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paint and body work - 3/25/2008 9:36:42 PM
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iwantfast
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So i spent the remainder of the day sanding and fiberglassing the yellow beast. I have had many cars but none of wich were like this one. I noticed that the front bumer and rear are this flimsy type of material i'm guessing is old plastic?
Well trying to get the body lines to match and flow as they should seems to be more difficult than expected.The rear bumper is ok but the front has some dips at the nose , kind of like they just gave in to gravity. Everything else does why not. But i was trying to see if anyone had any special tricks?
I also have a problem with the hood not matching in height with the fender flares. I know i have seen others and they just match perfectly, I don't have any type of rubber bushing between the fender lip and the hood to try and push it up as so to match.
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RE: paint and body work - 3/26/2008 2:34:55 AM
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wrwalke
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The front and rear bumpers on the later C3's are definitely cheezy.  You can try to smooth a bad one out a bit with alot of work (and flexible epoxy, body filler, and high build primers), but if it is too bad, a new one might be a good idea. They are available in urethane, reinforced plastic, and fibreglass. Mine was pretty decent, and 4 coats of high build primer and lots of sanding did the trick.
As for the hood height... fender washers. If you can't move the stud around in the hinge holes enough to get a good match (there is generally about 1/4" or so of play in the hinge attachment), you can add fender washers to change the height. They are available at home depot and most decent auto parts stores. I do recommend putting in at least one urethane or rubber one at the bottom of the stack so that it isn't a "hard fit". Also, I have found that it pays to take the time to paint the washers with a good rust preventative primer and hard enamel (and let them dry really good) before installing them. Road salt and age will make things ugly if you just install them bare, as most of them are just zinc coated steel.
bill.
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