FlamingCorsa
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as part of mums christmas present i said i would have a go at sorting her paintwork on the elan cos it was look pink and pretty bad cos its been sitting outside cos her new house had no where under cover!
not really been into detailing or anything like this before so i totally admit its not something i am good at but thought i would have a go instead of paying someone! lol
its had paint in it few times in its life and paint was very misty!
soooo she dropped it off last night, like this
then i buffed the car late last night till around 1am with g3
and put some dodo juice lime prime on, left it over night! was up at 6.45 to do breakfasts at work and then headed back to the shed, took the lime prime off and then put laywer of crushed orange soft was on, buffed that off then put coat of bannana hard wax, i think thats wot i was anyway, lol
pretty pleased with it, alot beta, still not great but thats partly to do with it being few different shades of red! re spray needed i think!
parked up
mum was not happy with brakes and are pretty well known for being rubbish on elan, so she just got set of 4 pots, hehe, quality:-)
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am4nf
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What happened to the exige?
Elan looks much better now
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SetH
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It does look better but you are right its fooked.
The paint still looks completely lifeless, no depth, shine or anything.
Could get some professional paint correction carried out?
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Corsa_Quadz
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Fucking love that DERV van mate 
Selling anytime soon 
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K3 VMU
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What with the rear wheel on the Elan IAZ?
It looks like its sitting awfully far forward in the arch?
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Jenko_Sport
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Originally posted by Corsa_Quadz
Fucking love that DERV van mate
Selling anytime soon
Not a derv, pretty sure its got a zlet in it.
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by SetH
It does look better but you are right its fooked.
The paint still looks completely lifeless, no depth, shine or anything.
Could get some professional paint correction carried out?
the mirrors are dark red and rest is totally different, needs re painting i think sometime! its pretty shiny now and good pretty good depth just colour differences are noticable, front end is totally different to the doors and then another shade on the boot and spoiler etc
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Eck
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Yep, a Phase 2 or 3 ZLET iirc!
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Corsa_Quadz
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quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
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Originally posted by Corsa_Quadz
Fucking love that DERV van mate
Selling anytime soon
Not a derv, pretty sure its got a zlet in it.
Even so, sell it to me 
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Jenko_Sport
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I bet it would look realy good in white 
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by K3 VMU
What with the rear wheel on the Elan IAZ?
It looks like its sitting awfully far forward in the arch?
thats how lotus used to make cars back in them days, dobge them together! prob made the chassis then the body totally different places then realised they didnt fit really, lol!
its more noticable cos of the slighly bigger wheels then standard!
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chrisritch
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 kerbed 1.2s
the shame lol
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Adge
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aalrite iaz pal! ows u! love your van! i want it so bad to match my car!
just painted my astra Audi White! ill get sum pics up mate to show u, dad done an amazing job on it! loving ure work!
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FlamingCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
Yep, a Phase 2 or 3 ZLET iirc!
close, phase 4 z20leh, the mk5 astra vxr engine, with 6 speed m32 box
weights 1100kg also! enjoyed last week having a play with 09 reg focus RS, he realised that after 4th attempt of me letting him get along side then pulling away from him that maybe his car was not as fast, hehehehe
maybe he guessed that the tdi badge on the back was not alltogether ture also! hehe
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by chrisritch
kerbed 1.2s
the shame lol
hehehe, tut tut mum
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by am4nf
What happened to the exige?
Elan looks much better now
still has the exige and using that almost daily with the semi slicks on, lol
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Rich H
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Looks a lot better mate, but only certain levels of correction can be acheived once the paints fooked. A light wet sand to the entire thing may help further, but not fully.
Only other thing I would suggest is to refine the finish with a lesser compound after the G3 to restore as much gloss as possible and remove buffer trails that will almost definitely be inflicted by the G3 correction stage. Something like 3M ultrafina is ideal. Dodo Lime Prime afterwards then leaves the paint squeaky clean from polishing oils ready for the wax
keep up the good work though mate - enjoyed reading ur recent threads again
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FlamingCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Adge
aalrite iaz pal! ows u! love your van! i want it so bad to match my car!
just painted my astra Audi White! ill get sum pics up mate to show u, dad done an amazing job on it! loving ure work!
say hi to your dad, he ok mate? still painting? bet it looks awsome, get some pics up!!!!
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by Rich H
Looks a lot better mate, but only certain levels of correction can be acheived once the paints fooked. A light wet sand to the entire thing may help further, but not fully.
Only other thing I would suggest is to refine the finish with a lesser compound after the G3 to restore as much gloss as possible and remove buffer trails that will almost definitely be inflicted by the G3 correction stage. Something like 3M ultrafina is ideal. Dodo Lime Prime afterwards then leaves the paint squeaky clean from polishing oils ready for the wax
keep up the good work though mate - enjoyed reading ur recent threads again
i have g10, should i have used that after the g3? and before the lime prime?
impressed with do do juice, was easier to work with then i expected!
got a tester pack from top gear/mph show for £20, with lime prime and the soft and hard waxes in little tubs! went straight to the little dodo juice stand cos i see you sell it so guessed it much be good stuff :-)
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Rich H
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Not fully sure of whats what in the Farecla range, but if G10 is less abrasive, then yes that'd have been a good one to use after the G3. The Lime Prime will just add extra wetness to the finish and leave the paint ready for wax on a correction job. On it's own its able to enhance paint but not offer huge levels of correction (just knock out light swirling etc)
Dodo stuff is very easy to use though, and also nice to use because of the smells
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FlamingCorsa
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few more pics
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by Rich H
Not fully sure of whats what in the Farecla range, but if G10 is less abrasive, then yes that'd have been a good one to use after the G3. The Lime Prime will just add extra wetness to the finish and leave the paint ready for wax on a correction job. On it's own its able to enhance paint but not offer huge levels of correction (just knock out light swirling etc)
Dodo stuff is very easy to use though, and also nice to use because of the smells
yea i was gonna ask can u eat it?? cos it smells yummy, lol
the higer then number on the farecla range the less abracive
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jamez_zz
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I never have liked the back of the Elans. Front looks very Ferarri like though. Your mum must like her 2 seaters, lol.
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Jenko_Sport
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Looks a little misty/milky.
Its it direct gloss or base coat and laquer the paint?
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FlamingCorsa
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Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
Looks a little misty/milky.
Its it direct gloss or base coat and laquer the paint?
direct gloss:-( so dont really wanna keep buffing it to much
would not have faded if it was basecoat and laquer!
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