Petrol Heads

ahh cool, the problem is im lazy and impatient so i would stuff it up halfway through and rip it all off!

May look into it in the future (not for my current ride, its a piece of shit)

my 2004 Toyota hilux, my first car and soon to be modified !!!!!!

what are you going to do with it?

what are you going to do with it?

deanobruce - 30 April 2012 11:40 AM

what are you going to do with it?

paint the front bumper chrome and white and the grill chrome and maybe some rims !!

ozzy pryde!!!! eshays

redjames - 30 April 2012 12:05 PM

ozzy pryde!!!! eshays

of course

ye ye!

Cam24 - 30 April 2012 11:45 AM

paint the front bumper chrome and white and the grill chrome and maybe some rims !!

Nice Hilux mate,

No need to paint the panels chrome, there is bucket loads of off the shelf aftermarket chrome gear for them. Ebay and minitruckin forums are your friends here. Pretty cheap to. Chrome paint is really hard to get right unless its getting chrome dipped or polished which is not cheap at all.

Cheers
Josh

ahh thanks man good to know i had a look around but i also know a pannal beater so get a good deal:)

yeah, “chrome” paint is not chrome!

spaz - 30 April 2012 12:31 PM

yeah, “chrome” paint is not chrome!

this is

first car was a ‘81 Mazda 626.  Not a terrible car, but badly out of date.  It hated being left in the snow for days at a time and I can remember backfiring my way down the alpine roads on a few occasions.

Current car is 06 Subie Forrester XS.  The XS has self-levelling suspension which seems like a good idea but is apparently pretty notorious for failing, which mine did.  I replaced that with standard shocks and springs and all is right again.  The most recent upgrade was to change away from the standard widely-disliked Yokohama G900 tyres to Yokohama HT/S - wow what an awesome tyre that is.  Car is otherwise good, very reliable, but a bit small for the 4 of us on holiday trips, and a bit thirsty around town for its size.

trentradpants - 30 April 2012 11:21 PM

spaz - 30 April 2012 12:31 PM

yeah, “chrome” paint is not chrome!

this is

That’s spray on chrome paint - not chromoly (Chrome Molybdenum) which is a steel alloy. The appearance may be similar but longevity, durability and strength does not equal it. Chemically they are galaxies apart. Paint is plastic, chrome is steel.
Unless that’s spray on steel?

Not that it doesn’t have an appeal.

you win on a technical knowledge technicality this time mr spaz, ill get you next time….NEXT TIME!!!!