After a long period of doing other things, I finally went and got the Citroën DS (ID20) Convertible to get it finished. The last thing I did was putting the final primer on the car. Now- the car will get a complete snad-down with P400 and then, I will spraypaint it silver metallic. First the metallic silver, and then a couple of 2K clearcoat layers.
Due to the fact that my garage is not wide enough, I will have to do the sanding and spraypainting in two phases: First the hood and left side and after that is fully cured, I will reverse the car and do the trunklid and right hand side.
Getting the car and sanding the FRONT and LEFT:
Still to do: Taking off the rear bumper because it’s in the way of sanding the body, lowering the rear windows and taking off the roof cover. And touching up a few imperfections: 1) At the bottom of the left rear fender, a piece of primer has come loose and 2) In the right door a small crack has appeared in the top coat at the position of the weld of the door’s lower repair part and 3) I made a dent myself on the edge of the right rear fender, barely visible but I’ll get that out.
I’ll spray paint the boulder catcher later, when I finish the right side. Then I will put the boulder catcher inside the car and take this part right away. I’ll do the same with a few other parts that need to be painted silver gray, including the rear light bar/ license plate holder and the front license plate holder.