Wait... what might that be in my driveway?? - Project Time

[static1800]

I've done a bit by hand, i was going to sand blast them to get the powder coat off but i stripped them chemically instead. I've used an orbital sander for most of it so far, need to grab some finer grit paper tomorrow only hit it with 400 so far. Will also have to do a bit of work on the lip as they have a bit of gutter rash.

[Jarred]

Yea, they should come up good. I'm also interested, do you think it would be worth it to buy an electric buffer at all...? haha

So will they be polished or painted?

[static1800]

Yea, they should come up good. I'm also interested, do you think it would be worth it to buy an electric buffer at all...? haha

So will they be polished or painted?

haha might do mate

polished of course, without center caps

[ontarv]

i sanded mine just went finer and finer
get meguiars nxl all metal polish
100 x better than autosol
and alot longer lasting shine

[OEM G60]

The Mothers aluminium polish is pretty good too.

[Mischa]

your car and mine are twins i'm gonna keep mine the original colour too. let me know how you decide to do the paint, maybe we can do it together for common gain!

[static1800]

your car and mine are twins i'm gonna keep mine the original colour too. let me know how you decide to do the paint, maybe we can do it together for common gain!

I'm getting a mate to do it, just going to set up a bay in my garage and have a go. He is a spray painter by trade so it should turn out good.

[Jarred]

.... He is a spray painter by trade so it should turn out good.

ha! you'll be laughing then. I'm pretty sure it'll come out schmick even for a garage jobbie then!

[static1800]

May I inquire as to the reason that you wont run centre caps?

I personally prefer the look without them, the set i have is missing one and they are plastic so cant polish them

[static1800]

Im trying to work out the colour of the car, it has no colour code sticker on it.

It is an aussie built car so i looked up the aussie colour charts for 76 and they have flipper blue which i think is correct. I spoke to my old man and he reckons it is that colour he had a beetle the same colour.

I believe that same colour changed to either miami blue or florida blue after they stopped making them here.