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max
Number of posts : 2945 Age : 33 Location : linton, cambs Drives : Mk4 GT TDI Registration date : 2009-02-09
| Subject: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 09:27 | |
| anyone here got a plastic welder ?
i want to get rid of the recess on my front bumper (along with some other bits) and i dont want to use filler or fiberglass.
plus can i pay someone to smooth the bumper for me? (im looking at you joe?) | |
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Ashley
Number of posts : 1165 Age : 34 Location : Soham Drives : Vento 1.9TDi Registration date : 2008-07-12
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 09:36 | |
| tried brad? | |
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Lupton_20vt
Number of posts : 6815 Age : 34 Registration date : 2009-02-01
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 09:37 | |
| plastic welding is relatively easy from what i have been told max. if not there is a place in castle camps who my bike fairing is going to. | |
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max
Number of posts : 2945 Age : 33 Location : linton, cambs Drives : Mk4 GT TDI Registration date : 2009-02-09
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 09:54 | |
| - Lupton_20vt wrote:
- plastic welding is relatively easy from what i have been told max. if not there is a place in castle camps who my bike fairing is going to.
it may be relatively easy but i dont have a plastic welder. il try brad actually | |
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curtis_caddy
Number of posts : 3070 Age : 33 Location : duxford Drives : mk2 driver Registration date : 2008-02-03
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 10:45 | |
| get a big solder iron and just do it urself mate, me and billy started to do his us spec bumper ages ago which worked well for a first attempt | |
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matty_mk1
Number of posts : 6255 Age : 38 Drives : Mk2 audi TT / BBM mk2 VR / Air'd passat wagen Registration date : 2008-01-24
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 10:59 | |
| Yeah a plastic welding kit is nothin more than a lil blow torch and a real of plastic filler wire. | |
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billybug
Number of posts : 4530 Age : 35 Location : Ontario, Canada Drives : 1993 Mk3 Golf Registration date : 2008-06-30
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 12:33 | |
| - curtis_caddy wrote:
- get a big solder iron and just do it urself mate, me and billy started to do his us spec bumper ages ago which worked well for a first attempt
did work quite well shame i dropped the bumper and it broke:( | |
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curtis_caddy
Number of posts : 3070 Age : 33 Location : duxford Drives : mk2 driver Registration date : 2008-02-03
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 12:37 | |
| - billybug wrote:
- curtis_caddy wrote:
- get a big solder iron and just do it urself mate, me and billy started to do his us spec bumper ages ago which worked well for a first attempt
did work quite well shame i dropped the bumper and it broke:( clever boi! we did only weld the top section and half the sides tho! | |
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billybug
Number of posts : 4530 Age : 35 Location : Ontario, Canada Drives : 1993 Mk3 Golf Registration date : 2008-06-30
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 12:38 | |
| it was your shitty welding | |
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curtis_caddy
Number of posts : 3070 Age : 33 Location : duxford Drives : mk2 driver Registration date : 2008-02-03
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 16:29 | |
| - billybug wrote:
- it was your shitty welding
i seem to remember u were the one with the plastic and i done the melting? u didnt feed it in right as ur right handed and im left handed, dont show off ay billy | |
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billybug
Number of posts : 4530 Age : 35 Location : Ontario, Canada Drives : 1993 Mk3 Golf Registration date : 2008-06-30
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 17:07 | |
| your lying i had the blow torch i was melting you gay and your were placing the plastic.
so we both failed, but mainly you | |
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curtis_caddy
Number of posts : 3070 Age : 33 Location : duxford Drives : mk2 driver Registration date : 2008-02-03
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 17:29 | |
| oh yeh good point but i didnt want to put effort it as its only a mk2, i was more happy playing with the grinder until u stopped my fun | |
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ratlook_ping
Number of posts : 585 Age : 36 Location : exning Drives : Mk1 golf Registration date : 2008-03-02
| Subject: Re: joe or anyone else good at smoothing ? Mon Jul 13 2009, 17:39 | |
| Clag it up, filler is the new plastic EDIT... and metal | |
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