smudgedon Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 So, today was the 1st show of the year for me, and wasn't the weather just beautiful Wait, not beautiful, I meant fecking arse!!! In preparation for the day, I picked up my wheels and a few other bits from the bodyshop at 9am on Saturday morning and then set to work getting everything fitted and cleaned for today My custom colour that I worked on with the bodyshop A mix of candy purple, indigo, blue and a violet purple over the top as well, very hard to show all the colour in pictures though And has to borrow a friends cars to get all 4 wheels and tyres in Took it all to Kaizer Motors as Sly has a range of brand new, specialist machinery for tyres to ensure that we didn't mark them as the paint was still fairly fresh And the other bits I had painted in the same colour (Wasso may be getting another PM about the colour of my plenum spacer ) Battery and brake fluid covers Great picture showing some of the colour change in the paint New strut brace feet Also got the rear strut brace cover done but didn't get pics of that Everything fitted and polished up As you can see the spacer and oil cap are the same colour, but different to my very deep purple colour theme that's started to occur. I think Wasso had issues with anodizing to such a dark colour so may be rethinking that shut up before anyone says anything! Can get the oil cap painted the same colour as everything else, and a couple of other bits too, along with a purple grounding kit and purple silicone couplers for the air intake Then it was onto the wheels. Didn't seal them yet as the paint was only done on Friday, give it a week or so to breathe properly before I seal them weekend. Was getting dark by this point so found it hard to get decent pics Suspension not settled yet Didn't want to use any tyre shine just yet to avoid any chemicals reacting with the lacquer Need some 10mm spacers all round I think And then it was off to bed for a 5am start today! Absolutely pishing it down all the way there, but we thought that we were early enough to avoid the main part of the traffic....NOPE! Took 2 hours to travel 2 miles into Santa Pod the figures weren't for happy reading Started snowing whilst in the queue as well...was not impressed! But we pushed on and finally got in, was a pretty poor show in all but saw at least 6 other Zed's, couple of Azure's, 2 GM's and a black one that I can remember off the top of my head Also saw Stu's 370z And a picture of mine which got some nice attention Overall, a tough weekend, but I'm pleased. just a shame the weather was so bad Suspension needs to come down another 10-20mm all round to finish it off, and 10mm spacers all round as well Comments/suggestions/slating for the shade of purple 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Are you happy with it? Thats all what matters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) It was bright blue skies and sunshine here in Wales today (no surprise considering yesterday's victory) purple looks good though Edited March 17, 2013 by ioneabee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Few more pics that others took Wheels look filthy from the drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Are you happy with it? Thats all what matters! Ye I love the colour, just a few other bits that need to go that way It was bright blue skies and sunshine here in Wales today (no surprise considering yesterday's victory) purple looks good though Was a disgusting day from start to finish for me!!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun1982 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Love that colour smudge! Roll on a nice sunny day to see them properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hopefully get some nice pics next weekend if the weather's OK, will take all 4 wheels off, clean them back and front, about 3 coats of sealant and then get some nice pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Looks good matey, although I'm afraid you'll never get anodised purple like that. I can ask, but it may just be a cost waved at the face of a missmatch. I'd suggest powder coating to achieve that colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveRS Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Looking great Jordan, you must be well pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 How much do get the battery and brake covers done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Looks good matey, although I'm afraid you'll never get anodised purple like that. I can ask, but it may just be a cost waved at the face of a missmatch. I'd suggest powder coating to achieve that colour. PM'd Looking great Jordan, you must be well pleased Indeed mate, coming along nicely now ready for the summer How much do get the battery and brake covers done? Rear strut cover, battery and brake covers plus strut brace feet was £70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 That looks great. Almost like a certain chocy companies colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 That looks great. Almost like a certain chocy companies colour. That's the idea but in the sun it shows something a little extra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodgeevans Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 looking good, what will you use to seal the wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Zed look good, shame about the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgedon Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 looking good, what will you use to seal the wheels Got some Poorboys sealant that I've used for a few years and always come up trumps few coats of that should see them through til the weather improves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodgeevans Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 cheers mate just ordered the same for mine, thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjt Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks great mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Vix Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks great Smudge much darker than my purple, which may be disappearing altogether soon lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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