vRS
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Gave the Octavia another good inside clean yesterday, something about nice clean mats and a fresh smell that makes it a even more pleasurable car to be drove around in
Gave the Octavia another good inside clean yesterday, something about nice clean mats and a fresh smell that makes it a even more pleasurable car to be drove around in
Am I the only who sees not a bunch of dead cars, but a hidden land of treasures and spare parts just waiting to be put together as a new Porsche?
This might or might not be what you were talking about.
Am I the only who sees not a bunch of dead cars, but a hidden land of treasures and spare parts just waiting to be put together as a new Porsche?
Regarding the Porsche-junkyard-talk on the previous pages.. You guys (and lady) seem to think it's a graveyard worth of tear-floods. Am I the only who sees not a bunch of dead cars, but a hidden land of treasures and spare parts just waiting to be put together as a new Porsche? Spectre, Nabster, you know what I'm talking about.
This reminds me of the car cleaning / waxing / polishing conversation we had just a couple of days ago. It's one thing to wash your car, that's just normal maintenance. Then there's the waxing business. You can do wash + wax, or wash + polish + wax. I always thought that's where a sensible man would be satisfied.
.. But now that I've looked into it, my next car will get a wash + polish + wash + microclean polish + wash + polish + wash + wax times 50 + polish + wax etc etc.. And after I drive it for 10 km, I'll have to do it all over again. I shall be known as Mr. Neurotic.
Given that it's properly put together with a 50$ paintjob then yes, it's what I'm talking about.
Really, 5 posts in a row???
I approve of hitches - if you hit my car, you must suffer. It's not my fault that you weren't looking where you drive.
Regarding the Porsche-junkyard-talk on the previous pages.. You guys (and lady) seem to think it's a graveyard worth of tear-floods. Am I the only who sees not a bunch of dead cars, but a hidden land of treasures and spare parts just waiting to be put together as a new Porsche? Spectre, Nabster, you know what I'm talking about.
Where is that I need to save them. i bet if I put a few of them together I can make a working one >:
Ouch, yeah, you're right about that. Is it possible to remove the whole panel to get at the back?
I'd replace the fender; that will probably be the cheapest, easiest and fastest way to deal with it. Most fenders are held on with bolts, not welded on, for simple replacement.
Tack a nail to it and use a pull-hammer, grind off the nail and paint it over.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's welded on I could grind it off, but I have no welding tools, so replacing it would be an issue. Also, is it really possible to get the colour to match on a new fender?
Yes, it is possible! Any competent body shop can do it; since you have a solid color and not a metallic one, it should be child's play. My XJ6 has that green metallic paint, and my bodyshop was able to match it perfectly when my passenger fender suffered an injury and needed to be repaired:
Matching that color is *hard*, getting your white color straight will be easy. Painting your fender will go exactly like this anyway.
Although I've just looked at a pic of the engine bay on a Merkur XR4ti, and yeah, it looks like the idiots spotwelded that thing on. No matter, it can be gotten off by a competent shop in no time.
Or you could buy one of these kits and pull out the dent, as others suggest: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ct...=cpc&zmam=33951326&zmas=12&zmac=112&zmap=3223