Nathan's BA4 3rd Gen

[jjmartin349571]

Looks wicked mate have you got the dimensions of the twin loop still? At some point I'll replace the exhaust on my Accord, and one of those OBX ones might be the way to go if it'll fit. It's a long way down the line but would be nice to know in advance if it'd work

[jjmartin349571]

Looks wicked mate have you got the dimensions of the twin loop still? At some point I'll replace the exhaust on my Accord, and one of those OBX ones might be the way to go if it'll fit. It's a long way down the line but would be nice to know in advance if it'd work

[bennyboy]

Looking goooooood.
So, what's the opinion on your new paint job?

[vanzep]

i think the "jaunty" looks good bud not normally a fan of that look as its fairly new to me but like i say it suits the 3rd Gen - for some reason 3rd gens just get better looking with age - dont see too many of them up my way anymore

[NafemanNathan]

Cheers guys

Looks wicked mate have you got the dimensions of the twin loop still? At some point I'll replace the exhaust on my Accord, and one of those OBX ones might be the way to go if it'll fit. It's a long way down the line but would be nice to know in advance if it'd work

Still got it in my possession for the time being before Nick has it, so I'll take some dimensions for you mate I imagine it'll be a similar case to mine though I'll have a look under my Accord for comparison too.

So, what's the opinion on your new paint job?

I was afraid someone was going to ask me that lol. I wasn't going to say anything until asked, but put it this way, Mike has offered to redo it again for free once he's in his new much much larger premises with his new spray booth. He was supposed to be in a new place when he took my car on, but it fell through for reasons beyond his control, then when he found this second place, it's just been held up by all the legal stuff. But basically his current place is really poorly lit and there's not enough room to swing a cat. Plus the Ovik job and my bonnet throwing up issues as the paint kept reacting (He had to prep and paint it 3 times) screwed his schedule up big time. I needed my car back and he needed to start work on his backlog.

So yeah it's a orange-peely in places and I noticed the other day that the whole car is covered in tiny what look like pin-pricks of white, which might be "Solvent pop" (They definitely weren't there when I picked the car up). Mike wasn't happy with the standard of finish anyway and so has offered to redo the whole thing when he's in his new premises and then get his mate to flat and polish it as that's his trade and he's a dab hand at it

Paint aside, the metal-work and straighting side of things is perfect and that was the most important thing for me

[Merlin]

The new exhaust looks good, the car looks great!! Shame about the paint though.

[NafemanNathan]

which might inspire him not to give up on his lude just yet.

Give up?! He's only just got the PIAA's on!

Yeah, Mike's definitely a genuine guy. You could see it in his face when I picked the car up that he was ashamed of it. Still, stood back she looks mint! ... Just not as shiny as she could be.

[Lude-dude]

agree with newkid at least he wants to do the job right

and I also like a jaunty angle done right, in this case it has

[bennyboy]

Didn't mean to

As said, at least he's offered to do it again.
Its looking good anyway and at least the rot has been taken care of

[NafemanNathan]

No worries Ben. I just didn't want to bring it up as Mike might have read it and thought I was moaning