Runaway Saab

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zipgun
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Runaway Saab

#1 Post by zipgun »

Small update ..She DIDN'T bring any money round... although her car was parked up the road, last Friday :cry: Nor Friday yesterday :( , although her car was up the road again .. :( I woulda settled for a snog if she'd come round..
Today i got a letter saying what a good bloke i am , and a cheque !! :thumbs: :thumbs: Where can i buy "Ready Faded" red paint for my black Abarth kit ?? It's gonna be a bugger to match up!
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TerryG
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Re: Runaway Saab

#2 Post by TerryG »

Have you tried some rubbing compound on the car to see if you can bring the factory paint back to a good standard?
My local garage have a machine for matching paint colour so I suppose they could mix "faded" paint.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
zipgun
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Re: Runaway Saab

#3 Post by zipgun »

Fiat laquered it !! Red has faded under the clearcoat ! The bonnet and front bumper are the proper colour, and i thought when i bought it ,Autoglym paint restorer would do the faded in double quick . Annoyingly the polishing rag doesn't go red ! Sod it ! :roll:
In my stash i bought quite a few miss mixed returned tins of celly, cheap, at the paint shop.
I think i can get round the whole car with a only a litre of B.L Flame Red.. it's a SMALL Fiat .
Apart from that, I drove it properly for the first time ,50 miles t'other night (My misses has been driving it ) it goes like stink , brakes good and progressive, just this electric power steering, i can't quite trust it or get used to it . Ultra light at parking speed and gradualy stiffens the faster you go . It hasn't come unstuck yet ,but it feels like it might if you know what i mean .Bit like driving on ice.
rich.
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Re: Runaway Saab

#4 Post by rich. »

glad to hear this is "sorted".. can we have pics of the resto?
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Re: Runaway Saab

#5 Post by mach1rob »

Rich, don't you mean of the Saab owner? ;)
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