Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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fancy having a go at colour coding my arches/tops of bumpers as i think will make it look much better. but what materials do i need?
obvious one being paint but wat primer's, wet and dry do i need?
also, do i need to laquer black (corsa sxi 99 v-plate). apparently its sapphire black but not sure.
also, how do i go about removing the arches as i think they are held in by self tapping screws or something like that so would i need to by new ones.
any help is greatly appreciated. many thanks.
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Will_Sport
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Registered: 28th Jun 04
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arches bolted in, bumpers are piss easy to remove cos just held in with some screws in retainy type things (don't need replacing)
go to halfords, they have all the different variations of vauxhall black (midnight metallic, sapphire etc) and seperate laccuer for reference.
you using a spray gun or rattle cans?
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Toby
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for that black it says you dont need laquer but i would use it anyway
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Ben G
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rattle cans, got a decent finish from it before when i bought the paint from a shop which is not halfords 
didn't use laquer (sp)? but all i had to do was t-0cut the surface as it came out dull but then after t-cutting the colour came out.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Do it ben will look  But take your time with it, don't want another corsa to look chavd up with paint flaking off round our way  I might try and spray the ones I'm taking off mine 
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Ben G
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yeah will definitely take my time. will i be able to drive around without arches on though or will i look like a pikey 
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Fro
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It will look ghey but I'm driving around like this at the mo
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Don't use sand paper to rub down first, heard nasty things with that.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Don't use sand paper to rub down first, heard nasty things with that.
using wet and dry  and fro that looks...umm...ok
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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Need to get the skirts on this weekend back arches look like they shrunk in the wash otherwise
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