MattBlackMinibus - Progress Report

[Muttley]

Me likey

[MattBlackMinibus]

Well, it doesn't look naff, let's put it that way - looks like you've done so much work that you'll be finished before we've finished Delilah! lol never thought of maybe painting the wheels white or something to make them stand out - but keep black centres? Just a thought

A colour other than black or chrome You're a sick woman
As for finishing it ... Never

Sound system upgrade overdue,
Bodywork overdue,
Turbo conversion one day

[transitandy]

mmm nice sort of breaks up all that black

[MattBlackMinibus]

Breaking News...

Despite all my rantings about no colours allowed,
I'm thinking I'm gonna paint it soon ... with colour

[scottscotland]

i have done my black transit ,i have also got black and chrome wheels rings .(its a mk6 twinside doors and back hatch factory painted black but needs a respray and a good wash.)still dont know if i like them or not.

[Terry]

Hi Paul
You are allowed to change your mind, unless you know Frederick Lanchester who said.

'My board of directors change their minds too often, but if I had minds like theirs, I would change them as often as I could too'.

Have fun
Terry

[AlanN]

brown

[Muttley]

How about Satin black, sort of break yourself in slowly

[MattBlackMinibus]

I'm thinking Re***lt Espace F1 paint scheme like below,
but in Matt Black n Beige Primer.



Gloss black roof and wheels,
and a few more subtle body mods.

[MattBlackMinibus]

Big thanks AlanN for the donor bonnet to play with - Top Man

[AlanN]

I like that paint job go for it

Thanks for lending me the quads Paul, Ive had a quick look at them and the brain is ticking so I think Ill have them

[MattBlackMinibus]

No worries mate. Nice one.
Can't wait to see your face-lift

[vanimal]

Hi, nice work m8 is there any chance you know what the new wheel nuts you got came off? save me serching mabe they came off a "mut" cos they sure look the muts nuts thanks m8.

[MattBlackMinibus]

Hi, nice work m8 is there any chance you know what the new wheel nuts you got came off? save me serching mabe they came off a "mut" cos they sure look the muts nuts thanks m8.

They're Escort/Mondeo/Transit fitment.
There's a seller on ebay who does sets cheap, which is where I got these.
They are sets of 16 or 20, with lockers or without.
But the chrome now looks crap cos I haven't looked after them

[MattBlackMinibus]

Dedicated today to building a new sub box as I recently bought a second sub.
Went out this morning to the timber yard to get the MDF, but it's a bank holiday, they're closed DOH

Knew I wouldn't get another chance to build it before TransitMania,
so dug out some old scraps of ply.
Not ideal, not as acoustically dead as MDF, way too thin, and covered in plaster
but hey, a bad box is better than no box.

Here's the finished article -


With mis-matched subs, and a scrappy box, don't expect much of a result from me this year
Still, it'll be fun none-the-less