To De-lock or not to De-lock

claymore68 · Post by **claymore68** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:25 pm

Evening chaps,
After some superb advice and helpful direction I have now resprayed my alloys with reasonable results and my front and rear lip (motegi) however I have this little issue which thanks to the courier

I now have to deal with.

So the question is can I fix this myself and if so how? or do I go down the route of de-locking it.
thanks in advance for any input

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:38 pm

Remove the lock and sand the rust out and respray the whole boot. Put lock back in.

claymore68 · Post by **claymore68** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:43 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:Remove the lock and sand the rust out and respray the whole boot. Put lock back in.

Dont think I can do that with rattle cans

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:45 pm

You can paint that back in with rattle cans, just depends on how good you are with rattle cans really

claymore68 · Post by **claymore68** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:54 pm

Crazy_C wrote:You can paint that back in with rattle cans, just depends on how good you are with rattle cans really

Im getting better but would be well nervous about cocking that up.

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:55 pm

Try it, if it works, huzzah, if you gentleman's sausage it up, you'll just be back at square 1, but at least with the rust protected.

claymore68 · Post by **claymore68** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:57 pm

YouTube lessons here I come

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Post by **lewd lude lover** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:10 am

take the spoiler off and use the hidden area beneth to hide your paint line.

Or just pick the worst out with an awl (pointy thing) and touch up. this will be ok for a couple of years at least.

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:25 am

I'm thinking about doing just the same thing. Delock, debadge etc you can still open the boot from the inside of the car and it may be possible to get a boot opener on your alarm (if you have one of course!).

craig_jdm · Post by **craig_jdm** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:16 am

lewd lude lover wrote:take the spoiler off to probably find hidden area of rust beneth

Or just pick the worst out with an awl (pointy thing) and touch up. this will be ok for a couple of years at least.