Yeah in fact... Got a text today saying it should be ready Wednesday ish.
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Yeah in fact... Got a text today saying it should be ready Wednesday ish.
UPDATE
Ordered a couple bits from Vauxhall which arrived today
Bonnet bumpers
https://images2.imgbox.com/0c/4f/IjLrmDxl_o.jpg
One of mine has started to perish. I've also ordered the rubber bumpers that fix into the front wings which the bonnet rests on when shut.
10 new fly wheel bolts (you only need 8 but they are sold in packs of 5... go figure)
https://images2.imgbox.com/aa/7c/UpLa6v8m_o.jpg
Also got a pair of brand new inner CV's utilising the £5 off PayPal voucher
Will be calling the plater to see if my bits are ready as he said they should be done by tomorrow.
looking good tek :)
Cheers Pie
UPDATE
Weather was nice so I thought I'd do some more improving.
Not many things left to actually make 'better' but this came to my attention so I decided to spruce it up to match the rest of the car.
Petrol cap started off like this after a bit of cleaning and some wet n dry treatment
https://images2.imgbox.com/20/7a/P8ovjS4W_o.jpg
Then gave it a few coats of plastic primer
https://images2.imgbox.com/90/2e/ogJVwiCB_o.jpg
Rubbed it down after letting it dry but for some reason a section of it didn't dry properly and kinda messed up whilst flatting it. So I had to re do that stage and decided to leave it overnight somewhere warm to properly harden.
I then got a call from the plater guy and he had said that my stuff was ready.
Just come back from picking the stuff up and I'm happy with the results. Some of the non-new stuff couldn't be plated due to the type of metal it was or it was past it's best and had too much corrosion for the plating to work properly. He did his best on those bits that were ok to plate.
All the new stuff plated well with no problems. The only challenges he is facing is the spark plug cover and oil cap. Both are made of a combination of a few types of metals [alloy] and don't always conduct uniformly, so the plating will happen well in areas and not too well in others. The spark plug cover also has stained in a couple areas where the corrosion had started so they need to be plated in a few base metal first in order for them to come out as best as poss. He's kept them to try some more techniques to see what holds the best in order to plate them but seeing as they will be the centre piece they have too look good.
Try get some pics with them under a light, as from them pics they just look electro plated, not gold plated.
But as long as your happy dude, crack on..
Using a flash never helps
As Scott said, that arn't gold plated dude, just look dipped and kinda anodized..
It's the light chaps. Very difficult to get the colour to come through in pictures the flash just takes it away. I'll try see what it looks like in natural light. The pictures do not do it justice.
Nice bolts, again..