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Jamie-C

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17th May 12 at 22:36

I have some atlantis blue paint. Post your mirrors to me and I'll paint them at work

nibnob21

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17th May 12 at 23:00

Haha thanks, but no thanks. Will probably cost more sending them to Ireland and back than just taking them to the bodyshop lol.

Only reason I'm not doing them myself is because most rattle can Atlantis blue is a god awful colour match. I'm hoping the bodyshop will be much closer

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nibnob21

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18th May 12 at 11:29

Seems like it's not going to be done until Monday now

Got an exam on Tuesday morning so wanted this fitted today so it wouldn't get in the way of revision too badly.

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Darryl H

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18th May 12 at 11:33

That sucks

BTW I sent some bits to Jamie and it didn't cost much at all

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nibnob21

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18th May 12 at 11:36

quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
That sucks

BTW I sent some bits to Jamie and it didn't cost much at all

Yeah pretty annoying as they said it would be done yesterday, and if not today.

I'll bear it mind, may drop him a PM at some point.

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Darryl H

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18th May 12 at 11:39

Bodyshops for you

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nibnob21

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18th May 12 at 11:51

Can't anyone just do the job in the specified time frame eh? Grrr.

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nibnob21

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18th May 12 at 17:11

Sorted the aerial issue. Had a closer look at the instructions and realised what to do. Basically turned the whole base around 180deg and then the little adaptor that came with the spoiler screws into the base and then you screw the aerial into the adaptor. The adaptor is shaped so that the aerial won't point forward but straight up whilst also providing enough clearance so that when the boot lid is open the spoiler won't hit the aerial

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dannyboy17

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18th May 12 at 17:32

quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Haha thanks, but no thanks. Will probably cost more sending them to Ireland and back than just taking them to the bodyshop lol.

Only reason I'm not doing them myself is because most rattle can Atlantis blue is a god awful colour match. I'm hoping the bodyshop will be much closer

the rattle cans i got were spot on, it was my spraying that let it down

nibnob21

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18th May 12 at 18:02

To be honest, once you've added up the time it takes, the sand paper, primer, decent paint, lacquer...you may as well just go to a bodyshop as it doesn't cost an awful lot more and you're guaranteed to get a good quality finish.

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nibnob21

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19th May 12 at 18:05

Here's how the aerial looks now. Not the best but it's better than damaging the spoiler once it's fitted.

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Darryl H

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19th May 12 at 18:21

You might get away with it just how it was with that adapter, it's how the vectras were that had spoilers

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nibnob21

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19th May 12 at 18:26

What you mean with the base the normal way round? Hopefully.

This is how the instructions said to do it and obviously I didn't have the spoiler on me to trial it as it's at the bodyshop. Once it's fitted I'll see what the clearance is like and if it's ok I can rotate the base back round

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Darryl H

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19th May 12 at 18:54

Yeah fair enough

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Jamie-C

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19th May 12 at 18:59

quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
Bodyshops for you

Not all bodyshops are the same

nibnob21

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21st May 12 at 10:31

Got the diff plate gasket, egr valve gasket and exhaust hanging hook clips today. Very impressed with Autovaux, first time I've used them. Cheap, hassle free and very well packaged.

Diff plate gasket is literally like paper though. Thought there'd be a bit more to it than there is.

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Darryl H

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21st May 12 at 10:35

Autovaux are great

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nibnob21

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21st May 12 at 20:39

quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
Autovaux are great

Yeah really impressed with them. Ordered on Thursday last week but they had to order some of the parts in especially for me, and they still managed to get to me today!

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nibnob21

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30th May 12 at 22:01

Well, a little later than expected but I went to get my spoiler from the bodyshop today

As I was getting it for a good price (friend of a friend job) it was delayed by about a week as I obviously wasn't a priority customer, and then I was right in the middle of my Uni exams.

But I went down today and we got it fitted

Had to drill a small hole in the boot for the brake light cabling, then just sikaflexed it on. Got the brake light wired up and working. Small bit of orange peel on the spoiler but they said to pop back once the sikaflex has set and they'll polish it up for free to get a proper finish on it.

Sorry for the crappy night pics:

Really happy with it. Makes a big difference

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Darryl H

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30th May 12 at 22:03

Looks good mate

They should be able to get it looking very shiny after a polish

Still need to get my boot polished

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nibnob21

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30th May 12 at 22:27

Yeah my car really needs a polish and wax so the spoiler currently is a slightly deeper colour but once everything's been buffed up it'll all be good

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nibnob21

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1st Jun 12 at 08:48

Sorry these photos aren't much better due to an awkward parking space, but at least it's day light. You can see the orange peel in the close up, but as I said they're going to give it a polish for free to smooth it out.