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| posted on August 28th, 2003 at 12:33 AM |
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if a bug has been de-chromed, is it hard to get it back to original?
if a car has been modified with the smooth look with no body chrome, wat would u need to do to get iut back to original with all the trim pieces? is
it a hard job?
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| posted on August 28th, 2003 at 02:51 PM |
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i think that if they did the job nicely... ie cleaned up the welds inside neatly etc, then it should be relatively simple, you would just need a car
of the same vintage to measure the exact hole positions off.... then measure several times more to check if you had them correct before you re-drilled
them.
if you intended to keep the same paint job you would have to be really carefull with the drill, both slipage wise and heat wise... other than that it
should be touch up around the holes, fit the rubber thingies, the trim and off to enjoy the new look.
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| posted on August 28th, 2003 at 03:02 PM |
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i just checked out a '60 mod shell with no trim on it. all the holes on the side are the same distance down from the body swage (sp)
line/continuation of this line along the edge of the bonnet opening. if you made two simpli jigs you could simply run it along the body and mark the
possition of the trim holes centre line. once you have the cantre line just mark the possitioning of each hole along the line... drill. even a 100 by
50mm piece of thin cardboard with a notch cut in it to sit a pencil tip in would do for one of the jigs, the other would be little more than this
aswell.
hope this helps
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| posted on August 28th, 2003 at 04:06 PM |
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Had a car like this once. Mine was easy. I looked at another car and guessed almost exactly where the holes should be and push the smallest screw
driver I could find into the paint. Straight through. They had only used body filler. You should check this first or you might find you drill new
holes and then the old ones start to show as the body filler falls out. Or even worse you drill directly beside the old hole making one hell of a huge
hole once through. The clip probably won’t stay in then. Guess you can check inside the bonnet to see if it is welded up or bogged. But then
again mine was pretty smooth inside and covered with paint. I was just lucky I guess. Are you sure the oval isn’t a standard and therefore
never had them anyway. Only the deluxe ovals had them. But then most cars sold were deluxe.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2003 at 10:29 AM |
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thanks guys for the help
btw its not for my oval, it has all the trim already
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