Polished aluminium Series 2a

[carby]

Anyone attempted a bare Alu finish?

< Edit - cant seem to post a pic of the bugger! >

[peterg1001]

Try

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWYJL4ROV9E]YouTube - landrover polished aluminium[/ame]

Peter

[carby]

Woa. Too Bling for my tastes. Interesting perspex panels, must have been some sore of showcase truck.

I was after more of a simple, paint stripper and 1200 grit and let nature turn her grey.

c

[The ho har's]

Woa. Too Bling for my tastes. Interesting perspex panels, must have been some sore of showcase truck.

I was after more of a simple, paint stripper and 1200 grit and let nature turn her grey.

c

PM 'killer' on this site he has one..not as shiny as that last one though...there are limitations on the 'shinyess' though for rego in QLD, not sure about other states

Mrs hh

[HangOver]

nice !

I wouldn;t want to have to clean it again after a day out in the mud

[raskol]

Quite cool!

[isuzurover]

PM 'killer' on this site he has one..not as shiny as that last one though...there are limitations on the 'shinyess' though for rego in QLD, not sure about other states

Mrs hh

Yes - ask killer for some pics of the "Silver Bullet" as he has christened it. I don't have any in electronic form.

Actually I have this one. The yellow bonnet and blue/green other panels (and the fact that dad was too tight to pay for some paint) are the reasons we stripped it:


I suspect what you are looking for is a "brushed" finish - like Mal's Sidewinder


It is a LOT of work on a previously painted vehicle - and you may find a few surprises under the paint. The worst part is small dints where they have ground the panel with a coarse sanding disc. The dint itself doesn't look to bad in a brushed finish, but the grinding marks are almost impossible to sand out.

[Killer]

I don't have any photos of it yet either Ben. I must get the camera out and start posting.

Cheers, Mick.