Rights thats all done then!
Once you start you just cant stop. Behind the grill was looking dirty and needed a good clean. Once I did that then I thought the rad could do with a bit of paint and then..... It kinda snowballed.
Rad looks better for a new coat of paint
Air conveyor looks much better now you can't see all the scratches in the tooling which looked cheap!
These look better for a coat of paint
We're getting there!
Now all the details match and it's looking and smelling like new again.
Had a couple of stone chips that I filled with paint and 2k lacquer and wet sanded back. A good buff and we're all back together. Must say the paint is bullet proof even the G3 was finding it hard going so a couple of deeper surface scratches. I may change my pad configuration for the rest of the detailing when I get there.
Went for a black grill in the end after deliberating to keep 100% original but then if you didn't know then you'd never notice.
Had to add the stripes, really like that idea so had to follow, sorry!
There is a large amount of glue gun used to hold everything together in there! My theory being that it does all move around being 100% plastic and a hard glued joint/weld would simply break so there I am with the hot glue gun gluing it all back together like a large Airfix kit.
The grill surround is vac metalised plastic so you have to be careful with cleaning this. No metal cleaners or you will remove the chrome.
Stone chips on the wheel arches next me thinks.
