ROLLED GU !, the full story with pics & video

[04OFF]

One great read......one great ending!

Thanks mate, story has not quite ended yet, but this is a big mile stone, and feels like im finaly at the top of the hill

wow mate, at last!!!!!

That pearl effect looks brilliant!

Thank you, yes its been a bloody long time coming, good things do come to those who wait !

Excellent the phone pics look fancy as its gunna be awesome in the flesh mate

Thanks growler, yeh i just cant wait to see it, and going from the test spay outs we did, the pearl effect is "times 10" out in the sun.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Steve but it looks like its got some white specs in the paintwork *LMAO*

So the 4b will be back on the road next week????????

What specs ?.......... must be dirt on your PC screen Todd ! (ha-ha)


Still gonna be quite a long haul before im driving it around im afraid, but ill keep you updated

Getting there mate, looks good!

Thanks AB, ill take some more pics myself when i can get up there

[NissanGQ4.2]

What specs ?.......... must be dirt on your PC screen Todd ! (ha-ha)

Still gonna be quite a long haul before im driving it around im afraid, but ill keep you updated

That's better just cleaned the screen, thanks for the tip Steve *L*

I'm sure you will have it back on the road by next weekend, 24hr days working none stop, plenty of time to get it back together

[NP99]

If you ever need a spare set of hands to help out just yell out....

[Biscuits]

If you ever need a spare set of hands to help out just yell out....

Bit late to start work now plus... its almost finished hahahaha

[NissanGQ4.2]

Bit late to start work now plus... its almost finished hahahaha

Still a damn lot of work putting the interior all back in

I would say its no where near finished

[mick.]

The finish looks a lot nicer then the last job mate.

Does he have to flow coat it or did the flakes end up sitting under the clear without protruding? Sometimes you don't no whether you need to for a couple of days though when the solvents start to evaporate.

Some of the special effects I've resprayed over the years I've had to flow coat a couple of times to fill the flakes and get them to lay down nice. Although that looks like it's only a fine flake similar to a standard 3 layer pearl.

Cheers Mick.

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The finish looks a lot nicer then the last job mate.

Thanks Mick, yes just "all one colour" is a great start let me tell you, as you suggested in you previous post, there was a bit of well , s#!t , for wan't of a better word, in the paint, my bro in law is still very happy and is very confident it will all buff up mint in a week or so.

Does he have to flow coat it or did the flakes end up sitting under the clear without protruding? Sometimes you don't no whether you need to for a couple of days though when the solvents start to evaporate.

Some of the special effects I've resprayed over the years I've had to flow coat a couple of times to fill the flakes and get them to lay down nice. Although that looks like it's only a fine flake similar to a standard 3 layer pearl.

Cheers Mick.

The flake we used is small, i think looking at it, its a fair bit bigger (or at least the effect looks bigger) than a standard 3 layer ,i/we opted not to use the bigger flake i bought, simply because it only added 5% more bling (only out of sunlight) for 100% more hassle (hard to cover), the flake we used lays quite flat, so covers very easy.


It had been painted for over 30 hrs when i saw it ,and as expected, it had lost some gloss from when it was first finished, but its still got a shine im happy with (and will get even better after a buff), bro in law recons it will be pretty easy to match/touch up for future repairs as well.



Here is a lil vid i took with my ph......

[megatexture]

Mate that looks sick! Your not going to want to take that off road lol. Coming along nicely

[04OFF]

Mate that looks sick! Your not going to want to take that off road lol. Coming along nicely

Thanks mate, yeh i cant wait to see it in the sun, thats when it really goes off !

No point having it if its not going off road, and everyone is very clear on the fact that it wont be the last paint this car see's, im hoping with the front Lokka, winch, bar work and some decent muddies ,i can repel the damage for a little while tho ?

[megatexture]

Lmao good luck with that one you can only try