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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Oct 28, 2013 22:18:48 GMT
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Found and bought some B pilar black plastic inside trim as mine were craked and deformed...
Also polished some tail lights rather easy, now looking to do the painting of the chrome edge.
Any one knows how to do that?!?!?
Fresh photos later...
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oekeur
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Oct 29, 2013 12:33:37 GMT
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Depends on the state..
If the chrome on the inside is bad, you'll have to find some way of restoring that.
If it is only that yelllow oldness, you can polish that away to get nice chrome back.
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Oct 29, 2013 13:58:07 GMT
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Depends on the state.. If the chrome on the inside is bad, you'll have to find some way of restoring that. If it is only that yelllow oldness, you can polish that away to get nice chrome back. Yeah... I've already cleaned and polished some of the tail lights covers and almost all of them the chrome look lip on the inside is rubbish. I tried to paint it with chrome paint but it looks good just on the wrong side... Later I'll put up some photos to see what I mean... |
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Oct 29, 2013 14:12:18 GMT
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just flicked thru whole build!! Looks amazing! Subscribed  What's going on with the engine? Turbo carbs? Good work mate |
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Oct 29, 2013 14:22:27 GMT
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There's a few sorts of chrome 'paint', one is the spray cans. Ok for doing light reflectors or something, not very chromey, v.cheap though. Takes forever to dry, smears until it does. I got given a bunch of cans and used them on the inside of my workshop doors... it's made my place lighter! Chrome spray system. Need a perfect gloss black finish first, then spray an extremely thin coat of "chrome", then clearcoats: before clear-  after clear-  More like stainless really (can be a useful effect itself). Pretty fragile, 2k clearcoat has nothing to grip to really (shiny "chrome") so chips easy. One day I'll try one of the industrial clearcoat finishes maybe, could be tougher. Catalysed system, bit like mirror silvering. Again a gloss black base I think, then silvering solution sprayed on, then catalyst, then clearcoats. Gives a better shine that the above. I wouldn't use this on say bumpers because of chips, but looks a good way to rescue some parts. There's shops that do this process, over here. Chrome powdercoat. Looks more like polished ally but seems durable. Dunno if there's any other chromes out there... |
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Oct 29, 2013 19:52:51 GMT
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Here it is already sanded for the filler primer...  It's look like it's a clay model.  |
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Oct 29, 2013 22:35:33 GMT
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Here it is already sanded for the filler primer... It's look like it's a clay model. Now that you tell me, it really looks like it... |
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Oct 29, 2013 22:46:45 GMT
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just flicked thru whole build!! Looks amazing! Subscribed What's going on with the engine? Turbo carbs? Good work mate Thanks... It does not look that well but it will when it's done... The engine will stay stock at least for now that's the idea since they are very hard to find and I don't like the idea of a ruined B30... |
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Oct 29, 2013 23:30:17 GMT
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So time for some piccies.... These are the tail lights that came on the car. Nice state of rubbishness...  In here they are already cleaned and polished up. On the left is a Cibbie one and on the right a Hella. Can you tell the diference?!?!?!  Here are the tools used to do the job of polishing...  Here are the ones I firstly bought of ebay, not new but way better than mine. Both are Hella's and the left one is just cleaned and the right one is cleaned and polished up.  Here the other way around...  Here all done... at least for now...   In this photo you can see that the Cibbie one is ''chrome'' free doo to the degreasser that reacted with it by removing it... Since that were shoot I thought '' Maybe with that can of chrome paint it would become nicely chromed...''' So I masked that one and gave it a coat of ''chrome''... As you can see here it looks nice...  But after I turn it over this is what I get...   Not what I was expecting... Not even close ... Now here is that center pilar trim I was talking about...   Here is the next parts to be attacked with the polishing machine after the hammer as done it's job...  Now comments are welcome... |
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Started cleaning the trim to acess the missing parts and the damage ones...
Most of it is here but some have some holes that were made to secure them in place... newbbies....
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Nov 11, 2013 22:06:42 GMT
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I can FEEL this starting to come together now.
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Currently: 1974 Beetle - Golf -
Previously: e38 735i, e34 525iSE, 1972 Beetle, 1991 Scirocco Scala, Morris Minor, 1983 Polo Breadvan, 1991 Mazda MX6
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Nov 12, 2013 13:38:21 GMT
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I can FEEL this starting to come together now. It's closer by the day but not in the near future I'm afraid.... |
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Nov 12, 2013 14:18:45 GMT
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Just pop the windows back in and drive away!
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Currently: 1974 Beetle - Golf -
Previously: e38 735i, e34 525iSE, 1972 Beetle, 1991 Scirocco Scala, Morris Minor, 1983 Polo Breadvan, 1991 Mazda MX6
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Nov 12, 2013 21:08:11 GMT
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Just pop the windows back in and drive away! When I first saw the result of the black filler primer I thought the same... |
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aws
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Just smile and wave boys. Just smile and wave.
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Thats why I choose to use that chrome system my friend provides. Since the ordinary spry doesnt gives the same appearence. You can check some of his jobs on this facebook link. Ö= www.facebook.com/#!/sdt.hroma?fref=ts |
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Nov 13, 2013 13:17:27 GMT
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Thanks...
I'll see what I can do...
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Nov 13, 2013 16:01:49 GMT
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Thats why I choose to use that chrome system my friend provides. Since the ordinary spry doesnt gives the same appearence. You can check some of his jobs on this facebook link. Ö= www.facebook.com/#!/sdt.hroma?fref=ts Shame he is not in the UK  |
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Nov 14, 2013 13:23:25 GMT
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Thats why I choose to use that chrome system my friend provides. Since the ordinary spry doesnt gives the same appearence. You can check some of his jobs on this facebook link. Ö= www.facebook.com/#!/sdt.hroma?fref=ts Shame he is not in the UK That makes 2 of us but in the near future I'll be starting to make some poly bushes and then I'll give it a go on chroming... |
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Nov 15, 2013 21:58:16 GMT
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Found and bought some more wheel trims and it's bracket and in good condition. If anyone needs 1 I got 4 for spares juust like these..  Can anyone identify what brand or on what model these front wheels can of from?!?!  |
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