Re: Painting an RS
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:48 pm
Little late with my comments but your decision to take apart to repair dash is a good one....and easier to sand, repair and finish when apart...
My dash was also mashed up by PO so when I repainted the RS body work just took it all apart...I was prepping, sanding and reapiring all the body fairing parts for the painter and was easier to work on them in chunks....
Old dash....
New repaired dash...I added oil temp guage and oil pressure guage...just something else to worry about..ha ha
I replaced all old windscreen rivet assemblies with new nylock plugs and screws like those used used in the auto upolsty...hard to see in pic but they are an expandable plug insert with recessed face into which a metal thread screw goes into to secure fittings..they were all black and are a breeze to put in and remove...got them at NAPA...about $8 CDN for 14
Please note...I'm with ME109...star heads..or should I line them all up correctly??...have a good one
My dash was also mashed up by PO so when I repainted the RS body work just took it all apart...I was prepping, sanding and reapiring all the body fairing parts for the painter and was easier to work on them in chunks....
Old dash....
New repaired dash...I added oil temp guage and oil pressure guage...just something else to worry about..ha ha
I replaced all old windscreen rivet assemblies with new nylock plugs and screws like those used used in the auto upolsty...hard to see in pic but they are an expandable plug insert with recessed face into which a metal thread screw goes into to secure fittings..they were all black and are a breeze to put in and remove...got them at NAPA...about $8 CDN for 14
Please note...I'm with ME109...star heads..or should I line them all up correctly??...have a good one