HarleyFDMD Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Been pretty slow progress lately. Was hoping the car would be pretty much painted by now but with work being so busy and having a few members of staff off sick its ment the supra has just been collecting dust in the corner. I did spend a few hours on it this afternoon though, got the exhaust heat shields blasted and painted and also painted one of the wings. To anyone looking at getting their car resprayed, i highly recommend specifying Spectral lacquer. It is more money but its 100% worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayr Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, HarleyFDMD said: Been pretty slow progress lately. Was hoping the car would be pretty much painted by now but with work being so busy and having a few members of staff off sick its ment the supra has just been collecting dust in the corner. I did spend a few hours on it this afternoon though, got the exhaust heat shields blasted and painted and also painted one of the wings. To anyone looking at getting their car resprayed, i highly recommend specifying Spectral lacquer. It is more money but its 100% worth it. Waiting for my shields to come back from blast and hi temp coating too. Those look really good! What’s spectral lacquer? How’s it different ? Edited September 4, 2021 by tayr (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 7:56 PM, tayr said: Waiting for my shields to come back from blast and hi temp coating too. Those look really good! What’s spectral lacquer? How’s it different ? Thanks mate. Spectral is just a brand. Its got a really nice depth to it and sprays really well too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Radium fuel pump hanger arrived today. Really nice piece 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 What kind of paint have you used on the heat shields? Is it the same grade as calliper paint or do the shields get hotter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 19 hours ago, Tyson said: What kind of paint have you used on the heat shields? Is it the same grade as calliper paint or do the shields get hotter? Its just regular solvent based paint with a 2k lacquer. Honestly the heat shields are never going to get that hot. The only one that might be affected is the one on the firewall near the downpipe but even then I'd be surprised if the heat actually caused the paint to flake. High temperature paint is for components that might exceed like 150°C for prolonged amounts of time. People paint their cam covers in regular 2k paints and i can guarantee they get hotter than the heat shields will 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 4 hours ago, HarleyFDMD said: Its just regular solvent based paint with a 2k lacquer. Honestly the heat shields are never going to get that hot. The only one that might be affected is the one on the firewall near the downpipe but even then I'd be surprised if the heat actually caused the paint to flake. High temperature paint is for components that might exceed like 150°C for prolonged amounts of time. People paint their cam covers in regular 2k paints and i can guarantee they get hotter than the heat shields will Good to know I thought they'd get quite hot on a run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 Got my bonnet mostly finished yesterday. Its a long process painting everything the way we're doing it but it'll be worth it. Basically we're lacquering everything twice. So we apply the base coat, allow that to dry before applying 2 good coats of lacquer. Then let that completely cure over night before flatting it all back down with 1500 wet and then applying another 2 coats of lacquer. Its means once its all dry there's 4 layers of lacquer to work with when it comes to flatting and polishing so every little blemish (silicone, spot of dirt etc) can be completely flatted out before its final polish giving a flawless finish. Long winded mind you! Still a bit more polishing left to do but its going to look incredible. i also got my SRD under trays re fitted and took the door down to bare metal to get rid of one or two tiny spots of rust that started to creep through. (Dont mind the dark spots, they're not dents, just left over bits of black paint - the photo makes it look like its dented to hell but fortunately its perfectly straight) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Looks good mate. It’s a lengthy and time consuming process for sure, but the end results will make it all worthwhile. Keep the updates coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 So this has taken far longer than anticipated 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Stay strong mate, was near enough a year to get mine done and painted, but the end result was well worth the wait. Looks like good work and progress so far, does take time as I found out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Thought I'd updated this but clearly not.. So the car is now primed at long last. Buzzed over the whole thing again with 320 and then got two good coats of Spectral Epoxy primer on. Then the following day gave it another 2 good coats of high build. The shell is now ready to be blocked down. We're having a brand new booth installed next month with underfloor extraction so we've been waiting for that before painting it. In the mean time I've used raptor on the panel behind the rear bumper and blasted and painted the rear crash bar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Looking good mate. Nice progress and hopefully not long till you get the new booth and can paint it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayr Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 looks great! wish i could paint. Amazing skill to have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 Some good progress We had a brand new booth with underfloor extraction installed which just so happened to coincide with the Supra being ready for paint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 And today at long last it was painted! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HarleyFDMD Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 The paint finish is absolutely phenomenal. Im so pleased with it. My colleague Ash did such a good job, i really started to doubt whether the car would ever look properly straight again. I work in this industry which can often be a curse when looking at your own car with a trained eye. I thought for sure that there would be a high likelihood of having a few ripples somewhere given the amount of work that had been done fabricating a new quarter panel and sills and taking the whole thing back to bare metal. But i must have underestimated my team - Ash who painted the car has done a flawless finished. Not a single ripple, silicone or run! Its like glass! Now just to fit all the new seals and trims.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Got the wings fitted last night.. although after doing it i think its become apparent that you need to fit the doors first 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 just checking in on the car mate...... wow! you not messed around!!!!! top work hope all is well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Had my local windscreen guy come and fit all the glass. New windscreen and quarter glass, original rear windscreen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Been gradually getting it rebuilt. All new trims and rubbers. Bought a full carbon trd spoiler - looks a little out of place but im planning a full carbon boot lid which will tie it back in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 10:55 AM, skippyboyo1 said: just checking in on the car mate...... wow! you not messed around!!!!! top work hope all is well Yeah all good mate thanks. Hope you're pleased with the car! Come along way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 I got a bit experimental with my interior trims.. Like i would assume many people now, my interior plastics were looking a bit tired in places, just your typical scuffs and scratches etc, i had used the aqua blaster on similar plastics before to remove scratches but was obviously pretty hesitant to put my whole supra interior through it! I tested it on a single rear quarter glass plastic first as I'd seen a few of these for sale incase i ruined it! Massive improvement in terms of scratches! It does however dull the surface of its colour (however after 29 years of silicon based cleaners/plastic dressings it does make me wonder what the original colour would have been! Perhaps I've just taken it back to the factory finish?) i left it overnight covered in trim restorer anyway to put some of the oils back into it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Pretty good before and after here.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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