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MR2Mike
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13th Jan 06 at 00:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Iaz you are fuckin amazing at car bodywork lol, every car its just top top class. move to wigan you mofo

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looking good mate.
Jambo
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Iaz = Leg - end

Threads are awesome, u should haveyour own forum

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wicked stuff

i so wanna spray booth and shizzle
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Iaz = Leg - end




is that a foot then?


Iaz the Foot
a_j_mair
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^^
Jambo
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Yes Jim Bigfoot
ed
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Nice work Iaz, looking good as ever.

Mines nearly ready for primer
MR2Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Iaz = Leg - end

Threads are awesome, u should haveyour own forum





lol i agree with that totally
Tom
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Good thread agreed flakes will look shocking on that
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Good thread agreed flakes will look shocking on that


gonna txt hime again tonight asking if he really wants flakes in one of these times he will answer with the answer i am after!!! hehe

thanx for comments, will get more pic up in next few days of teh progress, just finished work, off to do some rubbing down, then back to work this evening! to busy
Icy
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jus keep at it and he'l eventually give in to shut u up.
then you'l do it then he'l thank u for it when he sees it was better without

cant wait to see it finished
Tom
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I couldn't work in car modifying i'd do myself out of business telling people to leave their cars alone
FlamingCorsa
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painted under the bonnet, doors and boot this afternoon, and paint reacted under the bonnet which is bit gutted but will just rub it down and try again, i was rushing it really cos i had to be back at work very soon after i was painting, just come home from work and rubbed the whole car down!! its ready to be painted now, with or without the flakes tho...........thats the question!! hehe
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fancy doing mine?
Gav S
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He's gonna be pissed off if he wants the flakes and you 'forget' to put them in, your best off just doing it mate you just cant get it through to some people!
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yeah just do a light amount of flakes in the first clear coat and then put 2 more layers of clear coat over to cover them well!!

also if u get a reaction, get sum 1500 and when it has flashed off rub it down so it has gone but not to much and then just paint straight over it!
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Just do what the guy wants mate!
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the car is defo having flakes, gonna base coat the car tomorrow i hope then flakes go in tomorrow night or monday if all goes to plan, will get some pics up soon! iaz
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right then have not had day off for last 6days but still benn cracking on well with the car, here are some pics:-

the whole car in basecoat, gave it 4 light coats of paint, did this betweeen shifts at work, between half 3 and 6yesterday!! its wuite tight in the spray room with all bits in there...........hehe


door in basecoat


all parts layed out its like a maze to get round them without knocking into them!


little pic peeping into the spray room:-


sprayed flakes in to car then, did this after work last night at about 10pm


then coated with another laywer of laquer:-


other bits of the car:- with just one coat of laquer after the flakes went in




close up pic of the colour!!!



did another layer of laquer after these pics last night finished just before 12midnight! not got any pics of it with 2 coats of laquer! going out to rub it down smooth now then will give it final coat of laquer tomorrow! should be super shiny then i hope!!!

hope u like the pics! iaz
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Mental

How about a live video feed to your spray room Iaz

[Edited on 16-01-2006 by VegasPhil]


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N90ATH
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fucking lovley wanna spray mine that colour lol
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also the lad does not really know how i am gettting on with it he is coming to c the progress on saturday so wanna try get it almost done by then for him and suprise him........hehe
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quote:
Originally posted by N90ATH
fucking lovley wanna spray mine that colour lol


i think the colour is nicer without the flakes............after putting the flakes in the colour looks VERY similar to JAGCORSA!!!! ummm maybe my car was not painted ford imperial blue after all?!?!?!?!

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