Ray Quayle
CCCUK Member
I was thinking the same thing!
Painting my C4
- Thread starter Steven Smith
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Steven Smith
CCCUK Member
Thank you, it was a lot of hard work and still a lot more to do but it's getting there.
It was nice not to have the worst paint at a car show for once.
Andrew
CCCUK Member
Was your process like this?
600 dry → panel wipe → Mipa ×2 → cure → 2000 wet → 3000 wet → G360 wool → G360 polish → Super Fine → panel wipe → ceramic.
- Sand existing paint – 600 grit, dry
- Panel wipe
- Mask up
- Panel wipe again
- Mipa paint – 2 coats
- Let paint cure
- Wet sand – 2,000 grit
- Wet sand – 3,000 grit
- Farécla G360 – wool/high-cut pad
- Farécla G360 – cutting/polishing pad
- Farécla Super Fine – finishing pad
- Panel wipe – remove polish residue
- Ceramic coating
600 dry → panel wipe → Mipa ×2 → cure → 2000 wet → 3000 wet → G360 wool → G360 polish → Super Fine → panel wipe → ceramic.
Steven Smith
CCCUK Member
Yes but panel wipe before initially sanding to remove and polish or wax so as not to sand it into the panel.
Steven Smith
CCCUK Member
Sorry for the lack of updates but the sanding and polishing has stopped.
My C4 is poorly, went out for a drive in mid September and it broke down.
Lucky I wasn't far from home and was "uphill" so managed to coast and push it home.
After a lot of fault finding I found out that the injectors were permanently on and flooding the engine, it also put fuel into the oil.
After fully testing the fuel system and the ignition system I have traced the fault to the ECM.
I think I have traced the fault to the Mosfet (like an electric switch) that turns the injectors on and off so have a new one on order and will solder it into the board when it arrives, so fingers crossed.
Typically RockAuto won't send a ECM to the UK due to the unknown Russian steel content
Interesting fact is the C4 use's a batch fire system and all 8 injectors fire together, not individually or in banks of 4.
My C4 is poorly, went out for a drive in mid September and it broke down.
Lucky I wasn't far from home and was "uphill" so managed to coast and push it home.
After a lot of fault finding I found out that the injectors were permanently on and flooding the engine, it also put fuel into the oil.
After fully testing the fuel system and the ignition system I have traced the fault to the ECM.
I think I have traced the fault to the Mosfet (like an electric switch) that turns the injectors on and off so have a new one on order and will solder it into the board when it arrives, so fingers crossed.
Typically RockAuto won't send a ECM to the UK due to the unknown Russian steel content
Interesting fact is the C4 use's a batch fire system and all 8 injectors fire together, not individually or in banks of 4.
Invetterate
CCCUK Member
Good luck with it, Steve! I am certain you will get it sortedSorry for the lack of updates but the sanding and polishing has stopped.
My C4 is poorly, went out for a drive in mid September and it broke down.
Lucky I wasn't far from home and was "uphill" so managed to coast and push it home.
After a lot of fault finding I found out that the injectors were permanently on and flooding the engine, it also put fuel into the oil.
After fully testing the fuel system and the ignition system I have traced the fault to the ECM.
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I think I have traced the fault to the Mosfet (like an electric switch) that turns the injectors on and off so have a new one on order and will solder it into the board when it arrives, so fingers crossed.
Typically RockAuto won't send a ECM to the UK due to the unknown Russian steel content
Interesting fact is the C4 use's a batch fire system and all 8 injectors fire together, not individually or in banks of 4.
Steven Smith
CCCUK Member
It would be nice but the budget doesn't allow such extravagant behaviour
