james kiely

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just wondering do you s1 owners cover the spats to stop stone chipping when going to shows and what do you use please ,tape ?

botters

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ive seen a few covered in masking tape on the way to shows mate

james kiely

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cheers mate

botters

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just make sure you use good quality tape so it doesnt leave the glue behind and is easy to peel off i reccomend 3m

james kiely

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is 3m the blue tape mate ?

botters

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o you can get normal white 3m masking tape as well its cheaper than the blue stuff

james kiely

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cheers mate ,makes sense with the white tape

DazC

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Stone chips!!

R5COS

Bufty alert

nugnah

or you can use parachute material to make a front end bib.

jas

Mr S1

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You seen the car mate ? Then you'll know why he's asking....

Twins

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Use the blue 3m. its more low tack and water does not effect it like the white 3m

stwibs

low tack masking tape with white gaffa tape over the top of it

matts1

used to be some kits about, clear vinyl cut to shape, not sure where you would by them but could have them made up at a signage place.

TONY C

Many years ago i got a company called Armourfend to make me up a some clear stickers to fit over the rear spats of my S1, after weeks of back and forth they sent me the clear stickers, they worked well but the only problem is on any other colour the are not noticeable but on white cars they dis colour slightly. give them a call 01992 892896

TC

dingla rs

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detailers tape the blue shit as if normal tape gets wet its a bitch to get off

james kiely

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i cant think of anything worse myself daz ,all the prepping and ping your world starts falling apart lol

takes one to know one pat lol

i wouldnt know where to even start on it

strange as it may seem ,he actually did ,and wanted to get the cheque book out lol

thanks mate ,can you get it in the motorfactors ?

thats another plan , i do fear damagin g the paint in the process

i had thought the same ,but again im afraid it would damage the paint if it was too tacky .








THANKS FOR THE INFO PEEPS

james kiely

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cheers for the info tony ,did it take long for them to discolour ?.


i actually have a couple of rolls of that tape mate so i may use it this weekend till i get something else

DazC

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On the first outing I had collected some stone chips! By 400 mile all you could see was the primer! I gave up...

dangerousbrian

i wouldnt recommend the clear stuff personally if your driving the car..i had some on mine and it chipped and the dirt got in making it look a right mess. i just leave mine bare now and will just get them painted as and when.not so sure you will want to though

gus

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yeah this is what i did

wont be your cup of tea but i have since done this

-beefy-

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gus !!! talk to me ŹŹ!!!!!!!


who made em and how much lol

james kiely

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i only done 70 miles daz and picked up a couple


thanks for the info brian ,i willl only be doing 300 mile a year but can see where you are oming from


thats looks awesome gus


is it tough emnough to withstand stone chips mate

gus

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mr beef - they are from carbon delight and i have no idea of costs dude
should be down there soon as talking about some other things so will ask

james - done nearly 1k miles and all seems good so far, will just need a relaquer as a stone shouldnt damage the carbon

-beefy-

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if you could find out for me id really appriceate it matey !

james kiely

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+ 1 please gus


thanks for the info

DazS1Turbo

Are the little RS mud guards not enough to prevent this?

My S1 had chips badly it shocked me how quiicklly they got damaged :-(

james kiely

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see how low mine are daz and they still arent stopping all the debris ,i might see if i can lowerthem down a bit more tomorow

ST24MK2

What about getting some of that vehicle wrap in the same colour as your car and using that?

gus

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the thing with the wrap is its gets chipped same as the paint, then leaves dirty marks where chipped and looks terrible

i tried all the protective films, wraps everything
then thought sod it will just get them painted when needed

but having the carbon fetish that i have i thought i would try these

DazC

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James, if you lower the flaps too far you'll end up catching them on the floor when cornering.

james kiely

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not strong enough mate


the carbon suits your car superbly gus ,and i would prefer not to paint if possible

i have a plan though ,just have to figure it out lol





i obviously dont go around corners as fast as you daz

jonesymk2

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i would be interested possibly in some of those carbon protectors

gus

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i have left a msg with phil @carbon delight but as im working nights i got up to late so missed him at work

probably monday til i get a price

-beefy-

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im deffo gonna want them lol !!

Rick

Nice exhaust

kidsRS

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If only the previous owners did that on mine, as my arch kit is peppered!

Mr S1

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Power Engineering system made by Cheesemans - got one on my S1

TONY C

And me Stu, sounds lovely, but i'm not a big fan of the tail pipe, might cut it off and change it

Paul_RS

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Peter used to have clear stickers over all the areas prone to stonechipping?