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TeddyKGB

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #30 on: 01 April 2008, 20:11 »
I'm prolly gonna paint mine meself this summer, they've just started goin I think

Anyone recommend what to paint them with?
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Offline 182_blue

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #31 on: 01 April 2008, 20:14 »
Quote from: TeddyKGB on 01 April 2008, 20:11
I'm prolly gonna paint mine meself this summer, they've just started goin I think

Anyone recommend what to paint them with?

smooth hammerite will do it, or get some proper brake paint
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Offline G864 TST

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #32 on: 01 April 2008, 22:08 »
It's kinda bummin me right out - I'm so fussy with cleaning my GTI and to have rusty bells is just sh*t!

To be honest I'm even paranoid about letting the dealer spray it

Anyone got a magic cloth that just wipes it all away  :huh:

CT
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Offline JoeGTI

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #33 on: 01 April 2008, 22:37 »
I tried spray painting mine with silver heat-resistant paint (only the rears though - my fronts seem pretty OK).
It was easier said than done I thought. Perhaps down to my total lack of DIY skills, but I found the paint "ran" easily, leaving some streaking... and it has already started to peel off and rust again!

Would I be better off using a small brush and some hammerite as others have suggested?
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Phil mcavity

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #34 on: 02 April 2008, 16:12 »


my local dealers effort to repaint under warranty F.O.C  :smiley:
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Offline Cass

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #35 on: 02 April 2008, 16:23 »
Quote from: Phil mcavity on 02 April 2008, 16:12
my local dealers effort to repaint under warranty F.O.C  :smiley:

Good job - still got a rusty bottom suspension joint though :rolleyes:

Cass
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Phil mcavity

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #36 on: 02 April 2008, 16:52 »
Quote from: Cass on 02 April 2008, 16:23
Quote from: Phil mcavity on 02 April 2008, 16:12
my local dealers effort to repaint under warranty F.O.C  :smiley:

Good job - still got a rusty bottom suspension joint though :rolleyes:

Cass

Ok ill let em off that one  :laugh:. oh while your there VW just respray every bolt head on the car so it doesnt corrode :laugh: oh my my aluminum heat shields are corroding, they need treating!.I think they might tell me to take a long walk off a short pier  :smiley:
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TeddyKGB

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #37 on: 02 April 2008, 21:29 »
Phil do you know what they painted yours with? That's quite a good effect/colour
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Phil mcavity

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #38 on: 03 April 2008, 17:21 »
im not sure, it looks more whiter in the pics but looks just like grey primer in the flesh. they did the same to my 1st golf and even after a year there was no sign of any more corrosion coming through.Although this time they went abit OTT by doing the edges of the brake discs!.
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Offline Sweeney

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #39 on: 04 April 2008, 19:00 »
Hmm now theres an interesting little mod i may consider, rust or no rust!

Painted brake disc edges, could be the new craze! ;)
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