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[Pauly]

Got them from wood & pickett direct.

Paul.

[mini_mad69]

You parked in the space wrong!
I'm loving that though! So clean and tidy! Try and keep it like that!

Good luck, with wood and picket arches, because of their shape they offer no protection and it will spray everything from the road, straight up onto the bodywork.

Thanks guys .

Come back from cosford today and even though it wasn't raining and nothing like the weather that was expected, the car was filthy! so washed it down again and now its back in the garage ready for Bingley next sunday .

Paul

Get used to it with your arches and wheel combination.

Car does look gorgeous, you've convinced me to colour code my arches now, just makes the car look cleaner and less clutered.

Keep going car looks excelent. I've followed this pretty much from the begining.

Ben

[Pauly]

Well to be honest my wheels on my daily stick out further and I get the same thing, with bigger arches you would probably still have the same problem because it would kick up spray from underneath because of how the wheel protudes from the bodywork.

Paul.

Edited by Pauly, 19 January 2009 - 09:44 AM.

[Pauly]

Bingley Bits

Had a good day at bingley today, really good show. Great turn out .

Heres the bits I bought, mainly chrome stuff. Will be going on tomorrow .



Paul.

[advantagestacey]

very nice mini, wish my henley blue looked that nice

stacey

[Pauly]

Thank you . Yours looks nice aswell, all individual at the end of the day.


Paul.

Edited by Pauly, 26 January 2009 - 09:45 AM.

[Prawn]

looks awesome Paul! the new wheels and arches really suit the colour of the car.

i'd say get some Hi-lo's on it now, the front height looks perfect, but the back could do with dropping an inch or so.

otherwise, it's bloody lovely!

[Pauly]

Thanks prawn .

Got some pics with the bits ive put on from bingley.

Clear indicator lenses.



Chrome wiper kit.



Chrome numberplate light.



Mirror



Gear knob.



Paul.

[Pauly]

Just a little update.

The blue'n has been running like a dream since its been on the road, had a little mishap with the pressure washer causing brake fluid to splash onto the wing and burning the paint . So got to blow the drivers wing in, the paint has peeled on the rear hinge panel on the boot aswell.

Next big thing to do is to get some sounds into it . Not thinking really expensive because it doesn't get used in the week really, but something thats good quality. Want to make/buy a dashboard aswell. Also want to get the seats retrimed .

So get the wing sprayed in then go from there. But im going to be starting on my thirty shortly aswell.

No rest for an enthusiast

Paul.

Edited by Pauly, 26 March 2009 - 08:51 PM.

[Pauly]

Little update.

Been doing some tidy up jobs on the blue'n, even though its only been on the road for a few months, but they where things I overlooked during the rebuild.

Noticed the paint on the sills was chipping off as I didn't stonechip them, so Ive gave them a coat of stonechip and they will get a colour coat aswell.

The arches have gotten badly stonechipped because we didn't put enough paint on them (1 coat I think ) so they will get a few thick coats of paint. They are all preped now and ready.

The back hinge panel, the paint was chipping off, dont know why, so ive cleaned it up, preped and now ready for paint.

Last but the reason why this all started, I was pressure washing the engine the one day, and managed to spray excess brake fluid from ontop of the clutch master cylinder onto the wing .
So thats now preped aswell.

If everything goes to plan and if the weathers good I will spray all the bits tomorrow.

Also done a test panel today to see if I could spray, because my dad sprayed the car and I have only sprayed primer, which is easy to do.

Seeing as its my first time with colour coats and think its come out nice, might be slightly better than dads finish .

Some pics for viewers pleasure .

Sills stonechiped.


Back being worked on.


Almost ready for paint.


Finish of my first go at colour coats (finish straight from gun)


Paul.

[Pauly]

Done a bit of spraying today, got most of the bits painted just the arches and the drivers wing to do.

I sprayed the drivers wing and it fish eyed because theres still brake fluid on there, so its going to need to be flatted back down to almost bare metal, primered, flatted then painted.

Other panels have come out spot on!

Roof touched up, can just about see the area Ive painted.


Sills painted.


Back hinge panel painted.


Paul.

[M44K TS]

Coming along great now matey, got to admit, i was never a fan of that shade blue, i always thought it looked a bit flat, but looks spot on on your car.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

you sprayed the windscreen and seals !!!! lol still love the colour

[Embey]

That mini's looking gorgeous, love the colour. Think the wheels are the same as mine, did you get them from huddersfield spares?

Nice work

[Pauly]

I know a sprayed the seals, lol. 1st pass I did, I catched them, so I thought stuff it, its done now, no point in masking it up . It will come off with thinners anyway, the beauty of cellulose .

Thanks for the comments guys, and the wheels are 6x12's from huddersfield.

Paul.

Edited by Pauly, 03 April 2009 - 06:43 PM.