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fender flare rubber welting
Posted by Jerry Morris
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fender flare rubber welting July 08, 2004 12:34AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 4 |
<HTML> Does anyone have a good idea of how to restore the look of faded welting that is put between the body and the fender flare on most trucks?
Also on the roof I have a spot about the size of a dime that looks like a cluster of pin pricks and the polish compound gets in to them and does not come out? Thanks</HTML>
Also on the roof I have a spot about the size of a dime that looks like a cluster of pin pricks and the polish compound gets in to them and does not come out? Thanks</HTML>
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Re: fender flare rubber welting July 08, 2004 05:11AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,838 |
<HTML>You might want to check out Auto Internationals E.T.R II kit or Detail Plus' new rubber renewer formula. Or you might want to try Speed Bead by Stoner. This does a great job on window seals.
Those pinpricks are cracks in the paint -- either from acid rain, bird droppings or "solvent pop." I used to have them on my Mustang after a paint job -- the solvent was popping through the paint.</HTML>
Take care,
Brian
Precision Auto & Marine
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Those pinpricks are cracks in the paint -- either from acid rain, bird droppings or "solvent pop." I used to have them on my Mustang after a paint job -- the solvent was popping through the paint.</HTML>
Take care,
Brian
Precision Auto & Marine
Learn to detail boats! Visit www.detailtheboat.com
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Re: fender flare rubber welting July 09, 2004 03:15AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 505 |
<HTML>Question?
Do you wish to do a "short term", dressing fix or a "long term- 1 to 3 year fix, repair"?
All "car care product" companies have "dressings" that will make a trim part look good for a week or maybe even two.
And there are some short time "dye" types that will promise a longer term cover up.
If you want to see what a world wide vehicle manufacturer used on over 27,000 new vehicles with a discolored trim issues, one that could have cost them over $4 million dollars, so they did an expensive test at their expense, go to www.autoint.com and look under the OEM/TSB Section and the Hyundai TSB on this.
By the way, while it is not there, Mazda used the same a couple of years earlier, on about 4,000 new B-2000 pickups, and it was much more involved than mirrors and door handles.
There is a major vehicle manufacturer right now, in the Pacific Rim, that has about 45,000 vehicles with a discolored trim issue and preparing a dealer TSB to use the same product for a permanent repair.
Keep in mind, when these vehicle manufacturers chose to tell their dealerships to use a product regarding this sort of concern, it had best be right, since the vehicle manufacturer has to "warranty" the fix for at least 3 years!
Ketch</HTML>
Do it right or don't do it all!
Do you wish to do a "short term", dressing fix or a "long term- 1 to 3 year fix, repair"?
All "car care product" companies have "dressings" that will make a trim part look good for a week or maybe even two.
And there are some short time "dye" types that will promise a longer term cover up.
If you want to see what a world wide vehicle manufacturer used on over 27,000 new vehicles with a discolored trim issues, one that could have cost them over $4 million dollars, so they did an expensive test at their expense, go to www.autoint.com and look under the OEM/TSB Section and the Hyundai TSB on this.
By the way, while it is not there, Mazda used the same a couple of years earlier, on about 4,000 new B-2000 pickups, and it was much more involved than mirrors and door handles.
There is a major vehicle manufacturer right now, in the Pacific Rim, that has about 45,000 vehicles with a discolored trim issue and preparing a dealer TSB to use the same product for a permanent repair.
Keep in mind, when these vehicle manufacturers chose to tell their dealerships to use a product regarding this sort of concern, it had best be right, since the vehicle manufacturer has to "warranty" the fix for at least 3 years!
Ketch</HTML>
Do it right or don't do it all!
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