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How to convert beaten-up old ghetto car into new.
Actually the price is 600 dollars total. Now my bumpers have a black rubber skin. how do I make it shiny new? Do I use shoe polish?
Please help.
AZB
No man, look around for the product I mentioned, will work fine on rubber. If none available PM me and would be glad to bring you a bottle when I come 1/21. Always do a round or more at Los Aromas with HB and could leave it with him, or meet up with me at the course. Will cost you a beer.
I know what you are getting at. I am not so stupid to have invested so much money into an old car which could have enabled me to buy a nicer used car instead.
I always keep my cars in good mechanical condition no matter what country I live in. The repairs on my old car was done over a long time. I used to drive that car full time so naturally I kept up with the repairs. This is why my car was in good mechanical condition and for that same reason I invested in the exterior refurbishment. I didn't just pour money into this car and fixed the engine, transmission, power steering etc etc so i can paint it an make it new again. The car was driving fine so all was needed was exterior face-lift.
I don;t know how much money I spent on the mechanical repairs over the years. I don't keep a record of all that, besides the prices have changed as the dollar went up in value and then decreased.
AZB
The same stuff you used on your tires (tire-shine foam or similar) will work for a while. Silicone spray is just about the same. But you will have to repeat it on and on.
The other way arround is to paint the bumpers using a special primer and color mixture (available in the States).
For $600.oo it looks great... now you have to work on that crackled tarmac there underneath
One day I may ask you for the addresses where you had it done! ... J-D.
As you know, there is a cost/benefit in doing cart repairs/restoration. There is a point that the $$$ put into a car exceeds it's worth.
I've been a gearhead all my life (hence my handle). It's one thing to be upside down in a cool toy car. It's something entirely different in a daily-driver type, where $$$ can be better invested.
I'm restoring an old Jaguar now. I'll be so far upside down when it's done it's rediculous. But I won't think about it when the old XKE hits the road for the first time since the project started 12 years ago.
Work in Progress, Runs Great
Well cobraboy, my car is no classic material, I only abuse it on DR street; actually i drive it like a jeep. The money I have invested in it is nothing because the labor and repair is so cheap in this country. In USA I would have junked this car 5 yrs ago.
AZB
AZB
The same stuff you used on your tires (tire-shine foam or similar) will work for a while. Silicone spray is just about the same. But you will have to repeat it on and on.
The other way arround is to paint the bumpers using a special primer and color mixture (available in the States).
For $600.oo it looks great... now you have to work on that crackled tarmac there underneath
One day I may ask you for the addresses where you had it done! ... J-D.
The "special primer" you mention is called adhesion promoter, and a qt. of flexible paint will set him back about $70 plus labor as this stuff must be sprayed. The Mar-Hyde product I mentioned cost $11 here in the states and he can put it on. Fusor makes a higher end coating for about $35. Seeing as AZB only has about 6bills into this acrylic enamel job the coating would be the least expensive long term solution. I am a distributor for paint and body supplies, hence the "1 beer" offer to bring a kit of this non-isocyanate coating with me. Looks good and will last a mininum of 6 mesa's, unlike tire shine or silicone- 1 week tops.
Randy I get so many PM that I forget who is who. Sure come to santiago and I will buy all the beer you can drink.
AZB
