Fauxre Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Glad to hear your reg/license adventure (ordeal) is over. I'm expecting progress pics to be posted soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxre Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hi Dan Any progress pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 I took the body work as far as I could and dropped it off for paint six weeks ago. The plan was four weeks in the shop while I was travelling for work, but the schedule slipped. I hope to pick it up by the end of this week. The shop agreed to create new rocker panels to blend the front and rear fenders, and to clean up my tail light pods. They also will be etching and painting black all the polished trim and door handles. I negotiated colors with the missus and we agreed on Ferrari Pozzi Blue. I wanted to downplay the Ferrari connection, but that is one sweet color. Near black in low light and shifting shades of blue in sunlight, which should look good with blacked out trim. If the shop does not finish up as planned I will be al least doing a progress inspection and grabbing photos at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) I've made a couple trips to check progress. The first was not picture worthy but today's was. I am still a week away from picking it up, and I suspect I will need at least one more visit to check the small parts to confirm all the polished bits get painted black. I asked them to build up the rockers to blend the tub, door skins and the cheek panels, which I think they nailed: I went over the spoiler and tub looking for seams and uneven transitions, and was pleased I could not tell where metal meet glass... Edited October 2, 2014 by Dan_Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Looking good Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauxre Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamo3 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Nice progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 After a couple weeks of 'it will be ready tomorrow', she finally came home. I had hoped to take delivery on Saturday to make the BBQ on Sunday, but that did not happen. It was finally ready yesterday, and I only found a couple minor tweaks that they agreed to tackle at a later date. Sadly they had left the lights on at some point and my 2 year old red top would not take a charge. So I asked them to address the small items and try an overnight charge. The charge failed, and the O'Reillys next door could not find the warranty when I called and when the paint guy tried to swap it. Luckily they did find it when I took the battery in, so I could actually use the car when I got home. Sadly I lost the light by time I got home, so these poorly light garage shots are the best I can do for now- All exposed trim was painted matte black While happy with how most of it looks, I loved how the LeMans cap turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamo3 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice color choice, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm looking forward to more pictures. I LOVE that blue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 A few more shots with natural lighting- Now for some boost tuning and hunting for a pair of Varstoen 17X9.5 0 offset for the rear, since the 16X8 wheels are tiny in the rear arches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac1973 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 After a couple weeks of 'it will be ready tomorrow', she finally came home. I had hoped to take delivery on Saturday to make the BBQ on Sunday, but that did not happen. It was finally ready yesterday, and I only found a couple minor tweaks that they agreed to tackle at a later date. Sadly they had left the lights on at some point and my 2 year old red top would not take a charge. So I asked them to address the small items and try an overnight charge. The charge failed, and the O'Reillys next door could not find the warranty when I called and when the paint guy tried to swap it. Luckily they did find it when I took the battery in, so I could actually use the car when I got home. Sadly I lost the light by time I got home, so these poorly light garage shots are the best I can do for now- 34-finished-nose.jpg 35-finished-filler.jpg All exposed trim was painted matte black While happy with how most of it looks, I loved how the LeMans cap turned out. What type of mirrors are you using on your Vella Rossa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo250gto Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Dan, Great work and looking good. You have a lot more patience than I have got. It's good to see another car with the rear side windows left in. It does give better vision and I think it suits the lines of the car. Call it an optical allusion, but I think it makes the car look longer and leaner than having the fibreglass covering the side window. I did mine back in 2004. Keep up the good work. Regards David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 The mirrors are Miata manual units. The looked fairly good with the original body lines and quite good on the VR. I mounted them about an inch too far forward and did not catch that until after all body work and paint was done. That does not impact the drivers but made the passenger side have limited usable range. I would not hesitate to install them again, especially if I could find a new pair at a good price. I daily drive it and could not tolerate losing any visibility, so keeping the windows was a purely practical decision, but I do like the way it looks with the blacked out window frames. I catch people staring at it several times a week, usually with appreciating nods, thumbs-up and a lot of 'what the heck is that?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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