benpedder Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 (edited) --- bit of photoshop, mags lowered, exhaust :bash: lol i got bored :dance: and found this while i was looking for the wheels not a corolla but hey :blush: Edited August 18, 2008 by benpedder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 If you don't take off and mask up the lhs vent is it not possible that paint can get through the vent resulting in some overspray on the inside of the rear window? Just seems a little dodgy to not take off two simple 'vents' when painting after all the effort you've gone through. :dance: Also are you going to paint under the lhs vent where the fuel cap is? As for the vents themselves you could always sand off the dull blue so they'll be nice and chrome, or just take them off and respray them blue seperately. :blush: Cheers, Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 yeah I'm painting under the vent flap where the fuel cap is and I'm pretty sure dad is planning on taking the other vent off anyway :blush: but thanks for tellin me about overspray on the rear window i wouldnt have thought of that :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjenman Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 nice car i love it :sob: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 rear pillar vents taken off and today dad was going to get them chromed or get a price or something, havnt been home yet to ask :sob: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 well pillar vents havnt been chromed :sob: yet :wink: does anyone know something that will get the paint off them and leave the chrome to avoid having to get them re done? thanks :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 so umm a bit of update. but not on car. i wont be able to do work to it soon as thismorning on way to school a went to cross street to walk towards LC (the street with fire station on it) and i kinda got hit by a car :dance: the gay thing about it though the stupid :sob: hit me when i was crossing at a green man :wink: so spent most of today in hospital but its al good nothing broken :cool: got a sprained ankle or something and it hurts so much to walk on and i can't move my elbow at all really :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogs Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hope your ok mate. Maybe give a bit of paint stripper a go on the vents ? Not sure what it will do to the chrome though..........Should be ok I would think.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Far out ! Rest up.. Kama will take care of drivers that are that incompetent. Stupidity must run in the drivers family :wink: Get better soon :sob: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 thanks guys :sob: feelin heaps better today :dance: and dad was sayin he might get paint stripper but was worried it might effect the chrome. :wink: i really want them shiny lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johno Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Gee's man, can't believe you got hit by a car but its good to hear you didn't get hurt too badly. Your vents, I would say the only thing I can think of is paint stripper... I don't think it will damage the chrome but if it did, you got nothing to loose because you were going to repaint them from the start and sanding the paint off will defiantly damage the chrome. But i really don't think it will do anything to it anyway. I say go for it and give it a shot, just be careful with paint stripper. Its nasty stuff so make sure you wear heavy rubber gloves. Get paint stripper and put it on really thick. Once the paint stripper has worked (about 2 hours i think) get a high pressure water cleaner to wash off the stripper. You might have to repeat the process again because there will always be a bit of paint left on there from the first time. Hope it helps... Johno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 luckily i hadnt sanded the vents enough to get through the paint at all so they are still pretty good :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpedder Posted August 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) was just wondering, for when the time comes, how wouldi go about making a custom type dash? is there anything i would need to know other than making it fit in properly? is it very difficult? of course wont be doing this anytime soon but i just want to know anything i can about it. ;) thanks and your thoughts on my idea of just priming it then putting it back together, driving it then painting it in summer when it WILL be warm enough to make the paint awesome?? :'( remembering I'm on my L's with 0 hours :jamie: since october last year. Edited August 23, 2008 by benpedder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 primer is porous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogs Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 primer is porous So will soak up water. don't let the primer sit untill summer. In my experience paint stripper takes way less then 2 hours, you can see it start to remove the paint within a minute or so. Be careful, if you leave it to long the paint just rehardens on the surface. (Although this can easily be solved by putting more on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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