cliff.b Posted March 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, daverclasper said: Would an aerosol of clear coat help? I tried a couple of clear coats and they just destroyed the finish, leaving it looking dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted March 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 28 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: thats seems pretty acceptable in these glasses Pete It's probably more like the finish of the plastic screen trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 with stainless being over £1000 would they stand up to being presentable ??? for a few ££s of paint ???? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, cliff.b said: I tried a couple of clear coats and they just destroyed the finish, leaving it looking dull. 1 hour ago, cliff.b said: It's probably more like the finish of the plastic screen trim. That pretty much accords with my experience of "chrome effect" paint. It goes on OK but looks like dull cast aluminium or, if lucky, rough finish stainless. And then it rubs off on anything that touches it. And it pickles if you apply clear coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted March 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, NonMember said: That pretty much accords with my experience of "chrome effect" paint. It goes on OK but looks like dull cast aluminium or, if lucky, rough finish stainless. And then it rubs off on anything that touches it. And it pickles if you apply clear coat. Have you ever tried painting over it. Just wondering if it will need to come off if I decide to go back to black 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 No, sorry, no experience of over-painting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 13 hours ago, NonMember said: No, sorry, no experience of over-painting it. No problem, I have spent half of today removing it all again. Apart from not being totally happy with the way it looks, I felt it is too delicate to use unprotected on a bumper and using anything on it to try and solve that makes it look worse. It might have been ok but the bumper has been stripped now, new primer applied and will paint over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 using a straight satin silver would be better than the artificial chrome look ??? i dont know just what was used on our local painted one but its certainly lasted many years ok Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 Ok, to update, and for your amusement. New black pearlescent top coat applied, a can that has been in my garage for several years after it was used to touch up a previous vehicle. All looking good 👍 So fitted in place and secured with the 4 bolts to the overiders. Then opened the bonnet to fit the other bolts and "scrape", the lower edge of the bonnet removed the new paint in exactly the same place as it was missing when I started this misadventure 🤬. so clearly this was the problem all along. After a bit more investigation I could see the bonnet was definitely fouling the bumper but what to do about it 🤔 Then I decided to fit shims between the bonnet and the frame at the front mounting points and that did the job. A 5mm shim gave a couple of mm clearance at the bumper. I will probably do this again with washers later. Anyway, bonnet now definitely not hitting bumper so a quick repair to the damage using the very last dribble out of the spray can and I think it's ok, at last 👍 Also note overiders polished up a bit after advice on another thread. Spoiler and grill also treated the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted April 4, 2023 Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, cliff.b said: Then I decided to fit shims between the bonnet and the frame Well, that will work. The correct ("official") way to do it is to remove the overriders, loosen the bolts on the hinge boxes, and move the pivot point up in the slot, then re-tighten. I think it's the front bolts (hinge bracket to outer box) that has the vertical adjustment, while fore-aft adjustment is available in the hinge bolts themselves (accessed through holes in the sides of the boxes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, NonMember said: Well, that will work. The correct ("official") way to do it is to remove the overriders, loosen the bolts on the hinge boxes, and move the pivot point up in the slot, then re-tighten. I think it's the front bolts (hinge bracket to outer box) that has the vertical adjustment, while fore-aft adjustment is available in the hinge bolts themselves (accessed through holes in the sides of the boxes). I thought there must be a correct way to do it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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