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[Dom]

Great project

Just read it from start to finish this morning.

Look forward to seeing it painted

[Southy]

Right Ladies and Gentlemen, its the moment you have all been waiting for (and myself of course), i have the first pictures of the car's underside painted in Ford Electric Orange, or more commonly known as ASBO orange.

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The first of 2 basecoat's of orange being applied over the white base


First orange basecoat completed


A close up of the paint after the clear coat


All nice and shiiiineeey

[City_JD]

maaan that looks awesome

what colours the rest of the car gonna be?

[Southy]

All of the car is going in ST orange, we are just spraying the underside whilst its sat on its side to make the job easier, its being dropped back on stands tomorrow (wrapped in cotton wool i might add) to spray all the inside and the door shuts, boot and bulkhead and then spray all the outside bar the roof which is being done in BMW cosmos black with an orange pearl over the top

[sweetser]

ahh man that looks lovely top work

[Southy]

ahh man that looks lovely top work

Why thank you sir, my mate sent me pics whilst i was still at work of the first base going on and i got all excited and wanted to leave work before i finished haha

[dan_up850]

wow looking real good mate, really nice colour, just need to do the other side and cars a carrott.......jobs a carrott?....

[marvin151173]

I was going to write a witty limeric but i couldnt rhyme anything with orange....borange....forange...nah, cant!

Looking good, cant wait to see the rest done, good luck

[erica]

this is looking good.
love the colour!
keep up the good work

[Deathrow]

Orange Mini's are the only way to go .

Lucky to afford asbo orange though.

[Southy]

Orange Mini's are the only way to go .

Lucky to afford asbo orange though.

Well upto now its cost me 400 for 4litres of etch primer,5litres of high build primer, 2litres of white base, 2 litres of orange base and 3 litres of orange pearl and a 5litre clear coat pack, some stopper, a big tub of filler, various sheets of sandpaper and mearsuring cups and sieves, but i need another litre of white and 2 of orange so thats another 60quid on top, so its not too expensive....dont you just love cash deals

Right ive got a little bit of an update, even though i didnt think we would be doing any more painting to the car due to my mate (whos garage the car is in) is going away tomorrow, i pop up tonight to collect some parts to do whilst hes away and he has started painting the inside of the car after the little misshap with the crazy paving section...

All the inside of the car is now done, dash rails, door posts, the floors, and the boot. The pics i took are of without clear, hence why there is very little depth or shine on the pics.

Edited by Southy, 14 August 2008 - 10:51 PM.

[sweetser]

its looking good mate, i bet that was a surprise going up there to get some parts to find your mini half painted lol

[dan_up850]

awesome mate, looking really good, cant wait to see the paintwork finished.

[enneaitch]

that looks fricking awesome loving it.

cant wait to see the rest.

[Southy]

Cheers for all your comments guys, you will have to wait no longer for the finished item as it was all finished yesterday whilst i was at work, i just went up to help finish it off, well i shall let the pics do the talking.....enjoy