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its just a thick sheet of plastic a bit like the heavy duty plastic bags fridges and washers come in, cut it out so the door handle can poke thru and the window winder too, then use contact adhesive of even 100 mile an hour tape to hold it to the door inner frame
it stops the moisture/rain from getting on the door trims' wooden/cardboard backings and warping |
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oh ok, so does it cover the whole inside of the door? or just where the holes are?
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basically covers the whole area the door trims covers
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ok, thanks alot i'll have to look for somewhere to get this plastic, any recommendations?
if some panels are not dinted and dont need repairing how far do i have to rub them back before i can respray?
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u only need to rub it back a bit, just enough to see that its scuffed when u dry it off
u are only keying the paint so the primer will stick plastic sheet can be found anywhere, try appliance shops they may have some out the back from packing etc |
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ok well this morning i discovered that the window will come out with a bit of force, shortly im off to give mercedes benz my bank details, Woop Woop New job. Also on My xc today the drivers side passenger door will be getting reprimed and painted white, hope my first attempt at spraying comes up good, lol yesterday i replaced the starter motor with one off an el wagon, they bolt up perfect but wiring is different, so i had the auto electrician who wired it up for the large price of $0 ha, i went to school with him so mates rates. then it turns over like its about to take off but no spark, so out come all the plugs to see that one was crushed. after zipping down to supercheap before they close and $25 later engine fires up on first crank, Wonderful, even started this morning first go with no choke or nothing, it might have something to do with the starter motor turning over twice as fast as the ones that came factory in the xc pictures of sprayed door will follow tonight. Brad
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Well done on the engine firing up.
Don't worry too much about your first paint attempt. Just put on light coats, and wait 10mins or so before laying down the next. And if it turns out bad, it is only paint, and you can start over again quite easily. Cheers BenJ
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i painted a blue panel for my ed, and i was able to get it exactly the same colour and when i got onto the final clear coat i hadnt bleed that air tank so it had a bit of moisture which left a brown patch so now im going to rub, it back and drain the tank inbetween each coat,
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you need a water trap on your compressor to catch the moisture...
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how much and where from?
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i got mine from peps at hoxton park.. from memory it was about $80..
any auto shop that supplies painting stuff or a auto paint supplier should sell them... |
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best of luck with the build coupla mates had XC's one was a factory kermit green - not recommended - the other was a coupe he painted in Brand H permanent red (cherry red sorta) made the cover of Street & Custom way back when, but colour is personal but not that beige / sand colour pls!
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{USERNAME} wrote: best of luck with the build coupla mates had XC's one was a factory kermit green - not recommended - the other was a coupe he painted in Brand H permanent red (cheery red sorta) made the cover of Street & Custom way back when, but colour is personal but not that beige / sand colour pls! thanks man, im in the process of buying a new floor pan to replace the current one, debate, keep the bench seat and column shift auto or take out and console + floor shift in also keep the 250 x-flow or stick in a 302 or 351 and the paint is going to be white period, just cant decide if i want a pearl, glitter whatever through it lols.
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Gotta tell you when i saw the bench seat i thought how cool the old bench that's trick - no-one has a bench anymore keep it dude be a non conformist, as far as pearls go Lexus has a nice white pearl in the current range that is very nice without being too outlandish.
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{USERNAME} wrote: Gotta tell you when i saw the bench seat i thought how cool the old bench that's trick - no-one has a bench anymore keep it dude be a non conformist, as far as pearls go Lexus has a nice white pearl in the current range that is very nice without being too outlandish. I think I might keep the bench actually after ripping the bench out of my previous car. Within the next few weeks I'll get the floor pan from rare spares it's only going to costabout 300 dollars I was surprised actually
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