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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:09 pm

spook wrote:Acid etch rattle FTW, im sure you can get chrome satin paint, whats it bloody called satin chrome or
shadowline chrome, i saw a M coupe with this not sure what it cost though
Its a rip off mate.

It would be cheaper to get it powdercoated in satin chrome black :cool:
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:10 pm

How about electrical insulation tape?
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:11 pm

DanThe wrote:How about electrical insulation tape?
Can you get this in Lachs?
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:13 pm

Gaffer tape then, I hear its good for tying people up with just before you torture them winkeye
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:14 pm

Sold out to all ford dealers nationwide for a mondeo factory fit option
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:17 pm

sweep wrote:Sold out to all ford dealers nationwide for a mondeo factory fit option
That must have been for the vinyl roof repair kits then,

Vinyl roofs for FTW,
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:18 pm

DanThe wrote:How about electrical insulation tape?

Its the lines of doom that kill this idea dead.


I get where your coming from though 8)
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:36 pm

Dezzy wrote:
spook wrote:Hammerite works well on chrome bumpers, its a right coont to get off.

Best thing to do with a chrome bumper is, beed blast them, take it back to steel with no finish at all. You need to fix any rust issues, obviously that might need debating. Then acid etch rattle can and halfords satin black FTW

so i could get it bead blasted and thats good for getting re painted properly ? as i can get bead blasting done ..
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:21 pm

First thing i did when i got my Tech 1 sport was pull out the carpets and remove the kit.
I reckon 99% of them have some rot hidden somewhere,i was luckey enought just a few small
holes in the floor and bulkhead and the lower outer arch under both skirts.

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Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:54 pm

it will all be done, but i wanted to just enjoy it for a couple of months until winter comes and also needed it to get around in, completing it parts wise and getting everythign working etc, tax runs out 31st october, and it will be garaged and sorn, and the fun cam commence to get it fully sorted over the winter to come out in the spring all nice and finished , so thats the plan, once the kit comes off it will stay off, carpets up, underside all refurbed and re sealed and waxoyl the chassis etc and any welding and paint done
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