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SD44
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66 headlight bezel repops
after i finished painting mine i was considering buying a pair of the repop bezels for it. but i had a guy at a carshow this weekend tell me that the repops never fit correctly. anyone ever used any? they're half the price of the oem stuff, so i was hoping to use them.
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Wed May 10, 2006 8:52 pm |
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Ranch67
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you might be better off having them reanodized and straightend by a good shop.
i dont trust repo stuff esp. when it comes to expensive molding and trim pieces that will be in direct eyesight. JMO
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Thu May 11, 2006 5:18 pm |
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jmgford
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I bought a pair and returned them. They were poor quality (which I expected), but they were not even mirror images of each other.
One side protruded out forward from from the fender considerably more than the other. My originals were very nice, so I had them polished and they look great.
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Thu May 11, 2006 6:39 pm |
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SD44
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who would be a good shop to contact for this kind of work? i'd also like to get my grill and tailights done, too.
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fair67cp
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these pieces aluminum? If so, they are really easy to do yourself. I forget where I saw it but there is a trick using Draino I think. You prepare a solution, immerse your parts, and it removes oxidation, etc. The only snafu is that it takes off external coatings (which is expensive to re-apply) so after the part is done you have to make sure to keep it sealed using wax products and stuff. I must have seen this on television, some kind of auto restoration show a few weeks ago.
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Fri May 12, 2006 2:52 am |
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fair67cp
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Yeah, the draino crystals in water removes the anodization, cleans the part. At that point you can either re-anodize (which is expensive) or polish and seal the part? I think this is the jist of what I saw. I apologize if this turns out to be misleading or false. Maybe you can do a search on the internet using anodization and "draino" as keywords just to confirm what I (think i remember) saw.
Good luck!
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Fri May 12, 2006 3:00 am |
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edwardejv
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i thought it was oven cleaner
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SD44
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quote:
Originally posted by edwardejv:
i thought it was oven cleaner
i've heard that before too, but i tried it and it didn't help at all.
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GerryProctor
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Drano or oven cleaner or any other chemical that contains lye will strip the anodizing. It will also handily eat the aluminum to nothing if you leave it on too long. Very corrosive stuff. Be careful if you do the Drano bath and keep an eye on your parts.
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