I know my young friend @nickwheeler will agree and look me straight in the eye, winking knowingly, when I say some people should never be allowed within six foot of a rattle can of paint.
Exhibit no 1
So on the way home from collecting the car, I picked up a couple of colour matched cans of VW Reflex Silver.
By Thursday I had already started to disassemble the car.
Prizefighter look.
And Ugleeee……
Cleaned off, then repainted Simoniz chrome.
Mehhhh….. Fail.
So the rest of the grille was cleaned, scotch pad prepped and then plastic primer added.
Cold, wet day out there, so I used a paint stripping gun to add some heat and dryness to the paint drying.
Followed by silver all over , then cut out masks for the grille bars, and painted black.
Looking like this up close.
Tried out together.
Not quite.
Also repaired a tab that was broken before I dismantled it all.
Two pack epoxy.
So I fixed the wrong sized, curse word grille badge.
Not able to find one yet.
And next day when red paint dried, I tried it on.
Liking that.
So glued in place.
Following day, reassembly.
And of course a short video on the badge getting done.
https://youtu.be/ntRQT9w1wJw?si=RKs4lJavhKxhgCTL
Little things.
Bigger changes,
Whatcha think?