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Dee-vub wrote:the rear arches are bloody awesome mate.....fancy doin it for me

ummmm, nope!

The arches were easy, could do another pair in half a day. The bumper however is taking ages to get right!

New B wrote:Can't wait to see it a ED38

If I ever finish the bloody thing!

Tim_GTi wrote:project looks ace! thort i'd pop a little post in so i can keep an eye on your progress

Cheers buddy! You comin e38 to see the beast?

Little bit of an update. The doors now sorted, So it shuts lovely, the skirt underneath it has been repaired. Both the rear swage lines under the rear lights have been prepped and are finished. The front bumper is finished and prepped. Both doors have had some dents filled, as has one rear quarter and a frong wing. One rear arch/bumper side is near completion, not much left on that side. Also have smoothed the lug out of the filler cap

Still to do:
Other rear arch/bumper side
Finish smoothed tailgate
Finish off sideskirt ends
Re-smooth rear bumper
and i think thats about it.

Re-spray is hopefully weekend of the 18th, so lots to do in not much time (i work 11hours a day and am in the middle of re-decorating a bedroom)

I have a back up plan just incase i cant get it sprayed for e38, which will also be an interesting concept!

Andy mate, the bedroom can wait

You gonna be with us lot at E38?

Is there a stand going down at all? I'm going up with a few mates, but would like to stick it on a stand if theres a ukp one.

Edit- Just seen the thread, lucky i caught on it, am number 19 out of 20!

Bedroom cant wait, old mans a pain in the ass. Cant wait till i can finally move out!

If i cant finish it in time, out come the matt black aerosols!

Be good to see the car no matter what colour it's wearing.

I know how parents can be mate, still live at home myself

I'll be debuting my new interior at E38

I was hoping to get my new interior by then too, but the bloody suppliers let me down. Still unsure as to weather to go for white leather or black leather and red alcantara.

cool i'm looking forward to seeing this car at E38 whatever state it is in

So then, gotta little work done over the last few days/weeks. Hopefully all is set for spraying on saturday. Will continue to update this though.

Firstly, the most major job is nearly complete. The arches. Lots (and i mean LOTS!) of re-shaping has taken place to both arches, and the bumper to allow it to all match up nicely. As you can see from the pics the angle of the rear bumper has been altered in order to allow the bumper to match up snuggly.



Been having to drive round in this shoddy old merc for the last few days, cant wait to get the polo back on the road!

Tailgate's all been finished...



Front bumper is all sorted...







Rear quarters are all but finished...





Filler cap has all been smoothed (sorry tom!)



Check out the girth on the badboy!



This pic shows the angle the bumper now sits at. It was taken before the arch was finished, so its been modified a little since.

some serious work there! you going to 2k prime whole car? or just bit you need?
looks bang on so far, swheat!
love to see it in the flesh!

Looking good Andy

I'm gonna have to go back to the bodyshop at some point because I've got a bit of bubbling on the filler cap that's just appeared.

He's a good old bloke and does do a good job but I think I'll try somewhere else next time.

Full respray at some point as well in the same colour.

cheers for the pm dude, i'll let you know how it goes. Car looks amazing!! i love it when its in this stage, shows all the work thats gone into to it before it dissappears into a glamorous shiny beast!!! great work..

Gonna 2k high build the repaired parts, flat back then 2k prime the whole car. Mask the car and spray the roof, then mask the roof and spray the car. Then laquer the whole thing. Not gonna spray the stripes anymore, just incase i go off them so am gonna get some vinyls made up.

Bad news about the cap tom, though i really cant see how you can mess it up, its such an easy job! Mine took about 10 minutes to do!

It's been fine, it looked 100% when I picked it up.

I only noticed it yesterday, still once it's sorted it's on to the next thing.

Roof lining, B and C pillars retrimmed in Alcantara, full exterior respray in Reflex Silver

Interior sounds nice, full respray? Why not smooth the rubbing strips and widen the arches at the same time? And why reflex silver, make it more interesting!

I'm aiming to keep it looking as OEM as possible, and I love the way Reflex Silver looks when it's clean

Rubstrips will be something I'll ask about when it gets done, as well as something else

I hate when people are secretive!