flush tailgate

[Ric 16v]

Im wanting to do a flushed tailgate :D, but im wanting to know which is the easies way to do 1, either weld a plate right along the back or just in the middle where the numberplate is. Which 1 looks neater out of the two !!! I want to get it looking the best I can, theres a post on roybacer at the moment and people say its a right twat to get smooth !!! is this right ??? I dont realy want to pay ?300 for a bodyshop to do 1 for me coz its an absolute rip off !!!!!! cheers 8)

[novaexplod]

my cousin did his and he just put a metal plate in the reg plate holder then filled it and sanded it. but he couldnt get it quite flat but it looks quite good, u cant really tell unless u go really close. altho i think im gonna put a whole metal sheet across the back that way it will be all the same flatness(hopefully) then smooth it in or woteva
good luck

[ade]

have a look on here

think theres one -

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ben.copeland/index.htm

Think this one has the bumper colour coding also...

:wink:

[apples]

ive flushed a lot of tailgates and personaly think the best way to do em is to just fill the recess. if you put a plate right across the tailgate it doesnt look right because it makes it slightly larger.
yes it can be awkward to get it straight , but if you put enuff effort in to it and take your time you 'll get there eventually.

[frst]

I'll gladly flush a tailgate for you. See my post in for sale - Anybody wanting these.

Let me know your requirements and i'll get cracking straight away.

lee_hyde@hotmail.com

or PM me, sdon't reply on this thread as i rarely get chance to come on here.

Cheers

Lee

[kevw]

It is a pain in the arse job, heres sum pics of mine while I was doing it...

This is just after I had finished welding the metal plate on...
http://www.novaload.net/files/kev/mynova_pics/boot1.jpg

the next 2 pics are while I was applying the filler, this was mostly done late at night (2am+) so no piss taking :lol:
http://www.novaload.net/files/kev/mynova_pics/boot2.jpg
http://www.novaload.net/files/kev/mynova_pics/boot3.jpg

This is the finished boot, you cant see it very well, I just took this pic about 5mins ago and I cudnt remove the plastic sheeting coz theres no battery on the car meaning I couldent pop the boot :S
http://www.novaload.net/files/kev/mynova_pics/boot4.jpg

[barnes]

hey ill take a smoothed boot. how much???

[fo0q]

I have nearly finished smoothing my boot but something has occured to me..

Before when i opened to boot normally with the push button, you had to lift the boot aswell or else it would partly lock again and wouldnt open properly..

But now when i put the new boot on and try to open it with the switch on the dash it will just open the lock put it still wont be able to lift it.
Especially now its a hell of alot heavier.

How does everyone else get away wit it?

[ade]

You need some kind of spring loaded mechanism to push the boot far enough past the lock. I've never done anything like this but thats what I'd use if I did it. Something like a pin ball mechanism? :?:

[dave.gsi]

I cudnt remove the plastic sheeting coz theres no battery on the car

lol @ kevs battery powered dust sheets :lol: :lol:

[kevw]

meaning I couldent pop the boot :S


:P

lol

[dave.gsi]

lol :lol:

u could have pulled the sheet up so we could see it all finshed

[jamie b]

foOg-i have the same trouble with my boot and i also would like to know how others do it. :D