Marts lude - The Big Resto!

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:41 am

I was, But I didn't have time. So I dropped it off with my mate who's got the blue skyline and he did it, as he had ordered the parts through work.

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:39 pm

Result

and a handy mate to have

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:39 pm

Just a couple of crappy phone pics for reference I forgot to add of the new gaitor and arm

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:50 pm

Noice! Not that I think there is great variance in upper arms but they look the exact same ones as I had to buy when my ball joints were fooked.

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:35 pm

A couple of pics of the lude from Trax last weekend

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:47 pm

Merlin wrote:Not that I think there is great variance in upper arms but they look the exact same ones as I had

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:22 pm

Well I managed to at last get hold of a CF bonnet!
But as ususal I managed to fluff something up! was a REAL squeeze trying to get it in the back of a 4x4. 3 of us just about managed to angle it in after several attempts just before giving up.
But trying to get it out with just the 2 of us at 11.30pm in the dark proved too much, and I managed to chip on the corner

Only a small chip but went right down to the weave.

So after some advice I went and bought some of this

Sanded it down a bit

Mixed a little bit of the resin and hardner up and put it on and left it to dry

Then sanded that down until flat

Then worked my way through various grades of wet and dry from 240, 400, 600, 800, 1200, 1500 then finished off with some rubbing compound then polish

Turned out pretty well. Considering I've never done anything like this before. Was crapping it the whole way through! the camera flash brings out the shade of the resin and is alot less noticable than it looks!

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:26 pm

Good repair work mate

I found that too with the flash, it highlights every little flaw on fibre

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:27 pm

Nice one bud. Is that Dino's old one?

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:12 pm

A1ex wrote:Good repair work mate

I found that too with the flash, it highlights every little flaw on fibre

Cheers. thanks for pointing me in the right direction for the stuff

NafemanNathan wrote:Nice one bud. Is that Dino's old one?

yes bud

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