michael

Naff isn't it - but only £15 for a ticket and I'd happily pay that to see C & C.

Any bumper at all would look nicer than the Veilside, in fact even no bumper at all would, but that standard one with the painted lip and active spoiler does look rather spiffing

I'm just trying to preserve you

I only really want to see Coheed & Cambria but wouldn't mind seeing Fightstar too, sadly they are mixed in with two bands I dislike so I might have to go out for a wander during those sets. I also bought a ticket for Manchester when they are playing Leeds too... ho hum V05?

Is anyone here going to any of the Kerrang Tour 2008 dates? http://www.aloud.com/holding/kerrang_tour.shtml

You need to find some kind of kit car owners club and get them into the idea of a Supra engine

Nice FTO Oh and welcome!

My Escort would give an NA a good run for it's money

Many times over

I must be a gayer or a girl because I found that amusing.

It's a shame they don't put buses underneath these days but it's still jolly impressive

Story of my life

I'm sure he'll be thrilled.

I presume you didn't have one of these when you were a baby then? http://www.oompa.com/mas_assets/full/PL53520.jpg

I wouldn't do that sir! I admire anyone who is willing to take on something like that, as I said in my post I only do little bits, a whole car is a completely different story

I suspect the problem is that I'm a bit of a perfectionist and your techniques are simply about pleasing 99% of the public

I'd anticipate the lame joke option to remove any potential for disappointment

I suspect I'm the "well intended" individual you want to save him from but rest easy that I'm giving advice based on personal experience of small parts (not whole cars) rather than picking info from the air. It generally is acrylic from Halford, the cans I have certainly are - as for "one stage" I'm not sure what you mean by that but it certainly works better when applied over primer and can be applied in multiple coats, that's the method they recommend. I consider that multi-stage but then I'm not in the business (I guess you are?) so am not up on the terminology. My experience with it says it can be and very nicely to boot. Would you like me to take some pictures of the 2500 4000 grit stuff I have? Or the 2000? I wet sanded my bonnet and intend to do a lot more, there isn't a chance I'd go near it with 1200 - 1500 though, 2000 followed by 4000, a couple of passes with a paint depth gauge backing me up. G6! He wants to polish, not take the paint off and start again If you must use these god awful body repair products then maybe G10 but a nice Menzerna PO85RD 3.02 followed by some Final Finish PO85RD would be my preferred attack for a decent finish that isn't covered in swirls. 15 minutes if it's Halfords stuff, slightly longer in this weather I guess - I cheat and use a bit of heat though, the colour gets flatted back before the clear goes on anyway, there is nothing worse than a perfectly smooth clear over a crappy orange peel colour. But other than this I totally agree with you and of course none of this matters if the prep work is pants.

I haven't tried that particular one but I've used similar stuff, if you prep well and keep plenty of layers on it makes life much easier if you are too lazy to clean the wheels on a regular basis.

It's to remind us that he's 17 again

Well I'd certainly leave it a while for the paint to cure properly but then you could go over it with some 2500 and 4000 wet and dry before following up with a slightly abrasive polish to remove the wet sanding marks. Please don't go near it with a scouring pad

You should be able to polish them up in the same way as you would any other plastic body part, some kind of abrasive to flat them down, polish and then wax.

I'd suggest you read it again then.

Wow, you really are worried about getting a beating by the forum hard men at JAE!

Cars need to be street legal, number plates, MOT, proper tyres, tax etc Individual entries were £100 last year I think, not sure if it will be the same this time but it won't be far off either way.