Finally got pc sorted and managed to upload some progress, pic heavy.
Some final pics of the finished and polished carbon
And finally got round to fitting them, no major problems and seem to sit nice and tight!
Changed my single wiper blade from standard to aero type, and fitted a slightly shorter one
Old
New
And in between all this, ive been busy doing a cheap wheel refurb on the RS alloys. One or two had some scratching and kerbing but i wanted a colour change anyway. Having previous wheels powder coated in anthracite, i decided on a less dark colour to this and also wanted to do the paint myself, so picked a colour called Stone Silver from a Daewoo range!!!
First stages of prep, with sanding and masking
2 coats of primer
Then 2 coats of paint with 2 coats of clear
Compared with original silver
Worst of the wheels with kerbing
After 5mins with sanding, mostly flat again
Another rough section
With more time sanding, no need for filler
Wheel fully sanded down now ready for primer and paint. Any small chips that were missed with sanding will be filled with 2 stage primer before paint
First coat of primer shows some small imperfections still
After next stage of primer and 2 coat of paint, the imperfections are filled
This is the same area of the badly kerbed wheel with no filler applied, looking good!!!
Currently on the last wheel, still have centre caps to do and will get a pic when fitted.