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MK5 Edition 30 #57 Track/Race Build
M4T VW:
--- Quote from: fab5freddy on November 10, 2016, 08:39:50 pm ---10 wheels, love it. :signLOL:
What offset did you go for to clear the brakes? 35? I'm looking for a set and interested to know what clears BBK, would you have a linky to where you got the wheels?
Those club sports look the business :driver:
Such a great build :happy2:
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Thanks!
The offset is ET45 to clear the brakes. I have the older VWR BBK though, Not sure on the newer one with the mono-block type calipers but i expect it to be the same.
These are the wheels. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-Team-Dynamics-PRO-RACE-1-2-Gloss-Black-Alloy-Wheels-8x18-5x112-PCD-ET45-/302104116189?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
Dan_ED30:
Theres some time, effort and money went into this!
Fair play to you mate it looks awesome!
M4T VW:
On to the paint then. We had a few choices for the inside and cage. White, which i did the MK2 in, was not very practical. It gets dirty & dusty quickly and these things aren't easy to climb in to hoover it out once the seats and cage is installed so that was out.
A couple of friends of mine just painted the inside of their MK1 in a dark grey. Although it looks great and very practical for a car like this, i wanted mine to give a professional look like it was factory built so there was only one choice, red! lol
I wanted a hard wearing colour as the white on my MK2 was just a colour, no clear coat or anything so you had to be careful. As we were trying to match the outside for colour it made sense to treat it like the exterior and follow the same products that were used. My friend managed to get me some LY3D hard coat base colour and also the other materials needed. He paints professionally for a living so i just left it up to him as i had no idea what i needed lol
A plan was hatched to use one of those paint booths that you can rent and they also have an oven. However, once the car came back from TSR and the state it was in currently, i think it would have been too much hassle getting it there and then getting it back without damaging the paint so we needed a plan B. We decided to do it in my unit as i had a good air supply, but a lot of planning was needed to stop the over-spray from covering everything. Firstly, I purchased a 3m x 6m one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121465515324?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&var=420405119128&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT It was cheap enough and i can use it in the garden one day maybe, Apart from it looks like someone has now died it in lol
Me and a work colleague put it up one Friday afternoon with the plan to paint it early Saturday. I was busy as work during the week so the unit was a little tight for space sadly.
Once we masked the car up outside of the "booth" to give us more space, we masked the inside also to try and protect the booth so it could have been used as a later date. I'm glad we actually gave it extra protection as it wasn't exactly sealed so every little helped on stopping the over-spray from getting out. The windows were so thin, I think a sandwich bag has thicker gauge material, but i suppose you get what you pay for [:s]
Although i had given the cage a coat with etch primer, guy wanted to go over it again with a light "mist" coat of normal grey primer.
From this point on, it all seemed to get a little messy! lol The booth did have a door on it but we removed it at the end. This is after 2 coats of colour and also one coat of lacquer. The floor covering did get a little damaged as the paint stuck to Guy's shoes and ripped the material. He started sticking to the floor in the end!
I think it looks amazing :D
This was the day after. I popped down to the workshop to peel off the covering and the colour just started to blend into the exterior colour. It looked a little dark in the previous pictures but it needed time to cure. As you can see from the next set of photos, the colour match is great.
I slotted together the R32 rear bumper and just hung it on the car to see what it looked like. There was a slight colour difference. The bottom part was practically orange! More paint needed :cry:
I want to thank Guy for the painting and all the advice he has given to get to this stage. I'm very happy with the end result! I also want to thank his partner Charlotte for the support and biscuits while we watched Guy paint lol:clap:
Orc:
Great thread Matt, Lukes a good friend of mine and I've done a fair bit of work for him. This looks like a great build and your not far from me. I am doing the same currently in my garage getting ready for track.
M4T VW:
--- Quote from: Orc on November 19, 2016, 06:29:53 pm ---Great thread Matt, Lukes a good friend of mine and I've done a fair bit of work for him. This looks like a great build and your not far from me. I am doing the same currently in my garage getting ready for track.
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Thanks! When do you think yours will be ready?
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