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Haven't updated this in a while, got a few things to update now

First of all the top part of the grab handle needed sorting out, when i originally put the chrome handles on i had to file down part of the handle plastic to prevent the chrome handle catching. This worked great as it doesn't catch whatsoever now but it did leave marks from being filled down. So today decided i was going to sand them down to get rid of the marks and paint them, didn't want to do them blue again like i did before as they looked tacky so decided i'd do them gloss black to keep it subtle.

Primer



First coat



After another coat and a couple coats of lacquer


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Then primed and painted the other one, i only managed to do one coat though as i ran out of paint.

few pics of the one with lacquer vs one without





next up was sorting the driver side chrome handle, due to changing it like an animal the first time it suffered from some damage :0

Luckily i bought a set of four so had one spare for each side, so set about getting that changed over.

off it came



said damage, also had some scratching on the face



new, un-damaged one



and onto the Corsa backing plate



back together



by this time due to the nice weather, the handle had dried enough to put back on





Not that much different, but looks much better to me.

Then got a bit more done.

heres a better photo of newly sprayed handle



then took the centre console off



put everything else back so i can still use it



after a VERY long time rubbing down i finally got all the texture smoothed off



and primed



The painted, Went with Anthracite as Its a nice contrast to the black

Photo before lacquer



replaced the heater bulbs before putting it all back as old ones stopped working





then got the centre console lacquered and finished and put it all back











then finished the passenger door handle after getting some more Paint



[Edited on 08-04-2015 by Jason x]

And finally today, painted A pillars satin black

















Need to do B/C pillars and roof lining next

Cracked on with some more today

first up stripped the head lining and pillars out









Sprayed B pillars









Also bought seven tins of satin black this afternoon to do the roof lining and C pillars tomorrow hopefully

What sort of paint are you using for the roof lining. It's something I always wanted to do but never got round to it

just normal satin black mate

Cracked on today and got everything finished

First painted roof lining, it took 4 cans of satin black to get a good covering







Then painted C pillars





and then the clips/covers





And finally, some pics of everything back together



















Happy with how its come out, not sure what i'll be doing with the sun visors either leave them get them flocked or find some already black ones from another car... didnt want to spray them as i thought it would come out poo and actually quite like them cream tbh nice contract against the black

Looks tidy like makes me gutteredni ain't got mine anymore. However I do hope you don't leave the front seats in that VW dubfreak position all the time!


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I mean did you use fabric paint or did just normal paint work

mbonner02 wrote:Looks tidy like makes me gutteredni ain't got mine anymore. However I do hope you don't leave the front seats in that VW dubfreak position all the time!


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Cheers

Seats don't stay like that , just put them like that as they where getting in the way of the pillars in the photos in the normal position.

Barraclough wrote:I mean did you use fabric paint or did just normal paint work

Just normal paint

Little update sprayed roof rails gloss black












cleaned the gutters out full of mud and leaves



back on the car

Looks good, makes me think I need to do it!


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Cheers

Cleaned the inside and out of car and have raised the exhaust to stop it hitting the rear axle, which was getting very annoying.

before





After being raised up





Video of it starting up and revving with no knocking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120VAzW7hjs


And clean car







The decided i was going to put the de-badged grill back on last night, have also had some peanut butter on the bumper tops and arches this morning

Looks sick. How did you raise the exhaust? My standard exhaust is hitting the axle so think the rubbers are f**ked.

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Thanks

Just used a big cable tie bud

Try putting heat proof runner under it as well that's what I did just gives some extra help


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