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Tomnova16
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Last weekend i decided to sort my brothers car out as he was on holiday and i thought i would surprise him.
I painted the quarters and bumpers as someone had hit the quarter and rear bumper, the other quarter had some surface rust and the front bumper had the lower spoiler ripped off because he drove through a ford (stream that crosses the road not an escort) too quickly.
Here are the pics, sorry dont have any before shots.






























The moped is my girlfriends cousins as he will be 16 soon i said i would paint it for him this afternoon.
i managed to fit all the bits in my Vx220 but it was a bit of a jigsaw puzzle.
I painted it in a custom mix which is basically a maserati blue pearl but with extra blue pearl, a bit of violet pearl and some coarse gold pearl to give it a bit of sparkle. Out in the sun it looks amazing, kind of like a flip colour.
Really pleased with the outcome though even if it is just a moped.










Here are the parts in wet on wet primer which is basically a primer which you put on like laquer very cmooth and even let it flash off for ten minutes and then put the colour straight over the top without having to rub it down first. The americans call it a sealer it also helps as a good base colour to improve coverage of paint.


















[Edited on 23-09-2006 by Tomnova16]

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jimmy 2.1
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looks good! are you a painter by trade?
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
i thought i would surprise him.


should have painted it hot pink to suprise him

...but seriously the astra looks mint is it a very dark green colour?

dont really know what to make of the moped panels until they are on tbh

[Edited on 23-09-2006 by Planty02]
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i am a painter by trade and i want to start up my own business soon specialising in customised cars.
The astra is diamond black which looks quite blue/green in some lights

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want my van to work on as your first to christen your new business? ...........
Tomnova16
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work is work my friend and ill get it where i can

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in true g@z stlye i'll give you a u2u
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thought u were sprayin the astra matt black...now that woulda looked frickin coooool!
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I saw the astra in gerrards cross the other week, looked a bit tatty.

It looks much better now
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quote:
Originally posted by chr15barn3s
I saw the astra in gerrards cross the other week, looked a bit tatty.

It looks much better now

yep thats where i live and my brother works
definatly was looking sorry for itself though

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Good work! Liking the workshop too!
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Damn, i wish i had a brother like you!
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nice work,
can i ask why did you only paint up to the swage line on the astra?
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It's all that needed doing. It was a good place to stop the paint as the repair that was done meant that only a small area needed to be painted.

Good to see you are making good use of the place too Tom! Is the compressor working alright for you? I thought the oil level looked a little low after I changed the oil, but it sounds so much better for it
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Oh, and soory I didn't get a chance to re-plub the filter in, was mega busy...
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They would be panels from a Gilera Runner.

Top scoot.
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Astra is the best colour Vauxhall ever painted a car.

nice work Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by benn
nice work,
can i ask why did you only paint up to the swage line on the astra?

it saves masking he window out or removing it completly, i put a soft edge which is masking tape with the edge rolled over, on the edge of the swage line laquer it and peel it off straight away. Afterwards you just polish the haze of laquer and it is unnoticable.

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quote:
Originally posted by ed
It's all that needed doing. It was a good place to stop the paint as the repair that was done meant that only a small area needed to be painted.

Good to see you are making good use of the place too Tom! Is the compressor working alright for you? I thought the oil level looked a little low after I changed the oil, but it sounds so much better for it

compressor is much better now seems to build up quicker, very strange.
we are going to be busy ed i now have three colour changes and that bodged silver corsa we need to sort out of chloe's brothers mate, alot of late nights i feel for me.

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any pics of the parts fitted on the scooter mate?!
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no sorry not yet gotta paint some m,ore bits for it probably be done in a few weeks

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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
i am a painter by trade and i want to start up my own business soon specialising in customised cars.
The astra is diamond black which looks quite blue/green in some lights


Where in UK are you?

Need 2 cars done
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25 miles west of London. So a long way from you...
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looks gd tom..
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Looks good mate, hope you get you're business up and running

 
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