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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 09-23-2016
I wouldn't mind a set of those centre caps if you get some made
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 09-23-2016
(09-23-2016, 06:18 PM)Jared Mk3 Wrote: I wouldn't mind a set of those centre caps if you get some made
Waiting to get one made to see what the fit is like. Then the drawings will be made available.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 09-24-2016
(09-23-2016, 06:51 PM)Vinay-RS Wrote:(09-23-2016, 06:18 PM)Jared Mk3 Wrote: I wouldn't mind a set of those centre caps if you get some made
Waiting to get one made to see what the fit is like. Then the drawings will be made available.
Excellent!
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 10-25-2016
Not really much of an update. I was able to get one of these lovely books:
The carbs have been stripped down, now to get them ultrasonically cleaned as that is the recommended way to get them nice and shiny. Plus I was able to get a rebuild kit, which will be used once that process is done. Also need to look into the costs of electroplating the linkages.
Finally a big thanks to Ed for sending this clay bar kit to me. Should be a good thing for the paint to get a little attention and hopefully once I get some Meguiar's Polish I will be able to remove the water spots from the roof.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Quinny1293 - 10-30-2016
Hope you're busy clay bar cleaning the little guy!
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 11-05-2016
So turns out the water marks might be something worse, like acid damage (guessing from acid rain) :\
I washed and dried the car (inside a garage). Then I clayed the whole car for the first time, which made the paint feel amazing to the touch. Then based on the suggestions I tried using Meguiar's Ultimate Compound by hand, because I don't have an orbital/DA polisher. It didn't make any difference to the state of the paint.
Here is a picture of the roof, which is the only panel that has these marks on it. I found it difficult to capture the defects with a camera, although you can clearly see a faded spot on the lower middle part of the picture.
After this I felt really bummed out, so used Meguiar's Ultimate Polish on the car (which I must say is amazing!) and then Carnauba Wax, so that the paint was at least shiny, even if it had these defects.
Next plan is to get a machine polisher and see if it can work to remove the water spots.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 11-06-2016
Still looks good man
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 11-06-2016
(11-06-2016, 09:06 PM)Jared Mk3 Wrote: Still looks good man
Thanks dude. It was good fun at the car show today too. Caesar got a decent amount of attention.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 11-07-2016
So I got Caesar some completely unnecessary bling
Ooops
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 11-07-2016
Fit it!