J4M13
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Registered: 15th Apr 06
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Finally able to drive my car tonite and put her back together. The bodywork has taken a long while to do, getting rid of every dint and scratch etc.
The paintwork is very orange peely for the moment, im leaving it a few weeks before i flat and buff the whole car to get the good finish.
All i have to worry about now is the engine, XE is going in in february but this engine is nackered as the headgasket has gone/going, oh well.
only got the few pics untill it is light outside.


[Edited on 05-01-2007 by J4M13]
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Marc
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Oooooooh! that looks nice!
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IvIarkgraham
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you need to give me those headlights
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corsa_godfather
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thats stunning!
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ed
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Polish the orange peel out NOW. If you leave it the paint will become too hard and it wont polish as well.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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What is this 'orange peel' you speak of?
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ed
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Where the paint has not been put on quite right, it makes the surface not quite perfect looking a bit like some orange peel. It's common and can either be sanded or polished out easily enough.
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mattievRS
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when the spray job looks like the peel of an orange,slightly pitted all over mate.
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mav
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tht looks like it is going to be
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STEvieXE
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better to have new shiny peely paint than old shitty dented scored paintwork. love at some oe cars, paintwork is awful for peel...
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AndyCorsaSport
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I was gonna say its better to buff it within the first few days, than leave it weeks, it will harden way too much.
Looks nice though!
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corsaaa_16v
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looks gorgeous mate!! needs a debadged grill with little irmy badge and would finish it off!!
also, noticed you went str8 to tescos for some shiny pics lol
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J4M13
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haha yeah, i will be buying a badgeless grille soon to finish the front off, other than that, its finished on the outside, just waiting till feb for new engine, cant wait!
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J4M13
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taken a few better pics today before it got dark.


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VegasPhil
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That looks amazing! I can't wait to get mine done 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Shane
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as soon as the grill is on it will look sweet
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J4M13
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what colour phil? same but tidy the bodywork like i have?
im not looking forward to flatting and buffing the paintwork, gunna make a start on it this weekend to get rid of the bits of crap in the paint and orange peel, im well pleased with how its turned out
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Adam_B
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looks good jamie
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Wrighty
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grill please
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ed
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Smart, looks mean
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Rhino
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Nice looking car.... Similar to RCoughtrie's off here.
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