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As self tappers were not going to be the way forward into securing the spoiler and it was too late to bond any nuts on the backside of the spoiler (No access) I bought some Rubnuts. These are essentially rivnuts that just push in and secure when tightened by flexing and trapping the fibreglass...
I went over it with an orange pad yesterday and some medium cut menzerna compound and it didn't seem to do anything. Maybe put more marks into it if anything.... think it's not fully hardened?
I'll wait a week then try again. Don't want to cause damage that can't be machined out
Cheers all! Yeah, does look good when clean! Just never stays that way for long. Back is filthy again from all this pollen.
On the trophy front, how long can I wait before machine polishing? I'm guessing it could do with a wet-sand too? It has quite a lot of swirls in it already, but I know he...
I'm driving around like this for a while because lazy.
I've heard good things about the gtechniq too, I'll take a look.
Paintwork definitely is not mint but it's okay for 129k
Not this time thankfully, although her sister slammed the passenger door with the seatbelt in between. Slammed it hard enough it even shut properly but with the belt in the doorjamb, i went sick.
Paintwork isn't mint, got lots of scratches on the top of the bumper but they're difficult to remove. I've never wetsanded then machine polished the marks away before but im sure it's not too difficult if i dont go overboard.
Wish people would lift stuff out the boots instead of dragging them...
Swapped out my side repeater as it was cracked in a similar way to my rear light. Very odd, must be that age of plastic? All internal cracks, not from bumps
20180616_193553 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
Went to the petrol station and jumped on the pressure washer today to give the car a proper...
Started to get trained in the basics of Fanuc at work on a small 3 axis emco. Makes it easier when you have to easy2program software and just need to remember a few G/M codes and the cycles does the rest.
Shame it can't handle steel very well, we didn't buy the machine though so can't complain...
I most certainly don't.
I'll be measuring it up when it's on to see what the max length I can get away with is.
I'm gonna buy some rubnuts and fit those inside the spoiler I think. Can I run without a spoiler without water getting into the boot?
Besides the fact it'll look gash
It's on for it's first trial fit and it's looking good!
Bit of a pain trying to get it all lined up as it's currently catching on the roof when lifting the boot. I'll take it off again tomorrow and start over.
Couple of quick snaps. I'm happy with the colour match!
Noticed my rear light had a crack on the inside. Very strange but a quick fix with a new light!
Didn't get chance to get the spoiler on because of thunderstorms
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These are the ones you want. Genuine Alfa bags, the non genuine ones aim too low