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Seb's Project White Vx

Started by Seb.F , Jun 16 2011 11:55 AM

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#21 Seb.F

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 02:19 PM

What colour was the car originally?

Calypso.

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#22 techieboy

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 02:21 PM

Good move on his part then, changing the colour.

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#23 The Batman

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 02:30 PM

Is mine calypso? If so :9mm:

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#24 ChrisS1

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 02:34 PM

Thought it might have been this one but doesnt look like it is /waste of 15 mins searching for the thread! http://www.vx220.org...-vx220-project/

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#25 Hark

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 07:26 PM

Cool. Looks an interesting car. Funny that you wanted a black one and ended up with white, which is argubally as far from black as possible. :lol:

Looks nice though mate, just the seats as yous say that are a bit too ......

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#26 Seb.F

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 07:31 PM

Yeah, I think I like the black more, but I equally like the white/black theme, which will just take me a little while to get this how I want visually, but then again I'm not massively fussed on it. It was mainly that it has a brand new engine and the paintwork has VERY few marks on it at all!

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#27 Hark

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Posted 16 June 2011 - 07:32 PM

I like it mate, it's very individual.

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#28 Seb.F

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 10:33 PM

Spent some of the day sorting a few niggles.

Masked off and sanded down/filled/sanded the rear lip spoiler as it has a bit missing and was finished in matt black (badly) so I aim to repaint that soon.

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Wired in a fan cut-in switch into the centre console as a temporary solution until I get the top hose and adjustable fan controller put in.

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Bruised hands and many cuts later and I de-lensed and masked up the light units for spraying tomorrow.

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#29 G-Bob

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 10:38 PM

Good move on his part then, changing the colour.

No it wasn't. Calypso is for real men!

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 10:40 PM

I hope you are throwing the dilbert sh** away... or atleast selling it for a fuckload to the chumps on the continent that seem to love the stuff :lol:

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#31 Seb.F

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 10:55 PM

I hope you are throwing the dilbert sh** away... or atleast selling it for a fuckload to the chumps on the continent that seem to love the stuff

I assume you mean the dbilas!?

In which case yes I will get around to taking it off! The plan is most definately not to keep it N/A for long.

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#32 smiley

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 06:57 AM

I assume you mean the dbilas!?
In which case yes I will get around to taking it off!

It was 1585 euro new, so put it on ebay with delivery in europe.

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#33 Seb.F

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 10:33 PM

Slightly more productive day today but spent some time with the family for father's day and was the old dear's birthday yesterday.

Masked off the rear clam to get the lip spoiler sanded down, painted and clearcoated.

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Also masked off all the grilles on the front mouth/bonnet/bootlid/side vents/exhaust vent and gave them a coat of black hammerite to freshen them up.

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While the spoiler was curing finished off the lights and re-sealed.

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#34 Seb.F

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 10:33 PM

Finished spoiler off and left it to dry before running over with a fine grit sandpaper and machine polishing. It's not great, but it's ok for a DIY job.

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Finished off for the day with a quick (and I mean very quick) clean

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P.S. Photobucket seems to be having issues atm so pics might not load immediately.

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#35 -Dab-of-Oppo-

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Posted 20 June 2011 - 08:02 AM

Good looking project car.

I'm liking the white. thumbsup

Would it not have been alot easier to remove the spoiler for painting? You could have done it in doors then and had a lot less chance of bits sticking to it etc, it's only two bolts on the underside!

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#36 Seb.F

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Posted 20 June 2011 - 08:53 AM

Mine is bonded on and didn't want to risk anything being pulled off!

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#37 iVXT

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Posted 23 June 2011 - 07:12 PM

I also like the vx in white. Looking good. I take it with you saying hammerite & the small amount of masking on the front grill that you brush painted this on? I was thinking about freshening mine up in the same way but couldn't make my mind up if I should use a spray can or brush it on from a tin. How has the finish come out in the flesh? Looks good in the pics. chinky chinky

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#38 Seb.F

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Posted 23 June 2011 - 08:00 PM

I also like the vx in white. Looking good.

I take it with you saying hammerite & the small amount of masking on the front grill that you brush painted this on? I was thinking about freshening mine up in the same way but couldn't make my mind up if I should use a spray can or brush it on from a tin. How has the finish come out in the flesh? Looks good in the pics.

Better than leaving it with no paint :lol:

It's mainly down to how hammerite dries, if you go over the wrong section again it can smear it and not look quite as shiny as the rest, but you really need to be like 6 inches away to see anything.

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#39 waggy

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Posted 23 June 2011 - 08:43 PM

Looking good so far, I think if it were mine I'd remove the door handle pulls and wrap them in black vinyl or try to remove the white paint, I think painting them black again would chip too easilly. Just a thought, maybe you like them in white.....

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#40 iVXT

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Posted 24 June 2011 - 10:18 AM

I also like the vx in white. Looking good.

I take it with you saying hammerite & the small amount of masking on the front grill that you brush painted this on? I was thinking about freshening mine up in the same way but couldn't make my mind up if I should use a spray can or brush it on from a tin. How has the finish come out in the flesh? Looks good in the pics.

Better than leaving it with no paint

It's mainly down to how hammerite dries, if you go over the wrong section again it can smear it and not look quite as shiny as the rest, but you really need to be like 6 inches away to see anything.

Thanks for the reply. Will give it a go when I get round to it.

Cheers.