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Cairns blue bonnet rash - lettering suggestions
Over the past while the bonnet rash on my Cairns blue Discovery has been getting worse and now looks downright scabby, so its time to apply a little make up.
Its booked in locally in 2 weeks time to have the bonnet resprayed and I need to replace the bonnet lettering, looks like the genuine lettering would need a mortgage to replace.
Anyone any suggestions on what to use instead?
On a side note - the paintman examined it and said it looks to have been caused by the primer being to shiny and not giving a good key for the top coat.
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13th May 2019 1:31 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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Not an endorsement but powerful UK had more economical alternatives for lettering if you don’t want genuine.
Mine looks like this:
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13th May 2019 2:24 pm
Sea Raider
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Good shout, cheers
13th May 2019 7:10 pm
Sea Raider
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Bonnet being resprayed tomorrow and Tuesday
Old lettering removed yesterday
New lettering arrived on Friday from Powerful UK
Looking forward to no more scabby looking rash on the bonnet
2nd Jun 2019 8:25 am
kajtzu
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How much did the respray cost over there?
2nd Jun 2019 11:21 am
Sea Raider
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£140 (cash)
2nd Jun 2019 12:18 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
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What paint are they using ? Some of the new water based paints dry slowly and have a breathable lacquer, solvent evaporates slowly from the paint and could effect the glue of the lettering. It maybe worth asking if you need to leave it before applying the lettering.
2nd Jun 2019 1:15 pm
Sea Raider
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No idea
I won't be fitting the lettering for a while probably leave it for a few weeks
when it comes back 1st on the list is to overhaul the rear brakes, I've had new discs, pads calipers and slide pins sitting for a couple of months now
2nd Jun 2019 2:20 pm
Sea Raider
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Well its back and no longer looking like a mess, happy chappy
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4th Jun 2019 4:54 pm
kajtzu
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Looks
Any plans on fixing the greyness of the headlight washers? I’ve got the same and haven’t gotten around to try a magic sponge or gtechniq c4 trim restorer. Too much else to do...
4th Jun 2019 5:07 pm
Sea Raider
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None - never notice them and no idea if they even work, complete waste of time.
Had them on my TD5 and without wipers don't really see any benefit of them (to me)
4th Jun 2019 5:53 pm
gstuart
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Looks really nice
There’s always this option for the front bumper
4th Jun 2019 6:00 pm
kajtzu
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Sea Raider wrote:
None - never notice them and no idea if they even work, complete waste of time.
Had them on my TD5 and without wipers don't really see any benefit of them (to me)
Here they have to work and are mandatory with xenon headlights.
4th Jun 2019 6:07 pm
Sea Raider
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gstuart wrote:
Looks really nice
There’s always this option for the front bumper
4th Jun 2019 6:13 pm
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2080
kajtzu wrote:
Sea Raider wrote:
None - never notice them and no idea if they even work, complete waste of time.
Had them on my TD5 and without wipers don't really see any benefit of them (to me)
Here they have to work and are mandatory with xenon headlights.
For some reason in UK, testing headlamp washers requirement only applies to post 1st Sept 2009 vehicles
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