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update on car:
got a call from upholsterer today, he was stressing that he couldnt do the job.
there is a wire that runs both sides of the top which pulls the roof in tight to the seal so its watertight.
the wire is a very small gauge and it also twined together and he was worried that the wire would just shear thru the new roof.

i went over to brainstorm and came up with the idea of just replacing the wire with a larger gauge with a rubber coating... problem solved.
we then went and dismantled the rear half of the interior and pulled the roof off.

tomorrow arvo i am going to be driving the car from the upholsterers to the painters to get some initial work done.
some areas can't be painted once the roof is finished so its going to get done now.

then the car is going back where the roof will be fitted.

then im driving back to the painters to dissassemble the rest of the car ready for painting where the colour will be transformed.

this is what it will hopefully look like within a couple of weeks
(minus the bn front which is an addition that will happen in the near future)

bump strip is as good as gone!

its at the painters atm.
over the next few days he going to be doing initial prep work as well as removing any carpark dings, and painting around where the roof meets the body.

right here:
this is it sitting rather naked in the paint shop
you cant see it in the pics but its got nikko circles all over it where there are any imperfections

by now it should be as straight as an arrow and semi blue..

this is what it looked like about an hour ago, ready for priming.
he said he will prime it later and depending on how it goes maybe even do an initial coat of blue.

we were going to wait for the roof to be done...... but its a perfect day for painting!!

man this is guna be awesome cant wait to see how it comes out after the new lick of paint goes on

nice..im atm sanding my car back to get it sprayed too, but yours should come out nice with the rims....

u should make it a ute

make it a ute

roflmao

hahaha hmmm yeah lets chop out all the bracing, then it can be the jelly wobble mobile lol.

it's getting there!
got it back from the painters today.
now to get it to the upholsterers to get the roof and insides done, then i'll be swapping in a series 2 blue and black interior.
this is how it looks right now.

dude that looks damned awesome i love it and im not an exa liker at all lol

and u have crystal heaadlights as well?

Why don't the crystal lights i have got an angel ring?

yes crystal lights with angel eyes