Orange Cabby Project!!! With Pics :) UPDATED!!!

Hey everyone bought this orange shell a few days ago, basically it came with a 1.8i kr engine and gearbox thats done 68,000 miles, no rust or rot, loads of random bits in it and thats it really,

Anyway got a few small bits done and ill update each stage as i go along so let me know what you think and enjoy

THIS IS HOW I GOT IT:
DULL, FULL OF PARTS THAT GO GOD KNOWS WHERE AND SAT ONE THE FLOOR WITH NO SUSPENSION, SO BASICALLY A BARE SHELL AS YOU CAN SEE.









OK SO AFTER I GOT IT HOME I STARTED ON SOME SMALL BITS TO GET IT GOING, FITTED REAR LIGHTS AND NUMBER PLATE (YET TO BE TRANSFERED) AND GAVE IT A GOOD WASH, I THINK THE PAINTWORK CAME UP NICE











THEN I GOT THE HEADLIGHTS, NUMBER PLATE LIGHTS, FOG LIGHT, REAR SUSPENSION FITTED AND PUT A WHEEL ON TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE















THATS IT UP TO NOW BUT ILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON HOW ITS GOING

Looks good mate,

At least you have another one for referance.

ummm looks nice will watch n see how you go wiv it,will the fire brigade be on stand by?????

lol i hope not the battery is disconnected this time so no defo no fire brigade, and yeah its good to have the other for referance and i can nick parts off it that are missing lol

that paint is suffering from serious orange peel mate.
i'd sort that before fitting anything else to in as you'll need to pull the bumpers and go roundthe lights etc.

get some g4 and a mop (you can do it by hand but it's hard work) and rub it back before giving it a damn good coat of polish and wax.
you won't get rid of it completely but it will look a lot better.

looking good mate, im glad its finally going to get done….hope it all goes well for you, i will be deffo keeping an eye on this, does need a mop tho like i said but looks better already for the wash!
everything looks brilliant on it already!,good luck with it all,
brad

can someone either tell me exactly how to sort out the orange peel and what i need to do it or how much is it going to cost me at a bodyshop to sort it?

cheers

Didn't this car use to be on the forum but then get sold for parts?  Had black bbs if I remember right?  Nice colour though.

yeah it did mate your right it was brad88's but now its just a shell and im going to build it up again now the way i like it

JayClipperCabrio said

yeah it did mate your right it was brad88's but now its just a shell and im going to build it up again now the way i like it

Still going to do your white one as well, or is this your priority?

to get rid of the orange peel effect you really need to wet flat it to get it smooth then get out the cutting compound to bring back the shine.

But be careful as you don't want to go through the paint!

Or leave it as is to add to the satsuma look LOL

is it a laquered paint?

novocaine said

is it a laquered paint?

Had a look when i went over yesterday and luckily its not laquered, so just needs a good wet sand and polish.

in that case wet sand and then g4 followed by a damn good polish as that man up there said.

yeah think i might have a bash at it myself and just do a panel at a time and see how it goes,

jay09 - what were the names of those products for the job you was showing me and where can i get them, and was it:

1. wet sand
2. seal
3. polish????

cheers

jay

Jay
1-Wet and dry
2-Polish
3-Seal the paintwork
4-Wax
Not sure if any of the products that i showed you are available in the shops so you'll have to get them online. Like i said you won't be able to get the wet sand marks out by hand so you need a machine. If you are ok until tomorrow i'll get you a list of stuff and places to get them.
Or you can stop eyeing those ats alloys up and get me to do it :mrgreen:

is that the golf that was in golf+, this month for sale.looks nice .

take the washing instructions to mind mate.
try in an inconspicous place first. do you know anyone with a paint analysiser who can tell you how thick the paint is?

hi no its not the same as the one in golf plus, similar colour tho, how much would you want to sort out my paintwork jay? im sure you could do me a special price and im guessin what its a days work for you?

I'd say a couple of days work Jay, not a quick job. Probably a day wet sanding and a day polishing, then you've got protection on top of that but you could do that yourself as i presume you'll be buying yourself some wax etc.
If you really want me to do it we can work something out. I have a paint thickness gauge so will would check out the paintwork before i did anything. Always happy to help out a fellow mk1 owner.