Hi everyone,

 

So I am tarting my Zed up whilst I look for a diesel and decide if I can afford to run both cars (I think it should be ok!), and this weekend tackled the mangled spoiler.

 

The previous owner resprayed it by hand without primer etc and it looked sick (the bad kind of sick opposed to the young kids meaning of the word). The paint was bubbling and to make matters worse he didn't remove it first so the overspray onto the boot was tragic.

 

I got some cutting compound and have removed all the overspray and the car is now minus a spoiler (and looking very HOT). Plugged the holes temporarily with some carbon style vinyl wrap... Very tempted to keep it with teh spoiler removed but we will see.

 

Stage 2 is the respray.. Started today armed with a sander, 60 grit paper and some 400 wet and dry. along with plastic grey primer and a metallic black paint and lacquer.

 

Here are some photos of teh progress so far (2 hours). I will update later with my progress :)

 

Keep in mind this is a complete experiment. If it fails then I have a replacement spoiler lined up, but wanted to try it myself as I have never done any respraying and am intrigued to know how well (or not) it works.

 

 

 

 

 

.. You can see how disgusting the paint had gone, it had bubbled in the sun so it looked like my car was diseased!!

Looking good so far mate keep us updated.

Sadly all your hard work and effort will probably be probably wasted cos next time it sits out side in a frosty/wet session of weather it will bubble up again. A fibreglass replacement is the only long term solution

god pete you are such a ray of sunshine ...l mind you i said the same to my mate who has 8 Z's all outside and all rusting from under him ..

Sadly all your hard work and effort will probably be probably wasted cos next time it sits out side in a frosty/wet session of weather it will bubble up again. A fibreglass replacement is the only long term solution

 

Haha really? Why is that?... It isn't an old foamy spoiler it is a 4th series plastic one?...

god pete you are such a ray of sunshine ...l mind you i said the same to my mate who has 8 Z's all outside and all rusting from under him ..

 

Well its just based on my own experience of trying to do them and failing twice!!! No intention to cause offence:flowers:

 

Im not putting the guy down or criticising his work . It might well last for some time but time and paint are not cheap and eventually it will bubble up again as its impossible to get all the moisture out of them and the foam stuff after 20 + years is beginning to disintegrate.

All IMO of course and based on a mere 9 year experience of owning and working on Z32s

It's not a foam one Pete?

hey pete no offence taken in many ways its true and yes good move not using a foam one these cars are constant work in progress,good luck with progress winshesnut

Edited August 18, 201312 yr by johnyboy

Well it doesn't need to be forever, it is an experiment :) and pretty much ANYTHING would be better than what was on it. ..plus it isn't a foamy so fingers crossed!

 

So sanding complete, hands destroyed, spoiler drying and ready for primer shortly :)

 

 

Primed

 

Make sure you get some very fine wet and dry on the primer layer this will help reduce the orange peal. :)

First Paint coat. And I am now out of paint so back to the shop this week. I could have probably spent another 3 hours sanding but it wasn't worth it for the sake of this exercise seeing as I will probably keep the Zed soilerless for now anyway :p

 

One bit where I I had a bit of build up of paint which was before I worked my technique out.. It seems that with long arm movements you need to start and stop spraying with each movement so to get an even finish. One more coat and some lacquer should look good enough for what I need it for :)

 

 

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Make sure you get some very fine wet and dry on the primer layer this will help reduce the orange peal. :)

 

yeah I gave it a once over, althgouh I think I shoudl have spent far longer on the plastic before laying the primer down but my hands and arms just couldn't take it anymore! haha

good job mate. but im with pete on this one so some reason it will still do it on the plastic. i think its brakeing down and it happens from the inside out. ive had all sorts of spoilers do this, from supras, mr2 verious peugeots,

 

But you should get a good year out of it and keep up the good work :)

good job mate. but im with pete on this one so some reason it will still do it on the plastic. i think its brakeing down and it happens from the inside out. ive had all sorts of spoilers do this, from supras, mr2 verious peugeots,

 

But you should get a good year out of it and keep up the good work :)

 

Cheers mate. Ahh that is strange, I guess like you say it must just be the plastic breaking down. Thanks for teh heads up. Shame but its ok because Zeds look great without a spoiler anyway! :)

You should pop over to Yeovil for the southern meet mate.

yeah I will try and get there! What is the entry price, anything to book in advance? Their website didn't give much detail

so typically after a couple days labour and money on a sander etc I find a replacement blue spoiler for £30 haha... bugger! Well looks like I will now have the choice :p

Off topic, whats in the flight case? lol

Haha - I used to run a sound and lighting / events production company http://www.sfxevents.com before my business partner turned into a cheating *******.....that particular flightcase holds a pair of 50" tvs ;)