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having side panels painted
chesney321 - 1/9/14 at 08:27 AM

is it best to have the side panels painted off the car reason being my panels are a real tight fit and the panel has to be bent from the scuttle and then twisted so I can attach to chassis at the lower front.i don't want to get them painted only for it to get damaged whilst fitting.the panels are alloy by the way

steve m - 1/9/14 at 08:57 AM

They will look so much nicer in polished alui (IMHO)

wylliezx9r - 1/9/14 at 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by chesney321
is it best to have the side panels painted off the car reason being my panels are a real tight fit and the panel has to be bent from the scuttle and then twisted so I can attach to chassis at the lower front.i don't want to get them painted only for it to get damaged whilst fitting.the panels are alloy by the way


In that case I would say definitely paint them on the car. Or have you thought about wrapping them instead ?

chesney321 - 1/9/14 at 09:49 AM

I did think of wrapping but how close of a colour match with rest of car would they get

cb500t - 1/9/14 at 11:42 AM

Is wrapping resilient enough,just thinking of stone chipping etc?

loggyboy - 1/9/14 at 11:53 AM

A good quality vinyl will last well. (3M dinoc etc)

mcerd1 - 1/9/14 at 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by loggyboy
A good quality vinyl will last well. (3M dinoc etc)


like ash did on his last car:


chesney321 - 1/9/14 at 01:33 PM

did ash get whole car wrapped or just the sides and any idea of price

mcerd1 - 1/9/14 at 01:58 PM

just the bonnet and sides (see before and after above)
I know he fitted it himself and the material only cost him £30
obviously he was lucky with the colour match to his existing GRP

see his thread here:
http://forum.daxsportingclub.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=303&start=190