A POST TO CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP
Hi all,
Thanks for the stream of comments that have taken place over the last 48 hours, I've only really just now logged in to read them all and catch up with you all and I feel a lengthy post is required to explain and maybe clear up some of the misconceptions that are spreading regarding the 'paint work'.
Firstly let me clarify that this is NOT the 'finished' paintwork. I can't believe some people think that this one day spray job is regarded as the final thing.
Spray jobs... (good ones) cost upwards of £2,000-£3,000 depending on the finishing work that's required. I do not have the capital (at least not for a few weeks) to be able to make an outright payment of that kind of money for a spray job and I am still in the final decision process of who is going to be the team to finish her off.
I've seen a few posts about how people are 'cheated' by me? i'm not going to lie that's extremely hurtful. I did not ask for the break in to happen and neither did I come crying to you for donations to the project. The fact that people did make contributions to the build brought me to tears and was one of kindest things a community of people have done for me and I can never really thank you all enough. I posted around page 16-17 of this thread the total cost of losses for the theft which total exceeded more than the money that was raised by the forum so I was still horrendously out of pocket.
The donations never sat in my account for more than 2-3 days and were used instantly to snap up the alloys you now see and help towards a new set of coilovers.
There is still a lot that needs to be done to this car and I will admit, it's draining and I don't often find the time to sit down and explain to you guys each and every minute detail that goes into getting the car to look how it is. I like to sit down at my laptop upload a few pictures for you all and crack on with my day, I do however want to add a little more depth to the posts I do so I shall attempt to explain each picture in more detail from now on if that will mean a lot to you guys.
To summarize, this paint job is what I would call a 'protective layer' to show what the car might look like in WHITE because I wanted to make sure that I was choosing the right colour, this white paint cost me £20 from the back of a truck lol.... and only took us a few days to apply in a damp, cold, environment.... hardly the conditions required for a thorough finish worthy of a show car. This means that The bodywork is protected and cannot be ruined by weather and what not in the weeks that I save up for another big financial outlay to get the car 100% finished.
Hope everyone is happy with my reply.
cheapens the whole idea to me.
