Working on the door

So I finally started working on the driver door, after stripping it all down, there wasn't too much to do. the previous owner did some welding on the two lower corners of the door, but the welding was pretty bad, so I had to redo some of the welding.

Dunno when Andy did this, but he got a pic of me welding. After the welding and grinding was done, had to do a little bit of filler work. the center section of the door had a few bumps, probably from door dings, so a skim coat went over that.

Some new pics of andys ride, the tops of the doors were done, but the gaps were a bit off, so he's gone and cut them down again to readjust.

Both doors were done...but again, the gaps were a bit off, last night he went and took off the drip rails.

Back View of the cab, oh the center of the roof was cut out and braced, looks like he's going with some kinda opening roof.

More of Shiges Photoshop

I've nailed down the body color finally, 2008 Lexus Opaline Pearl, but I can't decide on the flash.
Above is with Aston Martin Racing Green...which kinda looks muddy in the photoshop so maybe green won't be a good idea.

Above is with a BMW Gold, I think it's off the new BMW's paint code: #376. It looks really subtle, I'm not sure if I want the flash loud or suttle...man I can't decide.

So...over the weekend..

Over the weekend, I was able to work on the front end a little more, It still needs some massaging to get it perfect. Gotta guide coat it once more and do some more sanding of the filler. But before that, I picked up a Sylvania 7" round HID kit for the Cortina. No longer will I be driving in the Dark!!

Sanded most of the old filler off, had some pinholes here and there, so I layed out a thin coat of polyester glaze to fill in the pinholes.

Same on the fender, although some high spots came out from the welded piece that went on the fender, so I had to hammer those back and redo the filler work. Hopefully I remember to bring my camera to class and take better pix.

More to come on the weekend.