Edsers 1996 GT Project, Car still in hibernation years later! |
Edsers 1996 GT Project, Car still in hibernation years later! |
Jul 8, 2012 - 4:07 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 5, '12 From Barcelona Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
My names Ed, and I live in Barcelona, Spain. I am from the Republic of Ireland. I've been living here for 13 years. In that time I've had a number of cars.
First one I got a year after arrival was a '93 Prelude 2.2 vtec. After that I got a '00 BMW 318ci. I sold that to get back into university. So now I've got this 1996 GT. Its covered in dents and scrapes. Pretty tired looking. I want to make it look like new, improve it where I can and try to keep it as standard as possible. I'll be painting it black, and keeping the wheels as they are, just tarting them up a bit. All of this depends on my finances of course, so it'll be a slow process. Patience will be required. Lots of patience. This post has been edited by Edser: Jul 21, 2022 - 5:58 PM -------------------- |
Dec 21, 2014 - 9:56 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 5, '12 From Barcelona Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Car looks great! Good progress so far! Thanks, it's been fun! This week I have mostly been working on my Batman logo and my front SSIII splitters. First up, the Batman logo: I drew this on the computer and cut it out of a piece of Solarcheck window film. I used the CO2 laser cutter in work. These are the application tools I used. I didn't have a plastic spatula easy to hand so I used this soft flexible ruler. I cleaned the glass. I first positioned the Solarcheck using some tape, and then removed the plastic backing and liberally wet the Solarcheck and glass with some soapy water. (It looks like the logo is upside down because the boot was open). Then I rubbed the Solarcheck with the ruler and removed all the water. The glass was a bit curved, so I had to cut the logo to make it fit as I had no way of plugging in a hairdryer in the street. There was a bit of wind that day which didn't help either. The logo is nice and transparent, but reflects the sun nicely. It can only be seen from certain angles. So then I put on the front SSIII splitters. They fit in nicely, I think they look great. This is a pic showing the GT splitters on the ground. There was much better light in this supermarket. This post has been edited by Edser: Feb 11, 2015 - 4:09 PM -------------------- |
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