I have fitted the import bonnet today...........just needs paint now along with the car.









The question is should I use this bonnet or the one I took off?

pure sex !!! that bonnet scope isnt just show is it? u cut the hole if i recall

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Epic i must say.

Yes Terrence...........it has a cut out.

Yep, use that bonnet Andrew.
Are you going to paint the whole car?

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Painting metallics is a pain, it will always turn out a different colour, even on touch ups with the same batch of paint............so yes, I will respray the whole car to ensure colour consistency.

Use that bonnet!!!!!!!

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you gonna respray the whole thing, or just the top half? you could just mask the bottom, unless you're set on a full respray.

i like those bonnets i got one too

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Just going to respray the blue section.

cool. less work. Who's doing the respray? looks like an easy job to do 2 tone with, you don't have to worry about blending the 2 colours together flat

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605X405X78 intercooler
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I'll spray it in the shed..........after all the paint is now 8 years old.

acrylic. nice

dunno about there, but booths arent too expensive to hire here, and you wont go through so many filters. hope it turns out well

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605X405X78 intercooler
D3B4ST8 is almost done

The shed will be fine........a good clean and some water won't go astray...............that's the original place it was sprayed.

looks good , it really finishes off the front end

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Blue 88 GSR turbo AC with 62t, TD05 14B and FMIC
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Had a bit of a play with some paint and air pressures........3 bar......too silver (blue on the bottom).............2.5 bar...to dark........2.0 bar perfect..........looks like touch ups only.

Bit hard to see in the photo.........but the colour matches the guard.



Time to start blocking the bonnet back.

After weeks of blocking and repairing imperfections the bonnet is ready for colour..........the only problem is I painted the scoop and now I have run out.........need to get more and colour matched.

Here's how it's looking.

Repairs:


Final coat of primer:

Well...........it looks like a simple panel spray has turned into a full respray............the colour is MILES off.........more of a charcoal blue than a purple blue.............ah well..........time to get rubbing.

Have a look at the front of the guard to the back...............the colour is different.

bugger

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thats a pain mate
however that scoop looks great

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Peakin. How is the colour so far off? Was it a bad mix or has your paint faded over time?

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Why not get it re-matched? Any competent panel beater should be able to get a good match not noticable by the untrained eye. That is surely better than having to re-paint the whole car.

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