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Poll: What colour should I have gone with?

Go Satin Black	54%	[ 15 ]
Stick with the Machinary Grey	4%	[ 1 ]
Got nuts with a winter camo job!	25%	[ 7 ]
You painted over that awesome raw steel look?!?!?! What were you thinking!	18%	[ 5 ]

Total votes : 28

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xaravitara

Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:30 pm
Posts: 36
Location: Canberra

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:40 pm

Hi Guys, my first post on Auszookers and wanted to share some work I have done recently...

I decided to replace the flimsy plastic cover on the rear door of my Vitara. Found it was doing nothing back there, and would rattle and let dust in.

Decided to go for something more solid and picked up some 3mm black trailer plating. I used the plastic cover as a template to cut the steel.

The problem was how to get the sheet bolted on without pulling the door apart. I found I could use liquid-nails to glue the nuts on the inside. Waited for about a week just to make sure they dried solid.

Used black allen bolts to secure the steel to the door. All but 2 holes lined up perfect! To make the last 2 fit, I used a Dremal to grind the holes a little bit bigger and take of some of the sharp edges.

I really liked the way it looked. But after a month or two a fine rust dust started to appear over the steel. I found I couldn't spray a clear coat on it for protection due to it being steel.

Decided I would just spray it and be done with it. As I had already bolted it on I didn't want to risk snapping the nuts on the other side and decided it was easier to just spray it on the door.

Decided to go with Machinary Grey, altough, thinking about going over it with a Satin Black now. Not sure. But really happy with the way the finish came out.

Last edited by xaravitara on Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:22 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Scrawny

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:47 pm

Welcome to AZ!! Good job too. I'd go with Satin black

Joe

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:48 pm

Welcome to AZ matey go the vitaras..........the cheekerplate looks cool too

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Choppy

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:37 pm

another vote for satin balck

89_tintop

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:22 pm

Choppy wrote:

another vote for satin balck

another vote for satin black hear mate.. it looks really good though.

oh and welcome to AZ.

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PJ.zook

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:29 pm

Gday, I vote pink.

atari4x4

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:58 pm

welcome to auszookers... good to see another vitara owner among the azcrew

nice work, thats a perfect base for a trek table... somewhere buried in my build up thread are some pictures :oops:

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Built4thrashing

Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:23 am

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Gday, I vote pink.

thats coz ya ghey

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nath_89

Joined: Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:30 pm
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Location: sydney,nsw

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:42 pm

go the black!!

foolsp33d

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:55 pm

Built4thrashing wrote:

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Gday, I vote pink.

thats coz ya ghey

dont forget to add purple polkadots to! thats the ultimate bling for a Vitara!

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Shaggy

Joined: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:30 pm
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Location: NSW

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:13 pm

I'd go with Satin Black.
Good thing about black is it goes with any colour.

Might want to look into getting yourself a threaded Nut Insert kit.

http://www2.blackwoods.com.au/infoBANK. ... &G=2003586

I bought a kit for about $150 and it is great. Basically puts a threaded bolt into any sheet metal you can drill a hole in.
Much easier/better than liquid nails etc.

Cheers
JB

xaravitara

Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:30 pm
Posts: 36
Location: Canberra

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:57 am

Shaggy wrote:

Awesome, cheers for that, will have to look into getting the kit. Thinking about doing the side panels in the back with aluminium.

Damo

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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:55 pm

Do you have people shooting at you from behind? Looks like armor plating!!! :lol:

Neat job though, well done!

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