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09-27-2011, 02:24 AM | #45 |
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Side note mlai. How's your paint job done at WK for your fender?
I recently spent hours to remove scratches and swirls from my boot lid. I think they left a lot of scratches when they repainted it. My black color could notice these imperfections quite easily.
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I chose gloss before but somehow the material keeps on getting bubbles and peeling off. After I switched to matte, problem went away. Highly suggest you pick matte.
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Then again, I have sophisto grey. Scratches and swirls were probably a bit harder to notice than your black.....
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Cool, I just had my boot lid spot wet sanded, compounded and swirl removed. Took days. First time I wet sand, afraid of screwing up but eventually turned out alright. Even had the deep scratches on hood and paint chips on door and hood fixed. The paint chip fixes are till noticeable if look up close but I think I did better job than most body shop on the touch up job.
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Matte, as Jxnco suggested. Many people did gloss and outcome not good.
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Did you fill in the paintchip with paint +clearcoat? Wetsand so brave, i went with your advice, got some 2000 grit to fill in the gap between 1200 and 3000.. |
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Hi Ronald
It depends who you ask. Some have tried the 20" and find them unbearably heavy.. like "two fat men" riding in the car. But those weigh 34 lbs each, with non-RFTS roughly equal the OEs+RF in weight, so according to newtonian mechanics there is no diff. But how do we reconcile the experience and the theory? Perhaps Relativity can help here, as einstein stated, E=MC2, or light appears the same speed to all viewers, regardless of their speed, suggesting a 'subjective' component to experience. But even einstein may be wrong, as is currently being challenged by the CERN results.. if so then you may even have to question what your father's last name is. Anyway, physics say 0.1s per 10lbs/rim for 0-100km .. but E=MC2 may be false so don't blame me. |
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Like you are running on heavier shoes. Go for forged/flow-formed (RC3 is expert there) wheels will help to keep the weight down for the wheels. But then, only my 2cents.
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I have 20" ones and I don't think they make my car any slower. Of course, they are ultra light and I saved more than 10lbs per corner from the stock setup. Mlai is right. At the end of the day, depends on what kind of wheels you get. |
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Ronald, don't worry about Einstein grimlock there.
Seems like every new member here asked the same question over and over again. We should make a sticky thread on wheel swapping. As mlai and jxnco said, it depends your rim and tire combination. The OE rims are pretty heavy, if swap to a larger and wider OE rim unsprung weight will be affected and performance will not be good. So get lighter rims like forged and flow formed. Wider set up will definitely affect performance since more friction from the tires to the road. But then cornering will be improved. Which means straight road will be slower and windy road will be faster. So it's give and take. For me, my rims are pretty light though not as light as Jxnco's. I don't see any performance lost. But this is very personal and you have to make the call.
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You used 1,200 grit... Not too coarse? I messed up using 1,000 last time and have to fine sand down. Guessed I wasted quite a bit of clear coat. I could not find any 3,000 so went with 2,000, 6,000 and 8,000. You got your sand paper from ebay or something? I eventually have to go to MK model shop to get them. And they don't have 2,500, 3,000 and alike.
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I use on rims, should have mentioned, sanding away the dried stick out clear.. lots of it and save time, but have to tape off other part to prevent one accidentle swipe, or more work later. On car def. too rough, esp. if only on the original clear.. I got up to 1200 from renovation shop downstairs, only $2 sheet.. no finer and dont know where to find so ebay, 40 for 1 piece .. $$ but one sheet last forever on these little scratches.. got 2000,3000,5000 online What model shop, can get next time .. but i will go blind if i can finish one sheet of each Did u use the 6000 and 8000? after 5000 i go to 3m rubbing compound.. and its perfect or near already (final megs hand polish) |
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Just buy a set!
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oops. my mistake. didn't realize you were looking for matt.....
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You can get matte grills on ebay. Should be about US$100 including shipping.
I know a shop that can paint but you will pay roughly the same. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/REPLA...item45fd515ea8 |
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Plan to add another 1 or 2 coats of Cabana wax after the liquid wax. To give it a more rich look. Black car is crazy to up keep. White will be my choice for next car. I only did the boot lid and hood. Still need to do the doors, top, bumpers, skirts and etc. Do them next time I wash my car. But no need to fix scratches any more. Probably the most is swirl fix wipe.
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