Gonzo's Lexodore

[ragrim]

Been working on my 2nd VS for a few months now and decided maybe i should post some pics.

i originally planned to respray it in VS Calais Panther Mica and Silver 2 tone but plans changed and i need it on the road ASAP so after priming half the car i had to stop and now painting it white again.

while i had the car in parts though i have had time to start my interior mods and a few other things.

Started priming the car here

Interior before i started

Fromt parts painted ready to be installed

Started getting dark, ill get some better pics tomorrow

Pictures dont realy do it any justice, i expected the paint to look very cheap and crappy but i was very surprised at how well it came up, cant wait to see it with some new black seats and black carpet.

 

[Trayner]

The black and the red look pritty good man , blend together nice

 

[Jonnii]

Didnt actually come up to bad i like it. Though a word of advice. From my experience painting the center console lid thing the paint will rub and flake off. I dont know how your brand of paint will react but that was my experience. Good luck with the rest of it.

 

[Longy188]

it looks awesome man, wat sorta paint do you use to stick to the plastic ?? cant wait for the new pics

 

[dbarnes]

good to see your back doing up another vs, you going to be making her look the same as that white one u had or something different?

 

[skruba]

good clean start man keep addin piccys

 

[ragrim]

good to see your back doing up another vs, you going to be making her look the same as that white one u had or something different?

Thanks, well i was thinking id go for a panther mica with chrome and SS lip kit, but i was just browsing through some old pics of my old VS and im tempted to go down the VX clubby kit road... i like the mean look it had.

Good thing is i learnt what did and didnt work with the last VS so im hoping that will kick start this project..

For now im thinking white, debadged, tints, extractors, exhaust, SUPER LOW and custom interior and when money get a bit better ill probably get a lip kit or VX kit, which ever is in the budget at the time.

HEres some better pics

And this is how she sit atm, final primer is on and ready for its final wet and dry, hoping to get the colour on this weekend and new windscreen soon after.

As for the paint, the black is a VHT final dye and the red is a plastic/vinyle paint from super cheap auto, the VHT comes from repco.

im expecting the centre console lid to crack/fade as my dad recently did his VN and it stuffed up in 2 weeks, if it fails ill most likely re cover it in some pleather.

 

[damageinc.]

Its a good idea to put a coat of clear on the centre console plastics, as the paint easily chips off if you drop things on it eg coins, keys etc.

 

[skruba]

are you going to do your air con vents to and the plastics over your seat belts???

 

[ragrim]

the air con vents on the doors have been done black but im not sure what to do about the centre, im still deciding what to do about the instrument surround, if i paint that ill probably do the centre air con the same colour.

Another thing im thinking about is removing the centre air con vents and replacing it with some gauges, and replace the air con, hazard and demister buttons with red missle switches.

seat belts i havnt even thought about because they are likely to chip and scratch realy easy, after the seats and carpet are done i might experiment with them a bit more.

as for the clear on the centre console, i know it needs it but the problem is if i do put a clear on it will end up being glossy and then wont match the door trims, so my idea was to maybe cover all red parts in a thin stretchable PU leather, will look alot better and wont scratch. i may leave that for later down the track when i start customizing my centre console and cluster surround.