Front Grill

[Stagnant]

I did mine and used i.p.a on the chrome bits , unfortunatley my badge wont go back on as some one bodged it.

A waste of good beer!

[Omen]

what's wrong with doing it in the kitchen

Kitchen is where I am building my Spitfire. Plane, not car, metre and half wingspan (approx)

[Omen]

So now I have actually managed to start this, I have noticed that there is some sort of groove cut on one side of the fins. I assume this is some sort of drip strip and should be underneath the fin. Mine were a mixture, at least two of them had the groove on the top, which I think would catch water and therefore promote corrosion. Would that be right, under rather than on top ??

[marshman]

So now I have actually managed to start this, I have noticed that there is some sort of groove cut on one side of the fins. I assume this is some sort of drip strip and should be underneath the fin. Mine were a mixture, at least two of them had the groove on the top, which I think would catch water and therefore promote corrosion. Would that be right, under rather than on top ??

This has been discussed a few times over the years,

http://www.stag.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?4626-Front-grill&highlight=grill

Basically you are correct groove & lip to the bottom. On my car some one had fitted two left hand pieces - they simply turned one upside and fitted it to the right hand side. Looked ok from a distance but the spacing between the "slats" is slightly different top and bottom. Managed to obtain a good right hand side one the complete the set.

Roger

[jbuckl]

Dont follow advice to use abrasive on the exposed aluminium edges.

Use thinners as previous post.

Reason is that these parts are anodised to prevent corrosion.

Scraping / abrasion will damage the anodising.

[Omen]

Thanks, for both tips above. Should have both between lights bits and one outer primed later this evening.

[Omen]

The before and after hopefully photos do appear !!!
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Why are they upside down I wonder, didn't start that way !!

[1959terry]

Nice

[Omen]

Thanks. I fairly pleased with the result. Given body stuff is something I have no experience of. They are not perfect, but hopefully the flaws are not that obvious..