Vinyl on 1.3SR sides

[m4trix]

Been doing some bodywork, rust on corner arch at rear, had to scrape off hte vinyl to do properly sort the repair.

Wondering whether to paint with I think Anthracite grey paint, or get the proper vinyl, as I want to keep the car as standard as possible.

Anyone know where can obtain vinyl for sides?

[Jack]

I think you can still get it from vauxhall, but it'll be pretty expensive. Best bet is to find a local bodyshop or even a signwriter who can chop you up a few sheets of vinyl to put on.

[m4trix]

any ideas about a easier way of removing the vinyl, as it seemed pretty tough to get a 5 cm section off, let alone the whole strip.

cheers for the reply
( oh and how do you add pics here?)

[novaexplod]

have u tried using a hairdryer to heat it up a bit??

[Jack]

Hairdryer or hot air gun, plastic scraper and some autoglym tar remover seems to work well for most ppl. It will take a while so be patient!

To add pics you'll need to host them somewhere like www.photobucket.com and then stick the address to it in the [img] tags on here

[m4trix]

solved it, got some hammerite dark grey- ? 5.25 Homebase -
not quite same shade, but looks ok.

how can i get a pic of it on here?

[m4trix]

thanks people.

i think this forumn is great

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v243/m4trix/106_0687.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v243/m4trix/109_0991.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v243/m4trix/109_0990.jpg

[Jack]

Looks good, but bear in mind paint will be easier to chip and damage than vinyl

[epo]

yeah but re-fittin vinyal will be a right ball ache

[badnova]

i think its quite easy

[m4trix]

it' s hammerite so reckon should be ok, just gonna put a few layers on to be sure.

Vinyl costs a fair bit so for a tine of Hammerite. reckon does the job.

I am quite pleased actually.