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My Lotus DeCat is the mutts nuts, and I would love a Lotus as my next project, the fact that their parts can be used on our cars is a bonus, ok a few owners might look down there noses, but so what, that's life, suck it up as some would say, I personally adhere too

I've never been in a lotus. Good fun are they?

It's great that the blackbird got a mention on their site though.

Leigh Ping wrote: wrote:

I've never been in a lotus. Good fun are they?

It's great that the blackbird got a mention on their site though.

And it is going to be in MG Enthusiast next month Order your copies now, its out on 18 MAY 2012 ~ so no excuses

Leigh Ping wrote: wrote:

I've never been in a lotus. Good fun are they?

It's great that the blackbird got a mention on their site though.

we are all petrol heads at the end of the day we appreciate good projects, help if they have a k-series in them too

The magic word K series ..

I am thinking about putting the clear Plasti on to protect my front bumper,

Can you get it in shiny

From reading their website, there's a topcoat you can apply to change it from matt to gloss finish

i think there is also a smoked one you could put over rear lights, or side lights...

andy1970h wrote: wrote:

From reading their website, there's a topcoat you can apply to change it from matt to gloss finish

It seems a very cheap way to protect the front bumper without being a permanent addition

You can also get clear vinyl wrap for stone protection but with the complex shape of the MGF bumper you would certainly need someone who knows what he/she is doing to apply it and it would cost a lot more than the Plastidip. I have done a Trophy rear spoiler in vinyl and it's not as simple as the Youtube videos make you think!
My concerm with the clear Plastidip is the quality of finish you would get. You would have to be very careful to avoid dust or an orange peel finish as they would just make it look like a bad paint job.

I still think that it's a brilliant idea, a T-Bar first and a great inexpensive way of changing your cars look. If it only lasted a year and you peeled it off, people would think that you'd bought another car. You might even fool yourself into thinking that you had a new paintjob, even if only for a little while.

Leigh it's the new paint job I want to protect

It may be worth trying the clear on part of your old paintjob to see how it turns out.
In a matt finish the stuff looks super but a gloss finish will show up any flaws.