That's good to know Ronnie clearing the red top head, does what it says on the tin then.

Thanks....AndyH

Well pleased with the extra wide scoop Andy :)

Was facing the choice of either loosing more ground clearance or butchering the standard bonnet.

Certainly one less problem for me to resolve :cool:

Before anyone pipes up with " Yes, what about the extra work of painting "

I knew at the outset of my build that I would be using alloy sides & rear tub.
Also knew that I would not be able to live with a mixed alloy & Coloured GRP scheme.
To that end an entire re-paint would be inevitable.

The cost of painting is not as expensive as some folk would have you believe !!
Well not for me as I have the equipment to do the job ;)

Yes it is if you use the right paint for the job, at least £400 in materials alone aint cheap Ronnie...We have recently painted the Vodou plug and although it's a truly outstanding finish it wasn't what you call "cheap" but it makes for superb finish to the moulds.

Price of paint and primers etc has gone through the roof,was not that long ago a litre of single pack air dry paint was £12 and you could paint a car for £100,more like 500 plus these days.

Ronnie ,you could polish and laquer the ally.

Some times it's not the price of the materials that makes for a good paint finish, it's how it sprayed on using a good gun in a clean space by some one who knows what they are doing. I have found the price of paint goes up with the quality (although not always the case) how ever it might as well be put on with a roller if the basics are wrong from the start.
If it all goes wrong though I've seen some truely horrible orange peel paint finishes using cheap 2k paint rescued by 1000 grit wet and dry and some time spent with polishing compound and a mop.

Completely true, its the same for grp based products. About this time last year the EU decided to add a 40% import duty to all grp based products from China, they say to make European based materials more viable. This is all Bo**ox as where else do you go!!!

GRP Clearout
 

All arrived ok this AM Andrew thanks, well pleased!.

Will Isopon P40/38 be any good for filling in the edge damage, or do you recommend any particular brand of filler?

Regards, Dave.

Spot on phil.
Recently had to paint a shed load of our kit to tidy it all up. I found a deal on fleabay for some 2k with all the other crap that goes with it for about £25 a litre. I bought about 3 gallons of it, the painter phoned and asked where i got as it was the worst paint he had ever used, he threw the towel in and went and got some decent stuff. You only get what you pay for.

Bob:o

That's good Davy - Yes Isopon will be fine and you wont need much

AndyH

First Kit I had painted was the daft Lotus 11ish, all grp bodywork and it cost £1500 as a favour and that was 8 years ago now, damn good finish that couldn't be faulted but if it had been a "proper booked in job" another £1000 would have been added to that. So we opted for the take as long as you like and 1500 folding things option.
Local place wanted £3000 to paint it:eek:

£37 a Litre for a 2pak max meyer with pearl and mica in it the local bsb branch. as long as you dont go for crazy 4-5 part process stuff its not too expensive. i can easily paint a golf sized hatchback with 2-3Litres of paint so all in i would say materials would be about £300. something like the roadster would be max £150 in materials for a basic metalic

Queer that one Mark, just asked the body shop across from me and if somebody walked in off the street he priced £300 for a full 10 piece body kit including base coat and lacquer. To do individual panels, to a professional finish, would be obviously a lot less. You can purchase spray basecoat from most motor factors now to any colour to do yourself at a very reasonable price.

Somebody's been had there.

Glad someone else lives in the real world.

There was me thinking that I must have imagined the paint prices I was quoted only yesterday :confused:

Funny the subject of paint should crop up.

Just so happens that my eldest lad got a quote recently for a full re-spray of his Subaru.
1.7k -2k max, inclusive of all door closures.

This quote was from a highly respected local company well renowned for its top notch custom paintwork.

Poor old Scooby is suffering from the dreaded Red paint syndrome & going dull if not polished weekly .... Well apart from the plastics I painted over 3 years ago with a budget ICI paint product, still looking as good as the day I sprayed them :)

Sorry Spud

This is all geting very much off topic :o

Bet you have made a big hole in that list of panels being sold for not a lot :cool:

Yes it is Ronnie - Like a lot of threads seem to at the moment!!!!

Never mind it's just nice to give people the choice and i'm sure they can make their own minds up.

There is just under half odd and ends left so going to put it over on Locost soon and let others have a chance. As you said before there is very little work to do on them so its a shame to let them go to waste.

Regards......AndyH

Now that's not a bad idea Andy, I am sure that the remainer will soon get snapped up ;)

One thing for sure .... Bet all of that lovely storage space will soon be filled with Single seater body parts :)

OOOps, there I go again, going all off topic on you once more :o :D

hello
I received the parts
very happy
thank you
didier

Hi Andy, have you still got 6B available? I'm assuming this is the bonnet for the dohc engine? If yes then I'll take it as I'm prob going to vinyl wrap

Cheers
Rapid

Hi Rapid,

It's the wide scoop bonnet you need for the dohc, although you still need to alter the plenum chamber - Enoch has a guide to this in his build guide. Afraid all the wide scoop bonnets have gone though.

AndyH

is the list up to date spud?

It is now Baz:

i just cant make up my mind on what colour/colours to go for my finished car
its giving me brain pain :(

Dont go black, youll regret it, i only have to look at my car to scratch it:( does look fantastic before the dust settles on it though:D

this helps http://www.mcgregormotorsport.co.nz/kits/colour-schemer
been linked befor but best i have found

That does look really good Baz, wish i knew how they did it though. Only trouble is translating that to a RAL colour afterwards - tis very good though, best i've seen.

AndyH

i have a ral chart :p

Big thanks to the guys at Saturn. First visit finally to pick up my panels and was made to feel very welcome. Won't leave it so long next time. Good to see I'm not the only person who doesn't work in showroom conditions. More 'lived in'

Russ

Thats why hes got rid of all those panels from upstairs, so he can get a bed up there!:D

Have you got anything left spud or has it all gone now?

There are panels left James - give me a nudge on Monday and i'll send post the list back up.

Cheers....AndyH

Is it possible to paint over these seconds to change the color?

Yeah you could paint over the panels there just fibreglass so as long as you spend the time on prep they should come out looking great

Upto date list of seconds left James:

I'd be interested in some of this Andrew. Being an utter newbie when it comes to grp though, could you give me a breif description of what would be required to repair items with descriptions like:

gel cracked
edges to fill
repairs to sand
gel damage to repair

hi mate im new to the site first post! im interested in 9b.17rw.2n. what would be the delivery on that to essex and how do i go about paying? many thanks.

Car body filler would be fine to fill any holes / cracks, finished off to 800 grit wet and dry, and then a friendly body shop to give them a few coats of paint, or they could be sprayed by hand with standard acryllic spray paint then a lacquer finish. Have seen a few finished off very well like this.

Delivery for these would be £15 TNT Mitch. If you would like to order you can make payment to Saturn via PayPal to andrew@saturnsportscars.co.uk with your order added in the comments box, they are here ready to send out.

Regards.........AndyH

Interested in 6n if 2n has gone spud

Both are still available James

Andy

I'll take the wrong order White bonnet and nosecone please, for my friends car.
I'll pm you to confirm in a mo.

Cheers

Adrian

cool thanks spud will sort out the payment thro paypal.

Up to date list for seconds attached.