Both front wings were rotten,so off they came eventually ,the seam sealer used was like gripfill!Was all solid underneath though so cleaned up with a wire brush in a grinder.
Rubbed down,anti-stonechip spray followed by 2 coats of smoothrite gold.
Same treatment for the rear arches
New front wings were sourced
along with a BBS front spoiler
It came with really scabby alloys
Well after hours of work with wet & dry,Simoniz wheel spray and galons of laquer (not to mention several elastoplast) they look like this :-
Somewhat manky
Bought some new centre cap badges from the BMW dealer,£13 for 4 which was nice
And after a bit of work with autosol,they came up like so :-
In high-build primer,note the ladder..being a short-arse I needed it for the roof
Then sprayed a light black guide coat all over it.
Then removed masking paper and was glad that I took my time masking up,no overspray!
Then came the fun part,paint!
Me & my mate Paul painted it in the original basecoat colour,but added metalflake in the laquer for extra bling!
On goes the gold basecoat
Basecoat done.
Mixing the flake ,we used 10 tablespoons per litre of lacquer! Word
Sparkly shit.
Flaked calipers
The big dog with his handywork.
And here she is,the flake really comes out when the sun is shining (not often enough!)
