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NL Shorty Makeover

Tech Talk for Mitsubishi owners.

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NL Shorty Makeover

Post by glycerin »

Hi All,

My NL's paint work was getting a bit shabby, the clear had been degrading from UV, had a lot of stone chips and a few dings as well. So decided that it needed a full respray.

Photos are attached. Its a bit of a long post, but someone may like to have a look.

Image Fixing up some minor dents

Image Roof all rubbed down

Image Bonnet paint stripped

Image Bumperette before work

Image Front quarter after initial rub down to remove stone chips

Image Rear quarter after removing stone chips

Image Car all rubbed down ready for some hyfil primer

Image Car being primed

Image Bumperettes and bonnet being primed

Image LHS after primer

Image Front after primer

All the above was done on the first of 2 saturdays. I drove the car around for a week, half of it in primer. :oops:

This is what we did on saturday just passed.

Image Rear quarter ready to be blocked down.

Image Front quarter ready to be blocked down

Image Doors, bumperettes and front bar ready for paint.

Image Doors, bumperettes and front bar being painted

Image Front door after paint, clear and then baking

Image Bonnet after paint, clear and then baking

Image Side of car masked up ready for paint

Image Car in the booth all masked up (except for the wheels at this stage)

Image Front of the car when all done

Image Rear of car when all done

Car is all done and looking awesome. Almost got it all back together just need to paint the rock sliders and spare wheel carrier.

I took off the alloy bullbar (looked really old fashioned on this car) car drive much much better with out it and put a std bar back on.

I must say a huge thanks to my mate that is the spay painter that got this all done (he is on here somewhere). 14hrs on Saturday (was a long day)!

Cheers

Lonnie
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Post by pickle »

Looks like it come up pretty good.
Well done.
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Post by NJV6 »

Good work.
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Post by Clinton83 »

Looks mint!! I'm jealous.
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Post by Guy »

Pfft .. you know your just gonna scratch it all up again ....

Does look NICE though ...
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Post by glycerin »

Yeah I know, I give it a month before I head bush again. :lol:

Gotta get some 35's and the 4.9's soon though, those buckshots are almost at the end of their life.
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Post by 95shorty »

all i have too say iss ......................... can ya do mine now????
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