Body & Paint

I looked at the price of GU bonnet scoops and just cant justify spending that much on a model specific jobbie . A mate of mine has a sheet metal bender so I grabbed a bit of thin zincalume (.8 or .9) and started bending. The project should be finished in the next week or so when I shape the bottom a little and find some pinch mold rubber to go around the bottom. I got a colour matched pressure pack made up for $25 or so. The end product will be body colour with black pinch molding.

Hi guys. My rear side windows are deteriorating quickly around the seals on the outside. I am setting it up as a camping bus do was thinking of removing the whole sliding window setup and replacing it with a solid piece of either glass or perspect? Has anyone seem this done? Secondly can the outer rubber seal and trim strip be purchased anywhere?? My local rubber place say they've never seem it before.. Any help appreciated. Cheers

Decided to paint the 60th edition while its in for service with nissan. I'm going to go olive drab green or matt green as black it just a nightmare to maintain. How do a get a hard coat finish on matt green but no shine. I ask as I like to have some understanding before going face to face with the painter. Is matt cheaper to paint then 2pack paints. Or do I wash over the black with black but maybe apply 4 to 7 coats of paint. As of now the paint used is water based and its so thin just a rub and it marks and goes dull. I could only get the 60th edition in black on 4.8.

Hi all. I thought I would start with this one. After looking at alot of GU patrols, It seems like a common issue. If you open up both rear barn doors, then look up towards the rear roof of the car, there is a black rubber seal. It is mostly a lip seal with two balck plastic"scrivets"? holding it in place. It would pay to pull back the seal and have a look at the lip it joins to and check for rust. Mine is just starting to go, but have seen some real bad ones where the lip has mostly gone. cheers Pete