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Bodywork Freshen up Teardrop Mirrors and bits.

Lemon

Lemon

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Hello all

I am just in the process of getting all bits together to have some bodywork on my car to stop the cills (sills!!!) and various bits getting attacked by the dreaded tin worm.

Having cills repainted, new (secondhand) drivers door as hinge has broken, repainted drivers wing (to rectify previous poor repair), roof, bonnet, headlight pods and badge panel and a little touch up where the hatch pins locate.

Got some original teardrops and new 968 bases to fit aswell[:D]

So she should look fab when finished.

I thought I would also go for a bit of bling and get the brake calipers painted as the big blacks on my car look more like a bit of black/silver/streaky worn off paint look. And get them done in RED [:)]. Whilst they are off would you all suggest getting the plates changed whilst I am at it? Not cheap to do but a lot cheaper than taking the calipers off at a later stage to get them done again. I do not appear to be having any problems with plate lift, but thought it may be a worth while precaution.

Any thoughts much appreciated

Cheers

Lee

 
Depends how old they are. The camber plates on my car lasted the best part of 20yrs on the rear and my fronts still hadn't been done when I removed them. If they are getting on for that age it might be prudent to have them done.
 
Get your door handles and trigger painted at the same time [;)]



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Hi Paul

Thanks for that idea, although you do not notice them on my car as the car is a dark colour so the black handles look OK.

Also mine are stamped with Porsche in the handles and as there are not as many of those handles about I thought I would leave them.

Cheers anyway
 
mmmm not sure how that would look Lali. And my wheels have been refurbed so are mint at the moment.

Anyone any good with paint shop and can paint my wheels from the pic?

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What about body colour? I think that black wheels only really look good against bright colours, but you can get away with body colour wheels. All the rage at the minute especially with a ploished rim.
 
I've just bought these off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260145040357

Still waiting for them to arrive but will hopefully be better than std wiper blades and they look alot slicker as well.
 
I'd struggle to fit anything intended for a Vauxhall - never mind a Calibra [:'(][:'(][:'(]

They do look good though.
 
LIL in Baltic looked suprisingly good with black wheels when I saw her at the Ace a couple of months back.
 
ORIGINAL: Lemon

ORIGINAL: sawood12

I've just bought these off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260145040357

Still waiting for them to arrive but will hopefully be better than std wiper blades and they look alot slicker as well.
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They look good, you must give us all a report on how effect they are once you have them fitted.
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Fitted then tonight. Not overly impressed yet but have not used them in anger. They are not as slim as I thought as because they are designed to fit onto a conventional wiper arm the middle bit is quite bulky - i'd be amazed if it doesn't roar like a banshee at speed. Also it didn't seem to fit very well onto the end of the wiper arms. I ended up using the plastic clips off the conventional blades. They do hug the shape of the windscreen well though. My passenger one lifted slightly at the tip, this one is firmly planted onto the windscreen I think the only proper way to convert to the newer style is to replace the whole arm. I've been keeping an eye out on modern cars but can't seem to see any that will fit. The 944 wiper arms seem to be quite short compared with modern cars and I can't find any modern arms with the funnly little kink in the arm at the pivot point. Will report back once i've used them a few times.
 
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