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Author A great little tip for those fading arches.
Makarus
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19th Mar 03 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

May well have been said before, but I will say it again anyway.

The best way to return your arches to their former black glory is to use a heat gun. You know the kind used for paint stripping, get them from B&Q fairly cheap or borrow one off the family for less .

Basically the way to do it is this.

Clean your arches and car up
Get the heat gun nice and warm
Run the heat gun back and forth over a section of your arch, each section of about 6 inches, you will see it turning black right in front of you
When that section has been done do the bit above/below it, then move over more.
When the whole arch has been done spray some back to black onto it, leaves a nice shine to it.

Do this for every arch. Things to watch out for are the rear clusters as they are plastic and may well melt, dont get too close and touch the arch with the gun or anything because the arch actually melts slightly to return the black colour. Dont worry too much about your paint, you aint gonna melt it off, the arch will return to its black colour before it gets too hot for the paint.

Try no to leave the gun on one spot for too long, keep moving it around. The first arch I did was a bit poor but the last one was perfect. So I went back and touched the others up. Looks so much better with black instead of grey arches, and a cheap face lift for the poor car whilst it waits for colour coding.

Hope this helps everyone,
Sorry if it has been said before.
Cheers,
Sean.
mattyboy199
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19th Mar 03 at 19:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Or just colour code em
wezjax
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quote:
Originally posted by mattyboy199
Or just colour code em


agreed.
SportBoy
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19th Mar 03 at 21:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

my arches r fine ... maybe its coz i look after them
Makarus
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19th Mar 03 at 23:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Well mine were faded when i got the car, just got worse recently.

Colour coding isn't always a straight away option, so returning them to black is a much cheaper alternative.

I am colour coding in the future but as of yet I would prefer to have black arches than a manky grey.
kerzo
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20th Mar 03 at 16:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Advice for other people as well..... dont use your mums hairdryer!!

I just blew hers up there now lol!
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quote:
Originally posted by kerzo
Advice for other people as well..... dont use your mums hairdryer!!

I just blew hers up there now lol!


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kerzo
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20th Mar 03 at 17:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yeah I hope she thinks the same whenever she comes home from work!!
kenyon
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infinitycorsa
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i have no arches at the mo!!!!
kerzo
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Well she was not best pleased but I now know what to get her for mothers day!

"Every cloud has it's silver lining!!"
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They aint cheap I dont think.

Hair dryer aint hot enough, gotta be a proper heat gun.
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Yeah i gathered that it wasnt gonna be hot enough and i couldnt be arsed doing it. I think i will just stick to back to black in a can!

 
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