Pic i took of my car

[Toyboy]

Heres a pic i took of my car yesty after i buffed and polished it :D Its been dropped another 1½inches thanks to photoshop,what do ya think :P

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/13511/p/341657_58753777380459969_vl.jpg

Catch ya

[Sandyman]

damn, rather nice. good job with the polishing. you could almost mistake that for a dark blue colour i am thinking.

[astina]

very nice

[BigBoyLemonade]

hmmm low.... hmmm low....

*drools like homer simpson*

[Dogo]

shiny :)

i washed my car yesterday too. spent abt an hour and a half on it, then it kindly decided to rain lightly that arvo and so now its covered in dirt.

sigh

[MrShadow]

Looking sweet there... bit too low for me..unless there's hydro's innit :wink:

[mrpayner]

She's pretty flat now that you've lowered it even more [in photoshop]. Looks nice though.....

Adam

[BigMal]

Looks great as always mate.
Be a bitch to drive. My drive last night highlighted
again how bad the ride gets on ****ty roads and
the nasho road is shocking !!

If only coilovers were cheaper :(

Mal

[JanJaap]

Looks great nice car

[KittyKatSmack]

What polish did you use on it?

Looks great.......

[Toyboy]

MEGUIRES all the way :wink: First i washed and chamoised it,hit it with the Meguires fine cut cleaner with the electric buffer i have,then i hit it with the Meguires Wet Look polish by hand to finish it off :wink:
All up it took 3 & half hours for the whole lot :D

[JynX]

Now theres a good way to waste 3hrs of ur life :)

Sheet.. looks good though.

[supergirl]

Looks good theo but u already know that! If I keep saying it your gonna get a big head - but then u won't fit in that car of yours ... actually might be a good idea you might just have to give it to me! heheh keep up the good work!! I know of a car up here in qld that needs a bit of a polish if you're ever bored! :lol: :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

I bought the SO an electric buffer for his birthday in early April, it's still sitting in it's box :(

But now that we have moved, we can spend some time on our beasties :)

w00t!

[Cosmo Dude]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm'
Like the Meguiar's stuff, I use the quick detailer (not as often as I'd like) and it brings up the paint :D :D :D

I washed, polished and Meguiared the Cosmo, '81 original paint, looked fantastic 8)

Rod

[apparition]

Nice pic of your car Theo! *makes note to self to get car lowered ASAP* :D Look very nice! Any more recent pics of your ride to post up? :D

[Toyboy]

Heres a couple more i took on the same day dude :P

http://www.fordlaser.com/images/usercars/1116.jpg

http://www.fordlaser.com/images/usercars/1115.jpg

Catch ya :wink:

[MrShadow]

Nice, very nice. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[apparition]

Very nice pics of your car! Love what you've done to your astina! So what's next for your Astina? You should put some eyelids on the headlights as it'll make your agressive front end look even more aggressive! :D

[bmk]

I noticed you have a funky red interior in your avatar..

Got any close up pics ToyBoy?

[Toyboy]

Heres the pic in my avatar,this was taken b4 i clearcoated everything,it now looks alot shinier :P

http://www.fordlaser.com/images/usercars/479.JPG

Thanks for the positive comments fella's,and yeah ill get around to getting eyelids 1 day,not sure what im gunna do next,i wouldnt mind upgrading the suspension :wink:

[KittyKatSmack]

I like the mesh.... mmmmmm mesh.....
and you have done something to the nose?
it is different, has cut outs??
What is that?

And the red interior is very slick....

OK, so I am jealous, but I can admit it.

Slowly but surely I will do things to mine, but not before I have many more biscuits to spend ($$).

Well done Toyboy!

[Toyboy]

What do you mean by the nose?the front bar? its an aftermarket front bar,its pretty much how it came except that it has been chopped a little now and raised :P
And you dont need the much $$$ to do something with the interior,i payed $180 to have the doortrims retrimed with the red cloth and the rest i painted up for $70 :)
The foot pedals & gearknob cost $20 each/Snapon seat covers $48 each so the total for that interior was $386 very affordable :P
I know its not as flash as a leather interior but its effective enough for people on a budget :wink:

[KittyKatSmack]

You painted it??

OMG! :shock:

That is amazing work!!!
I am gobsmacked!
It looks awesome!
I couldn't afford leather in a million years, and I doubt I would ever look after it properly anyway....... I am lazy!

I am now totally blown away.... Holy f#$k!

And the nose, not the bar... you have cut outs where the mazda badge is on my astina.... you have a newer astina than mine, but I haven't seen the nose (where the bonnet joins the front) done like that.

Am I making sense of where I mean?
Prolly not!

Painted it.... *mumbles* omg..... *mumbles*

[Toyboy]

The bit you are talking about on the nose is a part of the replacement front bar,its all complete :wink:
As for that pic of my interior its pretty poor quality,i might take another pic today :P

[KittyKatSmack]

Go on, you know you want to.....

:wink:

[Toyboy]

Heres another 1 i just took,everytime i upload it to digitalpose the pic gets deformed :evil: Here it is anyway :roll:



http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/13511/p/361681_2069012108231407195_vl.jpg

The interior has to be seen in person to appreciate how it really looks :wink:

[KittyKatSmack]

I do like it anyway....

But what is wrong with your seat covers?
Or are they supposed to be floppy?

Er... not fitted?

I just say it wrong!!

What kind of seat covers are they?

And have you seen the ones in the catalogue that have neon in the seat covers themselves that react to noise?
LMAO!!!!
You won't see it very well with someone sitting in the seat but funny nonetheless......

[Pernod]

Just wondering what sort of paint you used for the interior? Any problems with it chipping?

The interior is one of the things on my list of jobs, but have never been sure on the paint. Turthfully my specality is electronics so my hope is to paint it and fill it with super bright white LED's as lighting highlights.

Has anyone tried anything along these lines? Any pointers?

[mrpayner]

Hey Pernod,

What's the go with the pic of your flat on your website?? You've got that panoramic picture of the flat with the window on the left.... the reflection of the TV in the window doesn't match the actual picture?? Is that a pic of yourself with a shirt and tie? Hahaha, I thought, "What the heck...." as all the other reflections match up... Very interesting indeed.....

Adam

[Pernod]

Nice ovbersation - its actually a series of pics joined together in photoshop. Consequently the reflection of the tv in the window was taken a few seconds before the one showing the actual tv, and the image on the TV had changed in those few secs :-)

[Toyboy]

Hey Pernod,just read my post in here for detail how i went about doing my interior :wink:

http://www.astinagt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=895

Cheers :P

[Pernod]

thanks for that - I had a good hunt for something before I posted the Q but must have missed this somehow...

[bmk]

The interior looks pretty good..

I might give it a go these holidays heh