Brendan
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Haha, I’ll look into flights for you 😛 Ireland though?
[quote=”davyp1″ post=25710]If ya contact Mo Ryan on vagdrivers he would give ya his number, he is the fella who owns the blue mark2 golf.[/quote]
Will do. Might see can I get a look at his golf before I call paddy about it, or even drop in on the way home from Dublin some day.
[quote=”davyp1″ post=25708]Paddy cl on vagdrivers is in Dunboyne, from what I’ve seen he does good work, would be a bit closer to ya.[/quote]
Thats him. Do you know is he normally slow with PM’s? Must be a month now. He might not be keen on travelling up to price it for me which I can understand. If he could do it for the same price as I seen mentioned for a Golf I might be happy to drop it of to him.
I’m in Cavan town, know anyone up this direction? There’s a guy on vag-driver who’s around Navan I think, sent him a pm but had no reply.
Nice colour that, nearly like calypso red for the E30.
Car is completely stripped, not a single thing left on it. I’m working on treating all the rust underneat and around the engine bay now, interior I’ve repainted myself.
What I want the paint shop to do it paint the engine bay, all body panels, and door shuts – everything that can be seen really. Possible get them to paint the back of the doors also, definitely want them to do the visible parts when the door is opened. Also for them to do all prep work, I figure they have their methods and preferred material they use so best left to them. I’m not to bothered about them re-fitting all the panels, I can see myself doing this and don’t really mind if I have to. By detailing what do you mean? I’ve a nice wax ready here so other than a wash and maybe go over it with a claybar I don’t really want to do any polishing (this won’t happen for at least a month, by then the paint should have hardened out I hope).
Here’s how she was a few weeks ago before I got the interior painted up
[img]http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss215/Jozi_E30/E30%20Touring%20Restoration/2012%20-%2002%20-%2026/IMG_6896.jpg[/img]And with it painted, not the colour for the exterior but a close-ish match
[IMG]http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss215/Jozi_E30/E30%20Touring%20Restoration/2012%20-%2003%20-%2001/IMG_6927.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss215/Jozi_E30/E30%20Touring%20Restoration/2012%20-%2003%20-%2001/IMG_6929.jpg[/IMG]Money-wise I have 1500-1600 (Euro, I’m in Ireland) set aside but I’m willing to stretch that to nearer 2k if it means getting a better finish.
I’ve been finding it hard to find a good painter recommend, none of my friends have any experience with respray or touch ups. Then you hear one or two good/bad things about the few that have been recommended by guys working in motor factors or paintshops. There’s not many that seem to have an over either, which I think is something I would like the car to be done in, and asside from that I don’t want a finish I won’t be happy about! I’ve had a chat with one or two guys about them coming out to have a look and price it up (can’t easily take the car to paintshops either). I’ve heard of other painters who are meant to be good based on jobs they did for guys I know via forums but their not near me and aren’t keen on driving to come and have a look, the car is in no state to be driven either and won’t be until after it’s painted. I haven’t yet looked at any work done by the few painters I have in mind, I was going to do this after I get an idea for a price of them. Hopefully have 2 guys this week come and have a look.
Thanks for the responses lads, much appreciated.
I kind of thought maybe the extra clear was to get a good cut after painting. I could probably do the polishing myself with the DA, although I’ve never really used it properly except to bring some shine back on dull paint and on some test panels I painted after wetsanding them flat (cause I got such a good finish :lol1 ).
Is it worth asking the bodyshop to spray more clear or to do a flow coat after? Or leave it up to him but made sure he knows I want a really good finish?! She’s not a 100k car but I do want it to looks perfect.
Any pointers what to look for when looking at someones work?
If it means I can get things done then I’m happy. All the time in the world to do it!
Might be a little offtopic but still sort of relevant, I guess it’s not a good idea so under seal either with this weather?
If I coated the primer with some solid paint would that seal it up enough to be able yo do the underseal in a few months when the weather pics up again?
We’re pretty much at 55F (12Celcius) and it’s probably only coing to get colder, surprisingly warm for the time of the year though!
I suppose when you think about it, there would be less moisture because it doesn’t evaporate, being Ireland it rains all the time though 👿
I have a small infra red lamp, was thinking I could heat the patched up with it, spray and then put the lamp back on?
I’m not even in a garage though 🙁
With cold air containing more moisture are you not spraying paint with a higher moisture content? Could this not cause the paint to bubble when it gets warmer or promote rust?
I don’t think I’m going to be using fillers, but if I do what do I use? Filler goes directly onto the panel from what I know or should it be applied to a primer?
The only area I might get fillers out is the engine bay but even at that I only intend doing the seam sealer again and any welding that is required and of course paint. Will be leaving the bodywork to the paint guys, any welding I have done has been on the underside, sills, arches none of which can be seen really.
I have an etch primer ready for it and also a filler primer to go on after.
I only recently discovered them scotch bright pads (after lots of sanding), they are excellent and so much handier than sand paper!
[quote=”99HMC4″ post=21657]De grease, tack and use a direct to metal primer before it grows brown fuzz….[/quote]
Panel wipe, is that for de-greasing or is that something else? Still sort of learning so lots of silly questions.
Might have found some places that do crushed glass blasting, question is have they got portable gear. Will be onto them Monday morning.
I’m not sure if I can get ground glass media here in Ireland, another problem is getting someone who has a mobile blaster. The car is on a spit and there’s no way of taking it anywhere because of this.
Whats the procedure for prepping the metal after ground glass media blasting?
[quote=”MoCoke” post=21647]how would you get inside if the battery dies, or u lose your controller?[/quote]
I’m leaving the bootlock just incase and she’s an estate so I can climb in over the seats if I ever have to.I’ll be using a mig welder to do it. I’ll take a picture of the hole later, I don’t recall if there were high edges on it or not.
When you say slightly bigger and bend the edges and weld it in, I take it the bent edges are on the inside of the door?
It’s obvious there’s no doing this on the cheap :cheer:
Didn’t go for that compressor, didn’t get anything yet infact.
Keep meaning to post up pics of what dad has. There’s a compressor, small and large spray gun, those yokes to take out moisture and I think thats it. Dad was playing around with the small gun. The compressor can feed enough air to do a bit of spraying, prob enough for a wing.
For the moment I’m not getting involved with it cause it’s only leading to domestic disputes 😛 Gonna leave it settle for a bit and show them what was suggested above when asked about it.