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[IWOOT]

When I bought my VX in May 2012 I did all the Newbie things that experienced forum members warn against.  I bought a 'cheap' NA with ropey bodywork and an insufficiently explained Cat D status.  I didn't care, I wanted my VX and I didn't want to wait until I could afford a better one.  Happily, I still don't care - I love my car!  Yes, I've now spent way more on it than I would have done if I'd waited and bought a sorted one, but this way I got to sort it myself and that means I got to paint it purple!

 

I was going to write a long post about the work I had done, how I decided upon the colour, how I felt before/during/after the work, but I know you're only interested in the pictures

 

So, with much thanks to Ash at Relentless Performance, who is a man who knows his GRP and a true perfectionist.

 

Before (OK at 10 yards, just don't look too close!):

 

 

Replacement rear clam courtesy of Turboluca:

 

 

A bit of damage:

 

 

Which Ash fixed:

 

 

And primed:

 

 

[IWOOT]

Louvres going in:

 

 

Front clam in various stages of prep:

 

 

 

 

 

Doors, which were suffering from all kinds of paint issues (blisters, microblisters, poor prep from prior respray):

 

 

Paint - House of Kolor Lake Violet:

 

 

It took 11 coats:

 

 

 

 

And finished (no, my windscreen is not smashed!):

 

 

Love these :

 

I'm so pleased with the finish but it's impossible to photograph!  Blue in normal light and Cadbury's purple in sunlight - it came out so much better than I could've hoped.

 

Relentless have been great and I'd happily recommend their services.

 

I can't wait for summer now!

[Defcon5]

Colour looks great. What do the louvres actually do?

[Mangham54]

That colour in the second to last photo

Edited by Mangham54, 25 February 2014 - 09:36 PM.

[turboluca]

Omg lush !! When I met you an u said purple , thought it won't be that nice but it is real mint . Glad your happy an I could help with a clam .

[smiley]

What do the louvres actually do?

 

Take the pressure out of the wheelarch area at high speed.

If you don´t puncture the plastic wheelarch itself, it´s just cosmetically.

[Ormes]

Nice

[Bumblebee]

[Tom220SC]

Very Nice, Great Colour

[Gilgamesh]

looks very nice, but why did you not spray the windscreen surround too?

Edited by Gilgamesh, 25 February 2014 - 10:50 PM.

[techieboy]

Because they look horrible body coloured (yes, sorry, I know your's is done) and the contrast looks better.

[Gilgamesh]

Because they look horrible body coloured (yes, sorry, I know your's is done) and the contrast looks better.

 

aha ok, black would look good I think, better than the stock colour.. would not mind if mine was in black but I think it's ok with body colured too.

[Captain Vimes]

Looked really good at the Essex meet at the weekend. The colour really suits the vx shape - excellent choice!

[IWOOT]

Thanks everyone I was planning on wrapping the surround in matt black, but haven't decided whether to try it myself. The rest of the car is so perfect that the slightest bubble/fold in the wrap will annoy the hell out of me.

[TJenkos]

Wow wow wow, that colour is stunning!

[techieboy]

I was planning on wrapping the surround in matt black,

Anthracite to match the wheels.

May be slightly biased though.



ETA: Slightly better picture

Edited by techieboy, 25 February 2014 - 11:39 PM.

[IWOOT]

Well, that settles it. Anthracite it is.

[techieboy]

That's vinyl of some form that Brett applied in the car park of the National hotel 4 years ago.

[ArticMonkey]

Also that picture is when the VX had last seen the light of day.

[techieboy]

Nah, it may well have been the last time I bothered washing it though.