ollie ryan Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 well after seeing someone putting a thread up of a car they repair thought i would show you all a car i bought recentlyits a 2010 clio 1.2 exspression which had covered 5,000miles and i picked it up for a bargain £1600 for a 6month old car it was previously owned by a hire car company who rented it to a women who somehow drove itnto a ditchhere's the pictures for you allbasically every panel was dented bar the tailgate and bonnet, and it required a new headlight , taillight and wingmirror and a full respray i had to strip the whole interior out to repair the panels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hulahoops Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 lol copy cat! thats a bargain! made your money back there ollie! did you spray it? silver is the worst colour to spray! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 yeah i did all the work on it i didnt bring the colour right up to the top of the front wings so it matched the bonnet perfectly and i blew in some colour to the endges of the rear bumper and laquer the whole bumperyeah it sold in seconds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maz90 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Thats a bargain you got there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAZ2CRAZY Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Awesome mate!Where did you get the car from exactly?Mitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 i repair the hire cars at that company and they got this written off so i asked them to buy it back off their insurance company for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hazzagray Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Cheers for that Ollie!!!You said you'd show me some of your work, that is spot on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 yea been meaning to put these up for a whileit was my first fall respray so im proper happy with the way it came outallthough i did the roof seperatlyand i would like to add that is a near perfect finish and that was painted in my garage not in my spray booth so imagine what i can do in a spray booth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Smashed it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 yea been meaning to put these up for a whileit was my first fall respray so im proper happy with the way it came outallthough i did the roof seperatlyand i would like to add that is a near perfect finish and that was painted in my garage not in my spray booth so imagine what i can do in a spray booth fancy resprayin mine mate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 fancy resprayin mine mate?yah been meaning to text you actuallywhen do you need it done? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 i cant believe that got writing off lol, looks good mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 yeah it was a cat -d write offthe hire car company didnt want to spend money on a repair so they asked for it to be written off and it was lolthe only thing i didnt do was replace the track rod end which got bent when it was towed out of the ditch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EP91Bon Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow, well done mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 yah been meaning to text you actuallywhen do you need it done?when the weather gets a bit nicer, may also need some of your fibre skills on the front bumper and i wna hybrid my JAM bumper and a standard bumper so get the strength of the ABS but with the style of JAM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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