Thread: Paint

Their plastic so won’t rattle too much or rustbut I understand knowing that their there is

And this is how far I am along with the rest of the car.



whoever has resprayed this car in the past, has used the bump strips to hide panel damage (as it breaks the panel up so you can't see it). Look how big the little dent below the bump strip on the front door turned out to be. I know this pictures all like like the car is full of body filler.... but the reality is most of it is a fraction of a millimeter thick.



When I pealed the bump strips off, in places its pulled the paint and filler off back to bare metal. there is filler holes here about 1/4mm deep. I wouldn't be surprised if they used heaps of plastic filler at the factory on these cars to try and get the aluminium panels nice and straight.





this rear quarter panel is what amazed me the most though. It looked 100% straight ... but after I removed the bump strip I ran my hand over it. And it felt up and down. Look how much area I've covered with filler to get it straight. It was slightly rippled under the side strip.

seeya,
Shane L.

I would have spent a solid 10hours on the ****box rangie over the weekend .................. And it looks exaclty the same as the piccies above .... You'd think I'd done nothing






I removed the Cpillar trims and pealed the vinyl off them (it was splitting). These must have been a very espensive car to build. Look at that aluminium pressing. Its such a nice piece I might paint it body colour rather than put vinyl back on it (I guess it would look odd a late model car have painted Cpillars though).




behind the Cpillars there is flow through ventilation. Look at that, a rubber flap over it .... creating a dodgy sort of one way air flow exit............................... But check this out.



They are taped shut inside. Why install flow through ventilation "valves", then close them off ? Bizzare!





Like I said, I've put a huge amount of time into the car ..... And it looks like I've done nothing

I'm ever so slowly getting there though. Does anyone have any smart ideas on scuffing the roof gutters for paint (you can't readily get sand paper down into them).

I'm really enjoying tinkering with the old ****box.................... Its great to get into the shed and do something productive for a change (er, my wifes idea of productive is probably different to mine ).

I still need to scuff the roof gutters, clean, degrease and scuff all the door openings. Scuff everywhere the D/A sander hasn't been able to get too ......... Oh .... I HATE BLOODY DOUBLE SIDED TAPE. Man that stuff is evil **** to remove Same deal with bloody pin stripping.

On the postive side .... I was looking through the cupboard where I'd stashed the bodywork tools (about 8 years ago ) ...... And lok what I found....






How bloody awesome is that!!! I forgot my wife had bought them for me about 6 years ago ..... I'm looking forward to seeing how they work out. I was going to try dry sanding the primer (I've always wet sanded in the past)...... But now I've found these, wet sanding it is

seeya
Shane L.

who ever taped up the rear vents is smart, its an area where serious rust starts.

your efforts put me to shame

Originally Posted by jsp

who ever taped up the rear vents is smart, its an area where serious rust starts.

your efforts put me to shame

Yeah well I'm driving myself crazy getting nowhere. In the back of my mind the entire time I've been thinking " I'll need to re-arrange the damn shed again" ..... Its just so much time and effort to move the stuff around. I was sure this would take an entire weekend just to get it re-arramged to the point where I could start thinking about cleaing it enough for painting.

So, I dragged the Rangie out with the tractor .............. Hooked the the trailer upto the tractor (without the ****box Rangie I don't have a towcar unless I use one of the old Citroens) .... rolled the traction down off the ramps, loaded it onto a the trailer ... Stashed it on the trailer in another shed. Hooked the tractor to the ramps and dragged them out into the middle of the yard (yes boss women will be impressed ). Those ramps will be a bloody PITA to get back into the shed, I can't drag them in (as you then end up with whatever is dragging them stuck infront in the shed). I end up having to unbolt them, lift one end with the engine crane, and the other end with the trolley jack .. and pry them along the ground with a bloody great metal pin. ( now there is something to look forward too).



All this just to tinker with the ****box rangie. So this was the shed this morning



ramps out, the 3 benches and all the crap around the ramps out. My biggest problem is the shed is tiny. Its only about 12 x 7.5 meters. And I've walled off an area in there for a home office .... and this area was supposed to become a spray booth about 10years ago when I first shifted here (yeah sure ... oneday..... when I have some spare time .... we'll pencil that is for my retirement as well






I just need to figure out what to do with all the junk squeezed in here now. The problem is it'll all be covered it huge amounts of dust .... Especially after sanding the car in the shed. I'm probably going to need to line an area of the shed with builders plastic and try to create a "booth" to paint the car in. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it I guess. I'm hoping to get the paint on well enough so I don't have to colour sand all the dust, bugs and crap out of it (yes, I am lazy!).

seeya,
Shane L

Now here is something interesting. These damn rear steps ... with there pre-rusted, alloy cover plates you can't remove the bolts from ( grrrrr ). I have had 3 Range Rovers with this same rear step..... that needs the hugely dropped tongue to be of any use. And they have all looked bent. The gap between them and the rear tailgate has been greater towards the drivers side on all 3 cars i've had (I've noticed this is cars for sale with the same rear step too..... It looks like the things been clobbered and is twisted ).



if you put the step on the floor and run a tape measure over it, it doesn't seem to be out of shape.





The chassis is 10mm different if you measure from a level floor. So the bumper needed to be built with one mount slightly offset (I bet they built the later steps to match the chassis).



I just sat the square on the ground like this to measure.

So that is why they all look at of square. The chassis on this car doesn't appear to be damaged at all either. Well I guess it's possible all three rangies I've had with the step have rear rails that are bent ... but I can't see it!

seeya,
Shane L.

The chassis from what I’m told is built 10mm different. Tony Owens who used to run Roverland was telling me this the other day.

That is what I measured. exactly 10mm difference if you look at the ruler. The builders of the rear step didn't realise they needed to offset one of the mounts, that is why they are all mounted crooked that I have noticed!

seeya,
Shane L.