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Pop
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hey...

I've tried searching for this but not come up with much really

... I've found a cheap full second dash for my 206 and was thinking of smoothing it and getting it painted.

... this would be a project over winter. do you think it's too much for an amateur or should i just jump in feet first and try it?

... any help with what i need to use and in waht order would be much appreciated?

thanks
tim
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
TBH iev only ever seen 1 dash thats been done 100% perfect, and im pretty sure the guy that did it said he would never do one again

lot of time and effort involved
drax
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I cant remember if a 206 dash has the orange peel effect im assuming thats what u wanna smoooth?

I think it could be done but you'd need about £75s worth of high build primer to layer it all up
Gregor
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go for it,

Only one way of finding out mate
Adge
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine is perfectly smooth i wud say! but as Jr said, i wud never do it again!
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jr
TBH iev only ever seen 1 dash thats been done 100% perfect, and im pretty sure the guy that did it said he would never do one again

lot of time and effort involved


What you talking about?
pedals
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Give it a shot tim!
jamesw
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
primer filler and sandpaper

[Edited on 23-11-2005 by jamesw]
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mate has not done anything like this before but took his dash out using the haynes manual, used a small compresser and tin of filler primer, had it smooth in a day and handed it over to the bodyshop to spray for £30, looks spot on
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'm thinking it's gonna take me a few months ... not a day!! ... want to het it as good as i can really

think i'll start with a small piece of dash then get more confident and move onto larger areas of the dash
loo_goblin
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get ur self an DA sander
Jake
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23rd Nov 05 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh. Fuck sanding a dash by hand

 
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