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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:06 pm 
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:09 pm 
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:09 pm 
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man I'm nervous now - def doing bobs first


hahahaha thanks greg! :P

meh - at least a bootlid is something that can be replaced easily anyways!

 

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do we have pics of the end result? like what your aiming to achieve?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:18 pm 
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hey all

looking at fitting my fairmont boot garnish this weekend - does anyone have any ideas/tips/suggestions etc on how best to do this? by the looks of it its ~4mm drill bit i'll be needing - might go get a brand spanking new one rather than use the rusty ones around home :? and yes i know - measure twice drill once! :P


All i did was used a piece of cardboard, made a templete out of that, placed the cardboard on the bootlid, maked it with a perm marker, double checked a few mesurments to make sure the marks were level and the centre was the centre of the boot lid, drilled the holes and used a very small file to get the wholes right (they make files for that reason lol), touched up the wholes with a bit of paint so they wont rust, and bolted on the garnish. All up it took about 20mins, and i was apprehensive about it myself getting the holes right but ended up being very easy..

Heres a pic straight after i put it on..

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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:58 am 
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ahhh i see, looks good, gives it a bit more class, and makes the boot lid a bit less boring :)

 

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well, it has been done! :P

greg & i are now running around with 'Fairmont' and 'Ghia' boot garnishs respectively!

all went smooth as - used the rubber backing from a spare garnish to match up where the garnish would sit, marked the holes, applied some masking tape over to stop the drill-bit slipping. thanks to greg for drilling mine, lol due to me having the shakes! :?

both sit perfectly, and look schmicko! neither of us had cameras to take pics, so s**t happens! i'm sure we'll do another one sometime soon, so we'll do some instructions then.

i'll get some before & after shots later today! :)

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:47 pm 
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hmmm chromie goodness!!!

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:34 pm 
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okies - a few pics! excuse how dirty the car is - dad decided to switch the bore-water retic on this morning :? :oops:

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just for a comparison, this is pre-garnish:

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Oooooh, garnish pretty :D
Nice job!
Wish I'd put masking tape on my boot when putting on the lip spoiler...
Let's just say that spoiler ain't coming off unless I got a new boot lined up... :P

 

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nice job, looks heaps good. Where did you get the boot garnish from?

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:19 pm 
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Heres a pic straight after i put it on..

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You heretic!

Fairmont chrome boot garnish for Fairmonts ye heathens!

 

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Worth it Fraser?
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Worth it Fraser?


without a doubt. looks really good & finishs off the boot.

 

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