_Stingrey_
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Fab. My mate has a spray business so painting not an issue. Just the fitting to sort.
julianf
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Fab. My mate has a spray business so painting not an issue. Just the fitting to sort.
I think, if you're a rivet counter, those ones are to be painted before riveting.
Check, as I'm not sure, and can't be bothered to look it up now.
dag019
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That is correct, paint them before fitting as the lip on it sits behind the main side panel on the tub so cannot be accessed for painting after fitting.
dag019
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Have some pictures to help you and OP, depending on how much work you are doing to the rear body there is a fair amount of station wagon body rebuild documented on my thread here: LINKNever having owned a 110, I’ve never noticed that is a separate panel. Being a nosey bugger, I had to look at some 110’s to work out what the hell you guys are talking about. Every day is a school day eh
You can see on the below the panels is removed showing the bottom of the c-pillar that it rivets onto
You can see on ethe below here where I have painted the edges that you cannot access once fitted and then riveted into place. I did it this way around because i wanted to paint the rivet head as well rather than leave them unpainted.
I was painting the whole tub as part of a rebuild so you can see here the whole panels primed and painted including the rivets.
meego
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@dag019 I’m kind of in the middle of painting my 90. I say kind of as I have the roof, side panels and bonnet off and thought I would paint everything when off so all the black seals don’t get painted over. I’ve got the sliding rear windows out as well. I’ve never painted a vehicle before and it’s a learning curve for sure.
dag019
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I cheat and use coach enamel and a gloss roller, so if you are doing it properly and trying to spray it then you have a even steeper learning curve than I did. Mine is not perfect and is a daily drive so i am not going for concourse and you can get a good enough finish with a roller as for my needs. Have done the 110 and Series twice (10 year interval) using this method and have also done my tractor the same way.
meego
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I considered hand painting it, but I’ve got the compressor there so opted for spray. I’m not looking for perfection either, as it’s covered in dings etc, just a tidy up and change from white. This all started with a repair to a front door pillar and just grew arms and legs and it’s been off the road for over two years
dag019
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I have a compressor. I still refuse to learn to spray it. Far too much risk of getting it wrong and messing the panel up. At least with a brush and roller if you get it wrong you can recover it by going over it again while Still wet!I considered hand painting it, but I’ve got the compressor there so opted for spray. I’m not looking for perfection either, as it’s covered in dings etc, just a tidy up and change from white. This all started with a repair to a front door pillar and just grew arms and legs and it’s been off the road for over two years
Two year is longer than it took to rebuild mine after the fire…..just saying!!
