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Started by meldert , May 29 2006 08:14 AM

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#1 meldert

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:14 AM

Liquid Yellow! B) (same as on some renaultsport clio v6)

since my crash last autumn I have been rebuilding and modified the car, now it's finally back after a respray, and I couldn't resist changing the colour... Was a bit tempted to change to krypton green but finally decided on renaultsport liquid yellow instead.

Still have a a lot to do to finish the car but here is a couple of pictures anyway... The colour is very hard to capture in a photo, but these are quite close. It looks even better in real life...

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:19 AM

looks like a top job!.. did they remove all the rubber strips to spray ?

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:28 AM

looks like a top job!.. did they remove all the rubber strips to spray ?


Yes I did... :)

The car was completely stripped down and all the parts (except the sills which are glued to the chassi) were painted individually. I even stripped the doors completely.

I know, I might have been a bit of a overkill, but I had the car in parts anyway so why not just go thru with that last extra effort?

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 08:54 AM

thumbsup that looks great!! B)

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:02 AM

Very nice B) What wheels do you have? 15" on Elise hubs? Similar style to the original Exige wheels thumbsup

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:11 AM

Very nice B) What wheels do you have? 15" on Elise hubs? Similar style to the original Exige wheels thumbsup


Ah... the wheels, should have anticipated that question...

Yes they are 15" (anti chav :P )... going for light weight... rear tires are 225/50-R15 and fronts are 195/55-R15.

the rims are OZ's new Ultraleggera in the limited Renault F1 edition. Had to change the hubs to elise four bolt, also got the elispart alu belled disks...

The weight of a front wheel is ca 14 kg and a rear is ca 14.5 kg (the rims have the same width both front an rear)

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:37 AM

Love it mate!! stunning!! thumbsup

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 09:39 AM

Hi Meldert, that looks fantastic. Same striking impact as the Manderin B) There must be nothing better than getting your car back from a total respray. The car is perfect once again :) Anyway, I am trying to get hold of the VX font. The old links arent working anymore post upgrade. If you email it to me at charles_lovell@hotmail.com I can host it again for people. :grouphug:

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 11:16 AM

Wow, amazing. Recently saw a Clio V6 in the same colour and was very impressed.

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 11:27 AM

It looks stunning :D But I already told you so in another thread, but what the heck :P

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:14 PM

Anyway, I am trying to get hold of the VX font. The old links arent working anymore post upgrade. If you email it to me at charles_lovell@hotmail.com I can host it again for people. :grouphug:



A bit OT but what the heck! I have fixed the link in my signature now and I am hosting the font myself...

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:16 PM

Thanks for that chinky chinky

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:27 PM

that looks the dogs danglies... top job thumbsup

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:45 PM

Oh and here comes a bonus pic from the garage this weekend... Still missing the interior, had to be abel to adjust the windows in the doors properly, now they are better adjusted then they where from the factory... :P :)

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I'm retrimming the seats in black alcantara and carbonfiber effect synthetic leather... thats why the seat is naked in the picture...

Oh and the fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror is a joke from a garagebuddy... :rolleyes:

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 12:49 PM

Looks great. Surprised you didn't go for a black windscreen surround.

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 01:58 PM

Looks great.

Surprised you didn't go for a black windscreen surround.


Oh, I was planning to... Using matte black self adhesive vinyl, it works better than painting the soft plastic. Now I'm surprisingly not so sure anymore... I kind of like the silver accents in the head and rear lights, fuel cap and window surround. It somehow works nice with the rest and adds a bit of depth and dimension to the colours. Using only black and yellow might be a bit to "simple"...

Well I work with grapic design so I might be a bit "damaged" from work...

So I'm a bit indecisive at the moment, but I'm still leaning towards a black window surround...

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 04:43 PM

looks awesome mate make sure you get some helicoptor tape on the font to avoid stone chips on your shiny shiny new paint

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Posted 30 May 2006 - 08:21 AM

That looks very cool! B) I see you have also smoothed out the seams at the front of the front clam. Look good now that it's all smoothed out like that! Ben

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Posted 30 May 2006 - 08:25 AM

looks great! And good move getting rid of the pointless grooves on the clam thumbsup

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Posted 30 May 2006 - 09:46 AM

Looking very nice mate B) My old clio was the same colour... it explodes in the sunlight thumbsup Great choice. B)
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