My "Murdered" VR6

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thanks - I know a place that could probably advise me, I'll have a chat to them.

[Silver dub]

I've used it on a whole car before that was an ex-painters car and was covered in millions of speckles of house paint.

All I did was soak a cloth in prepsol and wiped over an area at a time and after each section used a dry cloth to remove.

For instance I would break a a quarter panel into about 3 or 4 sections at a time.

[dark]

went and spoke to the paint guy today, he said cutting compound and a machine buffer is my best bet! Back to the hard slog I guess!
Also I fixed this issue today:



Nowhere near as scary as I thought pulling the airbag off etc - sometimes I love vw engineers, they can be so logical! Wish I could say the same thing about the suspension! My wheel is hammered as well, but reluctant to put a momo on or something and lose my airbag, I am looking for a mk 3.5 cabby wheel at the moment if anyone knows of one!
Anyway indicator issue dealt with, it works perfectly now! I actually think I could have saved the oem one as I think the contacts might have just been gunked up with dust, but the new oem one was all nice and unmarked so I ran it anyway. job done.

Now more buffing / cutting and thinking about wheels and how satin black will look on a mystic blue car.

found these 2 pics for a bit of an idea:





Was also thinking that bronze wheels could look pretty awesome as well

[Ironman]

Nice work.. Bronze would look amazing depending on the pattern. Should stick with OEM Wheel, good quality ones are hard to come by and queensland laws states - "Steering wheels
Altering a steering wheel might affect a vehicle's
compliance with the Australian Design Rules (ADRs)
applicable to occupant impact protection.
Steering wheels fitted to vehicles manufactured to
comply with ADR 10/.. may only be replaced by a
steering wheel which has been tested to comply with
ADR10/... Where these ADRs apply, the vehicle's steering
column and steering wheel are designed to minimise
injury to the driver in the event of a crash.
Vehicles that are required to comply with ADR 69/.. or
ADR 73/.. or where originally fitted with a driver airbag
must not be fitted with a replacement steering wheel
without an airbag, unless it is supplied by the vehicle
manufacturer as an option for that model.
The diameter of any replacement wheel may be up to
25mm smaller than the original wheel but must not
be less than 350mm."
And thats if you want to keep it Legal lol

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mk3.5 cabby wheel would be legal I think, its plug and play and has an airbag, approved for essentially the same car. I doubt an assessor would pick it as not from a mk3. That being said - nobody buy one as I need it!!



these 2 from tsw are kinda nice



or a bit more oem

[Ironman]

Yeah i get what your saying, def go the MK 3.5 cabby wheel. I was referring to a boss kit and momo wheel as something you couldn't use as it doesn't have an airbag. As for rims, i like the oem looking ones, would be awesome.

[DubSteve]

yellow dials where did you get them from?

[Silver dub]

You will wear out a lot of cutting pads as it will constantly clog the pad full of paint and to do any good you will have to keep replacing the pads.

I would still try some prepsol as it might substantially reduce the amount of paint on the car and reduce the amount of cutting pads needed.

[Ben J]

Couldnt hurt to try it on the bonnet seeing its being replaced and all

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after about 3 hours of hand rubbing with cloths and cutting compound, I achieved this.

It sucked and I think prepsol needs to be tried!!

Paintwork is ok underneath, i think it could be brought up alot with a quality wax etc