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Author My first car - Cleaning wheel hubs and calipers
antscorsa
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22nd Jan 07 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
trust me i sprayed all my old arches skirts with cans from halfords and you need laquer!!!!!!!
is dull as fuck without!!!!
Ant
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22nd Jan 07 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
YOU DONT USE LACQUER ON FLAME RED




on mine I have painted drivers door skirts arches front bumper, no lacquer used if its dull it needs to be wet flat and polished



dont look that dull to me

[Edited on 22-01-2007 by Ant]
antscorsa
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22nd Jan 07 at 15:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well for me it came out about 10 times better using laquer
Craig A
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22nd Jan 07 at 15:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah me 2 i used laquer when i painted mine and they came out so much better than just leaving them. i would advise people to you the laquer.
Ant
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so many expertsputting lacquer on a flat colour that aint supposed to have it(see chart above) to try and cover the poor paint job and make it shine is a bodge.
Wonderboy
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22nd Jan 07 at 17:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks for that Ant, people are still going to say it needs laqure though I guess you seen what happened today...
Ant
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22nd Jan 07 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah think it may be bodyshop time now anyway, and as iv said before I really dont know how to get through to them its the finishing that will make it shiney not a lacquer which I have clearly proved you dont need.
M2RTY
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22nd Jan 07 at 18:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep thread is in general chat somewhere
Adam-D
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22nd Jan 07 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
on non metallic paint, i just flatted it t-cut and polish, came out fine
Wonderboy
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I fitted my front arches today. The car looks better Had to take the wheels off and jack the car up, then take the inner arches off. I got to use my axle stands which i bought from Halfords

Next up is to spray the back arches, they should be easier to remove and fit because there is no inner wheel arch.

I'm waiting for the arrival of the debadged grill as well now. I'll get some pics up tomorrow
Wonderboy
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1st Feb 07 at 17:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hopefully the grill will come tomorrow. I put the front arches back on yestarday and gave her a wash today. Here are some pics:




Crap photo but shows the scratch that i made



As you can see back arches need to come off at some point and be painted.

So as i said, hopefully the grill will come tomorrow and i can fit that.

[Edited on 01-02-2007 by Wonderboy]
ChrisBoom
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1st Feb 07 at 17:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IMO, i would save your cash up and paint the arches & bumper tops matt black, the colour coding doesnt seem to suit it for some reason

Nice project base though, should have fun, and learn a lot working on it
Wonderboy
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1st Feb 07 at 17:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yup, indeed. Taking the bumpers off and arches, inner arches wheels atc... has been fun

I would love a set of black gsi wheel for it, but don't want to pay alot

The colour coding actually looks ok for using cans, just wish i had spent more time sanding the bumpers.
ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Wonderboy
Yup, indeed. Taking the bumpers off and arches, inner arches wheels atc... has been fun

I would love a set of black gsi wheel for it, but don't want to pay alot

The colour coding actually looks ok for using cans, just wish i had spent more time sanding the bumpers.


Haha, just wait till something goes wrong mechanically (Hopefully not ), you get loads of experience then..

Go to a scrappy, keep an eye out for them, astra 6 Spoke wheels look good (Dont know what astra they are on, pic, google
deano87
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1st Feb 07 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking good Wonderboy - where did you order your grill from? Mine was really prompt from eBay!
Wonderboy
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1st Feb 07 at 18:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Same place you got yours matey. Think it was Monday i ordered it.

Doubt there would be any gsi alloys at the scrappy.

Deano, do you think putting 15" alloys on would effect the driving in anyway ? You know with all that power we have...
deano87
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haha ok mine wasn't that slow, may be contact them asking if it was despatched?

I don't think 15's would make much difference, especially if you don't do a lot of motorway driving. I'd go 16's (i.e. Irmschers max!). I have been told they do do 13" Irmschers, so we wouldn't lose any speed
Wonderboy
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1st Feb 07 at 18:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
15" is the max i would go, i travel about 15-20 miles ish each way to college for three days a week. Shouldn't make much of a difference.
deano87
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Naaa I think you'd be all right. You'll just have to leave earlier but going slowly will save petrol
Wonderboy
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1st Feb 07 at 19:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's slow enough as it is
12vMatt
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1st Feb 07 at 19:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive changed the 13" steelies with 14" sport alloys and havent noticed any change in handling.
i dont think changing to 15s would make that much of a handling difference
deano87
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1st Feb 07 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 12vMatt
ive changed the 13" steelies with 14" sport alloys and havent noticed any change in handling.
i dont think changing to 15s would make that much of a handling difference

pics of said alloys?
Wonderboy
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2nd Feb 07 at 13:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dam, the grill didn't come today
deano87
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2nd Feb 07 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine came in a Royal Mail van, not with the post man in the morning, even though it wasn't recorded delivery!
Wonderboy
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Hmmm, just phoned up my step dad (i'm at my dads house atm) He said the last email he got from them was:

Thank you for your order, we will email you when it has been dispatched.

He hasn't had an email since. I'll email them tomorrow and ask them about it.

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