zvezdochka Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 Currently fitting body etc, (see comment on rear det arch discrepancy in techie talk) and now have encountered problem with bonnet. The locating blocks and sockets are too tight to allow bonnet to sit on body flange. I am reluctant to use wet and dry on the blocks as these are visible with bonnet off, should I jusy open out the sockets? I have read steppenwolfs guidance on this but would welcome comments as I don't want to wreck precious fibreglass before I even drive it! Quote
sedsy Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 When i recently fitted my banana i mean bonnet i ended up rubbing down the locating blocks and its not hard to clean them back up afterwards. The mouldings are a bit iffy so its necessary i think! Hope this helps Quote
steppenwolf Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Providing you do not rub down through the Gel Coat layer, you can relatively easily polish these back up by first using 400 grit, then 1200 and finally 1500 all used VERY wet with a little bit of 'Fairy Liquid'. Once you have a good surface, you can give a final polish with brasso and your underbonnet will still look great. As a total aside but on the subject of under-bonnet, my Westie had it's first MOT yesteday and the car was up on the ramps being examined. I nearly had a coronary when the tester said that there was clearly something wrong with my engine - I asked what it was and he said that there wasn't a sign of any oil leaks anywhere so it had to be assumed that there was no oil in the engine or gearbox! B***ard really got me going for a moment ...... Quote
zvezdochka Posted February 11, 2003 Author Posted February 11, 2003 Thanks, out with the wet and dry then! No oil leaks yet, but no oil in engine or box yet. Quote
Paul Helsby Posted February 14, 2003 Posted February 14, 2003 It's neater and easier to open out the bonnet hole as this avoids the need to polish up the blocks that are visible. I used the little widget things in a cordless drill and remove a little bit at a time until the bonet sits nice and flush Quote
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