Firefly Speedshop - Northwest - Tuning, Paint and Resto.

So bit of an update.

We have a 2003 Skyline 350GT in for a medium repair. Collected a bonnet for it this week so the repair has been started!.. Yea! Got some big plans for this as it one of our cars.. complete colour change, #big single turbo conversion, tasty wheels etc. Should be good.

ALSO.. Finally some movement on the body of the Subaru Pickup.

Were getting the replacement arches in and all welded up! The last couple of months have been spent sorting the underneath, on and off, but its heading towards the complete respray

Heres a little update on our banded Steelies for our K10 Micra.













Weve had a 2'' band fitted on some 5.5'' VW wheels, this obviously gives us a Nice 7.5'' which gives us a nice stretch for a 165 or 175 profile.

The banding process leaves a 'line or groove' on the dish of the rim which can be seen.

This can be left or filled, but obviously here at Firely we smooth everything and choose some tasty colors!!..

Heres a breakdown of the process.

-Size decided upon and donor wheels found.

-wheels banded

-pressure tested to check welds for pinhole leaks

-165-60-13 tyres fitted ( this process can come after blasting ) ( We ended up fitting these ourselves as some tyre fitters are unsure about such a stretch )

-Sandblasted inside and out

-Zinc Primed and imperfections filled, smoothed, refurbed,

-Basecoat in 'super chrome' Silver

-Candy Apple Red clears in layers to build up color

-Clear coat over the top


Were going for Full Candy on these, including some smooth centre caps that cover the nuts.

... I initially thought of a black centre, which I might still go with.

I have some plastic VW 4 bolt centre caps you can have if you want.
I will drop them off next time I'm passing.

Oops, double post.

Where abouts are you?
Post code would be good so i can find you.
Ive a set of 15" ronal minilites that need a rub and spray.
Ta
Chris

You have PM mate.

So we had a Really busy weekend over at Firefly.

350z, V35 Skyline, Golf GTI Turbo, Impreza 2door TypeR, 200sx, Forester STI.. all in for bits in one day!

.. plus the usual current work.

TypeR Impreza in for some rust repair and paintwork.

Boring Ford Fusion in for some paint and finishing off of a repair a customer did himself. ( swapping in damaged panels. )

Repaint of some panels on a Ford Fusion.

Came out nice.. For a cheap 'no blend' job the paint match was quite nice!

Hi kristian
Try here: www.cfsnet.co.uk/
Not based near you but they do mail order.
HTH
Dermot.