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D2 - Body and Exterior Bumpers, bonnets, glass, trims - Everything outside |
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Good info!
Sounds like anodising is the way to go, if its reasonably priced. I thought chrome electroplating was tough, but maybe not? According to these links anodising is much tougher. http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/791...aluminum-sheet http://www.finishing.com/145/50.shtml |
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Also there's anodising then there's hard anodising. I think the latter is probably what we need, to provide a tough weather-resistant finish, with the former being more suited to more decorative/cosmetic anodising applications, such a mobile phone cases, etc: http://metalfinishingsltd.co.uk/trea...ard-anodising/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcA7oE8yMvc The anodisation process can also add colour apparently: http://www.anodizing.co.nz/index.php...dising-colours ... very tempting! ... but I think I'll probably stick to the OEM look. Now I just need to find someone who can do it .... else I may have to turn my cellar into an anodising factory and do it myself!
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I did look at this for my trim at one point. Found a few anodisers but some were not keen on small stuff. With regards to colours here's some blurb from:
www.customcolour.co.uk "Custom Colour Anodising offer not only a wide range of colour finishes such as Red, Black, Blue, Orange, Gun Metal Grey, Gold, Silver, Bronze plus many more and each colour can be available in different shade to customers own preference. We also offer Hard Anodising, Chemically brightening, Chromate conversion, PTFE Coating plus pre anodising treatments such as glass blasting, bead blasting etc."
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That's what I'm finding. Most of them seem to be in the larger-scale manufacturing end of the market and not really interested in helping the crazy car enthusiast who's just looking to get some of his shiny bits shinier.
That place is actually on my list. Haven't contacted them yet, but I did email this one today, which is just a few miles away from there (had no reply back yet). Perhaps the two businesses are be related.
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Is it possible to remove the original trim without damaging it though? Surely it is fairly prone to bending/twisting/creasing etc when removing and refitting?
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My plan is to have those restored and then swap them over (which I'll be asking my garage/body-shop to do).
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust |
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If you remove the anodised coating and polish the aluminium it's then open to the elements of the weather and will quickly turn dull and black. Not a problem if you like to keep it polished every week or two. The other option is to have them polished and lacquered which will give you a couple of years before the lacquer starts to fail and then it's back to the beginning again.
I've seen quotes of almost £800 for the set
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We've moved on to re-anodising/re-chroming now To be honest, I'm struggling to find an anodising company willing to do it. Most of them either don't seem to want the work or just can't be bothered to answer their emails Anyone know of any more good anodisers to contact? I'm seriously leaning towards buying a kit and having a go myself now: http://gaterosplating.co.uk/Anodising-Kit.php How hard can it be?
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With all the toxic chemicals and fumes, not to mention the hard work required to polish them before re-anodising, I'm still not sure I want to take on the work of doing my own trims, never mind anyone else's! I'm still trying to find an anodising company who are willing/able to do it. If I do it myself it will be out of desperation, although admittedly it will be kind of fun and interesting to learn the anodising process.
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust |
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