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bennyboy

bennyboy

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Hi, I'm putting an old 924T badge panel on my 944 and I want to get it back to the steel for the best finish. A local blasting services has said they could do it for pretty cheap - it's rather thin steel though, has anybody any experience of this? Thanks, bennyboy
 
There was no need to take mine back to bare metal, just a sand down and it was ready for paint (plus it preserved whatever galvanising was present), so it might be a bit more than you need to worry about.
Having drilled out the welds I can confirm it's a pretty sturdy panel despite its low weight so don't think any media blasting should cause it a problem anyway.
 
Thanks Peter, I think mine's had a few laters of paint/primer in the past, so I think it'll save me quite a lot of time for twenty sheets!
 
Not sure if the badge panel is galvanised (i'd think it is) so taking back to metal is a bad idea as you will take off the zinc coating and all those stone chips will rust.
 
I wasn't 100% sure when I wrote the above, but the stone chips on my panel definately had turned that dark galvinised colour and had not rusted so suspect it had been treated.
 
I saw that about 10 mins after I posted......

.......must spend more time on PCGB forum & less time working [:D]


 
Yeah we've managed to combine 2 threads here somehow! Firstly, I wanted to know if I could fit the toast rack to my '89 Turbo (seems like nobody is quite sure), then in this thread I was asking if I would damage my badge panel by having it media blasted (again, nobody is quite sure if it is galvanised or not?)
 
Benny.
The 924 badge panel wont fit "correctly" to your turbo.
Rick Cannel did just this, but it still didnt quite look right.
Ide been thinking of doing the same to my S2, but have not pusued it as it doesnt look right....
Just my 2pth...
 
Benny.
The 924 badge panel wont fit "correctly" to your turbo.
Rick Cannel did just this, but it still didnt quite look right.
Ide been thinking of doing the same to my S2, but have not pusued it as it doesnt look right....
Just my 2pth...
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Well Big Dave, I beg to differ! I'm hoping to achieve exactly what Rick has done, and I think it looks fantastic. It makes the front end look more aggressive and gives extra engine cooling at the same time.
 
I would say the only issue that Rick has ended up with is the need to use a piece of plastic to extend the bumper back to the badge panel. I don't notice this till I look for it and still think it looks great, but suspect it would be possible to modify the front bumper with some fibreglass if you wanted a completely seamless look.
 
Well Big Dave, I beg to differ! I'm hoping to achieve exactly what Rick has done, and I think it looks fantastic. It makes the front end look more aggressive and gives extra engine cooling at the same time.
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Don't think Dave means the vented look - most of us agree it's the dogs on every car we've seen. But, the S2/turbo bumper will not fit the 924 badge panel. Personally I'd think that by the time you've bought the part, painted it and somehow re-jigged the bumper to fit, and I don't like a little bit of cut-out red plastic to fill the gap myself, it'd be as cheap and far better looking to do it properly. I've seen it on three cars, but no idea how much.and would love to know!
 
This shows what I mean, with the strip of plastic to fill the gap between badge panel and bumper. Just looks wrong IMHO, especially when you are close up.


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Apologies to Rick for dissing his car in public - I like the rest of it mate!![:D]

Picture courtesy of www.cannell.co.uk . Happy to plug it again here!
 
Yeah I've seen Rick's car in the flesh and IMHO the plastic spacer doesn't stick out at all. Plus my car is black so I'm hoping it will hardly be noticeable at all. At the end of the day, I've got to weigh up the look I can achieve with the costs, and I reckon all in this way wont cost me any more than £120 quid. I would have thought going the other route would be in excess of £200, probably closer to £300?
 
I din't notice the filler strip until Paul mentioned it, I have to admit my eyes were somewhat drawn to the twin NACA-style ducts on the headlamp pod [:-]
 
Been speaking with some people who should know... think I will get it media-blasted because I really do want a good finish. Then I'm told to use an etch primer first, to bond to the steel, followed by a normal primer and then the paint. Things are never quite as easy as they seem eh!?
 
You might also want to look into E-coating which is a good alternative to galvanising and should be quite cheap for such a small part.
 
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