A Little Loving

Thought it was about time I gave some attention to the P1.

The car is going to be treated to a full respray as soon as funds allow , so I thought I should start getting to grips with various bits and bobs.
Decided to start by cleaning and painting the inner arches, then clean shocks, calipars and wheels .

Pleased with the results, *1 down, 3 to go

[Gavsti555]

Looks good mate

[majorscooby]

mmmmmmmm alcon's. looking lush. couldnt believe how much crap came out of my arches with just some of your cleaner and a pressure wash .

[Steve_PPP]

looks real tidy mate, once you've got the paintwork sorted the car will be stunning

[Hongkongfooi]

Nice martyn.....your birthday time well spent then!

[AndyWRX]

Very nice mate

Thanks Andy

[AndyWRX]

How did the rest of them come up?

Andy it took me 5 hours to make the one corner perfect, sad , but true
So still have the other 3 to do .

Going to take a couple of days off to do the rest .

[Scott.T]

Looking good Martyn,
Paint the arches out with White Smoothrite, it will look great (done it on my Series 1 years ago) and it's very good protection too.

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Looking good Martyn,
Paint the arches out with White Smoothrite, it will look great (done it on my Series 1 years ago) and it's very good protection too.

Thanks Scott
Mmmm that's a thought , brush or can ?

I'm really thinking about taking strut off, stripping hub off , that way I can paint right up inside the strut turret .

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Crowman

Thanks Scott
Mmmm that's a thought , brush or can ?

I'm really thinking about taking strut off, stripping hub off , that way I can paint right up inside the strut turret .

Brush, plenty of cheap ones from the pound shop. Use then chuck don't waste money on cleaning them.

Takes about 2 or 3 coats to get it good enough that it just sponges down. Then just freshen up with another coat every 12-18 month.

This was silver smoothrite on my classic :

Thanks Scott, really like that alot.
Have you any pics of the RS turbo arches ?

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Crowman

Thanks Scott, really like that alot.
Have you any pics of the RS turbo arches ?

Sorry mate, no, not that I am aware of.
Was before the day of digi-cams.

[Tyler]

Soooo beauuuuutifullllllll!!

[AndyWRX]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

That looks soo good mate, looking forward to getting my next one and stripping the bits underneath and getting them painted up, yes i am that sad lol

[AndyWRX]

Originally Posted by Crowman

Andy it took me 5 hours to make the one corner perfect, sad , but true
So still have the other 3 to do .

Going to take a couple of days off to do the rest .

Keep at it mate, itll definatly be worth it in the end

[Matt23]

Looking good mate.

A little more time spent on the scoob ,
Another corner sorted out , plus changed drivers glass for a much better condition one .
The original was severely scratched in the usual classic places .





Found this , connected to speaker and tweater!

[Steve_PPP]

Coming along well mate

How old are the shocks on the car, either you've got some magic formula or they're quite new as theres no way i could get my 2 year old KYB shocks to look anything like that good!

They are just over 2 yrs old mate.
Steve was as anal as me , so they have been well looked after.

[Scooby_Greg]

Looking very good - giving Jay's shocks a run for the money on shineyness