mickey's vr6 thread

[Mrk_Mickey]

HEUSTON, WE HAVE PAINT!

Bought a compressor this morning and some paint and stuff and I've just finished spraying everything up

Bit of bad news though, the hatch wasn't perfect lol....I think I'll have to ask the panelbeater to finish it for me because I'm obviously not experienced enough. Here's a quick pic:

[Jarred]

yea you're right there mate!

atleast you know when to call in the professionals!

[peedman]

Mickey, why dont u fill those gaps underneath the taillights while ur there!

[Mrk_Mickey]

yea you're right there mate!

atleast you know when to call in the professionals!

Haha yeah. He's happy to do it for a bit extra, so that's all good!

Mickey, why dont u fill those gaps underneath the taillights while ur there!

*****! good idea! hahaha.

[Stephy]

It's coming along nicely!
Points for trying on the hatch - i wouldn't even attempt it on my own...

[rayray086]

Sorry for the late reply Mickey, but looks like you sorted yourself out with the air compressor! For what it's worth, I can't see the imperfection in the pic, but I guess if you're doing it right, then you'll want to do it properly! Good **** for being motivated though

[Water Boy]

Damn hommie! How ya going to open the boot?

[Jace]

Still looks like you did a damn good job, but the professionals will usually do it better.
Pretty crazy line to get right I suppose.

[dylan8]

Damn hommie! How ya going to open the boot?

LOL! "****!! Knew i forgot something"

Cant wait to see the end product! Good on you for doing it yourself aswell

[jayjay]

solenoid. how else? lol

long pieces of string in with a series of pullies opening the catch

[Mrk_Mickey]

Sorry for the late reply Mickey, but looks like you sorted yourself out with the air compressor! For what it's worth, I can't see the imperfection in the pic, but I guess if you're doing it right, then you'll want to do it properly! Good **** for being motivated though

Still looks like you did a damn good job, but the professionals will usually do it better.
Pretty crazy line to get right I suppose.

Thanks lads
Yeah, it's a straight line that stretches a metre over a very slightly curved surface..so it is really hard to get it perfect. I'd probably be happy with it if I painted over it, but it would always linger in my mind about getting it PERFECT - which is what the panel beater will be able to do for a few hours of labour.

Damn hommie! How ya going to open the boot?

What Jay said ^^^^ - I've got a solenoid! And the switchblade I ordered from rightclick has a boot popper button yay

Just FYI - the solenoid is just a metal solenoid from jaycar that came in a trunk opener kit. I used the same metal bracket that held the rear wiper assembly in place to mount the solenoid on - I just heated it up and twisted it a bit for clearance, etc etc.

[Jace]

Good on you for wanting to get it spot on.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Btw Pedro cheers again for the idea, dunno why I didn't think of it while I had the bog out!

Messiest bog job EVER! Just means more sanding...

[Pullstarter]

With all the body mods you've done this is gonna kick ass bruzz

[DubSteve]

Btw Pedro cheers again for the idea, dunno why I didn't think of it while I had the bog out!

Messiest bog job EVER! Just means more sanding...

Good work but I would have not done it with bog though. Weld that **** up proper styles