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03-23-04, 06:52 AM
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| | simonjrwinter 10 tenths 
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex, UK GT40: GTD
Posts: 1,900
Rep Power: 26  | Re: Painting headlight recesses
How they looked before... | 
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03-24-04, 01:37 AM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Bronze Supporter 
Join Date: Dec 2002 GT40: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 212
Rep Power: 9 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Interesting that Dinky painted the recesses red on their diecast version of the Ford 40 RV (I'm assuming RV stands for Road Version).
Anyway, something to put into the ever-slowly increasing file of photo tips for my car.
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03-24-04, 02:23 AM
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| | delaneyp Peter D 
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27
Posts: 1,253
Rep Power: 21 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Simon, that looks really, really nice !
BTW, did you decide to use any type of "gasket" between the perspex covers & the f/glass bodywork ?
My headight covers are just bolted straight onto the f/glass for the present, but 2 or 3 kms on a flat-bed tow-truck in the rain has already left muddy tracks through the dust in the recesses under the covers. All my cover bolts run into "helicoils" in the f/glass, but even they may not go the distance if I have to remove them every time I wash the car !
Any ideas ??
Kind Regards,
Peter D. | |
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03-24-04, 05:48 AM
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| | Fatal Attraction Bronze Supporter 
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA GT40: Ex-DRB #35
Posts: 1,503
Rep Power: 23 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Peter,
Paint a 1" strip around the inside edge of the cover with
black paint. That will cover any caulk or weatherstrip. Look
at the photos of the cars above, for reference. Looks
pretty good and is quite functional.
Bill | |
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03-24-04, 10:26 AM
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#25 (permalink)
| | simonjrwinter 10 tenths
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Essex, UK GT40: GTD
Posts: 1,900
Rep Power: 26 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Peter,
The headlights have a stick on foam-type sealer applied around the recesses.
Simon | |
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03-24-04, 12:02 PM
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| | 2 Tenths
Join Date: Jan 2003 GT40: South Texas
Posts: 213
Rep Power: 8 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
My car has a thin gasket around the opening as well. When I painted my light recesses I used the inside edge of it as my "taping point." It made it nice as the black gasket hid any small errors in taping.
I put a small dab of silicone on the end of each of the screws when I replaced them in the covers. In the past I've had some vibrate loose over time, so this seemed a great time to address that issue. | |
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04-10-04, 04:54 AM
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| | BenL 6 Tenths
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: USA
Posts: 681
Rep Power: 11 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
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Paint a 1" strip around the inside edge of the cover with black paint. That will cover any caulk or weatherstrip.
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Some people used the body color paint instead of black paint for the 1" strip. In either case, the 1" strip nicely hides what ever you use to seal the covers.
The same technique can also be used for the rear window and the doors. | |
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06-07-04, 06:31 AM
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| | Des Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eukey Qld OZ GT40: WPS GT90
Posts: 149
Rep Power: 9 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Hi Mark
I just saw the frontal pic of your beast.
I am intigued by the "spoiler" running across underneath.
Do you have a ny other pics/details you care to share.
Regards Des | |
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06-07-04, 09:04 AM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Lee 5 Tenths
Join Date: May 2002 Location: Silverstone, UK GT40: GT40 Australia
Posts: 524
Rep Power: 12 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
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06-08-04, 09:23 AM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Des Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eukey Qld OZ GT40: WPS GT90
Posts: 149
Rep Power: 9 | Re: Painting headlight recesses
Thanks for that, Impressive.
Des | |
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