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 cleaning day (with pictures)
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schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:55 am

the rear towing eye of my car was bothering me for a long time as it was in brown shitty rust color for ages .
while looking at it today i found lots of rusty bits and pieces underneath the car so tookl them all out .

here is the crap towing eye
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and its out ,the other bit is the mounting of the spare wheel holder thingy
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spare wheel holder was not looking very healthy either so took it off
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i cant get the other mount as the back box is on the way
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does not look good
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is there a way to remove this without taking the rear bumper ??
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i managed to scrape the rust on the bits i managed to take out and gave them a good old 2 coats of hammerite . the main cleaning will take place underneath the car tomorrow ,i have to cover everything with hammerite
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:07 am

I done the same but the rust came back. And no to remove the cage hook the bumper has to come off. Its then 2 13mm's.
schakal
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:44 am

how long did it take the rust to come back ?

i managed to remove the other mounting of the spare wheel holder thingy after taking the o/s rear wheel off . that bolt took me 15 minutes to remove ,what a pain .

i applied the hammerite on the brake drums a few months ago before putting the alloys on and it seems to have worked wonders .

i dont think any rust can get through 3 coats of hammerite that easy .
stan
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Joined: 07 Apr 2004
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:49 am

it might not get through it straight away, but it will still be affecting the metal underneath
schakal
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:24 am

well here they are after the paint .

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stan
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:45 pm

looks a lot better mate, nice one!!
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:09 am

I painted mine a nice sky blue! lol took about a year to come through.
huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:58 am

Wasn't that 'neddy' blue? Wink
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:12 am

yes it was indeed neddy blue
Soneji
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:17 am

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