2tone 90q

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:56 pm

well i though i was stealing martins thread a bit so here is a bit about my 90. Got the roof painted tonight gone for gloss black on the roof and down the A and C pillars. Got the arches sorted after a massive mishap of widening the arches with the old suspension on and when i put all the series 3 items on it widened the track and pushed the wheels back in to the arches so that they caught when you drove over a playing card!! Laughing

so to solve this problem i got out my super technical angle grinder and took the lips id made back off and flared the rest of the arches up.
so for the next little list of things is to get it laserlined at work as she crabs a bit at the moment prime up my arches and then wip it into the booth at work and put the bottom colour on. and the colour im going with is hot chocolate brown its a metallic colour off the new mini clubman and in my opinion is totaly wasted on the pieces of shite Very Happy

also going to do my wheels with it at the same time gona keep the centres black and paint the rims brown Smile

should hopefully be ready in a couple of weeks then i can get on with driving it like i bought it for.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:09 pm

this is the old lass all masked up and with a good couple of coats of black on her what you cant see is the nation of flies that waited for me to spray and then thought "oh look somewhere to sit"!! damn flies

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:20 am

waiting with baited breath..... I've moved this to the projects forum (I can move it back if you want).

You got any before pictures?

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:45 pm

well here we go then after all night friday after work, all day saturday i was nearly ready 4 some good old fashioned paint splattering Very Happy

after a major set back of my boss being a knob all week and bombing me off from borrowing the booth i decided to just carry on and spray away out side. luckily i think i got the most perfect day for this Smile

so 13hours, 4rolls of tape, umpteen newspapers, 4coats of base, 3coats of lacquer and about 3000 cups of tea i got there Razz

at the start on sat morning ready to mask up (on my newly found 14" alleycats)

then masked up (with charlie the cat there ready to do my head in all day)

doing my dropcoat

my super expensive top of the range spray booth Laughing

all based up and ready for 3 coats of lacquer

here she is with the rims of the alloys painted as well just need to paint the front and rear spoilers and black out the sill covers Very Happy

will get some better photos of the colour when the sun comes out! what you think? cheers Graeme

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:52 pm

looking really good there Graeme Cool

Colour looks interesting and the rims look ace too. not sure about the strecthed tyres Confused

but maybe it would all come together once bumpers are back on. Are you putting a body kit on? i notice that you have completely left the side trim untouched???

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:53 pm

Looking good! Cool

Sorry if this is a dumb question Embarassed

But how close are the rear tyres to the arches ? Shocked

Can it be driven like that???

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:14 am

the angle of the pic makes them look closer than they are Very Happy

wasnt gona put this pic up due to it looking shakey but you can see the gap better on them. the tyres are 195's on a 8" rim never had any trouble with leaks and never had one come off so carry on fitting them Laughing

no bodykit going on but i am putting bumpers back on looking for a set of good 80 bumpers as i dont like the big 90 ones that came on the car. what part do you mean by the side trim? ive still to clean all the trims up round the windows and im gonna black the sills out but im not putting the mouldings back on Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:21 am

and then i fogot to put the photo on Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:05 am

DRIBBLE

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:58 pm

well got my windscreen oredered today i had choice of 3 green bronze or clear the green was £130 not including vat and the bronze and the clear are £50 inc vat!! Shock

and having it fitted for £20 on thursday then up to work for tracking then on with hooning round the lake district like "shit off a shovel" Laughing

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:03 pm

you coming to Eric's for his "do" ?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:12 pm

when is it? that the one in august?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:17 pm

that's the one @ Phils. He's done a post in general chit chat. July?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:18 pm

http://www.audifans.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=22275

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:49 pm

yer gonna come to this one panicked a bit there though as its the girlfriends graduation party on the 16th of july so and i thought it was in june Embarassed

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:32 am

Yeh that pic makes more sense Laughing

still looks pretty tight! I know what Geoff means about the overstretched tyres Shocked

seems to a popular thing these days though. Do the outer edge of the tyres extend beyond the wheelarch?

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:41 pm

looking sweet,like the overstretched tyre look got that old skool look thumbup

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:53 pm

no the tread is covered by the arch only the sidewall sticks out a bit but the sidewall has no grip so cant fling water up and cant catch ppl if i hit them (like getting a finger caught in a tyre tread would be your first worry if you got knocked down!! Evil or Very Mad

) thats what the law and mot ppl ask for.

covered enough for my liking Laughing

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:07 am

The car looks great. nice work.

As for the stretch and itslegality I agree with you as I have asked an MOT tester the same question and he said the same, tread must be under the arch to stop spray.

As for safety, well when I first ever seen stretched tyres like this I thought WTF that is an accident waiting to happen, and refused to listen to anyone telling me otherwise until I found out that Ameteur drifters use stretched tyres as the stretch stiffens up the sidewall making it easier to control the drift. So if they can go sideways at 50mph on them then they must be pretty safe.

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:13 am

didn't mean to come across as a bitch about the tyres was more a personal choice type opinion for me on aesthetics. But I must admit though, they are growing on me now Razz

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:26 am

Don't kerb them Shocked

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:52 am

its ok i dont mind ppl have differnt views on what they like i personally dont like the look of ballon sidewalls but i also dont like the tyre to look as though it was sprayed on the rim Laughing

each to there own. oh and the kerbing thing is bad i drove onto a kerb at work meaning to park in it and the things still bloody caught Embarassed

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:43 am

what's the alignment on the wheels like? looking at that, I'd say it was off (but could be camera angle)

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:27 pm

Each to their own is the beauty of cars! I love looking at how peoples views differ in what they do and don't like - I can respect your liking those wheels but have to admit they wouldn't be for me - I read this on another forum but it made me think of you:

"It looks like you bought the wheels but couldn't afford the tyres" Laughing

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:07 pm

I'm following this thread and lovin it, great project Very Happy

It's all looking superb. I wasn't sure about the U.P.S brown Laughing

but now I see it on, it looks really juicy Cool

Did you do the arches yourslf too?
Keep up the top work & please put up LOTS more pics as you go on Wink

Si.

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:12 pm

yer wheel alignment out badly since i fitted the new suspension getting it sorted at work with my works superdooper new laser alignment machine just as long as the side exit exhaust doesnt get in the way Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:57 pm

side exit will cause issues with "sleeping policemen" (from other users experience)

looking GOOOOOD Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:50 pm

And real ones! Are they not illegal? I though they were but am willing (and hoping) to be proved wrong! Although I did see a Dodge Viper yesterday with them on - I thought I heard they weren't legal for the UK market.

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:09 pm

i think (I'm no expert) as long as you can't "burn yourself" on the pipe, and noise limits are in place... ?

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:55 pm

Andy correct on both scores..MOT does not stipulate where an Exhaust exits the vehicle (or even if it does).As long as it is not "exessively" noisy its ok.. Wink