Greg_M
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ive just got a good quote from a body shop to colour code the back plastic, but he says it wount spray very well cos it ruff.
and before you start yeah i know i could spend hours sanding it down!!!!
can you buy GSi wheel arches and bumpers in primer, or already smooth cos they are smooth when they are on the car as standard?
any help apresiated
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BeArDy
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leveler Primer
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combat_sri
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i'd also like to know something along these lines,im colour coding my mates bump strips on his vtr,we've sanded down most of the texture but i think you can get stuff called filler primer? would this be sufficent to smooth out the last of it?
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Greg_M
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any more info beardy
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-Aliba-
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high build primer is the stuff your after.
Filler primer is just a primer designed to be sprayed over body filler.......... not to act as a thicker coat.
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combat_sri
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nice one aliba,i got confused between the two
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-Aliba-
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Dont worry mate. Everyone has/does get confused over it!
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combat_sri
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oh one other thing ( sorry to steal the thread!) would i use plastic primer then high build primer or is there a high build primer available for plastics?
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Greg_M
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is there a guide somewhere?
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Kris TD
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dont use highbuild plastic primer, its crap, use plastic primer which is like a clear laquer type stuff then use hi build over the top. but you must sand the plastic first.
oh in ref to the first q, no the standard gsi doesnt have smooth bumpers, they are colour coded bobbly.
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Greg_M
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so what is best to do, try to clour code the top of the half coded bumper, or buy a new bumper that is completely black?
as the half that is coded is smooth
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Kris TD
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smooth it a bit, then plastic prime, then filler prime, flat of the filler primer, then filler primer again, then flat it then prime again etc.. until its perfectly smooth, or your happy with it, then paint with base or top coat
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Greg_M
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but itsnever gonna be the same finnish as the half that is coded tho is it. so it would be easyer to get a black bumper rite
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Mistamist
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Can you not buy an arch that is smooth to start with, rather than those dimply ones? that would be easier wouldnt it?
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Greg_M
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yeah i could but they are 32 each from vaux in primer, and aparently they are dimply aswell (as im told). and its the contrast between the top and bottom of the bumper im bothered about
i need a pro to do it for cheep!
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Greg_M
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anyone....please i need info asap
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--DAN--
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quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
Can you not buy an arch that is smooth to start with, rather than those dimply ones? that would be easier wouldnt it?
When I had my arches colour coded I had to replace a rear arch as it was cracked, I asked one of the lads at the bodyshop if he would prefer me to get a ready primed GSi arch to replace it, he said no as they are much harder to get a good finish on. He told me to get a new standard one and that he would prep it.
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--DAN--
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
anyone....please i need info asap
I've just realised your from Lincs mate, whereabouts??
[Edited on 05-12-2003 by corsa-dan]
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Greg_M
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just outside lincoln, i see your in scunny
going to lincs cruise on sat? was hoping to get my coding done before it but dont look like it!
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--DAN--
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Can't mate, my missus drove into a curb at Pizza Hut on Tuesday and cracked my front bumper, so its in the bodyshop getting sorted.
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Greg_M
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bet you were pissed!!!!!
any ideas on the paint work? or know a good body shop?
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--DAN--
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Yeah just a bit mate.
Best bodyshop around here is MSM mate, have done all the work on mine, including fitting my kit and full respray amongst other things. They are supposed to be one of the best in the country, and have prepared many feature cars.
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Greg_M
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where abouts are theymate? got a number or website for them?
i want quite allot of work doing after xmas
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--DAN--
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You won't get much better than these lads. Website appears to down at the minute, but here's the number. 01724733300. They're just outside Scunny by the way.
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