Station wagon LWB

ciderman · May 18, 2020

Hi
what does the jury think to painting the cappings on a station wagon? Body colour or galvanised???
all comments- even rude ones- appreciated.

Flossie · May 18, 2020

Galv deffo.

tottot · May 18, 2020

Galv.

Rodeo Joe · May 18, 2020

Defender paint, Series galvanised.

dag019 · May 18, 2020

definitely galv, unless military in which case nato green applied with a yard brush and then covered with sand while still wet for the authentic squaddie paint job.

rob1miles · May 18, 2020

Body colour, its ex-mil so everything was painted anyway (from some distance too!). Mine were faded paint plus worn off galv. I looked at painting mine to look like old galv - there are disussions on what mix to make up. Sod that. A series is a 50 year old vehicle, bright cappings are ok if its a nut and bolt resto, but for everyday use I think they belong with white lettering on tyres. I was suprised how nice it looked with them all painted, and its a lot less work.

dag019 · May 19, 2020

rob1miles said:
Body colour, its ex-mil so everything was painted anyway (from some distance too!). Mine were faded paint plus worn off galv. I looked at painting mine to look like old galv - there are disussions on what mix to make up. Sod that. A series is a 50 year old vehicle, bright cappings are ok if its a nut and bolt resto, but for everyday use I think they belong with white lettering on tyres. I was suprised how nice it looked with them all painted, and its a lot less work.

I completely agree, although I said galv that has to be old faded galv, not new shiny bright galv, that would not look correct on a series vehicle.

Rodeo Joe · May 19, 2020

I had a 110 with rotted capping so swapped it for the galvanised capping from a 109....looked ridiculous so painted over it body colour.
Bought an 88 a couple of years ago and the PO had painted the galv capping......SILVER!!! Brass wire brush on the grinder sorted that out

Station wagon LWB

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