1994Ronangreene
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Registered: 17th Oct 13
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cool looking car
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ArdenblueDan
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Registered: 23rd Aug 12
Location: Basildon
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for some reason it hasn't put the finished picture of the strut brace up lol other than that my inlet box and rocker cover have come back from the powder coaters in a lovely silver I've got a new deep dished steering wheel and I recently swapped my speedline allessios for some irmscher softstars and a rollcage ill put pictures up of those when its daylight and I can get photos
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ArdenblueDan
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1994Ronangreene cheers buddy its getting there
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Jordancorsab
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Registered: 9th Dec 12
Location: Mansfield - Nottingham
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Polished bits have come out great mate!
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Corsab1999
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Registered: 13th Aug 11
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Was nice to see this corsa when I drove down Friday so clean! I'm glad your happy with my old softstars n cage I love the speedlines well happy with those mate :thumb:
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ArdenblueDan
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Registered: 23rd Aug 12
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Cheers buddy can't wait to get them on and the cage sorted and in
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langauld
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Registered: 23rd Sep 12
Location: Leicester, UK
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Lovely looking motor dude, I do love Arden Blue on B's when the bodywork's been looked after! Will look sexy once you've fitted the coilies. How low you planning on taking it?
I love your polished chrome bonnet stay, might have to have a go at that myself
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ArdenblueDan
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Registered: 23rd Aug 12
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You should do it matey it's very easy
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Ashleyybryan
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Registered: 11th Dec 12
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What did you use to do it mate? Looks awesome
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ArdenblueDan
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I used various different grits of sand paper starting with 180 grit then working up to 1200 grit then after that I used autosol and meguiars metal Polish be sure to lacquer it after though buddy or you'll be cleaning it every 5 minutes lmao
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Ashleyybryan
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Thanks mate did it take a long time?
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ArdenblueDan
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I think it took me about 2 and a half hours buddy
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Ashleyybryan
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Okay mate cheers
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ArdenblueDan
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I'll be doing a few more soon if your interested?
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ArdenblueDan
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not updated for a while mainly because I've been collecting parts and it seems like I haven't made any progress lol so here goes
first off heres my strut brace which didn't load on here last time
next up I painted my dial surround and opel badge in bmw sparkling graphite grey
not a bad finish for rattle cans lol
I swapped my speedlines for some irmcsher softstars so started working on them sanded out any kerb marks that it had and primered it
then gave it a few coats of rover gunmetal paint
applied some lacquer
once the lacquer had hardened for a week in front of my radiator I flatted and polished the whole thing in and out then treated it to some polished and sealed it very pleased with the out come
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ArdenblueDan
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bought myself a nice new steering wheel bit marmite to some people but I like it
I then painted a spare boot lock surround I had ready for the opel badge I had previously painted this just needs lacquering and polishing up
and finally whilst installing my new mhws I found this lurking behind the lights and arch what I thought was surface rust wasn't and some light pressure saw my hand go through it this is also the story behind the rear bumper too so looks like a full on bare shell respray which may take some time but will be worth it
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ArdenblueDan
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Christopher
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I had that exact same hole!
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ArdenblueDan
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Was really annoyed when I saw it but it gives me motivation to rebuild the whole car from the ground up now
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chrisr195
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Registered: 5th Dec 12
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Good stuff n work there mate. Love that steering wheel. Where u get ur paint from for the bmw grey on dial surround? It looks really smart I might copy it soft star colour again good choice. I'll be following this bud.
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ArdenblueDan
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Cheers dude and it's just halfords paint buddy
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vx-scottw
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cracking job there mate
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kedowan
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quote: Originally posted by ArdenblueDan
bought myself a nice new steering wheel bit marmite to some people but I like it
Nice nails mate
Jokes aside, very nice wheel!
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ArdenblueDan
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Haha cheers Scott and I try to keep my nails looking good lmao kedowan
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chrisr195
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Cant wait to see the interior with that wheel and dial surround on.
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