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Post by Turbomick1985 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:11 pm

might get a bit of stick for this but... a bonnet bra?
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Post by mercutio » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:15 pm

I had one its a lot of hassle would make the rust worse rub it down treat it prime it then wrap it
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:19 pm

Rub it down treat it and EPOXY PRIME it. Normal primer is pourous and water will cause rust.
Get a can of your colour and just try and blend it in and relacquer the area..

It wont be perfect but it will be a ghetto fix.

Then wait 3 days for rust to return. :lol:
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Post by NafemanNathan » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:05 pm

macky_6 wrote:Might be difficult to get of vinyl to match the colour.

Or are ya thinking a contasting colour? Black may work? Or look awful :lol:
Yeah I imagined a matt black. Think it would look quite good either way. I plan on doing something with mine along the same lines as my bonnet is stone chipped to buggery.

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Post by macky_6 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:56 pm

I have some epoxy primer so will try rub it down a bit, paint it then hide it with a badge again.

Just wanted a cheap temporary fix!

Thanks for all the suggestions folks :D
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Post by Donald » Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:32 pm

Just leave it to get worse. That's what I'm trying, I have a theory that given enough time the process will reverse. Fingers crossed!

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Post by bb1boy » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:49 am

^^ awesome, so my rear arches should come back to good again soon?
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Post by NafemanNathan » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:35 pm

Donald wrote:Just leave it to get worse. That's what I'm trying, I have a theory that given enough time the process will reverse. Fingers crossed!
It's going to be like Night of the living dead eventually then, when all the 4th gen rust starts crawling out of the ground :lol:

Looking at me ripping it into the 4th gens! :? :lol:



This was kind of what I had in mind Macky...

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Post by bb1boy » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:06 pm

^^ that looks good, if you're photoshopping, could you do the same thing but extend the side pieces right up the edges of the bonnet to the windscreen? Just to see what it looks like, and also maybe black out the two little silver bits either side of the grill?
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Post by NafemanNathan » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:11 pm

I had done the bits either side of the grill as well, but it looked too much. I only saved the jpg, but I might do it again later ;-)

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