After the paintjob.

Finally the car has been sprayed and the guys from the spray shop done a brilliant job

also the guy from the body shop can be proud; he has put a lot of effort into the car and the result is magnificent.

The car still needs a final polish treatment so that any dust particles or little varnish tears running from the decals can be removed

Spray shop part two.

The loose parts got the varnish layer but the rear bonnet will be sanded again today to put the rear badges on and then it will receive a new spray of varnish.

The doors and front bonnet are finished but everything will be checked and polished or fine sanded if necessary to make it spotless.

Today the car body will be sprayed along with the mirrors and lights witch was forgotten yesterday.

When the car is finished in the spray shop it returns to the body shop where the inside of the body panels will receive a greasy anti rust protection.

Finally at the spray shop

Finally the car is in the body shop to give it its final color, first of al the engine bay has been done and also the loose parts are sprayed yesterday.

On the front of the car are the badges (front and side and rear) along with some pictures and measurements to make clear where to stick them.

When the badges are on the car the paintwork will receive an extra layer of varnish this way the badges are more protected and it gives the paintwork a brighter shine.

Today should be the day that she receives her definit make up, cross fingers...

Finishing touches

A close up from the rear exhaust hole



Everything has been sanded with P300 but the whole care still needs to be sanded with P800 and P1000.



a last ground layer before some more fine sanding



Inner parts are my responsability

Wheelarches, spoilers and skirts, insides of the doors and boot and bonnet; everything has been fine sanded and is ready to be painted.

At this moment the car is completely finished and she is ready to go to the paintshop but due to the very bad weather conditions this has been delayed.

So no luck for me. At the moment we are dealing with a lot of snow so the car will be in the workshop for some more time. Next week is Christmass holiday this means the car will probably not be painted this year I guess.

More sanding to do

Some close up pictures of the rear skirt before the fine sanding.





I don't like to do this but it has to be done so again more sanding



and more sanding...



the exhaust holes in the rear skirt are also done.

Almost done

The car is ready to be fine sanded. I will sand the inside parts and the guy from the workshop who's the specialist will sand the complete body.







I've sanded the inside of the engine bay and the seams are also treated.



This way I can open the bonnet without having red cheeks.

doors, boot and bonnet

The doors and the bonnet are sprayed in a ground layer and just needs some fine sanding.

The holes I've drilled in the boot for the rear spoiler are shut welded again because in my opinion the spoiler is a bit to modern for the car this is not the case for the rest of the kit as the kit is integrated in to the body of the car but again this is my personel opinion. To be sure the rear spoiler will be painted along with the car so if I change my mind it can always be mounted on the car again.

The left hand side close to be finished.