mickey's vr6 thread

[Mrk_Mickey]

Sorry for the late reply Mickey, but looks like you sorted yourself out with the air compressor! For what it's worth, I can't see the imperfection in the pic, but I guess if you're doing it right, then you'll want to do it properly! Good **** for being motivated though

Still looks like you did a damn good job, but the professionals will usually do it better.
Pretty crazy line to get right I suppose.

Thanks lads
Yeah, it's a straight line that stretches a metre over a very slightly curved surface..so it is really hard to get it perfect. I'd probably be happy with it if I painted over it, but it would always linger in my mind about getting it PERFECT - which is what the panel beater will be able to do for a few hours of labour.

Damn hommie! How ya going to open the boot?

What Jay said ^^^^ - I've got a solenoid! And the switchblade I ordered from rightclick has a boot popper button yay

Just FYI - the solenoid is just a metal solenoid from jaycar that came in a trunk opener kit. I used the same metal bracket that held the rear wiper assembly in place to mount the solenoid on - I just heated it up and twisted it a bit for clearance, etc etc.

[Jace]

Good on you for wanting to get it spot on.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Btw Pedro cheers again for the idea, dunno why I didn't think of it while I had the bog out!

Messiest bog job EVER! Just means more sanding...

[Pullstarter]

With all the body mods you've done this is gonna kick ass bruzz

[DubSteve]

Btw Pedro cheers again for the idea, dunno why I didn't think of it while I had the bog out!

Messiest bog job EVER! Just means more sanding...

Good work but I would have not done it with bog though. Weld that **** up proper styles

[Mrk_Mickey]

Unfortunately I have no access to a welder, and I'd rather not use a soldering iron LOL

bog will hold up fine, but yeah metal would have been nicer (also a lot harder to sand though..and i'd still have to use bog after...)


I AM SO CLOSE TO FINISHING I CAN TASTE IT.

Here's all that's left:
-Westand three door frames and boot frame
-Paint and wetsand rear bumper texture
-Wetsand front bumper texture and one door strip
-Paint and wetsand the smoothed lines beneath the taillights

Then it goes to the panelbeater!! The panelbeater said he'd finish the hatch for me.

Soooooo excited.

!!!!

[Stephy]

So close!
Excitement! Can't wait!

[WABIT]

this is awesome!!! the wait is almost over!

dom

[Preen59]

Unfortunately I have no access to a welder, and I'd rather not use a soldering iron LOL

bog will hold up fine, but yeah metal would have been nicer (also a lot harder to sand though..and i'd still have to use bog after...)

That's not actually true. If you do it properly you can file finish it. No bog required.

[Mrk_Mickey]

That's not actually true. If you do it properly you can file finish it. No bog required.

You're right, lol. But I honestly don't think many would go to that trouble...I'd love to have that sort of metalwork skill though!