The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Today I finally got round to refurbishing my alloys. First I pressure washed them which removed most of the paint off them. As I've gone for a painted finish I got all corrosion and loose paint off with a knot wheel. It cleaned them up nice and made a key for the paint. Wouldn't use it if you want a bare metal finish though. I then put a couple of coats of grey primer on and then a good coating of top coat. Once that was dry I painted the black inserts using hamerite. Took a while with a small brush.havnt fitted them on the car yet as I wanted to let the paint set properly before I fitted tyres. Will get pics of them on the car when I've fitted them.

Havnt been on here for a while but been sorting out the front end. I'm sure everyone knows the process so I'm going to upload all the pics of my progress. There's quite a few so it going to take a while!

More pics

More pics

A couple more till I resize the next lot from today

Pics from today's work

Most of inner valance finished. Part of out valance put back on. Nutserts fitted to attach grill. Bumper brackets cleaned up and new bolts fitted

Good work there Phil, should be a nice solid front end when youre finished

Tony

Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

That's looking great Phil, I think your's was a tad worse than mine but it's nice to see someone else doing the same job as me and the way they deal with the fab work. I do like the way you've done the filler sections between the inner and outer valence under the lights, it looks much better than my folded versions.

I also like the way you've done the outer upper valence, I'm going to copy you I think that way I'll keep the welding away from the GRP eyebrows I'm using.

No one wants burnt eyebrows, James!

Jon Tilson wrote:Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

They are the same pics so I don't know why they are better on here.

James467 wrote:That's looking great Phil, I think your's was a tad worse than mine but it's nice to see someone else doing the same job as me and the way they deal with the fab work. I do like the way you've done the filler sections between the inner and outer valence under the lights, it looks much better than my folded versions.

I also like the way you've done the outer upper valence, I'm going to copy you I think that way I'll keep the welding away from the GRP eyebrows I'm using.

It makes it easier to line the panels and weld. I also put the cutting disc I used in the gap when I tacked the panel together.

philgroom wrote:

Jon Tilson wrote:Nice fabrication work there. Clearer on here than the f-b posts too.

Jonners

They are the same pics so I don't know why they are better on here.

Everything looks better on the forum page.

Jeroen

Havnt added any progress photos for a while so I'm going to start getting it back up to date.