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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 06:51 PM |
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some new pics of gerard 15/07/07
getting near the end of the make-over of my daughters bug and have realised the bumpers are up the creek chrome wise and budget dosent allow newer
ones at the moment ,just wondering which is the best way to go ,colour code them black like the car with red stripe through the middle or i have some
wheel silver and silver paint them
this is the bumper on the front of the car when bought
this is the beetle now
thanks for any input
[ Edited on 14-4-07 by pod ]
[ Edited on 15-7-07 by pod ]
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 06:55 PM |
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honestly chrome is a pain in the ass to paint over or smooth off once it is pitting and peeling, better to head to a wrecker and source a reasonable
secondhand pair,
if you want to go ahead with the painting the black with red pinstripe would look cool, but be warned it will be a horrible process to get it looking
half decent.
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 06:55 PM |
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I'd go with your suggestion of black with a red pin stripe.:thumb
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 07:00 PM |
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leave it.. rat it.. hmmm noice..
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 07:27 PM |
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is that silver stripe on the car painted on? if so a silver stripe on the black bumpers would look the coolest
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 07:41 PM |
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it will have the chrome strips back on and the wheels will be red as well, just the bumpers are rusty so thats why i ask ,till funds allow for shiny
chrome ones
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 10:39 PM |
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Is it too late to californanise it strange word to spell "californanise"????
Drop the front and californanise it.....
No bumpers look the goods. Otherwise how about a small nudge bar at front sort of baja style or other??
oh and u cant go wrong with flat black.....
[ Edited on 10-4-2007 by Iwish4aSynchro ]
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 11:08 PM |
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Deff black with red stripe.
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| posted on April 10th, 2007 at 11:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Iwish4aSynchro
oh and u cant go wrong with flat black.....
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its satin black which comes up with a shine but its not so deep it looks more like its been on for years, are t-bars legal in nsw as would be easy to
make???
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 12:12 AM |
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red with black stripe!! that would look cool
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 06:58 AM |
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What about hammer-tone silver??
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 09:30 AM |
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I would just wait till you can get decent set of bumpers. If you insist on painting it, I suggest some other colour than silver.
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 10:07 AM |
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Don't paint it. Unless you can strip the chrome off completely it will look crappy. And none of those colour combinations are going to work with the
hotrod look you've got IMHO.
You can often clean the surface rust off with something like gumption or Jif (abrasive bathroom cleaner) unless it's peeling really badly. That said,
you're really just putting off the inevitable coz I think we both know, it's really time for...
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 10:58 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pod
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Iwish4aSynchro
oh and u cant go wrong with flat black.....
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its satin black which comes up with a shine but its not so deep it looks more like its been on for years, are t-bars legal in nsw as would be easy to
make???
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i doubt it, but that doesnt mean that it couldnt go for rego with the rusty old bumpers then be converted to T-bars until the new bumpers are ready.
having said that, i would never want to be on the wrong end of a lawsuit when a t-bar has gone through somebodies leg in an accident :o
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 03:06 PM |
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There are cheap, 2nd hand, reasonable sets out there mate. I know i sold mine off cheap... I even traded my rear 1500 bumper for a crappy steering
wheel, which i threw away any way...
keep your eyes open. put up a want to buy thread on avd and go to the swap meets. email any contacts or people you know that know of people etc.
Black with red would look alright i rekon. I'm a chrome fan though, but that would still look sweet... If you got something that can really do some
nice abrasing (power tools) to your bumpers, you could get the chrome off... Its not impossible. If the trouble is money, then this would be the
cheaper way. just more elbow grease.
But yea, ur daughter's gonna have a nice ride when this things finished. Lookin' sweet already :P. good on ya mate.
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 08:08 PM |
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having said that, i would never want to be on the wrong end of a lawsuit when a t-bar has gone through somebodies leg in an accident :o
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Either way, you still get your leg pounded with a beetle which begs the question of why your leg was where it shouldn't of been?:cry
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| posted on April 14th, 2007 at 06:19 PM |
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well with a few days of working on him (that was my holidays)Gerard is now like this
and my daughter had the hide to say he is to shiny,he looks good from a distance ,but there is still bits of orange peel look,but then again i paid
about $200 for paint and the rest was my labour
next to find some front seats and running boards and eventually some shiny chrome bumpers
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| posted on April 14th, 2007 at 06:31 PM |
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Polishing has made a big difference looks great, and only $200 for paint well done cheers.
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| posted on April 14th, 2007 at 07:06 PM |
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I really like that colour scheme. Very classy. Nice work.
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| posted on April 14th, 2007 at 07:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Polishing has made a big difference looks great, and only $200 for paint well done cheers.
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yeah it helps when you have family who work for paint suppliers
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| posted on April 14th, 2007 at 10:05 PM |
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That's gonna be one sick rat looker in 30 years....:P:thumb
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| posted on July 15th, 2007 at 11:19 PM |
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more pics this time with Misty
nice pair of behinds
i didnt get chance to get a shiny front bumper
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 11:07 AM |
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Very nice, the red guard trim looks sweet.
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 11:16 AM |
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Wow gerard is looking awesome as. Your daughter must be very pleased with the progress . love the colour scheme.
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 11:19 AM |
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nice one pod
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 01:15 PM |
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She looks bewdiful!
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 05:02 PM |
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Wow Gerard has turned out really well. Well done
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...
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| posted on July 16th, 2007 at 05:21 PM |
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slam it pod you know itd look sweet
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