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Title: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 28 February 2006, 21:07

hi all
  just a quick note iv been looking on some of the pic's of the very sexy cars on the site and i was going to give a smoothed tail gate a try ????but i don't know where i will be able to get some fiber glass stuff to do it with??????
 can you help
 cheers TIGGER

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 28 February 2006, 21:09

fibre glass from any good autofactors even halfrauds do it.

however i would pick up a tailgate from a scrappy so you can practice first.

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 28 February 2006, 21:14

hey slick

good thinking about trying it on an old boot first.............(clap clap clap)
halfrauds sell it??? i must not have been looking hard enough for it.........
is it all the same stuff or is their like diffrent grades of it and things like that......(sorry I'm a bit thick)

cheers TIGGER

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 28 February 2006, 21:18

There are differing types, but i cannot for the life of me remember what one's they do (and i work there...... oh the shame)  :laugh:

Should be down the body fillers isle, although if you are going to ask someone then make sure its someone who knows what they are talking about in there, cos i get called all over the place in my branch cos i am the one that knows the most about cars.  :undecided:

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 28 February 2006, 21:20

so if i go in then ask for slick .....and they call you over i should walk out cuss you know the most about cars and you can't remember what filler is for what place.......LOL I'm only playing with you LOL sorry!!!!!!

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 28 February 2006, 21:22

Oi missus i have just been in work and had a hectic two hours tidying others mess up around the parts desk so balls  :angry: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Besides you wouldn't get me unless you went to the staffs branch so ner  :grin:

Hardcor3 should be able to tell you more.

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 28 February 2006, 21:23

wont get you ........we will see  :kiss: :evil:

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 28 February 2006, 21:26

Feisty.  :evil: :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 28 February 2006, 21:28

LOL this could go so wrong LOL

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: dubslug on 01 March 2006, 12:17

most people weld a plate over the recess first to stop the filler from bowing

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: sc on 01 March 2006, 13:43

i wouldn't use fibre glass to do this weld a plate in first the filler on that.
fibreglass would probably crack

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 01 March 2006, 17:14

ok cheers i will have to pop down the old man's neck of the woods to do that LOL would it be a good idea to drill loads of holes in the plate to so the gunky stuff can go in there a anker itself in place??????????.....i got one other question can i leave the primer i will get it sprayed with on for the time being and drive around like that.....it wont affect it will it i just want to get the work done then think about a total re-spray.....pink or something?????????

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: sc on 02 March 2006, 13:34

i wouldn't leave it just primer to be honest, if they are gonna do a total respray they will have to prep all the surrounding paint anyways.

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: ...joe on 02 March 2006, 18:57

i'm selling my old smoothed tailgate on ebay at the moment!!

you have to weld a plate over the recess or it'll crack/warp and look sh!t in no time at all. mine looks as good as it did when it was first doen a few years ago.

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 02 March 2006, 20:00

hey cool whats the item number for it i will start to bid

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 02 March 2006, 20:10

not seeing as yours is a mk3 you won't. What dear old joe didn't mention is that his is a mk2 tailgate.

Title: Re: where from!!!!
Post by: tiggertk on 04 March 2006, 19:39

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