Project : Improving her Ar$e-End appearance . . . .

[Roadkill]

The Eldo's ar$e-end, of course.

BEFORE : (taken yesterday)

Flexible rubber that surrounds the bumper is now not so flexible.

People genrally mistake this for rust, which irritates me.



MID-WAY : (taken yesterday)

The old crusty rubber was very carefully dug out and a layer of fibreglass layed down to provide the bed for the new rolled pieces of steel (which I made and prepped the day before).
A little 'glass was added to strengthen the ends near the plate as these areas were literally falling to pieces.



The next job is to sand back the 'glass a little and add a smear of filler here and there, sand again and primer . . . . .

Depending how the weather goes I hope to get that done this weekend.



It won't be perfect but it will be a hell of a lot better . . .

[55starchief]

Looks no end better mate

[Roadkill]

Luckily I had some grey primer in the garage (that Sammy brought when I did her mirrors) and it happens to be a fairly close match to the grey of the car.

The steel was free and the fibreglass was old stuff left over from the Duster that's been in my garage for a couple of years.

So.  Net cost : ZERO !

I even did it during work time so was basically paid for doing it !

[FUBAR]

That looks loads better

[F Body]

That's a big improvement

[ianjpage]

as said yesterday mate - looks soooo much better!!

[Titsy]

Quoting: Roadkill

it happens to be a fairly close match to the grey of the car.

Err... The Eldo is blue....

[55starchief]

Quoting: Titsy

Err... The Eldo is blue...

looks a blue grey to me, battle ship grey actualy

[Titsy]

Quoting: 55starchief

battle ship grey actualy

You're having a laugh right...?

[philoldsmobile]

def blue...

[Jo]

Def blue, but looks so much better

[Gator]

cheap and looks good top work that man

[art b]

well done .....

maybe the grey primer was the same blue as the grey car....

[FUBAR]

Quoting: art b

maybe the grey primer was the same blue as the grey car....

[Titsy]

Quoting: art b

maybe the grey primer was the same blue as the grey car....

[Roadkill]

That's not blue.  It does look darker now it's been T-Cutted, I must admit . . . . But it still looks grey to me.

[Roadkill]

Quoting: 55starchief

looks a blue grey to me, battle ship grey actualy

Quoting: Titsy

You're having a laugh right...?

Noun
battleship grey

(color) a medium grey colour tinted with blue, like that of a battleship.
battleship grey colour:    


Adjective
battleship grey

(color) of a medium grey colour tinted with blue, like that of a battleship.

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[Roadkill]

Both Samantha and PhilO confirm - THE ELDO IS GREY WITH A HINT OF BLUE.

[55starchief]

Quoting: Roadkill

Both Samantha and PhilO confirm - THE ELDO IS GREY WITH A HINT OF BLUE.

well i checked the pictures and the color contains an average of 46% blue which would make it a grey

[Rob]

Quoting: 55starchief

well i checked the pictures and the color contains an average of 46% blue which would make it a grey

That would be the block paving then.........

[FUBAR]

I can't believe we're having this discussion this in depth... but anyway, here's what my PC says about the colour from the verticle boot section in the 1st pic...



Whilst the blue count is high, the saturation is alto quite low, so basically its nestled right in the middle and nobody's right!!!

[55starchief]

Well my color meter says that the coloe ryan has selected is the following on the RGB scale

R% 23.2
G%34.1
B%48.7

[FUBAR]

In the Grey - Blue scale the saturation is less than 50% thats more what I was looking at TBH

[Roadkill]

Regardless what the picture looks like - The Eldo's F*cking Grey !!!

[55starchief]

Quoting: Roadkill

Regardless what the picture looks like - The Eldo's F*cking Grey !!!

Yup, infact i would put money on the fact it was painted with an industrial paint as that doesnt look like auto paint to me