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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:03 am 
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Having disastrous result with trying to fit silver deluxe side finisher (GZF105). Anybody got any handy tips?
I've already screwed up one and will need to get another!! Maybe the "non deluxe version is easier.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:21 am 
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You have to get them straight first so that they lose their coil.
I mount them on a frame in the hottest sun and after about a week they look like this:[img]Plastichrome.jpg[/img]


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:25 am 
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As David said you have to get them straight first, then I used a heat gun to soften the immediate areas where they have to bend sharply. take your time to get them hot enough and work the bend to a good shape. I used pop rivets to hold mine in place but that may not be to everyones taste although you cannot really see the rivets unless you get close.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:32 pm 
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Thanks Dave and steam. Was the plastichrome originally fitted to the Mk1 Cooper S (australian) or something different?


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:16 pm 
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As far as I know that is what was fitted, although the original name or the product developed for the Mini was called Claylastic as made by Howard Clayton-Wright Ltd.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:00 pm 
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Hi, I used a long length of right angle trim as used on iron sheds the strip clips over an edge like on the car to get them straight. I the lined them Up and bent them around the sharp curves using a short piece of 1 mm thick sheet bent to the radius of the curves of the car. Much easier than trying to work on the car. Then did the final adjustment as I fitted them to the car.Mid summer on the hottest day you can bare is best, someone once mentioned clipping over the sharp edge of a spare piece of gutter. Anything straight and thin enough to hold the chrome firmly will do.
I ruined one set using a heat gun, this way I didn't need one, very uncomfortable in the heat though.
Hope that makes sense.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:24 pm 
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All makes sense stewartp, unfortunately temperature at this time in spain is not hot enough. Roll on next summer!


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