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Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:53 pm
by Jordi
Another yellow door
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Not sure how well the drivers door is going to turn out.
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:47 pm
by suzukisteve
its alright mate, once you have plastered it in mud the paint work isnt really noticeable anyways
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:05 pm
by Jordi
That's true. Just got to fit passenger door and paint the hard to get to bits.
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:14 pm
by turbo-tom
looking peach that is lad.
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:51 am
by Jordi
Been out and looked at it. Not as bad as I thought it was gonna look. Need to tidy up the hard to get to places then see if I can be arsed to get on with the cutting, patching, welding and more painting.
I was thinking I may just paint the scuttle, windscreen surround and roof as there is very little cutting and bodging required. We are making progress though.
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:38 pm
by Jordi
All the wheels are now black.
Primed
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Painted
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It's a bit cold so I've been using a convector radiator to warm the wheels up. Seems to have worked quite well.
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Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:49 pm
by timwilks13
they look really nice man! you gonna laquer coat them or anything for a bit of extra protection?
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:10 pm
by Jordi
Nah. Lacquer can be a batch to get back off. If they are just painted makes easier to give them a quick rub down and touch up.
Up close they aren't perfect but the body work will eventually all be rollered so a few runs in the wheels ain't gonna make it look any worse. Lol.
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:22 pm
by suzukisteve
those wheels look spot on mate, I wanna re psint my white ones but I dont wanna loose the red and white pin stripes round the edges
Re: Jordi's 1988 Samurai Build
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:37 pm
by Jordi
These were corroded and peeling so I couldn't make them any worse. Wouldn't like to try and replicate the pinstripe.
Just don't know which bit to do next as it all involves a bit of cutting and welding. Was hoping to have acquired a pipe bender by now to do a tray back. Was borrowing one off a mate but it hasn't materialised yet.