I bought a new trim and took a deep breath and started cutting it about, after doing a trial on an old broken trim to see if it would work !

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=148783

Found another light which was longer than the one i did the trial with so it would fit better , removed the outer shell and trimmed it down to size .

Cut out most of the original one and carefully removed the red lens inside

A bit of trimming and in it went

Looks alot more modern when lit and when it,s not it,s now clear instead of having the red lens showing through :hyper:

Very posh!!!!!! The quality of your work is fantastic. cannot wait to see it all together :pint:

Yeah, can't wait to see it in the car :)

Big day tomorrow , i,m painting it !! my arse is twitching already ! lol

Looking really nice without the red lol. Im looking forward to seeing it painted Al, dont forget lots of pics.

 

When you did your door jams etc, did you use rattle cans again? colour and clear?

 

Cheers

Graham

BTW i know these are really brittle in two areas that have a gap in the backing , a pi55 poor design fault ! but to stop me sweating so much doing this i used some bumper repair glue and reinforcing mesh to strengthen it .

My last one broke at one of these gaps so hopefully shouldn,t happen again:thumbup:

Looking really nice without the red lol. Im looking forward to seeing it painted Al, dont forget lots of pics.

 

When you did your door jams etc, did you use rattle cans again? colour and clear?

 

Cheers

Graham

 

Wotcha Graham , I bought more than enough base and laquer and sprayed all the shuts in the tent , sorry my flexible garage ! lol , saving time to concetrate on the outside.

I,m getting quite nervous about doing it , it,s been a long long time since i sprayed a car , not only is it a new spray gun it,s a gravity feed gun , i was used to using the old Devilbiss suction feed gun !

I,ll get some pics up tomorrw if it looks ok :whistling:

So you used a sprayed gun?

I was hoping to my door jams etc with a can and clear, to save taking it all apart for the spray shop. Trouble is i use my car virtually everyday, so didnt want it off the road for too long lol any advice, apart from not too :winkiss:

So you used a sprayed gun?

I was hoping to my door jams etc with a can and clear, to save taking it all apart for the spray shop. Trouble is i use my car virtually everyday, so didnt want it off the road for too long lol any advice, apart from not too :winkiss:

 

Can,t see a problem doing it that way bud , quite a few motor factors will mix a base coat and put it in a rattle can and there are some really good aerosol laquers available as well , a guy who lived next door restored scooters and resprayed them with cans , they looked like a pro paint job when he,d finished .

Edited April 22, 201114 yr by boldy
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Heard you the first time lol

 

Cool, i have the cans with the correct colour in from the paint supplier as i wanted to do some engine bits, so i will give it a go. Can always rub it down again if its crap lol.