The (not so) white one

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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by ScottieJ » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:37 pm

I have to agree.....but I really like this raptor bedliner. However it's driven me mad a few times when I've thought I've missed a bit as it looks white when it catches the light in a certain way :lol:

The paint finish is not perfect by all means but it's an off-roader so it's gonna be scratched and covered in mud before long anyway :hahaha:
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by kiwizook » Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:59 am

you should have popped out those two little dents in the bonnet, they stick out like dogs danglies!
great work though, looks like it will be well suitable to be used!
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:06 am

kiwizook wrote:you should have popped out those two little dents in the bonnet, they stick out like dogs danglies!
great work though, looks like it will be well suitable to be used!
Not as easy as you think, they are right above the support bars so there's no way to get to them from
behind. It's almost impossible to find an 413 bonnet without those dents, people just throw the bonnet up against the screen and it's from the stops.

If it was a proper restoration back to standard then I probably would have. However as it's an off-roader there isn't even any body filler on it anywhere, even with all the welding repairs.
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by kiwizook » Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:04 am

True! now that you mention it, I've seen it many times before, new paint always make little dents like that stand out.
No body filler anywhere? can't be a true suzuki! :) really great to see you fix it such a great standard though, even though it will be used offroad, good way to keep a few more suzuki's on the road for many more years to come, many people would have given up on many of the vehicles people like yourself fix up/ restore!
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:36 pm

I've never really liked using body filler tbh, I'd rather try to do a neat repair and use high build primer if I can.

Cheers, a bit of positive feedback is always welcome.

Will be starting on the lj80 and lwb soon. I'm looking forwards to those builds, it'll be so nice to do some vehicles for myself again, it's been years since I've built something for myself so I'm doing 2 :hahaha:
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by donkeychomp » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:01 pm

Looking forward to your LJ thread. Did you ever find those spare sun visors?
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:06 pm

Good question :lol: Im off work thurs and fri so I'll have a look
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by donkeychomp » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:20 pm

Thank you!
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:43 pm

A few other little jobs done this eve, arches, rad mount and bonnet catch fitted.
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Re: The (not so) white one

Post by donkeychomp » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:52 pm

Nice work! Just noticed your LJ is the same colour as mine...
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