Killer Corsa fixes his ASTRA! major REPAIRS on bumpers! PICS

[Killer Corsa]

i no how corsa-c.co.uk members like progress threads... well heres ANOTHER

:lol:


ok had to start repairs on my car, as it kinda looks pretty bad and in a bad way now, smashed back end, (reversed into a car at work)

and front end kinda screwed, hit a curb pretty hard, PRETTY damn hard and ripped my splitter of! half of it...


ok most of us remember this thread? where i turn a pretty standardish astra into a clean modded astra!?

http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=108703


and then this one where i spray the bonnet black in about 5 hours!!! lol

http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=114609


any way, from looking like this ...

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1018/petrolstationpicug1.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3971/photo079pp6.jpg



it went to this!

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6007/astrasmoothedsplitterij7.jpg

ripped of splitter, but didnt crack where i smoothed it in, just broke off as it was done properyl! (so people when bodyshops say "IT WILL CRACK" dont believe them, mine didint crack when i hit a curb, it broke of but didnt crack any of the filler around it..)



http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/310/rearsmashastradf6.jpg

smashed rear end, and broken tip of the spoiler!



any way couldnt be doing with driving around with half a splitter so i bonded the other half the splitter back on and screwed it in, drove round like this for a bit so the bond had time to properly harden! :sick:


this parking? well was busy the night before so parked any where i could find and in the morning, well....... my car looked a bit daft! :lol: so had to take a picture! lol

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1913/birdseyeveiwgw0.jpg



doesnt help when i keep parking like this on stupid silly angles, so bumper is on the floor! :lol:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2544/astraonflooryz3.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5348/onthefloorpic2qn1.jpg




okaaayyy any way! its was time to strip the thing down ready for some loving AGAIN! lol

1st thing is 1st!

THE STRIP! :lol:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4968/frontendstrippedwq8.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7822/backendstrippedtg3.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/678/onfloorshotcz8.jpg



well after that out of the way it was time to take ALL the damaged areas back to fibreglass, and remove all them small hair line cracks in the gel coating!

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8936/backtofibreglass2tn2.jpg


after getting the front and back bumpers and spiler back to fibreglass it was time to fibreglass matt them together and reinforced from the back as that would be a week point if i never... (and i did remove all the screws out of the front bumper. lol )
its messy stuff and time consuming, would be quicker if you use fibrefill but thats not good for stuff like this! so had to do it this way...

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5208/fibreglassspoiler2hn6.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8198/fibreglassedbumpers2bg9.jpg



skims of filler applied to get level and smooth....and rubbed!

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1173/rubbedfrontbumper2cz1.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5008/rubbedspoiler2te4.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4619/rubbedfrontandbackbumpeji0.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1711/wickedviewwn2.jpg



ready for primer and all masked up

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1859/maskedbackbumper2rl4.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6594/maskedspoiler2id0.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4192/maskedfrontbumper2qb0.jpg



primed up, missed a few pics here as battery went dead on my camera...

but here they are primed, blocked and wet flatted and grey scothed, just need a clean before they get painted...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/718/primedspoiler2ey4.jpg

stoppered a few pin haoles up and primed then to seal them over

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2897/primedfrontbumper2ve2.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1545/primedbackbumper2si2.jpg



the back lights, a new second hand unit ready to be sprayed to match the other side...

grey scotched and adhesion pramoter applied...

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1985/spotthedifferencegv3.jpg


masked out

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8307/makedoutbakclightte6.jpg


based up heavy around sides so it matches colour of the car but applied lightly in the middle so it looks even but yet road legal!

and other light scotched up ready for a fresh coat a laquer..

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3041/paintedbacklightnz1.jpg



ok and out comes the paint!

and my sata jet 3000 :D

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/295/paintandsatalb9.jpg


thin paint down, 50/50

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4392/paintmixed5050qu2.jpg


filter paint into pps cup with a 280 micron mesh, even though it already has a filter in the pps lid i like to filter it again to make sure no bits of sh1t go down into the pot :D

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1933/paintfiletredinppscupwizo1.jpg


loaded up, ready to roll!!! :D

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9715/readytorumblela1.jpg

[Killer Corsa]

didnt get pics of it based up, just after as battery was low! lol



laquered up and finished, not the best of finished but will look factory i think... i'm happy with it any way....



http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/807/spoilerpaintedtworh0.jpg



http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4458/laqueredbackbumpertwodn6.jpg





some reflection pics



back bumper



http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9061/reflectionbumperox9.jpg





front bumper



http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9929/laqueredfrontbumpergt4.jpg





spoiler



http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6796/spoilerpaintedti5.jpg





and meee.... lol



http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4873/meeeemo0.jpg





then battery went dead! :lol:



will be building it all back up tomorrow so will put more piccys up...



what do you guys think????





Ayaz

[Corsa Craig]

love how u do all your own work ayaz :)
really love the astra and the corsa :)

keep up the nice work

[Just Ezzy]

wish i could do that, how did you get into doing bodyworks mate,i have been asking about local bodyshops for the past month or so but no1 wants me lol

[Killer Corsa]

love how u do all your own work ayaz :)
really love the astra and the corsa :)

keep up the nice work


thnaks for the coment mate! :thumbs:

i like doing all my work, and saves me some money in the process but people just dont understand it still is very expensive, obviuosly not as expensive if you payed a bodyshop but still cost a few bucks,,,

thanks bud :D

[Killer Corsa]

wish i could do that, how did you get into doing bodyworks mate,i have been asking about local bodyshops for the past month or so but no1 wants me lol


i am a painter.... thats it, i do minor filing and bits of fibreglassing, and lots of paint (my corsa was an exception) lol.... i dont want to be doing panel work and stuff, i want to concentrate in this area and get it right and be good at it rather then do everything and be sh1t at it....

but its a good trade to be into if you like that sorta stuff...

keep asking about, some one will take you on....

some advice though.... go to reputable places and not back street bodyshops...

i work for a compnay who have contracts with stratstone, ferrari, maserati and jag and our standards have to very high but this is the only way i have been taught, it helps allot.... but if i was at a back street bodyshop then i dont think i would have been taught right....


thanks for the comment geezer! :D

Ayaz

[Just Ezzy]

i am a painter.... thats it, i do minor filing and bits of fibreglassing, and lots of paint (my corsa was an exception) lol.... i dont want to be doing panel work and stuff, i want to concentrate in this area and get it right and be good at it rather then do everything and be sh1t at it....

but its a good trade to be into if you like that sorta stuff...

keep asking about, some one will take you on....

some advice though.... go to reputable places and not back street bodyshops...

i work for a compnay who have contracts with stratstone, ferrari, maserati and jag and our standards have to very high but this is the only way i have been taught, it helps allot.... but if i was at a back street bodyshop then i dont think i would have been taught right....


thanks for the comment geezer! :D

Ayaz

thanks for that mate, gonna just keep nagging local bodyshops, really do want to get into that sort of trade, just been looking through the first astra thread, its come along way aint it, will look spot on once them parts are back on

[Killer Corsa]

thanks for that mate, gonna just keep nagging local bodyshops, really do want to get into that sort of trade, just been looking through the first astra thread, its come along way aint it, will look spot on once them parts are back on


good luck mate!

you been through the corsa threads? lol....

search for them in that search thingy up there, "threads started by user"

[Killer Corsa]

its bed time :lol:

[fil_b]

looks sweet - is this the astra that was the ambulance??

[Navajo]

you obviously have a passion for doing this kinda thing mate, looks good!

[solidsingh]

looks sweet - is this the astra that was the ambulance??

i think that was a different astra



top work ayaz

[Keith Fusco]

Amazing work.

[Bloke]

Love your threads Ayaz! Your work is amazing, keep it up.

[Killer Corsa]

Yup that was a different astra! :)

Thanks for the comments guys!!

Time to go build the thing up. :)

[Tommy]

ye whats happened to the ambulance astra?

[figo_rulz11]

i so want your corsa to be finished allready lol!

[D19O]

good work

[Graeme]

is that the sata that is on a deal everywhere at the mo?

looking at getting one.

[Killer Corsa]

is that the sata that is on a deal everywhere at the mo?

looking at getting one.


Doubt it would be this one, its the RP sata jet 3000

If it is let me no and how much :)

[pink princess]

looks lush :D

[l2ke]

looks lush :D


:slap:



thats for bumping a dead thread

[Killer Corsa]

looks lush :D


loool

why thank you :thumbs:

[Killer Corsa]

:slap:



thats for bumping a dead thread


hehehehe :lol:

[SRI_P4UL]

Good work bud.

What happen the white corsa, finished?

[Killer Corsa]

Good work bud.

What happen the white corsa, finished?


lol...... cheers mate....

nope not finished yet :D