Righty ho! Here are a few pics of some of the progress thats been happening.
Finished wet-sanding the rear bumper i got from Mike (Mj1) a few weeks ago...
Went over the whole bumper with fine grit paper and got it down to a silky smooth finish.
Took a few passes to smooth down some of the defects and imperfections.
Whacked out the UDM for a quick sesh to polish the bumper back up to restore the luster and give a glossy-wet finish...
There are still a few defects on the right hand side of the bumper as you can see above but keep reading because i have a plan for it.
I decided to dig out my original grille and customise it a little bit.
After only seeing most Mk1's with either a standard grille or nothing at all (i've had both
) I thought it was time to have a little play and turn this into something a bit special.
Here is the original minus a couple of chevrons...
Shabby state looking a bit sorry for itself there!
I got to work and cut out the slats on the grill carefully...
Starting to look a little bit better already but there's still a lot more to come...
I then sanded back the whole grille with wet and dry paper in various levels starting off with a coarse 240 paper and working all the way up to uber fine 1500 grit to get a smooth, even finish...
Looks a mess still above after all the sanding and smoothing.
I then test-fitted the chevrons to have a looky and see if i wanted to keep them and maybe smooth them into the grille or colour code them.
I decided to not do any of that as its been done before and is pretty standard/boring plus im an awkward arse sometimes so went with a longer and much harder option and got to work the next day. Whipped out the Isopon fibreglass and body filler kits
(P40. + 38 iirc?)...
Filled both chevron reccesses in using a combination of filler and fibreglass to strengthen the shape up. Then sanded down and smoothed the whole grill again after evening out and flattening the filler.
I think the chevon shapes are starting to look a little better here...
The grille has taken about 4 days of on/off work here and there so far but im starting to like the look after getting it in primer tonight.
After 3/4 layer of primer tonight and smoothing down between coats the grill is almost ready for some colour tommorow.
Thinking of a satin black base coat with maybe a few layers of Rover Charcoal metallic paint to give a bit of sparkle to the finish but still keep it smooth and fairly subltle.
I could just leave it black or spray it body colour
but again im awkward and want something a little different. I did a few photo chops earlier and the finish im aiming for looked sexual and better than the other options so im happy lol
