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mickrick
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2,463 posts
42 months
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Thought I'd give it a try on my nosecone today. I didn't have my buffing machine with me, so I did it by hand. Started with grade C, then F7, and finished off with grade S. Still a long way to go with the rest of the body panels, but should go quicker with the machine. It's good stuff.   
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allen l
406 posts
47 months
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That should be a real nightmare for people like me who hate to keep a car clean.  Looks very good!
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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"My name is Mick, and I'm a polisher" (Other folks in therapy sitting in a circle applaude)   I recon once I have the finish, a regular once over with S Grade should keep it up quite easily. Of course time will tell.  I do find it theraputic though.
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Epimetheus
152 posts
109 months
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You're going to have hours of fun polishing round the louvres on the bonnet . . .
Come to think of it, make that days of fun.
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mickrick
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2,463 posts
42 months
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Yes, bonnet is next. should be time consuming around the front suspension cutouts too, daren't get my machine too close to those. I also have rear wings and some CSR cycle wings in ally. I'm looking forward to getting to the CSR wings, they're so pleasing on the eye.
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Dave J
600 posts
135 months
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 very nice its a real buggar when the road stones chip and ping the sideskins, the bare ally is quite soft and appears far more prone to chips than the painted finish in my experience.
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mickrick
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2,463 posts
42 months
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Cheers Dave  I always liked the look of your car when it was black and ally, but with the use your car gets, it was inevitable that one day you'd have to paint it, or get it re-skinned. I'm thinking of using some Armourfend on some of the vulnerable spots. Not too sure how it will look on the polished all though. But to be honest, the car probably wont clock many miles a year.
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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Spent about 4 hours on the bonnet at the weekend.  Still have to work on the louvers though. 
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rdodger
755 posts
72 months
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Hi
Can I ask if the alloy nose is a one off or is it readily available?
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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It's both realy. A fellow called Geoff Moss made it for me. I'm sure he'd make one for you. His out of date web site is here http://www.mphmotorpanels.com/index.htmBest to give him a call, as he's not very good at answering e-mails. A really nice chap, but don't ecpect to rush a magician! He likes to have the car in the workshop, to make sure everything fits.
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V7SLR
198 posts
55 months
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Mick, I thought I was a serious polisher when on my last car I'd started to polish through the paint on the bonnet louvres - but this is in a different class!!! I guess this is going to be the new "Sugino's Seven"!
Stu.
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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If I could get even 10% close to Sugino's car, I could die a happy man!  I'm just taking it nice and easy, and I'll see how it turns out. A bit more black on my car than Sugino's though  Actualy, I don't think there's a comparison. The Guy's an artist!
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Dave J
600 posts
135 months
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is that a black windscreen Mic ?
are you black packing it or all ally ?
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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Hi Dave, Yes, I'm black packing it. It's just the body panels, nosecone, and wings that are all ally. I'm trying to go for a modern car with a classic twist, if you know what I mean? I'll be using a bit of carbon too. Sounds like a bit of a mish mash doesn't it! But I have it all in my head.  I have a roadsport cage in black, carbon dash, stack, black aero filler, screen is black, as you have noticed. I'll use carbon tillets too. And as you've seen from BC, I'm after some wheels with the 4 spoke design similar to the Lotus 49, but will be splits, so again, a bit more black, and a classic theme. I think it should come out looking O.K. I've always liked the Black/Ally combination. Not everyones cup of tea though, I know.
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Dave J
600 posts
135 months
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domt forget to get rid of the nasty silver bonnet catches and springs and use satin black instead
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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Mmmm...not keen on that idea to be honest Dave. I think they look O.K. as they are, and I recon the black would soon come off, making them look quite shabby.
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taffyracer
2,092 posts
112 months
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Dave, where did you get the black ones from?
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Dave J
600 posts
135 months
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rally design
but you need to slightly modify the rear over center clips
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mickrick
Original Poster
2,463 posts
42 months
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Finaly got the tub finished today. I lost the use of the garage for a year, so the chassis has been sitting in a trailer for nearly a year. I can start putting some things on it now. Got the cage and screen back on.   I think the hardest part of the whole job was getting the linishing markes out, where the side skins are welded, at the corner of the cockpit sill/wheelarch, and over the shock absorber turrets. I must have flatted these back 3 or 4 times, only to find the marks still visible when it was polished up. I had to flat the whole tub back with 3m Microfine pads, to get the grain out, before polishing with the Cyclo polisher, and three grades of Nuvite. Still a bit of grain it it if you can get it in the right light, but I'll probably give it another once over, once it's all together. Next job, I think I'll get the holes marked up in the rear wings. Cheers, Mick.
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Gingerbread Man
5,875 posts
82 months
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You're going to go mad cleaning that.
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