I rubbed the bonnet back to the bare alloy, thinking I might paint it.
It's still bare:D:D:D
Looks good (well, I think so...)
GQ
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I rubbed the bonnet back to the bare alloy, thinking I might paint it.
It's still bare:D:D:D
Looks good (well, I think so...)
GQ
I've thought of that - but then I think of driving into a low sun, and think better!Quote:
Originally Posted by Quiggers
John
Remembering about alloy painting, John, I didn't rub off the old primer on the flat section of the Disco bonnet;
I masked it and resprayed that piece flat black, but the rest is shiny alloy... I like it but no-one else in this family does...
Curiously, after 14 years, only the bonnet and roof are crook, the sides are still quite good....
I noticed on Top Gear recently that the new Rolls Royce 2 door has a polished alloy bonnet, crikey!
Said to my mob, Roller pinched that idea from me!
(I'm not sure the bought that one:D:D:D)
So if its good enough for Rolls Royce, it's good enough for me!
I polish my bonnet with 1200 wet and dry!
GQ
History goes round in circles. The original Rolls Royce 40/50, AX201, "Silver Ghost", has always had, and still has, all aluminium all polished bodywork. But the bonnet on it is a lot further below the driver's eyes than on a Landrover, and isn't flat either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quiggers
John
Yeah I know John, polished alloy looks very flash - those guys a hundred years back knew that!
Mine's my own little homage to the once great (and sadly long gone) days of Pommie supercars....
No one gets it, tho'.........
Reckon I should put on a 'Spirit of Ecstacy' (the silver lady) on the front?
Having just typed that, it sounds extraordinarly inappropriate these days....
the sprirt of ecstacy...hmmm...
the (partly) polished bonnet:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/180.jpg
GQ