rear defusser

1. russellsaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2006 york Posts: 242

   #1 31st August 2006, 16:39

   has any one smoothed in a rear defusser would you get cracking if you did this
2. YM03 Established Member Joined: May 2006 north east Posts: 1487 vtr mk2, posi blue

   #2 31st August 2006, 20:32

   done one before and it had no cracking, not a saxo like, but aslong as you do it proply should be fine
3. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

   #3 31st August 2006, 21:25

   did you fibreglass and filler it chris?
4. Emma_ZS Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S

   #4 1st September 2006, 21:35

   does a rear diffuser look anygood if it is just fixed on after spraying?? cheers
5. YM03 Established Member Joined: May 2006 north east Posts: 1487 vtr mk2, posi blue

   #5 1st September 2006, 22:05

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by stevenet15 did you fibreglass and filler it chris?

   pot riveted it, tiger sealed, then fibre, and fillered, but done the fibre glassing before I found out about the epoxy resining it first
   
   the lad who owns the car is not the best at reversing, so it had a phew knocks and never split, but has took some chunks out of spliter
   
   I'm bizzy working on it at mo, shaving handles/locks, sorting boot out and resmoothing(perfect example of why you don't use filler to smooth big holes)
   
   might stick some progress pics in the photo/vid section
6. YM03 Established Member Joined: May 2006 north east Posts: 1487 vtr mk2, posi blue

   #6 1st September 2006, 22:06

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by furiofanatic does a rear diffuser look anygood if it is just fixed on after spraying?? cheers

   if it's done right then yes they look alright, but not as good as being smoothed
7. Emma_ZS Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S

   #7 1st September 2006, 22:07

   ok thanks how much do you think it would cost to be smoothed, does it depend on the diffuser??
8. YM03 Established Member Joined: May 2006 north east Posts: 1487 vtr mk2, posi blue

   #8 1st September 2006, 22:14

   it shouldn't like as they are only smoothing the top lip of spliter inn, it's more on labour charges, more hours the bigger the bill
   
   prices vairy wildly from garrage to garrage/bodyshop for spraying, labour charges are normaly £50/£80 pph roughly
9. Emma_ZS Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S

   #9 1st September 2006, 22:17

   Thanks for your help mate i shall check it out! (rep coming your way)
10. YM03 Established Member Joined: May 2006 north east Posts: 1487 vtr mk2, posi blue

    #10 1st September 2006, 22:26

    :thumbup: cheers mate