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Garth:

--- Quote from: x2dazee on April 05, 2010, 07:19:53 pm ---Hi,

What Tint spray or spray did you use for the rear lights, how many coats did you use and did you apply a clear lacquer at the end ??

Also the badge (front) what spray did you use, is it just a simple matter of a job as spraying a different colour or did you need to sand it down etc etc...
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The tint spray was this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E-TECH-LIGHT-TINTING-SPRAY-BLACK-SMOKE-LENS-TINT-NEW_W0QQitemZ350332436957QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item519170c1dd

It really only needs a couple of reasonably light coats as it's very tough. To get it glossy, you can either lacquer it, spray it evenly in the first place, or polish it up the same as you would with paint. I opted for a combination of the last two. Polishing can only really be done with a machine as it's way too tough for polishing by hand.

The badge was sanded down as you cannot paint onto the chrome without it flaking straight off. After all the chrome was removed, a couple of coats of plastic primer were used then a couple of coats of metallic paint (e.g. from dealers or halfords etc) then a few coats of lacquer ( the more the better as it will get a lot of abuse from stones when driving!)
 :drinking:

Garth:
Right then, I've just finished getting rid of some more red from the car  :grin:

I've painted my brake calipers silver. The paint was nothing like the colour of the lid unfortunately so it's way lighter tha I wanted, but it will do until I find something better. I still much prefer it to the standard red:

Progress pics follow:
Before:


Stripped:


Masked up:


Painted:


Behind wheel:


And the front:


Getting close to the monochrome look I'm after  :happy2:

p3asa:
Lovin your mods mate. Very subtle.

Garth:
Busy day today...
First up, courtesy of gulfstream my new footrest:



Next up was the aerial. I swapped the old bee-sting to a new shark fin,
Old:


New:


I fitted parking sensors, finally.

Marked up:


Drilled:


All done:


I also replaced a load of interior trim plastics due to scratches.

Top Cat:
Good stuff.  :congrats:

So whats the radio reception like now you have fitted the shark fin, everyone who has done this so far has had poor reception after.  :happy2:

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