Who's a naughty boy then ? .Today I treated Budy to an oil change, as it occurred to me that it's 10 months overdue.
I don't expect the efficacy of the previous dose of the poison will disappear so instantlyWho's a naughty boy then ? .
I'm 60 next week & despite best intentions I find things like this creep up & whizz past before you know it, that reminds me I forgot to do the dogs flea/tick treatment Wed. (even though I put it on the calendar, doh) so better phone my daughter as we're away as of today.
I'm a bit behind with keeping up on LZ of late. Don't forget some pics!Stripped interior out of new tangiers vehicle. Popped headlining out, stripped, cleaned and recovered headlining. Repaired sunroof slides.
Will give a good clean with seats out before fitting HSE leather.
I've found the powder coat chips off if impacted by stones, giving an area exposed to the weather again.Newly blasted subframe
What’s people’s opinion on power coating or good old paint brushing a quality paint on ?
No one will ever see it so cosmetics don’t matter and hopefully this will last a lifetime
The spare wheel carrier is surplus now if anyone is interested?
My opinion is that tooI've found the powder coat chips off if impacted by stones, giving an area exposed to the weather again.
I like to use Bonda Primer and then a good quality paint over the primer. The paint will still chip off from stones, but Bonda holds fast, maintaining protection, and because the primer is red, it makes spotting stone chips easy, so a top coat can be reapplied.
Definitely use Bonda primer on blasted metals, as it won't come off. This will be the metal protection medium, the paint top coat is there as look shiny and helps keep water off the primer.My opinion is that too
It will probably never be scrapping over rocks so the most damage it will get is off axle stands and stone chips which is easier maintenance if it’s painted
It for the new one I have just bought same model year but Caledonian blueThought you were painting it up ??
It’s in a big unit taking no harm i have spent a small fortune on bitsOk, good you got another ! I am doing the same with a newly aquired Orange 1.8. Clean, derust, upgrades, rustproof. The list goes on....
And actually stopped to take the pictureDrove it - passed an auspicious 'milage' today.
Really good mpg shame about the coolant lossIt was late yesterday evening. I drove back home from London, which took a much more sensible 5 hours. I had to stop 3 times to top up the coolant (yes I really must get round to replacing the HG) and averaged 44.6 MPG in total for the 600 mile round trip, which isn't too bad at all.