JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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the lad that had my corsa before me painted the grey wheel arches black, but made a right bodge job of it! ive sanded the black paint off and smoothened it all, but now i want to paint them silver the match the bodywork colour! anyone know what paint to use and how to apply it! also where could i get it from! cheers for any help!
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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(maindealer) vaux spraycans........1 for mine (black) cost £2.46 lol
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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lol where do i go to buy one of them then
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
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anyone know if i can go to say B&Q or halfords to buy what i need? someone else must have done this before surely!
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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i got some 80 grit and 400 grit wet and dry sanded down cleaned with white spirit, left it for a day primed it, re sanded anybits missed, re primed, left for a day, sprayed a couple of coats, left for 2days and the laqued it, bought everything from halford ecxcept paint cos its 5.25 for a 300ml can not cheap
[Edited on 21-08-2006 by CorsaB4ever]
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
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any cheaper and easier ways to do it!
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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Cheaper, probably not.
Easier, take it to a bodyshop.
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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nah i think it would be easier to do it myself personaly, i dont know any body shops near me! by the way i managed to get my rear arches off, theres like 6 bolts, but on the front arches i can only feel 2! how do they come off?
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j_man
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Registered: 12th Aug 06
Location: Woolston, Cheshire
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scotch brite them with a red scothe brite
loads of high build primer
leave for a day or 2
flat with 800's , then paint using a straight gloss
leave for a few days , polish and re-fit
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