My New Celica, WITH PICS!!!, New Wheels , 17 Oct 09 Options

[kevstir]

Hi guys

Dont post on here much but just thought i would fill my fellow Celica loving people in on what's been going on ..

Well on the 17th of April i wrote Desmond off , long story short i noticed a speed cop car so got distracted as you do , when i looked back the guy in front had slammed on the brakes due to not having enough room to get past the speed cop car so ran up his arse ..

Here is what Des looked like after





a day later he got taken away to get written off



well it took 3 months to settle with the insurance company (admiral), it wasn't there fault it was the dvla's for taking so long to put my private plate into retention ffs.

After 4 months of searching i found this, fancied a change to white



within 23 hours of owning it it looked like this ,notice no orange bits



then today it was like this , nice big wheels







its getting there

just for reference here is what Desmond looked liked in his glory, every time i see that pic i think to myself why did i get a white celica lol



Hope you like guys

Kev

PS: yeah as usual im drunk lmao

This post has been edited by kevstir: Oct 17, 2009 - 1:17 PM

[kevstir]

as manphibian says DO IT

have a look at his pics as he has done it..

Im quite happy with the results i got, as they had already been painted from the last Celica i had there was already a good base on them, what i did was use 600 grit wet and dry to ruffen them up for a good key, then i used white plastic primer (needs to be white for white paint), put 2 coats on then sanded it smooth with 1500 grit, then another 2 coats and smoothed again, i then left them for 4 days (was to cold to paint) then last night i applied 3 coats of paint and left them till this morning, i flattened the paint down with 1500 grit then applied 3 coats, once dry a put them on the car, i didn't smooth them down as I'm going to let the paint fully cure for a week or 2 then i will take them back of to wet and dry them smooth then use some cutting compound to get then shiny again, its a lot of work but well worth it