Nose Cone Red

[Tomaky]

Wanted great condition red nose cone. No cracking. Sadly my pal didnt have the handbrake on and rolled it into the garage wall 😂

[LoneWolf]

Not easy to find one that matches the color of your car. Unfortunately the red gelcoat is probably the most affected to discoloration due to sunlight  

[Tomaky]

This is not good 😂 mine will be well conserved. 

[Tomaky]

Google tells me that with a polish (which ive all the gear for) coloir should return. 

[dvd8n]

Personally I wouldn't discount one in a contrasting colour if a good one comes up.

 

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[Craigieboy]

34 minutes ago, dvd8n said:

Personally I wouldn't discount one in a contrasting colour if a good one comes up.

 

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Good shout, or maybe even have a go at a DIY repair in a different colour as you've nothing to loose.

A few on here with black nose cones look the business. 

[Naranja_Al]

 Speak to Ash and go carbon 🤤

[Tomaky]

New this could end this way 😂😂

 

Gunna have a better look at it today. There are hairline cracks behind the more visual cracks 🤦

[Captain Colonial]

That’s really not bad at all, just annoying for you.  Drive it until winter, then take it to a reputable local repair shop.

 

Making sure your “pal” eats the bill, of course!

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

Repair and wrap it maybe? Could have whatever colour or style you like then. I've often wondered what a Westfield nosecone wrapped in the Union flag would look like. 

[dvd8n]

It's a bit 2000s but I was thinking of sticker bombing it.

 

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[Captain Colonial]

A good body shop can paint that to match, no problem.  Don’t forget that a new nose cone will require new fasteners and installing them, whereas repairing the existing one eliminates that hassle.

[Tomaky]

On 08/09/2024 at 13:56, Captain Colonial said:

A good body shop can paint that to match, no problem.  Don’t forget that a new nose cone will require new fasteners and installing them, whereas repairing the existing one eliminates that hassle.

Good point. So far we have pulled it back in line and internal patched. I have a westfiekd gel coat tub on tje way going to touch up tje main damage as best i can. Will polish the not very well pictured cracks in the gel coat and fill then polish back. Ill have a job making it worse. 

[Tomaky]

Sigh 

[dvd8n]

That's strange, I got my blue from Westfield no problem.

 

If you do a search there are companies that do gel in a huge range of colours, generally chandlers.