Finished paint
And doesn't it look grand?
Finished paint
Looks nice, got any pics from a side-ish angle?
Do you think a similar effect could be got with some carefully applied silver or white tape, or would you have to painted?
do those go faster stripes actually work then?
Looks very nice. I do like theose Cobra stripes and yes you get another 4mph with them on 
Nice job Andy, much better than plain white
Very nice Andy...
Just one point, your offside wheel is higher than your nearside... or is it some kind of optical dillusion?
Are the stripes painted on, or tape?
Thanks for the feedback. I was worried the stripes might be a bit boy racer but I think they look quite classy.
I'll get some more photos later. Both the blue and stripes are metalic but it's hard to photo.
It's had:-
1 coat Acid #8 primer
2 coats EP21 primer
4 coats Toyota Celica Lagoon Blue
2 coats Honda Blade Silver (stripes)
3 coats clear coat
Then 1500 grit wet sand buff with compound, buff with t-cut and a final hand polish with Autoglym.
There are a few impefections and some parts need a bit more polishing but I'm pretty happy with my first spray job (oh er). And I managed it with
a £50 6L B&Q compressor my Dad bought!
Hi, paint job looks good
i'm on with painting mine now, got the etch primer on and 2 coats of high build primer but am unsyre of how much top coat to buy was thinking i
would need about 3 litres how much did you use
Thanks Antony
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Originally posted by Hellfire
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Just one point, your offside wheel is higher than your nearside... or is it some kind of optical dillusion?
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Top job there matey! 
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Originally posted by Hellfire
Very nice Andy...
Just one point, your offside wheel is higher than your nearside... or is it some kind of optical dillusion?
Are the stripes painted on, or tape?
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Originally posted by antonyg
Hi, paint job looks good
i'm on with painting mine now, got the etch primer on and 2 coats of high build primer but am unsyre of how much top coat to buy was thinking i would need about 3 litres how much did you use
Thanks Antony
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Originally posted by donut
Looks very nice. I do like theose Cobra stripes and yes you get another 4mph with them on
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Originally posted by iank
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Originally posted by Hellfire
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Just one point, your offside wheel is higher than your nearside... or is it some kind of optical dillusion?
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Very nice, cobra stripe suit it.
Looks like it's parked sideways on a steepish slope to me
Thanks for all the positive feedback.
Here are a few more pics:-
Paint 1
Paint 2
Paint 3
Paint 4
Paint 5
The heart of the beast:-
Installed 1
Installed 2
Installed 3
Wow!
Really tidy! Seriously impressive job.
I was going to post a pic or two of the 325 engine installation but I'd be positively ashamed to now...
I keep telling myself that it's harder to do a neat job of an installation in a car that's already built. Hmmm.
This is much more civilised!
(thanks Mango)
Screen1
Screen3
GTS now complete