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 Subframe painting
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Neal
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:36 am

Right, the new subframe for the hatch is galvanised so it shouldn’t rust anyway, but who reckons I should paint it or use it bare? If paint it, what colour?
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:38 am

wellif you want it to look mint stock then black, hammerite, a good few coats of it.

i wouldn't just leave it as is, it WILL rust, stone chips will get it rusting.

So paint it anyway, either black or yellow I reckon.
Neal
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:45 am

yellow?! Shocked
mixpioneer
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:04 am

Painted mine before it went in.
Used Farm Tractor paint, grey primer followed by a nice thick coat of Ford Tractor Grey. This stuff is bomb proof when cured fully.
Neal
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:07 am

cool thanks, I'll look into that, where'd you get it from?
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:12 am

bright yellow goes well with black!
Neal
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:16 am

yep, that's true thinking about it, might look quite smart.

Only for a while though, till it gets coated with crap, then it would look shite. Dont really want to do it black, as the rest of the car is black... it would look like the black hole of calcutta down there.

"Black, black, BLACK! Where shall we sleep tonight mother, in father's grave?"

<ahem>

Winston did his blue on his black clio, looks quite smart. Also I think I'm going to have a blue engine block, so that might work well?
mixpioneer
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:17 am

Got it from my local farm stores.

Made by a company called Spencer Coatings in Aberdeen Tel: 01224 788400. If you give them a call i'm sure they will give you a supplier near you.
Chet T16
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:32 am

Fuckin chavs!!!1111oneoneonee
mixpioneer
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:41 am

eh? Confused
yorksdrew
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:15 pm

mixpioneer wrote:
Got it from my local farm stores.

Made by a company called Spencer Coatings in Aberdeen Tel: 01224 788400. If you give them a call i'm sure they will give you a supplier near you.


bloody hell i used to work there Shocked
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