You should try rolling the lip in the rear arch for more clearance when you lower it with 7jrims and then fill the inside lip with silicone otherwise its traps water and dirt which leads to rust .
The idea is sound enough but the execution is wrong. NEVER use silicon on bodywork anywhere if you don't want a free vasectomy from the panel shop fraternity. Silicon is a painter's nightmare.
Jose , coming on nicely . Did you fill in that cut out hole in the right inner fender . Which red you going for . Alfa have three Rosso reds at the booth I used . I changed the red on the last respray when I redid the rear arches and was much happier as the previous seemed a bit maroon . Not sure why .
By the way will you be ready for Kyalami . It's such a difficult track to try learn even after a few races there .
Weather has been pretty cold and miserable in jhb as it's rained non stop from Thurday night through to Saturday. Autobody shop has started to reprayed the car but has not finished, should be done by Wednesday. Here are some pictures of car before being resprayed.
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Engine compartment covered to avoid overspary onto the engine
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Boot lid removed to cover all areas around the boot lid.
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Donor door taken off to ensure they cover the areas where the door bolts onto the body
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GTV6 2.8 TT Race Car
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)
Kevin, now you tell me there are 3 rosso reds............ I didn't know that... well life must continue.......I asked fo alfa rosso red used on the 1985 GTV's lets see what the end results will look like
GTV6 2.8 TT Race Car
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)
Yes we only got three under Alfa which are called Rosso and the vary a huge amount . Jose I suggest you check the colour chart before they paint , otherwise you might get the colour on Domis 156 twinspark that he sold . That's what mine was like .
Guys, the color is going to be a lucky packet surprise, all I hope is that they got the correct rosso red. Here goes, here are some pics.
What rosso red code do you think it is?
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Pic 4 - closer viewer of driver side
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Pic 3 - back
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Pic 2 - passenger side of the car - bound to confuse our left hand drive owners
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Pic 1 - Driver side of car with one of the Autobody staff members
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GTV6 2.8 TT Race Car
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)
Car out of the spray booth, they'll be polishing it in the next day or so. Then they'll paint the floorboard & boot area black. The roll cage will be painted same red as the car.
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23 Apr Pic 3
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23 Apr Pic 2 - Simon just loves his work.....
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23 April pic 1
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GTV6 2.8 TT Race Car
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)