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Offline AD1.8T

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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #40 on: 17 March 2012, 18:24 »
Thats after the first quick polish
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #41 on: 17 March 2012, 18:25 »
The money i spent i coulda got a pro to do it mate but all fun and games lol
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Offline DubAndDubber

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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #42 on: 17 March 2012, 18:27 »
do you polish by hand? ive got orange peel out with a DA before. I sprayed a bumper on my first car and couldnt for the life of me get any true shine out of it. Was really flat and wet sanding and polishing didnt improve it, never attempted since!

Was gunna say i bet you spent alot on paint!
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #43 on: 17 March 2012, 18:39 »
Yeah mate all by hand no cheating here lol hhow long did you leave after laquer and how much did you put on ? Not enough youl go through it and it wont shine !

Ive brought (roughly)

1 small can of plastic primer
1 small filler
1 big normal primer
5/6 small cans of reflex
1 small pug graphite grey
1 small rover gunmetal
1 small matt black
3 big laquer

Plus
2 tubes bumper filler
2 tubes of jb weld
Sand paper

Small cans - 6.50
Big cans - 7.50
Filler - 6
Jb weld - 6.50
Sand paper - 5 ????

Anyone dare add that all up lol ?
 
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #44 on: 17 March 2012, 23:19 »
roughly £125 lol
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #45 on: 18 March 2012, 00:45 »
I've been quoted £100 per bumper from a body shop! :lipsrsealed:
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #46 on: 18 March 2012, 07:21 »
That looks awesome, job well done mate :wink:
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Offline JimBR

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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #47 on: 18 March 2012, 08:39 »
Spraying metallic paint out of a can is a nightmare! It's so hard to make sure it isnt patchy and silver is probably the worst. Top job mate!
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #48 on: 18 March 2012, 10:28 »
Quote from: sveed1.8T on 18 March 2012, 00:45
I've been quoted £100 per bumper from a body shop! :lipsrsealed:

Thats cheating lol na i asked a couple of body shops round here if they could do the rubstrip 1 said yeah and he would of plastic welded it for 150 2 said they wouldnt do it and 1 anothers method was to chuck a load of filler/fiberglass in there lol


And atleast this threads here for people when they search (yeah right) how to do it cause when i was looking i didnt find a great deal of info on it
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Re: DIY U.S Rubstrip 100% finished
« Reply #49 on: 18 March 2012, 11:35 »
Nothing beats a good old bit of DIY mate! :afro: I tried spraying a few bits, but just couldn't quite master the right technique for the lacquer! :undecided: I know you're meant to slowly build up layers of it, but I could never seem to get it 'even' or when I did, it was a little too much n ran the risk of sagging! Lastly, the colour that Halfrauds made up for me, is slightly darker than the paintwork!

You have done an awesome job on that bumper, n I would be chuffed knowing it came from a rattle can! :smiley:
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