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Been a while since I've been in here Ants. Must say im loving your work with the panels. Its all coming together nicely. One day soon we might even see it driving around :P

Thanks Scottie.

You will see it very soon mate.

Today job.

Paint the rear of the car

Always prep work first

post-5053-13960814141614_thumb.jpgLHS tail lights masked and covered

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RHS tail lights masked and covered

Make sure you also masked the holes from the inside of the boot (the holes for the rear bumper)

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Then just tape and cover the rest of the rear body so no paint gets there.

I made sure the exhaust was well covered from any overspray too ;)

Then just get the right paint (again I used this post-5053-13960821673431_thumb.jpg

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While I was at it I also gave the rear reo bar a respray after I had cleaned it and lightly sanded it

Before

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After

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And then bolt it back on the car

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That's it for now folks

Will get the rear bumper resprayed then go time ;)

Thanks Scottie.

Will be getting a lot more done too :woot:

I received this today

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The black wrapped box contains

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Brand new OEM LHS indicator as my current one was over torqued and the mount was snapped like so

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Will look nicer after I install some LEDs in too ;)

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Do you flat and polish your panels after you've painted them Ants? It is a bit of extra work, but I find when using rattle cans it is essential to getting a really high quality finish. Not too necessary with white, but still makes it look a lot better.

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