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when youve painted a car and its baked off in the booth, it comes out and its wet flatted with P1500 or P2000 wetordry paper.
you wet flat out all the bits of crap, runs, orange peel, etc. most bosyshops just wetflat all thats been painted.
when its wetflatted the laquer goes dull and to bring...
in all seriousness if that was my car ide repair the bonnet, repair the wing and repair the bumper. only new part ide be buying would be the headlight second hand.
helpful bunch.
is there any holes in the back of the wing mirror basecover for self tapping screws to go into?
i had to put a set on a corsa before and the fitment was pathetic, they didnt curve properly, they was disshaped, generally just poor quality.
ended up just bonding them on with sikaflex
as said, aint *essential* to take door handles out, can be tricky getting the bars back in and getting the handles into place without scratching anything.
you can open the doors with the handles out, just pull up or push down on the bar.
same happened to mine (but non valver)
i took the entire sunroof out, dried it, cleaned it, resealed the lot. it started leaking again about a year later :(
aerosol paint silver £5-£10 dependant if you want a paticular colour or off the shelf
laquer £5
wet n dry another couple of quid.
post in the wanted section.
silver ones really will look pretty :dead:
your car though ;)
anytime.
just dont put the basecoat on wet, your just trying to cover primer and get the colour.
i held up my strips and sprayed the edges first, then lay them flat and gave them a forwards n backwards spray with the aerosol. same with the other 3, did this 3 times for 3 coats of colour.
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