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[ross k]

well the corrado came home today so here some pics cracked on and stripped the in interior as it was all wet sunroof leaks on the plus side it has remote central locking hid headlights and everything works let not bad for 300 pound but got alot of painting to do inside as its all blue but it came with more paint let tme know what you think also theirs a pipe coming from the manifold which has nothing on the end so the exhausts just coming out anyone know where its supposed to go thanks ross

[ross k]

right guys need some advice the rado has been painted in 2k with a matting agent in it its pretty good but could do with flatting to get rid of some orange peel can i still flat it even though its satin also i need to paint the inside any suggestions dont really want to spray it as have no access to equipment

[ross k]

if i wet sand it will it have to be polished with a machine polisher

[Alex_B]

if i wet sand it will it have to be polished with a machine polisher

If you flat the paintwork and polish it, you will lose the matte/satin finish and make it shiny

[ross k]

will i its not laquered its got a matting agent in the paint so i was told but not up on my paints

[ross k]

bit of an update fitted a new sunroof seal found the sunroof wiring behind the dash and the motor works which is good had it running and up to temprature and the fan kicks in etc stripped the dash out and started tackling the the heater which doesnt work will post some pictures later

[ross k]

update all the electrics now work put the dashboard back in fixed the door cards on properlly the engine bay you see what i mean about the blue inside

some of the car



and some of it with my friends lupo where its kept


let me know what you think

[ross k]

update if anyone cares lol
right been working on the car all day and knackered having sorted the electrics i set about the bodywork i couldn't deal with the orange peal paintwork anymore every time you run your hand over it it would get all the dirt stuck in it i decided to wet sand it after all cant look much worse and im very chuffed done one side and its turned out great really need to invest in a polisher no where near show finish but decent enough anyway heres some pics what you think.not bad i think for my first ever wet sanding session
see the difference didn't get round to the bonnet

[Minilover1.3]

That's great change mate. Get it done by man who has a machine polisher. Be sum job then!!!

[megamini_jb]

I love these. I'll be following for updates :)

[ross k]

yeh its my birthday soon so i think i may get a machine polisher good to see people are watching ill keep updating gonna do more tommorow

[ross k]

more progress started the day by vaxing the carpet and passenger seat and i couldnt be happier the seat looks like new as do the carpets


once they were done went over for some more wet sanding got the bonnet and boot done it went pretty well bonnets still a bit pitted but looks alot better than it did before also the paint at the top of the bonnet was very thin so you can see the primer a bit but not to bad but hoping to get the bonnet resprayed at some point anyway let me know what you think


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[MiniJosh92]

Looking good, you going to keep it or flog it on?

[ross k]

its a keeper depending on how reliable it is mate cant wait to get it on the road

[a_woolhouse]

Looking good would love one of these but insurance says no