fla 9 Posted July 2, 2012 you painted the tt comps! Sacrilege! They actually do look pretty good painted though, i must admit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gti gadge 0 Posted July 3, 2012 you painted the tt comps! Sacrilege! They actually do look pretty good painted though, i must admit. They came painted from the factory and look a 100% better now than a craply polished set. Liking the way this is going, awesome as always Mook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mookie 0 Posted July 3, 2012 Yeah the objective was basically to hide the hideous polished finish. They really needed a professional re-polish which I wasn't prepared to invest in considering what they are. Look 100000000000x better now! :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mookie 0 Posted July 12, 2012 So somebody reversed into my car at work today. Well OK, we reversed into each other :lol: but I blame him <_> 8inch wide scuffs on the back bumper - deep and very roughly scratched :angry: Nicely scratched and scuffed along the leading top edge Hard enough to push the bumper back under the rear valance... thankfully it popped back, but deeeeeep scuffing along the top where the two surfaces collided There is also some crazing to the paint, a very slight buldge where the bumper sits over the tailpipe. However the paint damage was awful, photos don't really show it as badyl as it looked to the naked eye. You could see it from about 20m away very clearly, upclose it looked godawful. First thoughts it had gone through to the primer and that the top coat was so roughly scratched and scuffed it wouldn't polish out... but I thought I'd give it ago. However it just screamed 'paint me!'. I was hoping it was all lacquer damage and crossed my fingers I could get it looking respectable. After several passes with a DA and some ScratchX Looked encouraging! Deepest scuffs were coming out, although the scratches were proving difficult to remove for some reason... but the long mark is still visible halfway down. An hour later... You can see the onion slice concentric circle of cracks in the paint on the top surface :angry: but the obvious bits were starting to disappear. Still fine scratches visible Deep scuff going... going... Some hand rubbing later, and some renovator compound stuff and I was smiling You can see some kinks in the reflection where the plastic is slightly creased, but otherwise looks pretty good! Needs some more rubbing and fettling but compared to what I started with I'm happy. Remaining damage to the bumper or the paint is now confined to stuff you'd not see from further than about 3inches away. And one last one of the car. Rear arches getting rolled in a week or so, then sorting the way the rears sit as not liking how it sits just yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EJ Taylor 22 Posted July 13, 2012 Loving this thread mate, made a good read! hopefully ill have paintwork like yours soon, jealous of the finish on yours! keep up the good work bud! i do recommend a CDA of type though, look about abit though, because although everyone raves the bmc, and i know it is the nuts, there are quite a few manufactures that make Carbon fibre inductions now, the piper cross one intrigues me! also Ram Air.. pretty sure K&N do on now too! looking forward to seeing what u next got planned, wish i had the motivation you clearly show in this thread, problem with meis the weather just puts me of doing anything! car is constantly filth and it P*SSES me off! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byrd 10 Posted May 23, 2013 What happened to this thread, Just read through it very enjoyable- YOu sell up Mook? Give us an update! Got the same TT Comps and painted mine too - love the wheel just not the bling of the original polished finish. Also needing to do muy rear gearbox mount. Really nice looking car.......:thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BILLCOR 1 Posted May 24, 2013 What happened to this thread, Just read through it very enjoyable- YOu sell up Mook? Give us an update! Got the same TT Comps and painted mine too - love the wheel just not the bling of the original polished finish. Also needing to do muy rear gearbox mount. Really nice looking car.......:thumbleft: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?78385-Ron-s-VR6-A11-VRX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byrd 10 Posted May 24, 2013 Thanks for the link Bill, swing into the next chapter! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liamvr6 10 Posted May 24, 2013 Looks awsome:thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
