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Started by Acidpopstar , Sep 14 2013 11:30 AM

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#221 jules_s

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:09 PM

Headlight securing mount missing?


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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:11 PM

Guess he didn't factor in any masking-off in that uber low price, jusging by the blue alarm siren, loom and rad shroud. :P Looks pretty good from here though. thumbsup

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:54 PM

Headlight securing mount missing?

Pretty sure he's got that. Will find out tomorrow.

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:56 PM

Guess he didn't factor in any masking-off in that uber low price, jusging by the blue alarm siren, loom and rad shroud. :P Looks pretty good from here though. thumbsup

Haha well spotted! To be fair for £400 he could have painted the tyres blue and I wouldn't care. Anyway I've always thought the loom could do with a bit of livening up...

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 07:58 PM

Headlight securing mount missing?

Pretty sure he's got that. Will find out tomorrow.
I take it he won't be glassing it back on to the clam then? Colour looks great thumbsup

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:27 PM

Glassing? Not sure... I have loved the colour ever some a saw a 911 in it years back. Just stunning!

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:37 PM

Jobs going to stall when he realises the headlight falls out every time you stop at the lights :D For 400 you can't go wrong but that overspray is a disgrace! It takes half a minute to mask off. I fact if he's done a proper grp repair the clam must have been off so why spray it in situ? I reckon you'll be getting it redone in a couple of months.

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:37 PM

Glassing? Not sure... I have loved the colour ever some a saw a 911 in it years back. Just stunning!

The oem setup is an 'L' shaped bracket that is a structural part of the clam, if broken but you still had the piece you'd fibre glass it back into position before painting. Be interested to see what he does :)

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:43 PM

Hmm. I'm sure it was broken but still there when I gave it him. I too am now very interested to see what he does!

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:52 PM

How it should be

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:55 PM

Here's a pic of james141's which we fibreglassed to make it rigid, bridging the break.

 

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:58 PM

That hole in the middle is the sole point the headlight is bolted to so without it I'm not sure what he's going to do.

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Posted 17 October 2013 - 07:18 AM

Guess he didn't factor in any masking-off in that uber low price, jusging by the blue alarm siren, loom and rad shroud. :P Looks pretty good from here though. thumbsup

 

nah, spray them black afterwards

 

is this now the Smurf VX ?


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Posted 17 October 2013 - 11:06 AM

Smurf VX suits me just fine  :)


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Posted 17 October 2013 - 11:36 AM

oh no!!!  The bits that you can't see have overspray on them.   :rolleyes:


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Posted 17 October 2013 - 11:46 AM

one of my headlight brackets was replaced with an ally one last time mine got repaired, might be an option?

 

If you're happy with the work when you get the car back, i'll have his number please.  :D


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Posted 17 October 2013 - 12:09 PM

one of my headlight brackets was replaced with an ally one last time mine got repaired, might be an option?

 

If you're happy with the work when you get the car back, i'll have his number please.   :D

 

 

Simple effective solution.  thumbsup


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Posted 17 October 2013 - 12:52 PM

I am sure he's capable if securing the headlight. He breaks and fixes cars for a living after all. Thanks for the tips though! Just bought some cornering force spec Nitron NTRs so I'm now almost giddy with excitement about getting it back and set up properly.

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Posted 18 October 2013 - 03:24 PM

Final bits and polishing being done tonight for collection in the morning. As he ended up fixing 3 separate bits of bodywork and doing some extra black detailing the final price is £650. This includes almost £200 of materials. Still pretty damn good!

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Posted 19 October 2013 - 06:47 AM

So cheap for a ful body respray... get some photos up when you can. Hope all is good
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