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Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:48 pm
by Teastick
Hahaha too true mate!

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:55 pm
by Teastick
Is it just me or have my pictures dissapeared?

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:11 am
by johnny
Teastick wrote:Is it just me or have my pictures dissapeared?
Not working for me either

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:17 pm
by Teastick
I best get uploading to flikr then lol

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:35 pm
by johnny
Pic are working again lol

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:06 pm
by Teastick
Thats just weird. I didn't change a thing and they just came back :p

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:26 pm
by scorpiotn1
Teastick wrote:Thats just weird. I didn't change a thing and they just came back :p
its been happening on imageshack.us as well.

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:06 pm
by Teastick
scorpiotn1 wrote:
Teastick wrote:Thats just weird. I didn't change a thing and they just came back :p
its been happening on imageshack.us as well.
I uploaded via tapatalk though :/

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:05 pm
by Teastick
Got bored and found me dads back to black muahaha

Image

Image

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:15 pm
by johnny
Looks so much better :) pity it doesnt last long though

You NEED alloys big time lol

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:33 pm
by steviebuggy
Yer the wheel trims are nice but alloys would be a bit nicer tho, the plastics look well nice good old back to black!! :D

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:48 pm
by scorpiotn1
To make it last longer, wait till your back to black fades away again and try this,

get a heat gun.
set it on a low temp.
hold it between 30cm away from the trim and at a 45 degree angle.
slowly bring the trim up to temp.
the oil in the plastic will come to the surface making it blacker.
Keep the heat gun moving or your trim might bend out of shape. (if that happens quickly hold it back into position and let it cool down )

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:45 am
by steviebuggy
I've herd that works really well!

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:00 pm
by Teastick
johnny wrote:Looks so much better :) pity it doesnt last long though

You NEED alloys big time lol
Will be getting alloys when i can afford them. Struggling for money atm hence why its going to be a slow project but thats next on the list for sure :)

Re: Silver X10XE Slow project

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:03 pm
by Teastick
scorpiotn1 wrote:To make it last longer, wait till your back to black fades away again and try this,

get a heat gun.
set it on a low temp.
hold it between 30cm away from the trim and at a 45 degree angle.
slowly bring the trim up to temp.
the oil in the plastic will come to the surface making it blacker.
Keep the heat gun moving or your trim might bend out of shape. (if that happens quickly hold it back into position and let it cool down )

Thanks for that :) I only did the back to black because i found a tin in the cupboard hahah it was that faded it looked almost grey so kinda faded into the car haha. Looks alot tidier now though so in happy :) Gonna colour code at some point though hopefully :)