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20th May 12 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers matey! next time youll be coming on track too . . . . . right?
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20th May 12 at 17:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
At Trax it will be on track

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5th Jun 12 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bit of an update of what i have been up to this weekend. Ive been prepping and spraying my gsi bumper. It still needs remasking and a bit more smoke grey paint spraying on then lacquering but its looking ok so far!



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5th Jun 12 at 15:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks good mate!! love how you've done the grill black as well

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5th Jun 12 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yer i like that, i just wanted to try and make it a bit different...... Dont think ill manage to get it on for pvs now though
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5th Jun 12 at 15:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh how come? Doesn't take long to fit

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5th Jun 12 at 15:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get that bumper on asap!! will look brilliant!!

like the progress so far, has potential this one!
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Oh and if I were you I'd cut the tabs where the tow hook goes so that it doesn't crack the paint when it goes back together. it's what I did

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A couple of sneaky deletes there Dan

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Cheers mattewR and Jed!

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Oh and if I were you I'd cut the tabs where the tow hook goes so that it doesn't crack the paint when it goes back together. it's what I did


Thanx darryl, Ok just make it into one elongated hole instead of two joined by a slit?

Cheers for all the good comments so far! ill try my best to get it on before pvs but that will be entirely weather dependant because in doing it outside!!!
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5th Jun 12 at 16:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bumper looks good,reminds me of mine.

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Cheers mattewR and Jed!

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Oh and if I were you I'd cut the tabs where the tow hook goes so that it doesn't crack the paint when it goes back together. it's what I did


Thanx darryl, Ok just make it into one elongated hole instead of two joined by a slit?

Cheers for all the good comments so far! ill try my best to get it on before pvs but that will be entirely weather dependant because in doing it outside!!!


Yeah that's what I did, makes it just slide on, not sure why they didn't do it from factory tbh

Will be good with it on mate! Make a tent out of tarps or something

Will see you sunday again anyway

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5th Jun 12 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ok ill try that. Cheers daryl! see you sunday!
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Bumpers now ready for lacquer! I need a little advice though, at this point would you now reflat it before lacquering even though the paint has a nice finish? Its just ive got the paint nice and it seems a shame to sand it again before lacquering? I have been told itll make the finished bumper much more shiny though as opposed to a matt finish? Cheers.
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6th Jun 12 at 22:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking good Cal.

If your lacquering bumper tho,that's gonna make it shiny and not go with rest of arches/skirts isn't it?

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Yer this is what i was thinking and so i dont think im going to lacquer the black just the grey bits? Ive got the black bits masked off still atm from where i have been spraying grey after the black so im thinking leave that masked and just lacquer the grey?
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It's a tough one because if you don't lacquer the black then it'll get chipped etc easily. That's what lacquer does,protects it but you don't want it shiny.

This is the reason i had all lot done gloss black so it would all match.

Irm i'd give it a try though,lacquer the grey bit on bottom and then just leave top.

Will it be done for PVS?

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Just clearcoat the grey unless your going to gloss black the rest of the arches. It won't chip of easily if it was prepped properly.
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Ok thanks alot mate im hoping so! Im not bothered about getting the fogs wired in or anything just get the bumper finished and on. Its still weather permitting. Fingers crossed!
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quote:
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Just clearcoat the grey unless your going to gloss black the rest of the arches. It won't chip of easily if it was prepped properly.


Thanks mate. This is what my first plan was but ill see what happens when im doing it. Would you sand the grey with 1200 before lacquering? We will see how well prepped it was
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Use Matt laquer on the black if you're worried, and we normally flatten the base coat before laquer but I know people do it differently

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quote:
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Use Matt laquer on the black if you're worried, and we normally flatten the base coat before laquer but I know people do it differently


Cheers darryl!!! so would you just give it a quick rub over with some 1200 before i lacquer? I think im going to lacquer everything excluding the top black strip so the black grill will be lacqured. cheers matey. ive gotta decide whether im going to build a tent to do it in . . . . . . .

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