The-Plethora Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) Around December I had an incident when my bonnet flew up (low speeds only 40 ish) and along with damaging the bonnet it also smashed the windscreen, dented the roof and caused paint damage elsewhere. Its taken some time to get all the different bits sorted from various placed but I picked up the final part today which was the bonnet which Simon (Baldy) had been working on. Pics below. (only phone camera) The paint was tricky to match as it was resprayed in a non standard colour previously but very happy with how it turned out and Simon managed to match it. The windscreen has been replaced now, dents taken out of the roof and been painted and replaced some plastic panneling. Many thanks to Simon for all his hard work, Keron for finding me a scuttle pannel and especially Colin (Chingy) who was good enough to lend me his stock black bonnet while the bonnet was away which meant I could still use the car, great club spirit. If you take away anything from reading this MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OWN CAR HAS A SAFETY BONNET CATCH! Dont take the risk. Edited March 27, 2010 by The-Plethora (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraD06 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Looking good again now mate, what colour is it? It looks like black with purple in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 It has some sort of fleck in it. Must have been complex, Si showed me the mix list of paints he put together to make it, could have been a recepie to turn base metals into gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Could you of not made ur front regie smaller..? Apart from that great job, looking good...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chingy Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 glad its all back together now, looks great. Look forward to meeting you at Japfest, cheers Chingy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Looking great, that front plate is rather large Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yeah yeah, the plate is removable but just not got round to fashioning anything else yet, one stop from the police with the old one was grief enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 If you take away anything from reading this MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OWN CAR HAS A SAFETY BONNET CATCH! Dont take the risk. This is why I'll never have another Supra with a fibreglass bonnet. Stock just makes so much more sense after seeing the FG bonnet bow to create a 3" gap between it and the wings at speed. The paintwork looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Looking good , bet your chuffed its back to normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c8sup Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Nice to see her back to normal mate, was gutted to hear about the bonnet. The colour is called Pirate Black (cant remember if its from Nissan or Honda, I thought i emailed you this but sorry if you didn't receive it). Contact Kwok form Kode Performance in kent to find out. Hope everything else is going good and that you are still enjoying her. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 That looks great mate - all i would do is get a smaller plate on the front but you already know that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee from China Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I'm getting a little confused with The-Plethora having the registration number C8SUP and Mr.Smith using the same as his username Nice car BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c8sup Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'm getting a little confused with The-Plethora having the registration number C8SUP and Mr.Smith using the same as his username Nice car BTW I sold the car to the Plethora, must change my user name, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yep Jim its all going ok. I gave up on those coolant hoses and got some Do-Luck ones, I think the internal diameter of the old one was ever so slighlty too large and I couldnt get a good fit, no leaks now though. My only immediate problems are to sort a rear brake disc, the passenger side rear caliper seemed to bind and damage the pad (didnt notice with the grunt the car has), I guess it heated the disc up to silly levels and then I must have gone through a puddle or something and the change in temprature cracked the disc, its drivable but needs doing. The exhaust is just about holding on but I have had a quote of £100 to replace the crappy mild steel section which I thought was pretty good, just skint now till pay day though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_A Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Pirates black is a Honda colour, paintwork looks superb, a ver nice looking Supra bar the bonnet IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Good to see it back to looking good. I like the bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Looks very nice just needs facelift lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The colour is called Pirate Black (cant remember if its from Nissan or Honda, that would of helped loads but we got there in the end. the formula i ended up with is very near to the honda formula. dave nice to see it back how it should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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