Mk1 1.6 Gti Project Rot Box!!! BAD NEWS!!

what you mean brucie???

youve got a tin top too, didnt know that! u lucky begger!

i wouldn't say lucky, it rotten as a pear

but it keeps me busy!!

get you act together and come on the camping trip

how long before someones nominated you for motm

we need some more pic's and updates jelly been fair to long with out some news

I went to my local auto paint store on saturday looking for POR15, but they didnt know what it was. Can you tell me more about it please so that i can try and buy some. Also do you get it in various colours?

Macca said

I went to my local auto paint store on saturday looking for POR15, but they didnt know what it was. Can you tell me more about it please so that i can try and buy some. Also do you get it in various colours?

Available from frosts

http://www.frost.co.uk/result_search.asp?keyword=POR15&gclid=CNGNv4rb36MCFWIA4wodFkpLXw

they are advertisers on here, so pressume you would get a discount for being a paid member.

love the thread there's alot of work gone into it a take my hat of to you

come on jelly

Wheres the updates  :dontknow:

see not the only one awaiting

well progress hasn't happen

finished my brothers car a few weeks ago so that was a massive delay

now i have 2 weeks off and the mrs decide she wanted to rip the bathroom out

so it not been forgotten but other things have come up

right then you ugly lot and update for you

after finishing my bro's corrado!! and the bathroom (almost!!!) made a deal with the Mrs so i could go out an play

so as it's been so long i unwrapped it and saw the the mk1 fairys haven't finished it off for me



so back were i left off cleaning in the inside ready for a coat of paint



scrubing with wire wool, sandpaper and wire brushed things were moving on so i carried on round to the rear

and made it all around the car

half way



finished



well the deal is that i will get on it tomorrow aswell so i think more preping of the inside is need then if time permits a coat of paint

thanks for pushing for updates lad

 :mrgreen:

just hope it gets you into action and hope see more photos off progress tomoz

well didn't manage to finish the inside on sunday as wasn't feeling to good

so let update you on the little bits i've been doing

wheels

shot blasted them clean

from this



to this



then home they went and a coat of etch primer on



then a a coat of silver





gotta give them a coat of clear next maybe tomorrow maybe not

also have 3 more sets to refurb, no rest for the wicked





so anyways even tho i'm not working on the car things are moving on, little by little

Top job on them wheels mate.

wheels looked to turn out very well
some progress is better than no progress atall  

where did you get them shot m8 and was it very expensive

i built my own shot blassting cabinet

i'll get some shot up later of it

Is that using a blaster like the ones in machine mart? Are they any good, been thinking of getting one but sometimes when things seem too good to be true... they usually are!!