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dougie175
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11-04-2023, 09:53 AM

#51

I put Dropbox when I meant photo bucket but same issue. Basically need to get a second photo bucket account but my OCD is kicking in about having 2 accounts with half in 1 and half in another lol how pathetic!

dougie175

11-04-2023, 09:53 AM #51

Rabster
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11-04-2023, 10:35 PM

#52

can you not pay to increase the space ?

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11-04-2023, 10:35 PM #52

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dougie175
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12-04-2023, 12:05 AM

#53

Rabster can you not pay to increase the space ?

Yes I think so much my tight-arseness outweighs my OCD haha

dougie175

12-04-2023, 12:05 AM #53

Rabster can you not pay to increase the space ?

Yes I think so much my tight-arseness outweighs my OCD haha

RCarter
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14-04-2023, 11:02 PM

#54

love the spoiler! im not a huge fan of big wings and the such, especially on daily drive cars. this is nice and subtle, i like that only people who know what they are looking at will look at it and say 'hey, thats not standard'

well done! Big Grin

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RCarter

14-04-2023, 11:02 PM #54

dougie175
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14-04-2023, 11:44 PM

#55

rcarter1991 love the spoiler! im not a huge fan of big wings and the such, especially on daily drive cars. this is nice and subtle, i like that only people who know what they are looking at will look at it and say 'hey, thats not standard'

well done!

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Thanks very much that is exactly what I am going for!

dougie175

14-04-2023, 11:44 PM #55

rcarter1991 love the spoiler! im not a huge fan of big wings and the such, especially on daily drive cars. this is nice and subtle, i like that only people who know what they are looking at will look at it and say 'hey, thats not standard'

well done!

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Thanks very much that is exactly what I am going for!

dougie175
Member

17-04-2023, 09:51 AM

#56

Another 9 hours work when into the spoiler today!

First coat of fiberglass:

After lots and lots of rubbing and a second coat of fiberfill boot lid looked like this:

First coat of filler:

After a couple more skims of filler and several hours of rubbing and sweating it looked something like this:

At this point the spoiler has pretty much got the shape I wanted, filler work is not my strongest point but I am really happy with it, I had 2 options at this point I could either apply a coat of stopper or spray fill it..... needless to say being a painter by trade I decided to spray fill the boot lid, this stuff is superb for jobs like this.

So after a full day of rubbing and filling this is how it looks, basically what it needs now is a load more sanding, then high build primer a load more rubbing then painting

Once home I covered the entire area with bin bags and tape just in case it rains tonight as filler is porous I didn't want the bare metal below to begin to rust.

Tomorrow I will be back in the garage 8am rubbing this down and fingers crossed if everything goes to plan I should get it in colour and lacquered by the end of the day!

In total I will have spent 22-25 hours from start to finish smoothing the spoiler in to the boot lid, so anyone thinking of going to a bodyshop to have this done expect to pay over £1000, this may seem expensive but hopefully seeing the work like this helps you understand just how much work goes in to body work! The labour rate is often only about 60% of what an electrician or plumber will charge but there is some serious work involved to earn it!

dougie175

17-04-2023, 09:51 AM #56

Another 9 hours work when into the spoiler today!

First coat of fiberglass:

After lots and lots of rubbing and a second coat of fiberfill boot lid looked like this:

First coat of filler:

After a couple more skims of filler and several hours of rubbing and sweating it looked something like this:

At this point the spoiler has pretty much got the shape I wanted, filler work is not my strongest point but I am really happy with it, I had 2 options at this point I could either apply a coat of stopper or spray fill it..... needless to say being a painter by trade I decided to spray fill the boot lid, this stuff is superb for jobs like this.

So after a full day of rubbing and filling this is how it looks, basically what it needs now is a load more sanding, then high build primer a load more rubbing then painting

Once home I covered the entire area with bin bags and tape just in case it rains tonight as filler is porous I didn't want the bare metal below to begin to rust.

Tomorrow I will be back in the garage 8am rubbing this down and fingers crossed if everything goes to plan I should get it in colour and lacquered by the end of the day!

In total I will have spent 22-25 hours from start to finish smoothing the spoiler in to the boot lid, so anyone thinking of going to a bodyshop to have this done expect to pay over £1000, this may seem expensive but hopefully seeing the work like this helps you understand just how much work goes in to body work! The labour rate is often only about 60% of what an electrician or plumber will charge but there is some serious work involved to earn it!

Sparkystav
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17-04-2023, 12:42 PM

#57

It's worth it mate. Looks awesome.

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Sparkystav

17-04-2023, 12:42 PM #57

It's worth it mate. Looks awesome.

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dougie175
Member

18-04-2023, 08:54 AM

#58

Well the spoiler is smoothed and painted! Really happy with how it turned out looks as good as I expected!

So a nice 7am start has the spray filler rubbed down, masked up and primer applied!

Primer then rubbed down, tested the lower piece to make sure it still fits and looks right

Car masked up and ready for paint

All painted and looking awesome!

Built up and back outside

Back home and times for a **** good clean so I can see how it really looks without dust and grime everywhere!

dougie175

18-04-2023, 08:54 AM #58

Well the spoiler is smoothed and painted! Really happy with how it turned out looks as good as I expected!

So a nice 7am start has the spray filler rubbed down, masked up and primer applied!

Primer then rubbed down, tested the lower piece to make sure it still fits and looks right

Car masked up and ready for paint

All painted and looking awesome!

Built up and back outside

Back home and times for a **** good clean so I can see how it really looks without dust and grime everywhere!