loz@sussexcarz.com
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Registered: 7th Oct 04
Location: East Sussex
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i have been getting my hands well and trully dirty,have done all the work myself-new mirrors and modding the existiong base plates
starting point from the front
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starting point from the bk
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place the alli mesh in position
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bridging compound applied to the bk to hold the alli mesh
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bridging compound applied
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bridging compound rubbed down
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no pic of the final filler stage,and then into the spray booth
a gun finish
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with new mirror
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also had some damage happen to the front bumper on the way up to pvshow last wk,a piece of the underside of a volvo came hurtaling towards my car on the motor way and i had no way of avoiding it.
here was the damage and how i repaired it
the damage but in the pics i have v'd out the cracks to give me a nice starting point for the repair
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bridging compound applied and rubbed down
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in filler and rubbed down
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also y i was there i thought id get rid of the awful panel gap under the drivers side headlight
how it was
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i cut the bumper and raised it about an inch,bonded ali mesh to the inside of the bumper,bridged the inch gap in the bumper with compound
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created the shape of the bumper again and smoothed with filler
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its now ready for me to spray this wkend
pics of pvshow will be up soon in ther will be updates of my wheels i resprayed and the slight colour change to my install lighting tubes
thanks 4 reading :tu
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LAMM13
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
Location: Towcester, uk
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what happened to the carbon bonnet 
your car is lush, OTT but lush
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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nice pics there mate, did u rub the plastic parts down on the mirrors before u put the fibreglass in cos otherwise there is good chance it could crack, i mad that mistake back in the day, always rub think down so they are really rough before putting fibreglass on then u get a good key!!
good work tho well done, its satisfiying when u do it yourself
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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pretty gd chance itll crack no matter how much u key it
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loz@sussexcarz.com
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Registered: 7th Oct 04
Location: East Sussex
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yeh i did isacc they r just a couple of pics i had i keyed every panel that needed fibreglass.(i work in the trade)
nothing happened to the carbon bonnet y u ask?
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LAMM13
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
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yeah my bad, just realised from another pic that, that is your carbon bonnet on there, just didnt look like it in that pic.
my bad
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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your inspiring to fix my mangled wreck of a Predator bumper
mirrors look really good - and so does the headlight gap repair - mines the same - UV really cant use fibreglass or moulds to save their lives
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loz@sussexcarz.com
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Registered: 7th Oct 04
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yeh they really r shocking the mounting plates they moulded inside the bumper dont line up to any thing anyway so i moulded the standard arch fixing to the bumper instead,i saw some more work of theres at pv and omg was it bad i would never go 2them again
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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mine didnt have any mountings - my bumper is bonded to the car - now I've got to take it off to fix it - gonna make new mounts etc
PSG is just as bad look at the lines on my back bumper - nothing follows suit
oh to finish off your bumper I might be whacking a few sets of these up soon to tidy the mesh around the towing eye - theyre milled steel with a backing plate - rivet together - you might make them out on this pic
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loz@sussexcarz.com
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Registered: 7th Oct 04
Location: East Sussex
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yeh cool m8 let me no about them ive been thinking about 1 like that 4 a while now
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