Finished the paint

[7ishNZ]

http://www.lotus7.co.nz/forum/download/file.php?id=422

Finally it is painted.. 1k electric orange pearl ( ford focus xr5)


Done in the shed with a cheap HVLP gun and a respirator mask!

[tkpm]

Love the colour :D , is your car finished as i can't see a rad inside the nose cone.

Terry

[7ishNZ]

Yamaha R1 motor... the radiator is behind the steering rack....

[HandyAndy]

Wow :cool:
car looks fantastic, love the colour too, :cool:

cheers
andy

[tkpm]

That explains it :o

Terry

[Bonzo]

That is looking real nice :) :)

The paint job has come out well :cool:

It doesn't seem that long since you were test driving it arround that garden of yours :)

[Tilly819]

beautiful i was considering doing mine in pearl/candy and after seeing that i wish i had....

fantastic job mate, really top notch

tilly

[7ishNZ]

A couple of night shots..http://www.lotus7.co.nz/forum/download/file.php?id=438

http://www.lotus7.co.nz/forum/download/file.php?id=439

Thanks for the kind words... it is a blast to have it finished.. 12 months from start to road legal, and another 6 months till finally all done.

[twinturbo]

very nice indeed

[big_wasa]

Nice :p I find it to hard to leave it alone untill its dry.

[chrisxr2]

Nice colour, is that the asbo orange from the focus or are there other oranges.

[leroybrown911]

Very nice! bet u r well pleased with that!

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I am also planning on putting an R1 engine in my roadster. Do you have any good websites/ books or sources of information that might help me with my build?

Thanks
Leigh

[7ishNZ]

You could try this one...

http://www.robcollingridge.com/kitcar/build/2006/04/index.html

I used the Yamaha R1 service manual to do the wiring.
http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/
Have fun.

The colour is The Ford focus XR5 turbo code 6fse. It is a tri-colour system.. basecoat, tint coat, clearcoat.
Cheers