07-02-2018, 02:30 AM
(18-01-2018, 09:34 PM)Mighty306 Wrote: Well, seems like you know what you're doing James. Having lowered it I'm sure you are capable of stripping the beam down if you need to. If you ever need advice for that or anything else it won't be far away on this site. It's been a bit quiet on since Xmas but I'm sure it'll pick up again soon enough.
Did you do the respray yourself btw? The paintwork on my car is looking pretty shabby these days so needs attention. Any knowledge/experience you have would be much appreciated.
Yeah , i am coming up to installing an intercooler very soon. Have the intercooler bought, i am waiting on silicone hoses and pipework to arrive although i think i will need a bit of advice on what is the best way to route the pipe work and if it is better to go the cheaper way of getting an adaptor made up for where the old TMIC sits or should i go with an xantia/405 inlet manifold?
I unfortunately cant help you with this one, as i didn't do the respray myself. A good friend of mine was able to do all the work regarding fixing the bodywork and paint. Looking back now, it was a great job, although if i were to go back and do it again i would have done the respray myself and saved the money even though it would have taking me longer to do.
A friend of mine had a silver ph3 hdi and he decided to go for a respray himself, in all it took him nearly a month due to working and other commitments. He spent around a week and a half preparing the car; stripping it down, removing parts, tapping up and sanding etc. I am sure there will be forums and guides online which will be able to help you with the preparation side of things.
As far as the actual spraying side of things goes, you will need a good enclosed space like a garage or shed which is dust free. my mate put sheets up everywhere so that it would reduce dust etc as much as possible. I guess you would need a good source of heat for the paint to settle properly. If you know anyone who has a compressor that you could lend would probably be your best bet if you didn't have one yourself and didn't want to spend the money on one. If you got your hands on one, you will need a spray gun and then go to a local motorfactors and they should be able to make you up paint depending of whatever paint code your looking for.
I don't know exactly everything that is involved in this process but if you were going to go ahead and do it i would make sure you do your research and try get as much information, advice and guides on how to do it incase the car ends up in a worse way than it did when you started. Hopefully this helped a bit, i know its not very detailed but im not really experienced with doing this sort of thing.