Q300 OBP Coming back to life

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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby b1zbaz » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:13 pm

Ok mate that will be sweet we still need to meet up for a beer considering I bought your car and we have never met is a bit strange
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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby lankyjames » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:34 pm

Here are the latest sneak-preview shots of this car after paint, it looks a lot better than my camera can take in the poor lighting conditions, it was super smooth and mirror-reflective (no orange peel in sight!);
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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby b1zbaz » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:03 pm

I wonder when it will be finished I would love a perfect paint job just not the price tag that comes along with it
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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby kelvink » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:23 am

Photo I took a while back of it

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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby Stuart » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:04 am

Very nice, I wonder if there have been any developments in paint that stop it chipping off a GRP car far more easily than it does on a steel car?
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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby manifold » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:45 am

Looks like a lovely colour to me. It's a similar colour to Andy Murrays old convertible with the ridgard seats that was up for sale last year or so.

I don't know what paint doesn't chip on GRP Stuart. Maybe a colour impregnated epoxy paint which you can get. But they aren't very UV stable.

As its a pre-used shell and probably been out in the rain at some point during its life one definite thing to do would be to bake the shell off to drive out the moisture readings down to 15% on a trammex or 5% on a sovereign moisture meter set on the GRP setting before painting. Otherwise it will eventually fail as the moisture tries to migrate outwards....thats one of the reasons why though flow venting is important in GRP vehicles. Not a problem with the convertible which has plenty of venting.
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Re: Q300 OBP Coming back to life

Postby Hans Efde » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:57 am

Stuart wrote:Very nice, I wonder if there have been any developments in paint that stop it chipping off a GRP car far more easily than it does on a steel car?


The dark blue coupe I sold to Ed Darwinkel had the best paint job I have ever seen. Even though he drives it to almost every IMM the paint is like new and has never chipped or broken loose. I bought that car around 1995 with that paint job. But I think what helps is that it is build number 13. The first batch coupees were built extra strong, f.e. no cracks near the door catch while later models have these. So classic paint jobs can be as good, it's in the prepwork and primer I think.
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