticed :)
16 Jan 2016, 4:44pm
Had a busy few hours today :)

16 Jan 2016, 4:45pm
The other side

17 Jan 2016, 9:11am
Really really pleased with the paint job. Just hope I don't f**k up the interior.
17 Jan 2016, 9:42am
It's looking really good.

I know what you mean though, I'm concerned that my efforts on the inside will let down the paint job. Time will tell.

Bob.
17 Jan 2016, 12:15pm
hurnleft wrote:
It's looking really good.

I know what you mean though, I'm concerned that my efforts on the inside will let down the paint job. Time will tell.

Bob.


Got big plans for the interior, but all in my head. I've bought the trim, aluminium and switches , what's the worst that can happen :)
17 Jan 2016, 12:22pm
what's the worst that can happen

Something like this?