Messenjah Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 decided to paint the capri satin black this pic was taken at the halfway point which is where im at at the moment just about to do the doors ... then the back end and the roof are on the cards for tomorrow or this evening ... havent decided yet
bomber1 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 nnoooooooooooooooo thought that green was nice. did it need painting anyway?
RFChris Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! You hand painting a Capri S rattle-can black! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Gareth Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 Seems an odd thing to do considerin it looked tidy
Jimsiss Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 it's his car and I've seen far worse done to perfectly good RS escorts, get it done and looking good then they'll be put in their places
antz Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 it looks good .....BUT.....it looked damn nice before and i wouldnt of done it if it was my car.
Von Loxlee Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 looks ace mate how you doing it? take it ur not rubbing down first?
lee_capri Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 i like black not the worst paint ive ever seen i sold a 2.0ghir nice one and the man painted it blue with a paint-brush so if you had of done duke boy slinding on it you would have stuck to the bonnet, may i ask if useing spay cans or small compressur (p.s i cant spell even on a good-day ) as if your useing small compressur try to do 1 panel at a time with top loading gun as this is how i spay motors and they turn out fine. i think what matters is you have a go at every-thing because its all about learning as you go along and if you dont try u dont no its nothing that you cant rub down and start again if your not happy
Messenjah Posted April 30, 2007 Author Report Posted April 30, 2007 guys it may have looked tidy before but only from a distance ..... the bottoms of the doors are rusty as sin the sills are rusty on the bakc corners the frotn and back of the car under the bumper level had been painted with a brush (silver admitedly but with a fookin brush) there was soo much surface rust all over the joins on the front valance there were little rust bubbles on the wings front edge of the bonnet is starting to go etc etc etc its not gonna stay this colour forever and it will get treated to a proper resto when i can afford to run two cars so i can take it off the road and do it properly and save up for a decent sprayjob at the end of the day ive always wanted a matt/satin black car and so i decided to paint mine .... my thinking behind it is this as i replace the fooked bodypanels (rear lower corners , driver and passenger door, bonnet , tailgate ) i can now just spray them with rattle can satin black and ittl match all over as apposed to spending a few hundred quid getting them matched each time .... to the faded silver so that when it comes round to the full respray ill have a uniform colour to start from if tht makes any sense
lee_capri Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 yeh i see ware you are coming from cause can be a night-mare matching stuff even on a new car, but when some thing is all 1 colour i think it looks resptable to the old filf so they not always on your case, and i no what you mean about haveing more than 1 car to look after ive got about 10 olb bangers at the moment but i buy and sell, the rims on the back of your car are they deep dish if so would you be intresstered is swap for a pair of skinnys or a set of pettle pots with yokoharma tyres or set of rs sevens as looking for a pair of deep dish to make up a set
FlashCadillac Posted April 30, 2007 Report Posted April 30, 2007 my thinking behind it is this as i replace the fooked bodypanels (rear lower corners , driver and passenger door, bonnet , tailgate ) i can now just spray them with rattle can satin black and ittl match all over as apposed to spending a few hundred quid getting them matched each time .... to the faded silver so that when it comes round to the full respray ill have a uniform colour to start from if tht makes any sense Word!! this is the way my capri is going.... not sure about the satin black on a mk1 but its going to get shitty touch ups untill the body is sound.
Messenjah Posted April 30, 2007 Author Report Posted April 30, 2007 lol i was looking for ages for a set with 5.5 inch frotns and 7 inch rears and theres no chance im getting rid of them only had em on there a week when i get my 5 spoke revos in the future ill give u a pm see if u still want em mate
Messenjah Posted May 1, 2007 Author Report Posted May 1, 2007 nneds another two coats on the rear quaters as theyve only had one so far
RFChris Posted May 1, 2007 Report Posted May 1, 2007 It pains me to say it....... but...... .....it looks good mate.
Stu_B Posted May 1, 2007 Report Posted May 1, 2007 Go on the satin black!!! get a subtle skull on the corner of the bonnet too! looks cool mate!! Satin black and slots is the future!
PaulAshman Posted May 1, 2007 Report Posted May 1, 2007 As istarted to read the post I thought oh no but that final picture is sweet. I think that looks the dogs danglies.
Messenjah Posted May 1, 2007 Author Report Posted May 1, 2007 missed a bit... on the back i know im going over to a local metalwork shop this afternoon to get them to make me the letters tht say capri in thin stainless and they will need to take measurements
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