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  • Dan
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    Originally posted by karbonkid View Post
    Afraid not no, never dealt with them before.

    For peps in Reading area theres a good chap, Noel @ NUR-Motorsport . He manufactures carbon parts/ Repairs.
    Any experience of this guy Alex? I caught my front bumper on a flower pot up the Mrs drive this morning :banghead: :banghead: it will polish out but not happy about it and both the bumper and splitter are chipped to fook anyways! Oh, and I caught the offside splitter on the leading edge a while back as well! :bigcry: :banghead:

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  • karbonkid
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    (continued) Front Bumper Tidy up

    When giving up after trying countless times to get the front bumper resprayed, I thought better of it, as said previously. What a headache spray shops are! Although I did get the splitters done FOC. (Too fooking right)!! :hahaha:

    Anyway, I decided to leave it till next year as it hasn't turned quite see through just yet! But I did settle on giving it a quick tidy up, touching in any large chips and the screw holes that caught my eye every time I went near.

    My attempts DIY SOS:

    Front bumper removed.


    Body filler applied, allowing to dry, rubbed back till completely flush.








    Primed with a grey plastic primer. I decided to blow it in rather than masking off & folding back.




    3 coats later: + Left 24+hrs to dry then rubbed back with a fine 1500 wet & dry with plenty of water/ washing up liquid.


    Painted A08 to match. Allowed 12+hrs to dry.




    Lacquer applied over top, 4-5+ layers. Cured for 2-3 weeks (due to being cellulose) then rubbed down with a 2000 wet & dry (plenty of water/ washing up liquid) till surface looses all roughness and orange peel.


    I used a cutting compound (T-cut) without aid of a machine polisher on a damp cloth. Buffed off.




    Polish was allied and worked in well, buffed off. Left was to add some wax which I decided to put on a week later.


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  • karbonkid
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    Originally posted by shimmy View Post
    couldnt get trhu to them

    but Finishline in Stevenage are doing them for £85 a pair inc sanding next week

    Ill let you know how they do. Seem like a top outfit though
    I had trouble getting hold of them few months back too. be intrigued to hear your thoughts on them being done from the above.

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  • shimmy
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    Originally posted by karbonkid View Post
    Did they sort these for you Shim?

    couldnt get trhu to them

    but Finishline in Stevenage are doing them for £85 a pair inc sanding next week

    Ill let you know how they do. Seem like a top outfit though

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  • karbonkid
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    Originally posted by shimmy View Post
    I'm just about to send 2 pairs to Perkins KK, did yours last ok with their work ?
    Did they sort these for you Shim?

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  • karbonkid
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    Originally posted by DuncanR View Post
    KK you heard of these guys at all ?



    They pay the cost of shipping your stuff back to you if you send it to them for appraisal and they cant repair it.... seems fair :smt102
    Afraid not no, never dealt with them before.

    For peps in Reading area theres a good chap, Noel @ NUR-Motorsport . He manufactures carbon parts/ Repairs.

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  • M5 Powered
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    Flash sites were all the rage in 1999 :whistle:

    And Ipad users won't see a thing. :hahaha:

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  • glendog74
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    Originally posted by shimmy View Post
    What complete cnut designs a website based around Flash?!

    I cannot open it from my work pc, iPhone or Apple MacBook :banghead:

    Talk about shooting yourself in the foot for losing potential customers... :bigcry:

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  • M5 Powered
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    Looks like I'll be dropping my spares off on Friday. They are only a few miles from me :thumbs:

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  • DuncanR
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    Cheers Shim.... I got your disease ,mate ! Cupollitus !
    Bought 4 x 19" off 3wheels3 last week, and another 4 x 18" this week !! :smokin:
    Gives me :-
    6 x 18" brand new ones.
    4 x 19" brand new ones.
    loads x 19" part worn ones .... some not quite though to the canvas yet :supz:.
    And before you ask T$ ....no ya cant have any !:birdman:

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  • shimmy
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    Originally posted by DuncanR View Post
    KK you heard of these guys at all ?



    They pay the cost of shipping your stuff back to you if you send it to them for appraisal and they cant repair it.... seems fair :smt102


    Where can these Perkins chaps be found ?

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  • DuncanR
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    KK you heard of these guys at all ?



    They pay the cost of shipping your stuff back to you if you send it to them for appraisal and they cant repair it.... seems fair :smt102


    Where can these Perkins chaps be found ?

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  • glendog74
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    Originally posted by DuncanR View Post
    Mmmmm i may have a spare pair in need of repair, we should talk to these Perkins boys about some discount ..... only after thay have raped Shim of course !!:hahaha:
    +1 :thumbs:

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  • mattCSLnut
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    Originally posted by DuncanR View Post
    Mmmmm i may have a spare pair in need of repair, we should talk to these Perkins boys about some discount ..... only after thay have raped Shim of course !!:hahaha:
    :hahaha::hahaha::hahaha: the problem is he would probably :whistle: enjoy it :hahaha:

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  • DuncanR
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    Mmmmm i may have a spare pair in need of repair, we should talk to these Perkins boys about some discount ..... only after thay have raped Shim of course !!:hahaha:

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