Goldmember!

helijohn wrote: I don't want to see a nice gold disappear.

The GOLD! It burns my eyes! Paint it Paint it Paint it......

Take a look how a friend turned gold into something way better!

charlanga wrote: Take a look how a friend turned gold into something way better!

Ooooh nice, that certainly looks just right.

Your right, it looks great. Bugger... Lol. Love the window surrounds tied to the roof rack. Ive been thinking of that for a while but with mesh.

Well here it is with its second coat folks!!!, gotta say I'm loving the way it's turned out :laugh:

Had to do the painting outside which wasn't ideal but its got a nice finish too it all the same, and it looks kinda rugged and 'off-roady' now. Sanded down with 2 coats of Nato Green 'assops' paint from eBay. Bumpers were done with matt black all surface paint from B&Q. Took about 2 full days to do it.

It's been nicknamed 'Tonks' by my nearest and dearest as the first thing she thought of when she saw it was a Tonka truck!

Next plan is a row of 4 rectangle spots along the roof and a black bull-bar when I can find/afford one.

It is turning out nicely.

I used this from b&q make the brakets smaller and fitted 2 x 10° and 2x 36° bulbs i think at 50w very bright

www.diy.com/nav/decor/lighting/outdoor-l...ht-Spike-Set-9789103

Nice job 'Whiz' very tidy ...................

Markyp, I like the look of those actually! - do you have any pics with these on?

You mentioned the bulbs but I'm not sure what you mean with the 2 x 10/36?

Also, did you wire these up to main beam or to a switch?

Cheers

10° and 30° degrees the angle the beem is set at as in spot and flood i wired them up using a fog light switch and 2 relays with a live wire to each bulb

Paint has come out lovely very impressive, looks a whole load better IMO, something a little more unusual aswell.

Out and about in the local woods today, don't have much opportunity to off-road out my way but it was nice to get Tonks into an environment he could blend into in a way he never could when he was gold! :laugh: