Paint is coming along. Painty bro has full time job, kids etc. So, will take some more time.
Fenders painted, they look great. The match is decent, fitment on the fibreglass fenders is to be expected not perfect. Split the gaps everywhere and it looks good enough.. better than what was there.
As I got this car from a guy who bought it from auction in the US as export only, due to being imported illegally to the states 5-6 years ago I am suspecting that it came in separate containers then was assembled here then sat and didn't move for years in a garage. It would explain a lot, like doors being out of wack, fasteners missing everywhere, weird random tools stuck places, paint pen "evo 3" writing on everything blah blah.
The doors were almost 1/8" out of alignment, the drivers door was catching on the front fender, and that fender was missing the fastener at the bottom. The door was definitely contacting the front fender, so might have bent the door out. The mould might not have been perfect on the fender as well, etc. The front crash support, rear, all the panels, nothing has been hit / bent / repaired, that is all original... it is also possible that the manufacturing process just wasn't as precise in 1995 and likely is a combination of many things, largely just fibreglass doing what fiberglass do. As well as using the stock front bumper, which pulls in the corners of the fender as the Truth bumper is supposed to be used but I don't like it as much as stock evo 3 bumper.
Gaps as good as they will be, match looks great for the doors (makes sense as the mix was done scanning the fuel door and using the paint code), not as good for the bumper but still good enough. Lip turned out great.
Polishing the paint and then using a glossy ceramic coat I think will help the match also. Maybe 10secdream will just go pick up the car for me and detail it
This also shows the length of the pull in the rear. That rear lip is the stock arch peeled outwards and really breaks my heart. Really that is the reason the car isn't just going back to stock for a while.