BB1 Scrapyard Dog - Mugen sides

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:12 pm

Ok so i give 5th Gen owners a bit of stick sometimes

but ive always liked the motegi alloys - so finally got my hands on a set that came off a 2 Litre 5th Gen(4x114).
Cleaned them up and painted with upol silver wheels and 2k clear coat.
just need to sort out some tyres 205/50/16's and they should be good to go

also noticed the other day that someone has been right along the drivers side of the car and my once pristine arches are no longer pristine - damage is only to paintwork over front and rear arch and there is one long deep scratch about 5 inches long on the front wing - ive also noticed there are three small dents low down on the drivers door - depressing stuff

front arch

rear arch

polishing it up has improved it slightly - guess it could have been worse

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:28 pm

The alloys look great. Fooking Edinburgh!! I keep suggesting for you to sell up and get yourself a wee cottage with a garage

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:59 pm

cheers bud

maybe one day - id need to get a job out that way first

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:00 pm

Sorry to see somebody has pranged your car mate

I had mine scraped end to end too, some dipshit nudged it in a car park and carried on parking, they creased the door as well

lewie fraser · Post by **lewie fraser** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:20 pm

such bad news about the damage.this is my biggest fear about parking in car parks and public roads.Its happened twice to me once in my old civic eg and once in my immaculate Black ek4 vti

People have no respect to even leave a note and apologise.

on the plus side alloys look great and the damage looks like it wont encourage rust hopefully!

preludemanh22 · Post by **preludemanh22** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:25 pm

that will flat polish easy

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:52 pm

im fairly used to this happening in the street or at the supermarket - normally its just damage to front or rear bumper - not happy its over the rear arch but its not moved any metal its just paintwork

preludemanh22 wrote:that will flat polish easy

how do you flat polish them out

ive tried scratch remover but scratches are too deep...

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:04 pm

seems to happen a lot to darker coloured cars

preludemanh22 · Post by **preludemanh22** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:13 pm

vanzep wrote:im fairly used to this happening in the street or at the supermarket - normally its just damage to front or rear bumper - not happy its over the rear arch but its not moved any metal its just paintwork

preludemanh22 wrote:that will flat polish easy
how do you flat polish them out
ive tried scratch remover but scratches are too deep...

go over the scratch with 2000 grit sand paper till your happy this will make the clear coat look dull so then u need cutting compound a medium buffing pad on a rotary or da polisher on a medium speed will come up great pop down ill do it for u

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:54 am

Shame about the prang dude.
I seem to get this alot too. No one seems to have any respect for other peoples property on the road

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