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jim7564

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  1. its no an easy one ,looking back it was primed in the summer as it went on the gloss and lacquer was applied as it was getting colder which may be the problem,the roof was taken back to the bare metal so the amount of coats is not the issue i would not think.wing/riser blocks etc were warmed up before painting as was the paint but could have missed one or two thinking they were ok.but now its what to do obviously scrapping it is not an option,sand it all down and start again wether i doit myself again or bite the bullet and go pro respray in GT86 metallic orange

    hopefully its going for a forged rebuild soon

  2. Upol etching primer Upol black gloss and Upol clearcoat,that was done last year (in the winter though and it was cold) sat in the garage up until 2 months ago and was fine but just seem to have happened with this hot spell of weather

    never seen this happen before,its a first i have to say,

    is this the idea of a spraybooth so it bakes in the heat as it dries

    no i have to start allover again or scrap the whole thing which at the moment sounds more appealing,take a huge loss though

  3. 1 hour ago, SpaceCowboys83 said:

    Never seen anything quite like that before.

     

    The whole car is covered in that?. 

    pretty much is,all the bonnet and roof,goes over onto the wings and rear quarters,the big wing seems ok as does most of the doors and bumpers,just seems the big areas are affected,

    making the whole car ruined which is a shame as it was looking really good for a while

  4. as you know i painted my car last year,been sat in the garage for atleast 6 months,took it out a few month ago and sitting in the sun this last few weeks this has happened

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    all over the whole car is like this,looks like the lacquer/clearcoat has cracked in the heat,

    anyone any idea what has gone wrong,different make of clearcoat (upol) to the usual i have used in the past

  5. got a set yesterday for the SUV to replace the potenza,s have to say its like night and day,the grip is so much better and feels planted around the bends compared to the older tyres.think the tyre noise is about the same as is fuel economy but the grip is there

  6. very little difference to driving on roads once gritted,your going to get salt air for a few miles inland depending on the wind direction,would think its more damaging as it dries up and with wind will make the salt more abrasive plus sand etc.,all you can do is keep it well waxed/polished and undersealed or waxoiled,

    keep an eye on your brake discs as they will get eaten away

  7. as i had nothing to do i though,feck i will watch this youtube vid,so why why why did he not try and loosen any bolts before adding any penetrating fluid to show they were seized,simply looking at them you knew a socket would loosen any one of them failing that it would loosen the threaded bit from the iron

    so if thats a test and your happy with the results then the rest of us KNOW ABSOLUTLEY FECK ALL !!!!!!!!! :doh:

  8. 8 hours ago, bazz54 said:

     

    I would not be surprised if someone comes along and offers their opinion that nothing beats Plusgas. Why do you think your opinion carries any more weight than theirs? Having bought my first can of WD40 when it first appeared in the mid-1970's, and having tried various alternatives since, I'm not at all sure that any one is that much better, and that's why I look for test data. Do you really think the guy staged his tests, which seem to suggest that a homebrew mixture of acetone and ATF compares very favourably with any of the commercial products?

     

    I would point out to you that for very little money, you could get a full chemical analysis of any of these products, and if any of them was exceptionally good, there'd be copy (probably from a far-eastern country) on the market PDQ. That's not opinion, it's a fact!

    i was trying to be helpful here going by my experience with snapping bolts etc,have used a few others in the past but found this better than the rest,i am not interested in chemical analysis etc just that the bolts/nuts etc dont break,

    so if i was you ignore my comment and go back on youtube etc 

    as mentioned above its the technique applied to the item that is seized  that helps and this stuff doesnt dry anywhere near as quick as the rest,which gives it time penetrate 

     

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  9. it can be strange at times,not sure about car engines etc but with marine engines,a lot of times its down to new lagging on exhausts/silencers etc,new lagging can produce fumes/smoke etc for a few hours before it settles,seen this on a number of occasions,thats only a possibility

    leaking fuel anywhere if only a drip causes a lot of fumes even just enough to evaporate on the engine,

    like you say a bootseal may be all it needs,

    hopefully you will find it,driving on a track you wont have time to even glance in the hope of seeing anything,

    on a positive note the car looks awesome with that rear diffuser,you notice much improvement

    good luck:thumbsup:

  10. On 16/09/2019 at 16:46, Freeman558 said:

     

    Other than the carbon number plate surround, are you planning on modding your car?

     

    :lol::lol::lol:

     

    I'm sorry, I love your car, it's as nuts as it is awesome.

    yes i like the carbon hope to get the door handle/wipers etc done

    I like to keep things subtle a few wee changes here and there but nothing in your face :nono: if you know what i mean:lol::lol::lol:

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