Re-spray.....with latest pics

ok so here's my problem…..just done sorting all my rot and tidied all panels, car sat in primer waiting for her new coat for the summer……and dam if I had a dilemma……was gonna paint her a nice light met blue(the car is white originally)

        But suddenly dont know if i can do it to her…..should I stick with original or not???? HELP

personaly i would stick to the white but just my pref  prob save you a bit of money as well unless its a total shell respray

cheers, Iv got lots of paint at mo….and painting it myself…but think gonna stick with the white I'll post pics tonight ….might be blue might be white  

did not know you were going to spray yourself  let us now how you get on mate :wink:

Saturday morning ready for filing and primer  


saturday aft and 1st coat of primer



AND finally after 3 coats of alpine white…..bit of polishing to do but not bad in a weekend

Good effort on that,liking the `Quality` masking paper lol

Hey you use what you got and that aint much  ops:

what did u use to spray with?

looks good mate  

Just used normal 2k with fast hardner thru a HVLP gun….was a painter long long time ago like 18 years ago first time picked up a spray gun in anger in about 12 years……….looks great in the pics but a few runs quick flat n polish n she'll look lovely :roll:

looking good  8)
Hopefully one day my paint work will look as good? :dontknow:

totally gobsmaked. no not the paint job even though looking good. the size of your work space. beats my cold wet driveway anyway. thats what i call having room to work.

Cheers for all the positive comments guy's…..as for the workspace perk of the jobif you look carefully in the background it's a dead giveaway  

just smoked and lacquered my rear lights side indicator's and front 1's to, will post some pics when fitted…think they look even better than the 1's you can buy

…. :clap: :clap: :clap:
..NOW I am getting more determined  to respray my GTI myself…..
Which HVLP gun did you use…was it the Apollo Spraymate 400 ????

….now going to pull up a sandbag and swing the lantern…..the sight of an army truck….and a lovely Workshop…..memories…!!!!

Ok Prowler since you got 2 cab's be coming to you when I need advice as this is my 1st attempt at bit of resto……the gun was a devibliss GTI …very pricey but worth the money…..I'm crap at painting really it was all the gun  :roll:

finally finished my mini resto project off for MOT tomorrow fingers crossed
 a few pics of finished results
sorting out the window rot

nice new underseal

new brakes ( to be uprated soon,as well as suspension)

finished AHHHHHH


not a great lot of photo history but enough I think, look at beginning of thread to see wot it started as….hope you all like it as much as I do!!!

Looks great. Well done.

8)  looks nice and shiney!

how come you didnt get alloys?

best of luck on mot

Thanks ..just sold my alloys just deciding which new set to get

so if ya have any ideas let me know

fantastic mate paint job looks ace in the pictures