My mate Liam has the Audi A4 in the picture. His car is cursed like mine, but not to the same extent! It suffers for a strange ABS/Braking problem that we cannot get to the bottom of. Basically is causes his brakes to lock on , and wears them down a lot by overheating them. Anyway,. enough of the boring stuff.
Liam can only really be described as a person who gets an idea in his head, and wants to do it there and then, usually with the help of me and some others.. and usually not to a very good finish.. because we run out of time, or because he picks stupid times to do things. Like painting a car.. when its raining!
Luckily we had a unit to do it in, so that was the first problem solved. a splitter was bought for the car, but already paint in a nice Audi black (from a B7 shape) and he wanted to paint all the lower plastics black to match his car.. so that he could fit the splitter. Now most people would usually pay to get it done, roughly £160-£200 would probably cover it. A nice finish with the correct paint. No.. Liam wanted us to rush it , so that he could put the splitter on that day! So we did. and to be honest.. it turned out quite well! 2 heavy coats of primer, 3 to 4 coats of paint.. and lots and lots of lacquer. We even waited for it to dry ! Which is probably a first for us.. It was your standard Gloss Black from any motor factors. Simonez product. Worked a treat, and now that the car is clean, it really does look nice!
RX8 seats fitted, and multifunctional steering wheel. the car is finally getting there. Next on the list is to lower the front more, sits slightly too high and needs to come down by at least 30mm!
Liam can only really be described as a person who gets an idea in his head, and wants to do it there and then, usually with the help of me and some others.. and usually not to a very good finish.. because we run out of time, or because he picks stupid times to do things. Like painting a car.. when its raining!
Luckily we had a unit to do it in, so that was the first problem solved. a splitter was bought for the car, but already paint in a nice Audi black (from a B7 shape) and he wanted to paint all the lower plastics black to match his car.. so that he could fit the splitter. Now most people would usually pay to get it done, roughly £160-£200 would probably cover it. A nice finish with the correct paint. No.. Liam wanted us to rush it , so that he could put the splitter on that day! So we did. and to be honest.. it turned out quite well! 2 heavy coats of primer, 3 to 4 coats of paint.. and lots and lots of lacquer. We even waited for it to dry ! Which is probably a first for us.. It was your standard Gloss Black from any motor factors. Simonez product. Worked a treat, and now that the car is clean, it really does look nice!
RX8 seats fitted, and multifunctional steering wheel. the car is finally getting there. Next on the list is to lower the front more, sits slightly too high and needs to come down by at least 30mm!
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