Tidgy 806 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 No updates or mods? are you feeling ok, i'm very worried about you,,,,, lol looking good dude 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
savage bulldogs 2,726 Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 After building the 2.1 ,fitting the alk ,buying and mapping the linkg4x..... Think I'd be sleeping in it if I spent anymore on my "budget build " atm but hey it's only January, so maybe once the dust settles 😊 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
savage bulldogs 2,726 Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 Had plenty of snow on the Suffolk coast in the end 😎 I've played in the snow in the scooby plenty of times over the years .So I didn't bother going out in it, mainly due to salt but also not wanting some ken block wannabe in a fwd slamming into me either 🤐 Ended up looking like a fugly Tesla cyber truck 😥 Started to melt now , hopefully a few days rain to wash the salt off the roads and I can use it for something essential 🤔 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
savage bulldogs 2,726 Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 Soon as the snow was gone I decided to give it a quick rinse over and take it for a essential "spin dry " Started to dry it off by hand a bit and soon noticed blisters in the paint ,about 30 on the roof alone Some down the drivers side rear 1/4 and on the front bumper It was painted by a reputable company that does bmw main stealer paintwork 3 years ago this april . So thought I'd take it to the body shop that carried out the paintwork , just to see if he had any idea why this happened and how much to put it right . The paint shop is owned by Rick Kerry (ex btcc driver) and he's been painting for over 30 years , so knows what he's doing and has a love of cars (hence why I chose him in the first place ) . We both think the reaction was kick started by the first ever contact with snow , as it was left 6 months to dry before putting it under cover the first winter and this was the first time it had actually seen snow in past 3 winters . He said "that in the 30 years plus he's been painting cars , hes only ever seen it about 8 times" (fml) . He said if it's what I think it is .... it's moisture trapped in between his coats of paint . Basically even though it's done in a oven , the first "pass" skins over due to heat and pushes moisture to the surface. Then the second pass seals the moisture between the coats before the moisture dries . Then to my surprise, he said if that's the case and it's a paint defect , he'll put it right for free When he originally painted it , the only panels that weren't painted were rear bumper ,wing mirrors and bootlid . I've always regretted not getting the whole car done ,as the wing mirrors have paint fade and the rear bumper has a few Mark's. So seeing as he had been so kind after nearly 3 years , I asked him to quote and paint the bits he didn't do first time around . To at least cover the materials for the paint correction, so it wasn't a total loss for him too . I dropped it off friday and Saturday morning he said it's definitely his paint at faults ,as the original coat was sound . Then sends me this pic .... Apparently he doesn't do things by half and all affected panels will be taken back to bear metal , primed and re painted 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Wilkinson 27 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Wow that sounds like a really sound guy. It’s great to see it being done right too... even if the prep is a little scary 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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