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Author The heatgun trick works :O with pics ..
little_duke
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what do you lot think i should do next??

im thinking either low profile tyres and gsi reps

or smoked headlights and tints
little_duke
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
quote:
Originally posted by corsa_sri_mark

Skinny kid shouldn't wear a pink shirt though. It does him no favours


thats me ,i aint skinny,just atheletic build


haha Mark Came out very well though, ill show you how to mod a silver corsa


hope so mate

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/3792/dscn0929.jpg
Rob B
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by corsa_sri_mark
what do you lot think i should do next??

im thinking either low profile tyres and gsi reps

or smoked headlights and tints


Lower profile tyres next mate and we'll repspray the wheels !
Wonderboy
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That looks really nice
pdwhelan
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Good job mate i think im going to try this in the next few weeks. was it a dodgy process or relatively easy?
Rob B
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Easy process, just keep some water handy, and dont hold it one place to long or it will start to warp
pdwhelan
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks for the advice.. mine are not too bad right now actualy so wont be as much improvment as your mates but its obvious it works very well
Wonderboy
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Yea i guess heat gun is best for extreams like that when the black has actually faded to white, otherwise Auto Glym bumper care works fine
abdus
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3rd Feb 07 at 19:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that looks very good....will give it a go

any tips on how to do it?
abdus
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
Easy process, just keep some water handy, and dont hold it one place to long or it will start to warp


why the water?
Kano
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3rd Feb 07 at 20:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Very dodgy way of getting the colour back if you ask me.. It takes a lot of heat to get them black, wouldn't be me doing it..
JayT
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can it melt the laquer on the car its self when going round the top edges of the arches, thats what id be scared of!
pdwhelan
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quote:
Originally posted by abdus
quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
Easy process, just keep some water handy, and dont hold it one place to long or it will start to warp


why the water?


incase he gets thirsty!
LAMM13
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4th Feb 07 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
v nice, think i'll be doing that at my work next week.

rob whats happend to your CF bonnet?
Rob B
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4th Feb 07 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Kano
Very dodgy way of getting the colour back if you ask me.. It takes a lot of heat to get them black, wouldn't be me doing it..


How is it dodgy ?, if your careful about it there is nothing dodgy there at all Have you ever tried it yourself ?

The water was just to tip over it to cool it down after we had done each part just for safety like.


My carbon bonnet i sold because i prefer the gold one .
Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by JayT
can it melt the laquer on the car its self when going round the top edges of the arches, thats what id be scared of!


No, just be careful as i said, keep some water handy, we didnt melt anything ...
csweatherston
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4th Feb 07 at 14:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to get it hot enough to bring the black back it melts the top layer........it may be good on badly faded arches, but it will warm them.. i found out the hard way
Rob B
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4th Feb 07 at 14:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Didnt warp these at all.

We went round the whole car twice though, so we were never just heating one area at once.
Anthony
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4th Feb 07 at 14:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
after seeing how well this is come out, im gonna have a bash at it later... so u just put a bit of water on there first?...

looks good
Kano
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Originally posted by Rob B
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Originally posted by Kano
Very dodgy way of getting the colour back if you ask me.. It takes a lot of heat to get them black, wouldn't be me doing it..


How is it dodgy ?, if your careful about it there is nothing dodgy there at all Have you ever tried it yourself ?

The water was just to tip over it to cool it down after we had done each part just for safety like.


My carbon bonnet i sold because i prefer the gold one .


Yup ive tried it on my mates arches when they were like that.. didnt like the way it was taking so much heat.. I usually just warm the arches and back to black, gives a really good finish..
Rob B
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Yeah water first jonesy then a bit after to be safe, well as you can see from the pictures, we used no back to black and they came up like that so...
chrisj_88
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doesn't it scorch the paint around the trim? i reli want to do the old heat gun trick with my trim but im scared lol
little_duke
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4th Feb 07 at 19:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Wonderboy
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Originally posted by corsa_sri_mark

Skinny kid shouldn't wear a pink shirt though. It does him no favours


thats me ,i aint skinny,just atheletic build


I'm guessing thats your corsa then ?

yep and a bargain one aswell
pdwhelan
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I sopose you could take extra care on the bumpers and take the wheel arch trims off to be safe. or go to the scrappy and get spare ones just incase you mess them up
little_duke
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Originally posted by pdwhelan
I sopose you could take extra care on the bumpers and take the wheel arch trims off to be safe. or go to the scrappy and get spare ones just incase you mess them up

yeah you could do i suppose but considering this was mine and robs 1st attempt,it come out brilliant.

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