Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Kaiser D

CianRyan wrote: »

I don't know who broke you but I'm glad they did.

Should be good or Pheonic Park meet then?

Yeah it would be nice, I don't mind making Dublin-based meets really.

Just wait and see what date is decided.

GvidoR

Started working on the brushed metal look centre console.

While taking the pieces off I discovered good and bad news about my car.
Good news - I have a cup holder (unlike Bora #1)
Bad news - It doesn't work

Anyway, getting this look is more time consuming than you might think.
Here's what I started with:



And here's what it looks like now...

Kaiser D

Nice work man.

I'm slowly beginning to like it, actually :P

Noccy_Mondy

I really like that GvidoR, looks waaaay better than the black!

Noccy_Mondy

So some of ye may know that I have resprayed the front panel from the Peugeot 206 - which was all chipped, was in a bad way if I'm honest. Brace yourselves for lots of pics (sorry for those of ye on phones :P)

Here are a few pics of beforehand.







After being sanded back







With the primer on



Sprayed (4 coats in total - ran the first time so had to sand back and give lighter coats)





Lacquer on (needed a good few coats to get it shiny - again it ran once so had to sand back some spots)



Finished Job
Before



After





Very happy with the results
Total Cost - €41
Satisfaction - Priceless :pac:

YbFocus

Epic man, great effort and result

toastedpickles

That turned out really well! Well done

Kaiser D

Greta job of that. Looks very well.

GvidoR

Great job, Mr. Mondy. Looks good.

challengemaster

Glad to see it turned out right, you made the right call sanding it back for any flaws!

Rattle can jobby?

Noccy_Mondy

challengemaster wrote: »

Glad to see it turned out right, you made the right call sanding it back for any flaws!

Rattle can jobby?

Ya was very rough before hand, would look crap if it wasn't all sanded back and level.

Yep rattle can job indeed!

tossy

Great results Noccy and Gvidor

GvidoR

Finished the middle pieces...

Before


After

tossy

Door handles next ... and a hoover

Hal1

yea, the inside could use a bang of a brush mate. Have yew been bringing cattle to market or wha? :P.

tossy

You should sprayed the surround of that cubby hole too when you were doing the grille

Noccy_Mondy

Would you do the bit around the vents and hazards?

tossy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Would you do the bit around the vents and hazards?

WOuld ruin it imo, the look he is going for is the .:R32 brushed alu look,those are the only pieces that are brushed aluminium in the .:R

GvidoR

Hal1 wrote: »

yea, the inside could use a bang of a brush mate. Have yew been bringing cattle to market or wha? :P.

Yeah I know, I need to tidy up the interior... also I like my cows only in patty shapes. :P

tossy wrote: »

You should sprayed the surround of that cubby hole too when you were doing the grille

Cubby hole? Is that the thing above the head unit?

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Would you do the bit around the vents and hazards?

Not sure about that yet. Depends where the flow takes me.

tossy

GvidoR wrote: »

Cubby hole? Is that the thing above the head unit?

yup that bad boy.

Toyotafanboi

a little sooner than i had hoped to be dropping so much money on the corolla. €185 for a new rad, thermostat and coolant. that's my Friday morning sorted.

was kind of a vicious circle. needed a new rad and i didn't want to put old coolant into the new rad so i got new coolant. then it seemed a shame to use the old thermostat with a new rad and new coolant so i got a new thermostat. suppose i'm just lucky i didn't buy a water pump too.

challengemaster

tossy wrote: »

WOuld ruin it imo, the look he is going for is the .:R32 brushed alu look,those are the only pieces that are brushed aluminium in the .:R

Maybe it's the pics, but it doesn't look very... brushed alu.

tossy

challengemaster wrote: »

Maybe it's the pics, but it doesn't look very... brushed alu.

No because it's not lol. The R32 came with brushed alloy pieces, years ago after a tip off from a friend with a passat with similar trims pieces i discovered if you sanded and polished them you were left with a very similar effect to that of the R pieces, the look can vary depending on the sanding job.

I went with a progressively finer grit and then lacquered and sanded one last time..




When you put it side by side with the genuine R pieces then there is no compare but as a cheap DIY mod its cool and looks a lot better than the standard net optic trim in the Bora.

Noccy_Mondy

Couldn't you spray the pieces with aluminium plasti dip?

Alternatively if you use emery paper - with time and perseverance you will get the brushed and shiny look, takes a lot of sanding though.

tossy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Couldn't you spray the pieces with aluminium plasti dip?

Alternatively if you use emery paper - with time and perseverance you will get the brushed and shiny look, takes a lot of sanding though.

There wasn't much brushed alu plastidip available in 2007

Noccy_Mondy

tossy wrote: »

There wasn't much brushed alu plastidip available in 2007

Well maybe not the brushed bit :P

What material is that surround made out of anyway? Just realised what use is emery paper going to be if the surface isn't aluminium already, doh. I wonder at myself sometimes :rolleyes:

tossy

It's just metal with a plastic backing. I can't even remember what type.

challengemaster

tossy wrote: »

No because it's not lol. The R32 came with brushed alloy pieces, years ago after a tip off from a friend with a passat with similar trims pieces i discovered if you sanded and polished them you were left with a very similar effect to that of the R pieces, the look can vary depending on the sanding job.

I went with a progressively finer grit and then lacquered and sanded one last time..




When you put it side by side with the genuine R pieces then there is no compare but as a cheap DIY mod its cool and looks a lot better than the standard net optic trim in the Bora.

Those look great, but look nothing like what Gvidor has done.... like I said, may be the quality of the pics, but by comparison his looks shít.

tossy

challengemaster wrote: »

Those look great, but look nothing like what Gvidor has done.... like I said, may be the quality of the pics, but by comparison his looks shít.

I think Sh!t might be a bit harsh now, i think a little more sanding with a finer grit paper and the will look fine.

GvidoR

challengemaster wrote: »

Those look great, but look nothing like what Gvidor has done.... like I said, may be the quality of the pics, but by comparison his looks shít.

Thanks. That's the look I was going for, good to know I nailed it.

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