Jay18's Grand Vitara 2.0 16v LWB

[Jamie_stafford]

I'm more than happy to share some pics lol here's mine,
This is it when I fitted some spring spacers I made and longer shocks


And after a day doing some green lanes

[Jay18]

Looks good! I'm keeping mine looking standard ish, I tow a little caravan with mine so need to keep the hieght low as the towball is too high as it is haha

I have some quotes for spraying my bumpers and trim, first quote was £500, then a quote from a friends of a friend for £250 which I thought was a good quote, I messaged a breaker on fleabay for a full set of silver bumpers and trims, they said £360, and on Saturday I noticed a scuff on the trim which was fresh, so I've decided I'm not spending £250 on all nicely sprayed bumpers and trim for some idiot to smack their door against them in a carpark it reverse I to my bumper and damage it again

So rattle cans it is! Anyone got any tips? I'm thinking of sanding the bumpers smooth as they've got bubbles from a previous owner badly respraying them, then a couple of coats of grey primer, then a few coats of silver?

Any pointers are really apreciated...

[kiwizook]

yea, sounds like you got the gist of it, I do recommend popping the trims off, so you can spray the top of the join area as well, this will reduce your chance of the paint lifting and flaking at the edges

[donkeychomp]

I assume the bumpers are plastic...in that case use the finest wet and dry on it or you'll scratch the plastic quite badly. Use 1200 grit. One coat of primer should suffice, paint it twice then lacquer the hell out of it!

[Jay18]

Thanks guys! I plan on removing them to spray them in the shed, so will be sure to get the edges done too, yes they are all plastic, but the bubbles are pretty bad, but they should come out with a wet sand, again, thanks for the advice!

[Jay18]

got the wind deflectors finally after wait over two weeks, turned out they came all the way from austrailia

bought some stickers for sticker bombing so i can stickerbomg my xbox faceplate to see what that looks like, but still not sure about doing the dash panels with it :/ but they do look a pain to do in vinyl wrap, may just spray them metallic green if its not too hard to do, we will see...

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[Jay18]

Bit of an update, and some better pics of the GV as it is now...

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[Jay18]

Small update..

Removed the grand vitara stickers off the rear quarters and the odd rhino badge which I'm going to stick to the back of the caravan

Oh and gave it a good clean..

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[Jay18]

Got myself some touch up paint and some "blob remover" for repairing the stone chips, just waiting on a abrasive pen and then I can get the chips gone, next purchase is a bonnet stone guard, also got a dent in the rear quarter right next to the tail light so just need to get a punch and a hammer on that and repair the little rust mark on there and that should keep away any rust holes...

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Got some deep scratches above the drivers door handle I want to repair but not sure how to yet..

Had cruise control fitted last week and will post pics of it when I get a minute...

[Jay18]

Got the abrasive pen in the post and got cleaning the stone chips out of any rust etc..

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After that I washed all around the chips and dried it off, then I used the touch up paint and dabber to dab a but of paint in each chip...

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So after filling in the chips I decided to give it a go on the bigger scratches..

Cleaned up the areas where the scratches are and clean a bit of rust out of this one..

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And these are the scratches that bug me the most..

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Will upload more pics of the filled scratches when I get a minute, after they have fully dried I can then use the "blob eliminator" to remove any paint that is proud, then I will drop a little clear coat on them and buff them up so they will hopefully blend right into the rest of the paint...