Wow! Thats come up beautiful. So precise is the colour separation.
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Wow! Thats come up beautiful. So precise is the colour separation.
Looks great, well done, certainly not something I would have a go at.
Long time since we were able to tackle painting again. It has rained a lot since December, and the humidity in our garage/shed was very high, making it improper for painting. We had to wait for a couple of weeks of full sun/heat to be comfortable enough to bring out the paint gun again.
All I can say is that the paint job is almost done! We were able to finally paint the front fenders and the front panel/front clip.
To call it done we still need to paint the cowl piece, the fuel door and the side cladding thing. Well, at least for the body... bumpers and front grill will be painted separately, as they have a different color, different clear coat, etc.
Here is a sample of the result. Low quality video though, as I had forwarded it from one mobile to another using WhatsApp and it has heavily compressed the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjfVYe05F4
That colour combo is delicious!
Nice job. Wish I had the patience to fix my old Trol up like that.
As I would not take the engine out just for an engine bay paint job, we decided to give it a good clean and spray some paint around it on a best-effort basis. Whatever came out of that, we would call it good and never talk about it.
To start, the part right in front of the battery tray where the washer bottle stays was (still is) "fuglly". Bed liner was spray'd over that section to hide it (from whom? LOL).
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Anything over the firewall like brake lines, A/C lines, etc were removed. We popped the rubber grommet with the engine bay harness towards the cab and removed all harnesses from the engine bay into the cab. Whatever we were not able to move or remove, we tied to the engine with cords and then wrapped the engine in painting paper. It was looking like a patient ready for surgery.
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After some spray, this was the result:
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We also have painted the top grill, hood/bonnet hinges and the jack housing. No pictures of them after the paint, but I believe we're done with blue paint.
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Cornering lights update:
I was finally able to source from China these aftermarket cornering lights at an affordable price. Definitely not OEM quality but hey, mine were epoxied/resin to shape by hand...
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Paraphrasing MB, "happy as a rat with gold tooth"!
Bumpers were pretty damaged and twisted:
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I even hammered it myself a bit after the engine was rebuilt to be able to drive around without it touching the body and making a lot of noise. But then, it was time to proper address the situation. Since it was chrome plated, hammering it back to shape would leave hammer marks, so I decided to go for dark gray bumpers as some OEM models had. First step was to de-plate the chrome. The interesting part is that to chrome plate a steel part, you first copper plate it, then nickel plate it and only then chrome plate it. So after the de-plating process, it was left down to copper plating.
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A stretching jig was used to stretch it while it was being hammered, for the steel to find its place with the tension. It stretched quite ok. Then, the square holes for the carriage bolts that were rounded, were filled and later filed back to square.
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Test fitting:
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Filling, sanding, priming:
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Dark gray paint with satin clear coat:
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Final result:
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I am still working on those big bumperettes or whatever it is called. I am going to have to drill the tapped holes through the rubber and use carriage bolts. Also, they are cracked, so I am planning to fill the cracks with black windshield glue and try to cut the excesses with a utility knife or something.
Last Saturday, after exactly two years of bodywork and paint (approximately 90 days of work total), my Patrol came back!
This is a personal milestone in this restoration and I am very happy that this day finally arrived.
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I have to reinstall the pedals, the boosters and the radiator to be able to take it for a drive around the block.
Then it will be time for sound deadening, roof lining, windshield and other windows installation.
Then it will be time for upholstering.
Today I have personally met one of the eight Patrol owners in the country. He has a donor car as well and he gave me a super nice gift!
LHD passenger side (Aussie driver) front flare.
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I only had 3 of them and now I finally have the full set! Those will be restored and painted matte black.
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It's like finding that last piece of a 3000 pieces puzzle!
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