Madmarky

Should defo have the car back by then so 1. H5 2. Dunker 3. Scott 4. Chilli Red +1 5. Martin W 6. BulletMagnet 7. Harman350z +1 8. Muttley 9. rtbiscuit 10.coopers86 11. MrLizard 12. MadMarky +1

Hi Chris, yeah its been a while, im not 100% about the Wales run, but look forward to bumping into you again

As stated before its gonna be the same colours as it was before

Bodyshop are having some probs with getting the skirts and rear bumper sorted so they are 100% perfect so the car has been slightly delayed. Hopefuly not much longer, have been going down there everyday, i just cant stay away lol. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

When i first did mine i used a product called Gunk which i had previous use with. Disconect the battery, cover electrical parts with tin foil, and spray the de-greaser all over the areas you want to clean. Then use a assortment of brushes, nail and tooth brushes are good to get in all the nooks and crannies. It will probably take a few attempts and a bit of elbow grease but it will be worth it in the end. Im sure everyone has there own methods and products they like to use but this is what i did and it came up ok and most importantly i was happy with it.

Yeah im pretty sure it clips under the bit that has the tweeter in and then just should slide off, im sure the guides will help tho

As posted in your other thread give R35LEE a Pm mate

Haha Martin, you wont know its me tho

+1 £1500 + credit card = a nice set of wheels and rubber

Thanks guys, been a quiet day really. I guess as we get older birthdays become less important lol. My car back in one piece will be a nice pressie in 2 weeks

to the forums from a fellow Veilside Zed

Just to add to what Fiddy has said, its recommended not to lower it with 20's on as the ride height and look is perfect. Although if you do lower it you may find you have lots of issues with the front clearance. You can rule out bying genuine as Veilside last i heard no longer make the kit. The replicas being produced nowadays are normally spot on just make sure you use a good body shop and you should be fine.

Happy Birthday Chris mate

When will Madmarky get his car back on the road? (Sorry couldn't resist)

I've never had one in the Zed in 18 months of ownership, but thats hardly suprising seeing as ive done less than 5K miles in it

Thx guys, been a long week on the car. Didnt take any photos today because ive just been finishing off getting rid off all standard paint from door shuts and scotching any parts that werent repainted originally. Most of the car is now ready for the next stage. Next week the bodyshop will be re-glassing up my damaged wing and fixing my light but this is all dependant on the front bumper turning up, which hopefully CS is chasing. Once this is done the car will be primered and flatted. I hope this will all be done next week or at latest early the week after. I will keep popping up to the bodyshop and taking pictures of the progress. Would like to get it back for my birthday as i think it will be a awesome pressie

Updated with new pics.

Haha Nixy The worst thing was yesterday i signed off on the paint but i had the choice of anything i wanted. I was starring at a few thousand test cards for ages before deciding just to paint it the same coulors as it was before. I hope that it goes with the new wheels and looks ok tho, fingers crossed.

I didnt even really crash the front, just caught the bumper on drivers side. If you see one of my other posts you will find out why we are having to do so much work to prep it for a full respray, but in short the original job was a bodge quick job!

Most of it was done using a orbital sander thing with 360 dry sanding pads. The little vents however had to be done by hand and took over a hour for each one.

So now the car is all back to bare metal I was asked this question by the bodyshop "So... What colour you want it painted?" I said i wanted it the same as i hadn't had much time to enjoy it the way is was, but i wanted the proper midnight pruple colour like the R34 is painted. I left it with the bodyshop to work out the colour codes. Later that day they got in touch with me to say that due to new paint regulations they were unable to paint it that colour as part of the mixing scheme is now illegal to paint in this country. I was a bit shocked but started to think about the possibilities of painting it a different colour and having a fresh start with my car. After searching around the net for some inspiration I came accross some pics of the Zele 370z and my mind was pretty much made up on spot. I did some investigation work and found out the colour is called Chrome Orange and is part of the Lotus colour scheme. I presented this information to the bodyshop and was found out that he could mix that colour but would have to use a different tintner as again the Chrome orange has a banned substance included. He did a test mix and painted a spare wing mirror cover. I was very happy with the colour and told him to run with it. I decided that seeing i had a carbon bonnet that i would get the roof and spoiler fin painted to match and chose a dark charcol colour from the huge selection of colour chits. The car was then primed and painted. After some time in the oven i was asked to pop down the bodyshop and sign off that i was happy with the colour choices. This is what i turned up to see. i was very happy with this, the sun on it really makes the paint sparkle. The bodyshop then set about fixing the awful job that was doen to my rear bumper and getting the sideskirts to line up properly. Both sideskirts and bumper required a lot of re-glassing so these were sorted and left to cure. The doors were then all prepared and painted and fitted to the car, they looked amazing. I got my windows back from the tintners and they were fitted to the car Wings were painted and fitted, also my new front bumper arrived from Rik so the bodyshop could start work on fitting and prepearing that. Then the door handles were fitted Then the spolier was painted That completes all the orange parts of the car, only part left to paint in orange was my centre console but that was being left till last. I arrange to take a day off work to re-fit all the interior and all the trim that had been removed. So went down the bodyshop and fitted the door windows, although couldn't put the door cards on as was waiting for the mirrors to be painted. Got a call on a sunday afternoon to inform me that the mirrors and spoiler fin had been painted and did i want to go down and fit them, of course i jumped at the chance and went down to finish it off. The next week the bodyshop were finishing off preping my bumpers and skirts, poped down to see how progress was getting on. Thye were pretty much all preped and primed. Had sourced a company to refurb my original wheels which was a result as after buying a brand new set of ultralite GTII's i wasnt too sure they would go with this bold colour scheme. Wheel Genie in Huntingdon, Cambs did a fantastic job of my wheels. Friday 2nd October - this is the day when it is due to be finished. Took the day off to go help the bodyshop finish the car. Turned up and the car was on the ramp Sideskirts had been fitted and it was having the rear bumper test fitted. It was looking good, unfortunately i totally forget to get any pics. They had done a fantastic job with it and the front bumper went on quite smoothly. Had the dashboard sprayed to match the outside also Wheels were then fitted and this completed the whole 4 month repair process. The car looks amazing and came out better than i hoped. Cleaned all the interior and gave a it a quick wash and polish just intime to make Japshow Finale at Santa Pod. Had a great day and the response to my car was brilliant. Looks so much better in the flesh but heres a couple of pics I took at Santa Pod, enjoy Would like to say a big thanks to Sarah and all the guys at Envy, CS, Rik at Prestige and the biggest thanks to R35LEE for whom without none of this would be possible

Thought i would create one thread with all the pics i take from the progress of my car and detail what ive been doing and what has been done. Day 1 All the kit has been removed and has been put to one side. so here is what the car looked like. Spent the whole say sanding back the car and taking a lot of trim ot of the car ready for the window guy. Day 2 Had a meeting at work this morning but a guy had come and took my windows out. Once i got to the bodyshop the guy had been and removed the windows. The front window is still in as they were the bodyshop were waiting for me to take it out. Heres some pics i took showing the progress of the car from day 1. Spent today carrying on sanding back the paint mainly by hand. Took loads of photos just for you lot, cos i know how much you like pics. Beware tho some may be offeneded by the naked car porn Day 3 Pretty much the same as the days before, getting rid off all standard paint taking it back to almost bare metal in some areas. Some parts are extremely hard to get into, especially around the contours by the side windows. Boot has been completely finished and has been removed from car. All thast left to do now is the doors and the door shuts which have already been started on, see pics below.

Posting pics cheers me up, which at the moment is a good thing This is one of my favourites and i never even took the photo

Yes cheers Sarah i did get them just not had time to do anything with em yet tho. Am looking forward to next week tho, think it will be fun

It was too good to be true that things were going right for once Bodyshop started stripping my car to get it ready for prep and found a whole host of horrors. The rear wing was only held on by four self tap screws so could fly off at any stage, no sort of bonding used what so ever. Where the uk number plate surround was moulded into the rear bumper the work is very shoody and is a mixture of compunds used. Some are over hard and fall to pieces and some havent gone off properly and are like silly putty. Various bits of trim were not removed for the respray and so have made a mess now there removed. And possibly the worst of all is the fact that the original paint wasnt keyed. Yes you heard right the new paint was sprayed directly onto the original clear. Meaning its gonna cost me a extra £600 worth of prep work to take the car back. So in a effort to save money im taking next week off work and am becomming a empoyee of the bodyshop. I will take some pics during the process and show you how its getting on. I will get there eventually!