Post #142
Had some time over the weekend to batter on with the grille, almost finished the whole front end now. Proud of myself for doing it all for £20, result. Finish isn't QUITE perfect but what do you expect with no experience of moulding fibreglass and body filler?
Anyway, here's the grille having had the tape removed once the fibreglass had dried, as you can see it's already a pretty decent shape so not much work or filler needed
And after adding some filler, some sanding and some primer you're left with this
Give it a quick paint and job done, fit it to the car and get to work on the bonnet!
No pics of behind the badge but I opted for the fibreglass route same as the grille, then a light skim of filler. It's come up pretty decent, the matt area on the bonnet is where i've flattened it back, going to smooth out all the sanding marks and then cover in gloss black vinyl I think until I get a proper wage and I can paint it properly with a nice healthy clear coat.
Pics
Did a bit of tarty work on the spoiler too, not to everyone's taste but followed the roof line and painted the edges of the spoiler yellow
I know a lot of people don't like smoothed front ends but i think it simplifies it nicely with the vent being present. If the vent wasn't there i'd keep the badge, think it works like this
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