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Holy crap, that looks nice! Mine gets rustoleum spray cans... and I don't usually even sand it first, just a quick broom over 🤣

That colour is lovely I must admit looking forward to seeing it done

😂 you physically cannot keep it clean enough with a make shift! Thanks, deliberated over colour for ages but always thought the one on Haynes manual looked such a good colour. I think it’s quite close!

I remeber a spray shop had a load of boots(slip on style ) sent to them with free socks. First sprayer went in painted the car,boot stuck to floor,came off & new socks released lint everywhere. Spray management then realise they better stop the...

Wing now finished. A lot learnt. Especially about staying perfectly clean. Facerla g3 followed by ultimate polish on a finishing pad.

Cheers both. I’ve got a couple new finishing pads which should take it up to near perfect. Just doing a couple panels at a time whilst learning. Only the door and wing done so far in colour. There are a few errors here n there. I somehow dripped...

you should be proud of that for a at home/driveway job , far better than my attempts

You should have a nicely sorted D1 when you're finished

It’s a tidy finish after lots of wet sanding and compound lol. It’s not great out the gun but once sanded and buffed it’s as good as I could hope. No orange peel at all now

Looks smart as and blends in nicely!!

nice work, all in a day as well, including a few on the fly mods. I can amost hear the A team theme tune each time you post ;) FFS all i did was fit a couple o light guards and sat in the sun..lol:vb-drink:

Not getting the best out the gun finish but wet sanding is getting me where I want. I’ve no idea why I’m getting orange peel. I’ve upped the thinner and psi as per a thread I read on Migweld. Likely lack of experience. Main thing is is sticking...

Morning all, after selling my MR2 to buy a Landy 15 or so years ago, I'm now selling my Mustang GT to buy another Landy. We are moving to Norfolk and as much as I love the Mustang, I won't be able to keep it nice as we are moving to a village...

I give you half a point. Arles blue or windjammer I believe. I went for night blue anyway as it’s nightier

Hi all, I’ll explain the points first so I don’t rattle on: 30psi 30 percent slow thinners - base and hardener mixed as per spec sheet. 15 percent advised is too thick. I’ve read elsewhere of others using 40% **** cheap gun - I used one in a...

I do the same with the headbolts and a pen 😂. It’s looking good

Its not bad at all for a 25 year old D2. Just ordered a service kit, bias plate and both associated springs as the gear leaver is like spaghetti 😄

Looks very nice and tidy, hope you have fun with it and it don't let you down! If it does we'll be here to help!

Really like that. Enjoy! It gives me a good idea of what my d1 front end will look like too. Think I’ll have to fit the pre facelift lights!!

Looking good!!

Radiator condition?

To me, the Evoque is an image car, it lacks the practicality of the Freelander for example as it has little boot space and I believe not much rear passenger space. Personally, I would prefer an FL2 or even a Toyota RAV.

Ah, but is that a No or a No no , seeing he may be going out or out out 🤣🤣

No

Bit of blocking the wing after filler and primer before laying on more primer.

Another inspiration image. Arles/windjammer looks slightly lighter than this. Not even sure what colour this is but the RAL is close enough

I’ve never taken an inner wing back that far. I had to remove the welds on the bulkhead bar and slide the panel I’m remaking out. Took a lot of jimmying but I’m glad I did it that way. I’m a lot more patient and systematic now than I was few...

Nope - it was swearing at me in mandarin. Size of a recreational aircraft that thing!

A week of broken or faulty gauges. Forgot to take pics as I went but I’ve flatted back one door and one wing. This involved taking back several areas to bare metal due to corrosion. First faulty gauge - gun gauge wouldn’t read and my spare...