My new RX3 and restoration

[Casey]

Wow :InLove

[steve garbutt]

And some random pics to try capture the colour and the pearl that makes it shade from blue to green in different light.

[steve garbutt]

All the paint and primer is House of Colour.
the primer is base white.
the base coat it medium teal
the clear is high gloss anti scratch

Im well chuffed with the result

[shaunwil]

Outstanding result

Shaun

[Brett]

That is stunning

[steve garbutt]

Cheers gents, going to be flitting, polishing and rebuilding it during Xmas so I\'ll update as I get along

[Will66]

That\'s pretty.

[RBLK]

Looks awesome man! Keep it up!

[steve garbutt]

Well time for an update seen as iv spent a few days over Christmas on the car.

After painting it was time for flatting and polishing, so equipped with some 1500 and 2000 wet and dry and a bucket of soapy water i started to hand flat the car.

This picture of the roof is what i needed to do to the whole car.

[steve garbutt]

And this is the roof after 1.5 hrs worth of work, i have to say thatch  anti-scratch House Of Color lacquer is hard stuff after a few days of sitting.

[steve garbutt]

After flatting the panel it was now on with the buffer and some G3 cutting compound.
In this pic you can see the whole roof is flatted and i have buffed the center line to a nice glossy finish.
This stripe alone took me 45mins so the whole car is going to take a while.

second pic is the roof all shinny again

All together the roof took me half a day as its a big area and needs to be as good as i can get it.

[Grant Monkhouse]

It will keep getting harder Steve. Get it done as if you leave it too long it will take you longer. I think I did mine none stop for 3 days solid. Flatting buffing polishing and waxing. Next time I\'m painting it matte blue out of a rattle can

[lee mills]

Looking good steve:Thumbs-up

[steve garbutt]

Yep it did grant but i did expect it
Good thing about it being hard is that the buffing takes better and you dont get the flatting lines coming back through

[steve garbutt]

Cheers Lee :Thumbsup!