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Sorry it's a bit late, to those who were asking for it [:I]
Here are my piccies of my newly colour coded side and bumper strips. Did them last weekend, over 2 days, with the kind help of vroom69 with his warehouse & gerard.
Started on the Friday night in the warehouse, at about 5.30pm I think. I had already given the car a good wash earlier on that day, & made sure the strips were totally clean. Some of them were actually bonded to the car (don't ask me how, I don't know). I decided to break the seal as it already was in parts anyway. This turned out ok but in retrospect I probably wouldn't have if I was doing it over.
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659255/original.aspx
Anyway, masked off all the strips well (including the bumper strips, didn't have time to try & get them off), and covered most of the car in newspaper. This was a good idea for the primer stage, it went absolutely everywhere! Although it looked like some sort of grotesque newsprint bodykit. Then sprayed the strips 3 times, leaving 15 minutes in between, with grey Halfords primer. I had bought 3 tins of this, but ended up using not even one whole one!
Anyway, had to leave the car in the warehouse overnight to dry... was hard to tear myself away from the poor thing looking like it did, but I managed it [:I]
Went back the next morning and rubbed it all down with wet & dry (dry). I had read that doing this would get it smooth, without having to sand before priming. It didn't! Well, not unless you sanded all the primer off again... but if I'm honest, I actually prefer it slightly stippled - adds to the metallic effect IMO (or maybe I just don't care cos it's mine [
])
Then started spraying - 3 coats of green, with 15 minutes between the first two. As I found, you don't need to spray too heavily at all, or you will get loads of runs! If you do, a hairdryer will help spread this out. I also sanded any drips in between 1 & 2. Then the third coat went on & left for 15 minutes. I wasn't convinced that the undersides of the strips were done properly, so sprayed lightly underneath then the whole thing was left for 45 minutes.
Then the lacquer went on - in the meantime a pro sprayer had joined us & recommended to spray many times, extremely lightly & often rather than a few times & heavily. So that's what I did - once VERY lightly then left for 2 minutes & sprayed again. Then 15 minutes and repeated the double spraying, and again after 1/2 an hour (so 6 times in total). Again, be careful of running liquid & use a hairdryer. The warehouse we were in was actually too cold for painting, so this was even worse. In the end, we had 2 hairdryers on the lacquer constantly.
Then left for about 3 hours or something, by which time I had to go home & al the masking came off. Took it home, and clayed all the overspray off the next day & this is the result. What do you think?
We didn't do the handles, but perversely I quite like them black [:I] I think it needs some polish and wax now, to make it shine up the same as the rest of the car.
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659524/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659529/original.aspx
This is where I broke the bonding, but I've touched it up now & you would never tell
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659532/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659544/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659559/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724403/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724405/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724410/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724407/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724409/original.aspx
There was loads of this overspray that I clayed off... I love claybar [
]
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724411/original.aspx
I just liked this one [
)]
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724412/original.aspx
Here are my piccies of my newly colour coded side and bumper strips. Did them last weekend, over 2 days, with the kind help of vroom69 with his warehouse & gerard.
Started on the Friday night in the warehouse, at about 5.30pm I think. I had already given the car a good wash earlier on that day, & made sure the strips were totally clean. Some of them were actually bonded to the car (don't ask me how, I don't know). I decided to break the seal as it already was in parts anyway. This turned out ok but in retrospect I probably wouldn't have if I was doing it over.
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659255/original.aspx
Anyway, masked off all the strips well (including the bumper strips, didn't have time to try & get them off), and covered most of the car in newspaper. This was a good idea for the primer stage, it went absolutely everywhere! Although it looked like some sort of grotesque newsprint bodykit. Then sprayed the strips 3 times, leaving 15 minutes in between, with grey Halfords primer. I had bought 3 tins of this, but ended up using not even one whole one!
Anyway, had to leave the car in the warehouse overnight to dry... was hard to tear myself away from the poor thing looking like it did, but I managed it [:I]
Went back the next morning and rubbed it all down with wet & dry (dry). I had read that doing this would get it smooth, without having to sand before priming. It didn't! Well, not unless you sanded all the primer off again... but if I'm honest, I actually prefer it slightly stippled - adds to the metallic effect IMO (or maybe I just don't care cos it's mine [
Then started spraying - 3 coats of green, with 15 minutes between the first two. As I found, you don't need to spray too heavily at all, or you will get loads of runs! If you do, a hairdryer will help spread this out. I also sanded any drips in between 1 & 2. Then the third coat went on & left for 15 minutes. I wasn't convinced that the undersides of the strips were done properly, so sprayed lightly underneath then the whole thing was left for 45 minutes.
Then the lacquer went on - in the meantime a pro sprayer had joined us & recommended to spray many times, extremely lightly & often rather than a few times & heavily. So that's what I did - once VERY lightly then left for 2 minutes & sprayed again. Then 15 minutes and repeated the double spraying, and again after 1/2 an hour (so 6 times in total). Again, be careful of running liquid & use a hairdryer. The warehouse we were in was actually too cold for painting, so this was even worse. In the end, we had 2 hairdryers on the lacquer constantly.
Then left for about 3 hours or something, by which time I had to go home & al the masking came off. Took it home, and clayed all the overspray off the next day & this is the result. What do you think?
We didn't do the handles, but perversely I quite like them black [:I] I think it needs some polish and wax now, to make it shine up the same as the rest of the car.
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659524/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659529/original.aspx
This is where I broke the bonding, but I've touched it up now & you would never tell
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659532/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659544/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/659559/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724403/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724405/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724410/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724407/original.aspx
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724409/original.aspx
There was loads of this overspray that I clayed off... I love claybar [
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724411/original.aspx
I just liked this one [
http://uk-mkivs.net/photos/cat1.4/images/724412/original.aspx