Fear
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good work edward
why dont you just repaint your roof rails black? will be a good little bit of practise for ya and cost bugger all really!
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ed
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They are painted metal already and look quite slick. I was thinking they would only cost me a tenner a side at most from a scrappy. It's not like they get damaged really....
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AdamF
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yeah i warped my n/s door first time i did it. it doesnt need to be continuosly welded btw just plenty of tacks.
try and do them away from the last so hat you dont get the same piece of metal quite so hot
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ed
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Yea I leaned that the hard way  I also need to be 100% precise with my next door plate to get it fitting perfectly. I thought I would just be able to bridge small gaps with weld, but no chance...
If I get the next door right then I will think about tackling the roof...
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loo_goblin
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looking good ed
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Ojc
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Good work, you are a braver man than me.
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AdamF
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you learne from mistakes mate only way.
the roof should be ok just be careful in the centre towards the inner edge that is the weakest point of the roof.
where did you get that electric DA?
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ed
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It's a B&Q own brand. It's called 'Power' like all thier own tools. Works well for the money, it cost m £20...
I think I'll give it a go, if it does shrink a little I will have to sort it out, but so long as I only tack it on slowly I should be ok. I will have some more practice on the other door and on some left over bits of metal I have sitting about.
Should I treat the underside of the metal and roof with anything?
Do I need to take the roof liner out too?
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Graeme
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can get a decent air powered DA for around £50ish!!
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AdamF
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yes when you take it back to bear metal spray the bare metal with 'zinc weld through primer' so there is no metal showing spray the metal in this too.
dont worry about the fact youve covered the metal in paint, the primer cotains zinc so it still conducts electricity.
it just stops the bare metal underneath rusting. available in halfords btw
[Edited on 10-01-2006 by AdamF]
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AdamF
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yeah i have 2  but then you need 350+ for a half decent dcompressor to run it
[Edited on 10-01-2006 by AdamF]
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ed
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Ah I know the stuff, it's the weld primer isn't it 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Nice Progress! Have you got a Target to have the car completed by??
I'm hoping to get the car painted up in Febuary.. I want it to be ready for Max Power Live - the interior doesn't matter for top 100 as no one cares. I want everything to be done for PVS though so it's sexual. O and if that doesn't work out then Trax is the final deadline. Otherwise I will have a ritual burning of it.
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Nick A
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workmanship looks
wish i had some sort of talent to do something like this.
will u be spraying the car yourself?
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Graeme
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get sum 2k etch primer which u use under high build primer on bare metal to protect the metal!!
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ed
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Cheers 
I'm not going to be painting it myself. A friend of mine is a painter at Bodytone, he paints luxary cars for a living, he said he would do it for me, which is nice
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by C4 WLK
get sum 2k etch primer which u use under high build primer on bare metal to protect the metal!!
If I get that on the filler, will that damage the filler? It's acidic isn't it?
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Nick A
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thats a goo friend, any ideas on colour?
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ed
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TVR Racing Green, there is a picture of it in my garage (see sig or page 4 I think)...
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Nick A
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will look
keep up the good work
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mattyross
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superb work
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Graeme
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yeah dont really wanna get it on filler but if u have little bits of metal showing dont need to use it, just mainly for big parts that have been metal finished!!
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ed
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I'm thinking I might have to bare metal the car due to the thickness of the current paint job, or I could attempt to sand it back to red, or the original etch primer... If I do do it to bare metal I will have to etch primer the large bits I guess.
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richysport
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it's looking really good, i could do with gettin off my arse and doin some work to my car
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
mirrors sprayed with the glass intact then
They also stick the PCB with the LED's on them back in with Masking Tape of all things. I was thinking with thier obsession with tiger seal they would have at least used that...
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