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Jan 25, 2009 18:21:31 GMT
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Had a little bump the other day, lets just say I ran out of talent on a greasy roundabout and bumped into a nice old chap who I slipped £150 for the damage to his car, turned out he wanted a bit of help in the garden offered me a few days work during the summer (I am a gardener anyway)  I peeled off the stickers on the replacement door and the laquer came off the paint... I took off all the lower trim too. Also, no mudflaps.   I have a lot of careful scraping and use of brake cleaner to get the rest of the old tape off, unless someone knows an easier way...? Then I will paint the sills silver for now until I get round to fixing all the bits of rust, hiding the exhaust and repainting the bottom half. Not bad from 50 feet  hmmm       |
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1985 Bedford CF2 camper 1991 Volvo 240 Turbo |
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Jan 25, 2009 18:24:44 GMT
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smart 240!
I just use lots of Elbom grease and Cutting paste for stickers and residue
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Jan 25, 2009 18:26:52 GMT
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Much better mate, have done the same with mine.. glad to see I'm not the only one who can stack a 240!
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Daily: Spazda Mx5
'A52's Fastest steak eater 2010'
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Jan 25, 2009 18:33:18 GMT
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I was very lucky he was not of a vindictive nature, the accident happened near my very house and we pulled off the main road round the corner and onto my drive and I offered him a cup of tea while we exchanged details.
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1985 Bedford CF2 camper 1991 Volvo 240 Turbo |
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Jan 25, 2009 20:26:07 GMT
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removing the sticer sticky bit - back when i was a valeter for ford too many moons ago, used some stuff to remove the residue but cant remember what it was called DOH!!!
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Jan 25, 2009 20:33:30 GMT
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there is an office product made to get stick stuff off, it doesn't damage paint apparently  I've never used it but apparently it works well.. try some office suply stored or something credit to 'chrisradioman' for the photo |
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I wanna go to HEAVEN for the weather, HELL for the company  |
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Jan 25, 2009 21:03:37 GMT
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Lighter fuel is pretty much the same thing but cheaper and available in your local corner shop!
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1976 Suzuki GT550 Celica RA28...Gone  |
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Jan 26, 2009 12:45:44 GMT
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I managed to borrow a toffee wheel off a friend who runs a bodyshop. It made light work of the adhesive and even some of the paint I have put on there in the past was taken off to show the original stuff underneath. I gave it a quick coat of silver Hammerite (not a bad match), painted the butt cheeks black as suggested and painted the exhaust black so you cant see it as much.  I want to paint the bottom half a darker silver like the pic below, just not sure on the tone yet.  You can see the where the laquer has peeled, I now notice the door has been resprayed before and new decals applied.   The drivers door looks dented at the bottom/front but it's the where the paint has faded.   So, now I can relax a bit about the car and enjoy it, not likely! the clutch is slipping more and more, it will need swapping for a turbo clutch soon. |
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Last Edit: Jan 26, 2009 12:47:45 GMT by suterman
1985 Bedford CF2 camper 1991 Volvo 240 Turbo |
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