Carbon Splitters Refurb

[Bounce]

Looking good,ill take mine off and send them up to you.

[s.mac]

looking good

[karbonkid]

Originally Posted by Bounce

Looking good,ill take mine off and send them up to you.

Sure, thats awfully nice of you! I could do with a spare set.

[M5 Powered]

for the time poor, is there anyone that I can send mine to for sanding and cooking?

Kindest

Jonathan

[glendog74]

What's the plan regarding lacquer coat Alex? Will you be sending them off to be done professionally or are you gonna try it yourself?

I'd be happy to re-furb my spare set but i'm not sure the lacquer that i have will harden sufficiently to last a reasonably long time...

[karbonkid]

Originally Posted by M5 Powered

for the time poor, is there anyone that I can send mine to for sanding and cooking?

Kindest

Jonathan

Any good bodyshop should be able to rub them down and lacquer them. Just advise/ check with them on how they intend to do it, to ensure it's done correctly. It's very straight forward tbh.

Originally Posted by glendog74

What's the plan regarding lacquer coat Alex? Will you be sending them off to be done professionally or are you gonna try it yourself?

I'd be happy to re-furb my spare set but i'm not sure the lacquer that i have will harden sufficiently to last a reasonably long time...

I did the prep work and I dropped them off to the bodyshop who are re-spraying the bumper.

They use a two part Lacquer which has a hardener in and this will give the best results, finishing with oven treatment. Like I did last time.

You cannot obtain a good and durable finish with any type of DIY aerosol, it gets applied too thin and does not last.

[glendog74]

Cheers Alex

[karbonkid]

Follow up of final stages:

Splitters were Lacquered and a polish compound was applied, working in to remove any surface dirt/ contamination that settled during the drying stage.



Polish was removed & couple of layers of Victoria's Concours Wax went on.



Wax cured, then buffed off...

Originally Posted by karbonkid

Thought it was time to give the front splitters another overhaul, although they weren't as bad as the last but with the front bumper being freshly resprayed it would have looked wrong not to have given them some sort of TLC.

Well not strictly true now after being fooked about trying to get the front bumper re-sprayed at 2 separate firms, both failing (even after leaving it with one of them for 4weeks), bringing me to the conclusion to give up & abandon the idea this season as it will only be back in its original state after a few TDs anyway.. so giving it a tidy up myself.
Work in progress atm..

[shimmy]

I'm just about to send 2 pairs to Perkins KK, did yours last ok with their work ?

[karbonkid]

Originally Posted by shimmy

I'm just about to send 2 pairs to Perkins KK, did yours last ok with their work ?

Yep, they did mine first time round only. They did a proper Job, no need to worry. You done the prepping?